2019-20 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (• All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 11/6 NEWBERRY 7 P.M. 11/9 at UT-Martin 8 p.m. 2019-2020 GAME NOTEBOOK 11/14 WINTHROP 7 P.M. 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. 6, 2019 | 7 P.M. | FREEDOM HALL (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.) 12/7 at North Dakota State 8 p.m. 12/15 MILLIGAN 2 P.M. ADIO AY ANDOS 12/18 at LSU 7 p.m. R : WXSM-AM 640 (J S ) 12/21 CLEVELAND STATE 4 P.M. 12/29 MARS HILL 2 P.M. TV: ESPN+ (DAVID JACKSON & BRUCE TRANBARGER) 1/1 WOFFORD * 4 P.M. 1/4 at Furman * 4 p.m. STATS: BUCSSTATS.COM (STATBROADCAST) 1/8 at UNCG * 7 p.m. 1/11 VMI * 4 P.M. 1/15 SAMFORD * 7 P.M. ETSU (2019-20 Record: 0-0 Overall, 0-0 SoCon) 1/18 at Western Carolina * 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS(Note: 2018-19 statistics) 1/25 CHATTANOOGA * 4 P.M. 1/29 MERCER * 7 P.M. No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G 2/1 UNCG * 4 P.M. 3 Bo Hodges G Jr. 6-4 190 29/27 10.3 4.4 2.6 25.7 2/5 at Chattanooga * 7 p.m. 5 Daivien Williamson G So. 6-2 155 33/16 9.5 2.0 2.5 22.2 2/8 at Mercer * 4:30 p.m. 2/12 THE CITADEL * 7 P.M. 11 Jeromy Rodriguez F RSr. 6-7 225 33/32 11.2 10.9 1.9 31.0 2/15 at VMI * 1 p.m. 15 Isaiah Tisdale G Sr. 6-1 185 32/19 8.6 2.8 2.9 24.5 2/19 FURMAN * 7 P.M. 2/22 at Samford * 3 p.m. 25 Lucas N’Guessan C Sr. 7-0 220 23/10 6.2 3.2 0.4 14.5 2/26 at Wofford * 7 p.m. RESERVES 2/29 WESTERN CAROLINA * 4 P.M. 1 Tray Boyd III G Sr. 6-4 185 34/8 12.2 1.9 1.9 22.7 3/6-9 SoCon Tournament (Asheville, N.C.) Home games in BOLD CAPS 10 Patrick Good G Jr. 6-0 165 32/31 10.4 2.3 1.9 27.4 * SoCon Conference game; 12 Damari Monsanto G Fr. 6-6 224 --- --- --- --- --- % Maui Invitational (Mainland) 13 Octavion Corley C RJr. 7-0 195 2/0 4.5 5.0 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 --- --- --- --- --- 24 Jordan Coffin G Jr. 6-1 185 --- --- --- --- -- 33 Charlie Weber F Fr. 6-9 215 --- --- --- --- --- 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) ETSU leads the all-time series over Newberry, 2-0 … The last time the teams met was in 1989-90 when the Bucs defeated the Wolves, 125-74 … The 125 points still stands as the Buccaneer single-game record … This marks the second time the two teams will open the season as ETSU beat Newberry 97-81 to open the 1986-87 opener. 2) Wednesday marks the 101st season opener of ETSU men’s basketball … Overall, the Bucs are 59-39 in the previous openers (please note, results are missing for the 1920-21 and 1932-33 seasons … The Bucs have reached the century mark in six of those openers, Yet again this season, ETSU fans around the globe will including five since the 1988-89 season – three of those times the Blue and Gold reached have the opportunity to watch the Bucs play via Internet the NCAA Tournament. video streaming with the Watch ESPN App, through 3) Since 1981-82, ETSU has won 35 of its 38 home openers and 30 of its last 32 … Under ESPN+ or the SoConDigitalNetwork.com. Check out Coach Forbes, the Bucs are a perfect 4-0 in home openers, with ETSU averaging 98 points ETSUBucs.com to learn which outlet will be broadcasting per game in those contests and winning by an average of 43.5 points. games throughout the year. GAME #1 | NEWBERRY | NOV. 6, 2019 | FREEDOM HALL @ETSU_MBB etsubasketball MEDIA INFORMATION WE ARE “ETSU” East Tennessee State’s Athletic Media Relations Office is The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask available to assist members of the media with their questions both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be and requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Director of called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee State University in first reference Communications Kevin Brown with any questions about the is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV Bucs. graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. Kevin Brown, Director (MBB Contact) (423) 747-3877 (C) David Fox, Assistant Director .....(423) 439-5263 (W) BUC BITS Matt Busch, Intern ..................... (423) 439-5612 (W) As ETSU head coach Steve Forbes enters his fifth season with the David Czarlinsky, GA ..................(423) 439-8212 (W) Buccaneers, the program has maintained and strengthened its Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 position as one of the preeminent mid-majors in the country. ... Press Row Phone ............................