Norfolk State University Men’S Basketball • Game 6 | at Northwestern (Evanston, Ill./Welsh-Ryan Arena)
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2019-20 Norfolk State University Men’s Basketball • Game 6 | at Northwestern (Evanston, Ill./Welsh-Ryan Arena) For More Information, Contact: Mike Bello, Assistant Sports Information Director/MBB Contact Office Phone: 757.823.2628 Norfolk State Cell Phone: 814.602.6678 Email: [email protected] Website: www.NSUSpartans.com Twitter: @NSUSpartans Facebook: NorfolkStateAthletics University Instagram: @NSUAthletics Mailing Address: NSU Sports Infor- mation Office • 700 Park Ave. • Men’s Basketball Game Notes Norfolk, VA 23504 Norfolk State Spartans (3-2) Game 2019-20 Norfolk State Schedule at (3-2 overall, 0-0 MEAC) 6 Northwestern Wildcats (1-2) November Game Information Tues. 5 .....Greensboro College .......W, 100-59 Date/Time: Friday, November 22, 2019 | 8 p.m. EST Fri. 8 .........Penn State Wilkes-Barre ..W, 93-53 Site: Evanston, Ill. | Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,039) Tues. 12 ....at Ole Miss ...........................L, 55-68 TV: BTN+ Radio: None Thurs. 14..The Apprentice School ..W, 113-54 Tues. 19 ....at Bradley % ........................L, 57-69 Live Stats: NUSports.com/SidearmStats/mbball Live Video: BTNPlus.com, BTN+ App Fri. 22 .......at Northwestern % .................. 8 p.m. Series Information: First Meeting Tues. 26 ....vs. Caldwell % ........................ 5 p.m. Head Coaches: NSU - Robert Jones (112-98, 7th season) Wed. 27 ....at Monmouth % ...................... 7 p.m. NU - Chris Collins (102-98, 7th season at Northwestern) December Setting the Scene Sun. 1 .......Niagara ..................................4 p.m. Norfolk State will stay in the state of Illinois for its second game of the week, as the Spartan men’s Wed. 4 ......at Southern Illinois .................. 8 p.m. basketball team takes on Northwestern on Friday at 8 p.m. EST. The game from Welsh-Ryan Sat. 7 ........at Hampton .............................6 p.m. Arena will take place as part of the Fort Myers Tip-Off Tournament. Sun. 15 .....at Loyola Chicago ................... 2 p.m. Fri. 20 .......vs. Bowling Green & ............... 7 p.m. NSU stayed in the Prairie State after falling at Bradley on Tuesday, also part of the tournament. Sat. 21 ......vs. Drexel/Quinnipiac & .. 2/4:30 p.m. The Spartans will head to Monmouth next week for a pair of games to close out the tourney. Sun. 29 .....at Stony Brook ......................12 p.m. Media Coverage Fans can catch the game live on BTN+, a subscription service available through BTNPlus.com January and the BTN+ app. Live stats will also be available through NUSports.com/SidearmStats/mbball. Sat. 4 ........Bethune-Cookman * ....... 6:30 p.m. Mon. 6.......at Coppin State * ............... 7:30 p.m. Series History Sat. 11 ......at Howard * .............................4 p.m. This will mark the first ever meeting between NSU and Northwestern, the sixth of nine teams this Sat. 18 ......MDES * ............................. 6:30 p.m. year the Spartans will play for the first time ever. Sat. 25 ......South Carolina State * .... 6:30 p.m. Mon. 27 ....Florida A&M * ........................7 p.m. Scouting Northwestern The Wildcats stand 1-2 on the season, having beaten Providence while also falling to Merrimack February and Radford, all at home. The contest against Radford on Tuesday saw NU fall behind by as Sat. 1 ........at North Carolina A&T * .......... 4 p.m. much as 21 in the second half before losing 67-56. Northwestern is coming off a 13-19 overall Mon. 3.......at North Carolina Central * ..... 7 p.m. season last year. Sat. 8 ........Delaware State *.............. 6:30 p.m. NU has hit just 39 percent from the field, 23 percent from deep, in scoring just 63.0 points per Sat. 15 ......Morgan State * ................ 6:30 p.m. Mon. 17 ....Coppin State * .......................8 p.m. PROBABLE NSU STARTERS Sat. 22 ......at Florida A&M *...................... 4 p.m. Mon. 24.....at Bethune-Cookman * ...... 7:30 p.m. No. Name Pos. PPG RPG APG Notes Sat. 29 ......Howard * .......................... 6:30 p.m. 4 Joe Bryant Jr. G 14.2 4.2 2.0 17 pts, 6-12 FG, 3-3 FT, 3 reb at Bradley 11 Jermaine Bishop G 14.4 2.4 2.8 14 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast at Bradley 22 Spirit Ricks G/F 5.2 2.6 0.0 12 pts, 5-8 FG, 3 reb vs PSU W-B March 34 Steven Whitley G 9.0 4.8 2.6 14 pts, 3-4 FG, 6-6 FG, 6 ast vs App. Mon. 2.......at Delaware State *............ 7:30 p.m. 35 Yoro Sidibe G/F 8.5 5.8 0.0 8 pts, 6-8 FT, 3 reb at Bradley Thurs. 5 ....at Morgan State *............... 