2020-21 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (• All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 11/25 Abilene Christian % L, 47-70 11/26 Austin Peay % L, 66-67 VS . CHAMPIONS 2019-20 SOCON 11/27 MTSU % W, 57-43 12/8 vs. UNCA & PPD 12/12 UAB L, 61-65 12/15 GARDNER-WEBB W, 65-60 12/17 COLUMBIA INTL W, 96-54 4-4, 0-0 7-2, 0-0 12/19 LEE UNIVERSITY W, 62-53 12/22 at Alabama L,69-85 DECEMBER 30, 2020 | 7 P.M. | FREEDOM HALL 12/30 WESTERN CAROLINA* 7 p.m. 1/2 at UNCG* (Nexstar) 5 p.m. RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (JAY SANDOS) 1/6 VMI 7 p.m. 1/9 at Wofford* 7 p.m. TV: ESPN+ (MIKE GALLAGHER & BRUCE TRANBArgER) 1/13 SAMFORD* 7 p.m. 1/16 at Furman (ESPNU) 4 p.m. 1/20 at Western Carolina * TBA STATS: ETSUBUCS.COM (STATBROADCAST) 1/23 FURMAN * 4 p.m. 1/27 CHATTANOONGA * 7 p.m. ETSU (2020-21 Record: 4-4 Overall, 0-0 SoCon) 1/30 THE CITADEL * 4 p.m. No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G 2/3 at Mercer * TBA 2/6 at Chattanooga * 2 p.m. Previous Game Starters 2/10 at The Citadel * 7 p.m. 0 Silas Adheke C Sr. 6-8 245 8/8 5.8 6.4 0.9 22.8 2/13 WOFFORD * 4 p.m. 4 David Sloan G Sr. 6-0 180 8/8 9.9 1.5 4.1 26.0 2/17 MERCER * 7 p.m. 2/20 at Samford * 8 p.m. 12 Damari Monsanto G RFr. 6-6 225 8/3 8.8 6.1 1.0 22.3 2/24 at VMI * 7 p.m. 23 Vonnie Patterson F Sr. 6-4 200 8/8 4.9 3.4 1.9 21.1 2/27 UNCG * 4 p.m. 3/5 SoCon Opening Round$ TBA 25 Ledarrius Brewer G RJr. 6-5 190 8/8 15.5 4.6 1.1 28.9 3/6 SoCon Quarterfinal$ TBA Off the Bench 3/7 SoCon Semifnals$ TBA 1 Serrel Smith G Jr. 6-4 175 8/5 5.8 2.4 1.1 23.1 3/8 SoCon Championship$ TBA Home games in BOLD CAPS 2 Paul Smith F Fr. 6-8 245 --- --- --- --- --- * SoCon Conference game; 3 Truth Harris G Fr. 6-1 175 8/0 1.8 0.5 0.3 6.8 % Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.) & Harrrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, N.C.) 5 Marcus Niblack G Fr. 6-1 190 8/0 2.4 1.4 1.0 14.5 $ SoCon Tournament Asheville, N.C.) 14 Ty Brewer F Jr. 6-9 205 8/0 8.0 4.4 0.8 21.4 15 Richard Amaefule F Fr. 6-9 230 8/0 2.4 3.0 0.4 11.8 22 Morrell Schramm G Fr. 6-2 210 1/0- 0.0 0.0 0.0. 4.0 24 Jordan Coffin G Srr. 6-1 190 1/0 4.0 3.0 0.0 4.0 33 Charlie Weber F So. 6-9 215 2/0 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 HEAD COACH: Jason Shay (Iowa, ’95) ASSISTANT COACHES: Turner Battle (Buffalo, ’05), Greg Heiar (Mount St. Clare, ’00), Matt Wise (Transylvania, ’11), Chad Donley (Liberty, ’13) TONIGHT’S TOP STORYLINES 1) ETSU leads the all-time series, 59-25, including winning 11 straight and 28 of the last 29 games with the lone setback coming in the 2015 SoCon Tournament (67-61) … ETSU is 32-8 all-time against the Catamounts in Johnson City, including winning 14 straight … The last Buccaneer home loss to Western Carolina was on Feb. 24, 1996 (93-91) 2) Since the start of the 2015-16 campaign, ETSU has won the most games in the Southern Conference with 71 victories … UNCG (67), Furman (65) and Wofford (59) are the other top win leaders in league play during this span. Yet again this season, ETSU fans around the globe will have the opportunity to watch the Bucs play via Internet 3)Wednesday marks the 33rd SoCon opener for the Blue Gold with ETSU going 17-15 in the previous 32 video streaming with the Watch ESPN App, through ... Since 2001-02, the Bucs have won eight of the last 10 SoCon openers, including the 96-84 road win at ESPN+ . Check out ETSUBucs.com to learn which outlet The Citadel to open conference play last season. will be broadcasting games throughout the year. GAME #9 | VS. WESTERN CAROLINA | DEC. 30, 2020 | 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 avail- and broadcast media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee able to assist members of the media with their questions and State University in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Director of Com- be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but munications Kevin Brown with any questions about the Bucs. Bucs is also acceptable. LAST TIME OUT Kevin Brown, Director (MBB Contact) (423) 747-3877 (C) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Dec. 22, 2020) – Through the first 25-plus minutes it looked David Fox, Assistant Director .....(423) 439-5263 (W) like the Buccaneers were prime for another Power-5 win. Matt Busch, Intern ..................... (423) 439-5612 (W) David Czarlinsky, GA ..................(423) 439-8212 (W) Unfortunately, foul trouble set in early in the second half, and Alabama capitalized. Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 With the Tide leading by two, senior center Silas Adheke (Lagos, Nigeria) picked up Press Row Phone ............................