Game 4 at Kansas (Nov. 19, 2019)
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2019-20 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (• All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 11/6 NEWBERRY W, 79-50 11/9 at UT-Martin W, 92-75 2019-2020 GAME NOTEBOOK 11/14 WINTHROP W, 61-58. VS. 11/19 at Kansas % 8 p.m. 11/23 DELAWARE STATE % 2 P.M. 11/24 SO. UTAH/CHARLESTON SO % 2 P.M. 11/26 APPALACHIAN STATE 7 P.M. 11/30 at Arkansas Little-Rock 3 p.m. 12/4 at The Citadel * 7 p.m. NOV. 19, 2019 | 8 P.M. | ALLEN FIELDHOUSE (LAWRENCE, KAN.) 12/7 at North Dakota State 8 p.m. 12/15 MILLIGAN 2 P.M. RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (JAY SANDOS) 12/18 at LSU 7 p.m. 12/21 CLEVELAND STATE 4 P.M. TV: ESPN+ (DAVE ARMSTRONG & CHRIS PIPER) 12/29 MARS HILL 2 P.M. 1/1 WOFFORD * 4 P.M. 1/4 at Furman * 4 p.m. STATS: KUATHLETICS.COM (STATBROADCAST) 1/8 at UNCG * 7 p.m. 1/11 VMI * 4 P.M. ETSU (2019-20 Record: 3-0 Overall, 0-0 SoCon) 1/15 SAMFORD * 7 P.M. PROBABLE STARTERS 1/18 at Western Carolina * 7 p.m. 1/25 CHATTANOOGA * 4 P.M. No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G 1/29 MERCER * 7 P.M. 3 Bo Hodges G Jr. 6-5 210 3/3 15.3 6.7 3.0 29.3 2/1 UNCG * 4 P.M. 10 Patrick Good G Jr. 6-0 175 3/1 13.0 2.3 1.0 22.7 2/5 at Chattanooga * 7 p.m. 2/8 at Mercer * 4:30 p.m. 11 Jeromy Rodriguez F RSr. 6-7 230 3/3 8.7 7.7 1.0 26.0 2/12 THE CITADEL * 7 P.M. 15 Isaiah Tisdale G Sr. 6-1 195 3/3 8.0 3.0 3.0 27.0 2/15 at VMI * 1 p.m. 2/19 FURMAN * 7 P.M. 25 Lucas N’Guessan C Sr. 7-0 230 3/3 5.7 4.3 1.7 18.0 2/22 at Samford * 3 p.m. RESERVES 2/26 at Wofford * 7 p.m. 1 Tray Boyd III G Sr. 6-4 195 3/0 13.7 2.7 1.3 19.3 2/29 WESTERN CAROLINA * 4 P.M. 3/6-9 SoCon Tournament (Asheville, N.C.) 5 Daivien Williamson G So. 6-2 165 3/2 8.3 2.0 3.0 24.7 Home games in BOLD CAPS 12 Damari Monsanto G Fr. 6-6 225 --- --- --- --- --- * SoCon Conference game; % Maui Invitational (Mainland) 13 Octavion Corley C RJr. 7-0 210 2/0 0.0 1.0 0.0 8.5 21 Joe Hugley* F Sr. 6-7 235 24/1 12.3 5.2 0.2 21.8 23 Vonnie Patterson F Jr. 6-4 200 3/0 3.3 3.0 1.3 22.3 24 Jordan Coffin G Jr. 6-1 185 2/0 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 33 Charlie Weber F Fr. 6-9 215 2/0 2.0 1.5 0.5 5.5 Ledarrius Brewer$ G Jr. 6-5 195 28/22 12.7 4.7 2.0 28.3 HEAD COACH: Steve Forbes (Southern Arkansas, ’88) ASSISTANT COACHES: Jason Shay (Iowa, ’95), BJ McKie (South Carolina, ’99), Brooks Savage (Tennessee, ’08), Frank Davis (Tennessee Tech, ’10) * From Central Connenticut State; $ From SEMO has to sit out 2019-2020 season TONIGHT’S TOP STORYLINES 1) Tonight marks the fourth all-time meeting between ETSU and Kansas … Kansas has won the prior three meetings with the most-recent being a 108-73 score on Jan. 4, 1996 … The first meeting was played on Dec. 19, 1992 when Kansas held on for an 86-83 win, while the other meeting saw the Jayhawks win 106-73 on Jan. 3, 1995 … All three times the teams met, Kansas was ranked in the top five as the Jayhawks were No. 2 in the first-ever, No. 5 in the second meeting and No. 4 in the last meeting in 1996. 2) ETSU is looking for its first win over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 10/7 Arizona Yet again this season, ETSU fans around the globe will in the 1992 NCAA Tournament (March 20) … It’s been 10,106 days since that win over the have the opportunity to watch the Bucs play via Internet Wildcats. video streaming with the Watch ESPN App, through ESPN+ or the SoConDigitalNetwork.com. Check out ETSUBucs.com to learn which outlet will be broadcasting 3) At 3-0, the Bucs are off to their best start since the 1998-99 season when that team opened games throughout the year. with four straight wins ... In the 101-year history of the program, the Bucs have opened a season 3-0 15 times. GAME #4 | KANSAS | NOV. 19, 2019 | ALLEN FIELDHOUSE @ETSU_MBB etsubasketball MEDIA INFORMATION WE ARE “ETSU” The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print East Tennessee State’s Athletic Media Relations Office is and broadcast media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee available to assist members of the media with their questions State University in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should and requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Director of be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Communications Kevin Brown with any questions about the Bucs is also acceptable. Bucs. BUC BITS Kevin Brown, Director (MBB Contact) (423) 747-3877 (C) As ETSU head coach Steve Forbes enters his fifth season with the Buccaneers, the David Fox, Assistant Director .....(423) 439-5263 (W) program has maintained and strengthened its position as one of the preeminent mid- Matt Busch, Intern ..................... (423) 439-5612 (W) majors in the country. ... In fact, Forbes has taken the Bucs to even higher levels of success, having totaled 103 victories and a .725 winning percentage during his ETSU David Czarlinsky, GA ..................