(423) 525-1662 In fact, Forbes has taken the Bucs to even higher levels of success, Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 having totaled 100 victories and a .719 winning percentage during ...........................................Johnson City, TN., 37614 his ETSU tenure ... At present, those numbers give Forbes the 12th Overnight Address: ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center, Rm. 146-W highest win percentage among active NCAA Division I head coaches. Corner of St. of Franklin and J. Robert Bell,Johnson City, TN., 37614 … The Buccaneers posted their fourth straight 20-win season this year, which marks just the second time in program history ETSU has accomplished the feat (1988-89 to 1991-92) .. Under Coach QUICK FACTS FOR ETSU HOOPS Forbes, the Bucs have won 24, 27, 25 and 24 games over the last GENERAL INFORMATION four seasons -- marking themost wins over a four-year stretch in LOCATION .................................................................................... Johnson City, Tenn. Buccaneer history (100). FOUNDED .................................................................................................................1911 NICKNAME ...................................................................................................Buccaneers LAST TIME OUT ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................................ 14,400 JOHNSON CITY, TENN. (NOV. 1, 2019) -- The ETSU men’s basketball COLORS ...........................................................................................Navy Blue & Gold team made its final tune-up before next week’s season opener as ARENA ............................................................. Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,177) the Buccaneers downed Limestone, 80-62 in an exhibition game on AFFILIATION ........................................................................................ NCAA Division I Friday night inside Freedom Hall. CONFERENCE ...................................................................................................Southern PRESIDENT ...................................................Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) Four Buccaneers scored in double figures with senior guard Isaiah ATHLETICS DIRECTOR .......................................................... Scott Carter (ETSU, ’03) Tisdale (Lexington, Ky.) netting a game-high 20 points on 8-of-13 ATHLETICS PHONE ...............................................................................(423) 439-4343 shooting. Fellow senior guard Tray Boyd III (Memphis, Tenn.) added TICKET OFFICE PHONE .........................................................................(423) 439-3878 12 points off the bench, while sophomore Daivien Williamson ATHLETIC WEBSITE ...................................................................www.ETSUBucs.com (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and senior transfer Joe Hugley (Gaithersburg, HISTORY Md.) both pitched in with 11. Williamson also totaled eight assists FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL ............................................................................... 1918-19 and Tisdale accounted for four steals. OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD ....................................................................... 1,352-1,044 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................10/2017 As a team, ETSU – who used a strong second-half surge – shot 47 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD .................................................................................2-11 percent (31-66) from the field and forced the Saints into 27 turn- NIT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................................................2/2007 overs, which the Bucs cashed those into 30 points on the offensive LAST POST-SEASON OPPONENT ..................... Green Bay in CIT First Round, 2019 end. ETSU also made nine of its 11 free throw attempts, while limiting RESULT............................................................................................................. L, 94-102 Limestone to 3-of-15 from beyond the arc. Tisdale and Williamson COACHING STAFF combined for 5-of-5 at the charity stripe. HEAD COACH ..........................................Steve Forbes (Southern Arkansas, ’88) RECORD AT ETSU ......................................................... 100-39 (.719), Fourth year The Bucs shot 53 percent (18-34) in the second half, along with CAREER RECORD ..............................................................266-99 (.729), 10 seasons draining seven of their nine made total threes in the final 20 minutes. OVERALL NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD ......................................................0-1 (.000) Boyd made four of ETSU’s three-pointers.