(423) 747-3877 his fourth foul five minutes into the second half and Alabama used a 15-3 run to Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 open a double-digit lead en route to downing ETSU, 85-69, on Tuesday night inside Coleman Coliseum. ...........................................Johnson City, TN., 37614 Overnight Address: ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center, Rm. 272-W INSIDE THE NUMBERS Corner of St. of Franklin and J. Robert Bell,Johnson City, TN., 37614 • The Bucs saw their three-game win streak snapped as ETSU ended non-conference play with a 4-4 record, while Alabama, who was picked to finish fifth in the South- QUICK FACTS FOR ETSU HOOPS eastern Conference, moved to 5-3. GENERAL INFORMATION • Tuesday marked the 73rd time the Bucs played an SEC opponent, while the Blue LOCATION .................................................................................... Johnson City, Tenn. and Gold were eyeing their fourth win over a Power-5 opponent in the last six years. FOUNDED .................................................................................................................1911 • Despite the 16-point loss, ETSU shot 48.0 percent from the field (24-50), marking NICKNAME ...................................................................................................Buccaneers its highest shooting clip against a Division I team this season. ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................................ 14,400 COLORS ...........................................................................................Navy Blue & Gold • After trailing by only one at the half (36-35), the Bucs were outscored by 15 in ARENA ............................................................. Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,177) the second, 49-34. AFFILIATION ........................................................................................ NCAA Division I CONFERENCE ..................................................................................Southern (SoCon) • ETSU was out-rebounded by 10, 39-29, with Alabama holding a plus-19 margin in PRESIDENT ...................................................Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) second-chance points, 21-2. The Tide also turned 20 Buccaneer turnovers into 20 points on the offensive end. ATHLETICS DIRECTOR .......................................................... Scott Carter (ETSU, ’03) ATHLETICS PHONE ...............................................................................(423) 439-4343 • The Bucs, who entered the night ranked 13th in the country in field goal percent- TICKET OFFICE PHONE .........................................................................(423) 439-3878 age defense (35.8), saw the Tide shoot 48.3 percent from the floor (29-60), while ATHLETIC WEBSITE ...................................................................www.ETSUBucs.com also knocking down 12 three-pointers. HISTORY FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL ............................................................................... 1918-19 • ETSU had three players record four fouls, with Alabama making seven extra trips OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD ....................................................................... 1,386-1,048 to the charity stripe. NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................11/2020 TOP PERFORMERS NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD .................................................................................2-11 • Damari Monsanto (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) led the Bucs with a career-high 23-points, NIT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................................................2/2007 while he also grabbed a career-best nine rebounds. Monsanto was 8-of-13 from the LAST POST-SEASON OPPONENT ..................... Green Bay in CIT First Round, 2019 field an accounted for six of the Bucs’ nine made threes. RESULT............................................................................................................. L, 94-102 COACHING STAFF • After having his run of six straight games scoring in double figures come to a halt HEAD COACH ......................................................................... Jason Shay (Iowa, ’95) last Saturday, Ledarrius Brewer (Meridian, Miss.) got back into the groove as he ended with 18 points and two steals. RECORD AT ETSU ......................................................................4-4 (.500), First year CAREER RECORD .................................................................................................... Same • David Sloan (Louisville, Ky.) also pitched in with 14 points and dished out five of OVERALL NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD ....................................................0-0 (1.000) ETSU’s nine assists. NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD AT ETSU ...................................................0-0