(423) 439-8212 (W) tenure ... At present, those numbers give Forbes the 20th highest win percentage among active NCAA Division I head coaches. … The Buccaneers posted their fourth Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 straight 20-win season last year, which marks just the second time in program his- Press Row Phone ............................(423) 525-1662 tory ETSU has accomplished the feat (1988-89 to 1991-92) .. Under Coach Forbes, Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 the Bucs have won 24, 27, 25 and 24 games over the last four seasons -- marking ...........................................Johnson City, TN., 37614 the most wins over a four-year stretch in Buccaneer history (100). Overnight Address: ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center, Rm. 146-W Corner of St. of Franklin and J. Robert Bell,Johnson City, TN., 37614 LAST TIME OUT JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 14, 2019) – The last time ETSU was off to a 3-0 start, Tray Boyd III wasn’t born and Bo Hodges was in diapers. QUICK FACTS FOR ETSU HOOPS Over 20 years later, the Buccaneer duo provided the late-game heroics as Hodges found Boyd open for a three-pointer to break a tie game in the final 30 seconds GENERAL INFORMATION en route to lifting ETSU to a 61-58 win over Winthrop on Thursday night inside LOCATION .................................................................................... Johnson City, Tenn. Freedom Hall. FOUNDED .................................................................................................................1911 NICKNAME ...................................................................................................Buccaneers In a game where the Blue and Gold led for over 34 minutes, the Eagles withstood ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................................ 14,400 every punch until Boyd’s game-winner. Winthrop had a chance to tie it in the final COLORS ...........................................................................................Navy Blue & Gold seconds, but Micheal Anumba’s three-point shot rimmed out and the Eagles were ARENA ............................................................. Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,177) called for a shot clock violation before getting another attempt to tie the game. AFFILIATION ........................................................................................ NCAA Division I CONFERENCE ...................................................................................................Southern Hodges led the Bucs with 17 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two blocks, PRESIDENT ...................................................Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) while Boyd – who now has two career game-winners inside Freedom Hall – knocked down clutch second-half shots as 10 of his 13 points came in the final 20 minutes. ATHLETICS DIRECTOR .......................................................... Scott Carter (ETSU, ’03) Boyd accounted for three of the Bucs’ seven made threes. ATHLETICS PHONE ...............................................................................(423) 439-4343 TICKET OFFICE PHONE .........................................................................(423) 439-3878 With the win, ETSU improved to 3-0, marking its best start since opening the 1998-99 ATHLETIC WEBSITE ...................................................................www.ETSUBucs.com season with four straight wins. It’s also the 15th time in the 101-year history of the HISTORY program the Bucs have started 3-0. Meanwhile, Winthrop – fresh off its win at No. FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL ............................................................................... 1918-19 18 Saint Mary’s on Monday night – moved to 2-2 on the young season. OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD ....................................................................... 1,355-1,044 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................10/2017 The game was gritty and displayed strong defensive play as the Bucs were able to NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD .................................................................................2-11 force 18 turnovers and turned them into 17 points on the offensive end. The Blue NIT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................................................2/2007 and Gold also held Winthrop to a less than 30 percent clip from beyond the arc as the Eagles went 5-of-17 (29.4%), including a 1-of-9 mark in the first half. LAST POST-SEASON OPPONENT ..................... Green Bay in CIT First Round, 2019 RESULT............................................................................................................. L, 94-102 The Bucs led by as many as nine points in the first half and took a 30-23 lead into COACHING STAFF the break.