7:30 p.m. Mon. 9- .....MEAC Tournament # .................TBD Off the Bench Sat. 14 0 Jared White F -- -- -- Walk-on led St. Stephen’s to state title last year 1 Nyzaiah Chambers F 4.0 2.2 0.8 9 pts, 2-3 FG, 5-6 FT, 3 reb, 2 ast vs App All times EST 2 Kashaun Hicks G/F 5.8 3.8 0.6 13 pts, 4-9 FG, 3-6 3-Pt, 6 reb vs App 3 Caleb Dawkins G 6.0 0.0 0.0 6 pts, 2 stl vs Greensboro Home games in bold 5 Tyrese Jenkins G 3.0 2.0 1.0 5 pts, 2-5 FG, 2 reb vs App % Fort Myers Tip-Off Tournament 13 Daryl Anderson G 3.3 2.3 0.5 10 pts, 3-3 3-Pt, 3 reb, 2 ast vs App. & Boardwalk Battle 14 Devante Carter G 11.8 4.6 5.0 6 pts, 3-5 FG, 5 reb, 4 ast, 4 stl at Bradley * MEAC game 23 Efstratios Kalogerias F/C -- -- -- 7.3 pts, 9.3 reb, 2.7 ast last year at JC # Norfolk Scope Arena 32 Chris Ford F 3.8 3.8 0.2 Career-high 11 pts w/ 5 reb, 2 blk vs PSU W-B 55 Kyonze Chavis G 4.0 1.7 1.0 9 pts, 4-6 FG vs PSU W-B NSU Men’s Basketball Game Notes 1 game to start the year. Opponents have not fared much better, connecting on 38 percent overall NSU Quick Facts and 31 percent from beyond the arc. The Wildcats have also been -3.3 in turnover margin so far. General Information Pete Nance paces the Wildcat squad with 14.7 points and 10.0 rebounds. Miller Kopp is also in Location ............................................Norfolk, Va. double figures with 12.0 points. Two more starters in Pat Spencer (9.7 points, 4.0 assists) and Founded ..................................................... 1935 Enrollment ................................................. 5,204 Ryan Young (9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds) also play a part on offense. Nickname..............................................Spartans School Colors ............................... Green & Gold Last Time Out Affiliation ....................................NCAA Division I The Spartans held the lead for nearly 13 minutes in the first half against Bradley. The Braves, how- Conference ........... Mid-Eastern Athletic (MEAC) ever, closed the half on a run and held off the Spartans for the rest of the game in a 69-57 victory Home Arena............. Joseph Echols Hall (4,500) on Tuesday night at Carver Arena. BU’s lead never got more than the final margin of 12, and NSU President ................ Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston got as close as two in the latter half of the second stanza. Athletics Director ..........................Marty L. Miller Athletics Phone...........................(757) 823-8152 Five players scored in double figures for the Braves (3-1), who shot 50 percent in the second half Ticket Office ................................(757) 823-9009 after NSU did the same in the first. The Spartans made 40 percent for the game, but just 20 percent (4-of-20) from deep. Sports Information SID................................................Matt Michalec Joe Bryant Jr. led NSU with 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting, and Jermaine Bishop added 14 points Email ............................ [email protected] as well. For Bradley, Koch Bar tallied 15 points and eight rebounds, while Darrell Brown went for Asst. SID/MBB Contact ......................Mike Bello 13 poitns, eight assists and five rebounds. Phone .....................................(757) 823-2628 Fax .....................................…(757) 823-8218 Email .................................. [email protected] Cleaning Out the Notebook Press Row ..................................(757) 823-8195 • NSU nailed 20 3-pointers against Apprentice School, breaking the previous best of 18 set last Web site ........................www.NSUSpartans.com year against Maryland Eastern Shore. NSU also tied its Division I record with 26 assists Twitter ....................................... @NSUSpartans • Its 32 3-point attempts are tied for the third-most in a single game in D-I history, and its 3-point Instagram.......................................NSUAthletics percentage of 62.5 is the fifth best mark over that time. Address: .........NSU Office of Sports Information • Its 113 points scored against Apprentice are the second-most since moving to D-I in 1997, ....................... 700 Park Ave., Norfolk, VA 23504 topped only by a 115-point performance in November of 2013. The 59-point margin of victory is the second-biggest in D-I history as well behind a 78-point win over Mid-Atlantic Christian in Coaching Staff December of 2017. Head Coach...................................Robert Jones • They recorded 16 steals, the most in a game January of 2009 (17). Alma Mater .................... SUNY-New Paltz ’02 • Since 2002-03, NSU has never had at least 28 fastbreak points in a game. Record at NSU ...............112-98 (7th Season) • NSU last played three of its first four games of the season at home in 2014-15. Career Record .......................................Same • The Spartans have had three 30-point wins for the second year in a row. Office Phone ...........................(757) 823-9192 • They recorded back-to-back 40-point wins for the first time in their Division I history following Assistant Coach............................. Jamal Brown Alma Mater .............. South Carolina State ‘97 the 93-53 victory over Penn State Wilkes-Barre and the season-opening 100-59 win against Office Phone ...........................(757) 823-8441 Greensboro.