2019-2020 Game No Tebook
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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 No. 4 Kansas % L, 63-5 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. 23, 2019 | 2 P.M. | FREEDOM HALL (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.) 12/7 at North Dakota State 8 p.m. 12/15 MILLIGAN 2 P.M. RADIO: NONE 12/18 at LSU 7 p.m. 12/21 CLEVELAND STATE 4 P.M. TV: ESPN+ (DAVID JACKSON & BRUCE TRANBARGER) 12/29 MARS HILL 2 P.M. 1/1 WOFFORD * 4 P.M. 1/4 at Furman * 4 p.m. STATS: ETSUBUCS.COM (STATBROADCAST) 1/8 at UNCG * 7 p.m. 1/11 VMI * 4 P.M. ETSU (2019-20 Record: 3-1 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 4/4 17.0 6.8 2.5 31.0 2/1 UNCG * 4 P.M. 10 Patrick Good G Jr. 6-0 175 4/2 11.3 2.5 0.8 24.5 2/5 at Chattanooga * 7 p.m. 2/8 at Mercer * 4:30 p.m. 11 Jeromy Rodriguez F RSr. 6-7 230 4/4 .5 8.3 1.0 26.3 2/12 THE CITADEL * 7 P.M. 15 Isaiah Tisdale G Sr. 6-1 195 4/4 6.3 2.5 2.8 25.0 2/15 at VMI * 1 p.m. 2/19 FURMAN * 7 P.M. 25 Lucas N’Guessan C Sr. 7-0 230 4/4 7.0 5.0 1.5 19.3 2/22 at Samford * 3 p.m. RESERVES 2/26 at Wofford * 7 p.m. 1 Tray Boyd III G Sr. 6-4 195 4/0 12.5 2.3 1.8 20.8 2/29 WESTERN CAROLINA * 4 P.M. 3/6-9 SoCon Tournament (Asheville, N.C.) 5 Daivien Williamson G So. 6-2 165 4/2 8.8 1.8 3.3 25.0 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 4/0 2.5 2.8 1.0 20.3 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) Starting Saturday, the Bucs will play three games over a four-day stretch … Following the Delaware State game, ETSU takes on either Charleston Southern or Southern Utah on Sunday at 2 p.m., while then facing former SoCon rival Appalachian State Tuesday night at 7 p.m. inside Freedom Hall. 2) ETSU has gone 53-11 (.828) inside Freedom Hall in the Forbes era, including a 13-3 mark last season and 2-0 record this year. Yet again this season, ETSU fans around the globe will 3) Junior Bo Hodges has been doing it all for the Blue and Gold in their first four games of have the opportunity to watch the Bucs play via Internet the season ... Hodges, who is averaging a team-best 17 points per game, is also posting 6.8 video streaming with the Watch ESPN App, through rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.25 blocks per game this season ... Hodges is the only player in ESPN+ or the SoConDigitalNetwork.com. Check out Division I hoops to put up those numbers who average over 17+ points per game. ETSUBucs.com to learn which outlet will be broadcasting games throughout the year. GAME #5 | DELAWARE STATE | NOV. 23, 2019 | FREEDOM HALL @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 .720 winning percentage during his ETSU David Czarlinsky, GA ..................(423) 439-8212 (W) tenure ... At present, those numbers give Forbes the 21st 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 LAWRENCE, Kan. (Nov. 19, 2019) –The ETSU men’s basketball team put a scare into the fourth-ranked team in the country on Tuesday night. QUICK FACTS FOR ETSU HOOPS After falling behind by as many as 18 points in the first half, the ETSU men’s basketball team battled back and made it a five-point game with under six minutes remaining. GENERAL INFORMATION However, the Buccaneers couldn’t complete the comeback as the Jayhawks held LOCATION .................................................................................... Johnson City, Tenn. on for a 75-63 win in front of 16,300 fans on Tuesday night inside Allen Fieldhouse. FOUNDED .................................................................................................................1911 Junior guard Bo Hodges (Nashville, Tenn.) scored a game-high 22 points on 8-of-14 NICKNAME ...................................................................................................Buccaneers shooting, while adding seven rebounds and three blocks in 36 minutes. Senior center ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................................ 14,400 Lucas N’Guessan (De Lier, Netherlands) finished with 11 points and seven rebounds, COLORS ...........................................................................................Navy Blue & Gold along with knocking down his first collegiate three-pointer to extend ETSU’s streak ARENA ............................................................. Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,177) of making one triple to 1,005 straight games. Sophomore guard Daivien Williamson AFFILIATION ........................................................................................ NCAA Division I (Winston-Salem, N.C.) also scored in double figures as he went 4-of-8 to end with CONFERENCE ...................................................................................................Southern 10 points and dished out four of the Bucs’ 12 assists. PRESIDENT ...................................................Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) As a team, ETSU was held to 38 percent shooting (23-60), while hitting nine of its ATHLETICS DIRECTOR .......................................................... Scott Carter (ETSU, ’03) 30 three-point attempts – five of which came during the second-half run to pull ATHLETICS PHONE ...............................................................................(423) 439-4343 within 61-56 with 5:55 remaining. The Bucs outrebounded Kansas 33-32, including TICKET OFFICE PHONE .........................................................................(423) 439-3878 adding 11 offensive rebounds. Senior post Jeromy Rodriguez (Santiago, Dominican ATHLETIC WEBSITE ...................................................................www.ETSUBucs.com Republic) led the Blue and Gold with 10 boards – the 20th double-digit rebound HISTORY game of his career. ETSU committed 10 of its 16 turnovers in the first half, leading FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL ............................................................................... 1918-19 to 24 Jayhawk points off those miscues. Kansas was also plus-30 in the paint (54-24) OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD ....................................................................... 1,356-1,044 and plus-12 in fast break scoring, 21 to 9. NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................10/2017 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD .................................................................................2-11 The Bucs, who were playing Kansas for the fourth time in program history and first NIT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................................................2/2007 since Jan. 4, 1996, suffered their first loss of the season as ETSU moved to 3-1. The Jayhawks extended their home winning streak to 24 straight games and improved LAST POST-SEASON OPPONENT ..................... Green Bay in CIT First Round, 2019 to 3-1. RESULT............................................................................................................. L, 94-102 COACHING STAFF ETSU led 5-4 early following a jumper by Hodges two and a half minutes into the HEAD COACH ..........................................Steve Forbes (Southern Arkansas, ’88) game, but then Kansas took over.