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BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 2020-21 SCHEDULE COASTAL CAROLINA PEPPERDINE CHANTICLEERS WAVES NOVEMBER (1-0) 28 NO. CAROLINA WESLEYAN W, 117-68 18-7 / 9-5 SUN BELT 14-12 / 7-6 WCC DECEMBER (5-1) 03 COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL W, 113-56 GAME 26 • VS PEPPERDINE (CBI CHAMPIONSHIP) 07 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL W, 78-71 12 GREENSBORO ESPN+ W, 103-45 Game Information SERIES HISTORY VS. PEPPERDINE Date / Time: Tuesday, March 24 / 8:00 p.m. ET OVERALL: First meeting 15 at Wofford L, 77-88 ALL GAMES AT CCU: 0-0 ESPN+ Site: Ocean Center / 8,020 17 DELAWARE STATE W, 99-73 ALL GAMES AT PEPPERDINE: 0-0 ESPN+ Audio Broadcast: Chanticleer Sports Network 18 ALICE LLOYD W, 86-63 NEUTRAL SITE: 0-0 Radio: WRNN Hot Talk 99.5 FM CLIFF ELLIS VS. PEPPERDINE AT CCU: 0-0 JANUARY (6-3) Online Audio Link: http://WRNN.net STREAK: First meeting 01 GEORGIA STATE * ESPN+ W, 81-69 Talent: Chris Burgin (play-by-play) 02 GEORGIA STATE * ESPN+ L, 62-70 PREVIOUS MEETINGS ESPN+ Online: FLOHOOPS.com 08 SOUTH ALABAMA * W, 78-65 Talent: Chris Hooks (pbp); TBA (analyst) First meeting 09 SOUTH ALABAMA * ESPN+ W, 83-69 15 at Georgia State * ESPN+ canceled Live Stats: GoCCUsports.com STATISTICAL COMPARISON 16 at Georgia State * ESPN+ L, 68-71 Twitter Updates: @GoCCUSports, @CoastalMBB CCU STET 22 TROY * ESPN+ W, 90-81 OVERALL RECORD 18-7 12-14 23 TROY * ESPN+ W, 70-65 Opening Tip CONFERENCE RECORD 9-5 7-9 • For the second time in three CBI appearances, the Chants will be playing for 29 at Georgia Southern * ESPN2 W, 79-62 SCORING OFFENSE 80.2 76.6 30 at Georgia Southern * ESPN+ L, 58-61 the CBI Championship, facing Pepperdine in this year’s championship game. SCORING DEFENSE 67.6 74.1 • In 2017 the Chants lost the championship to Wyoming 2 games to 1...CCU SCORING MARGIN +12.7 +2.5 defeated the Cowboys when the two teams met in Conway, but fell in both REBOUNDS PER GAME 43.9 35.1 FEBRUARY (3-2) REBOUND MARGIN +10.6 -0.4 ESPN+ games in Laramie. 05 at South Alabama * L, 65-71 FG PERCENTAGE .459 .461 ESPN+ • The Chants made it to the championship in two different fashions...Defeating 06 at South Alabama * L, 66-70 3-PT FG PERCENTAGE .358 .325 11 at Appalachian State * ESPN+ canceled Bryant with an offensive explosion of 93 points and pulling out a tough FT PERCENTAGE .717 .784 13 APPALACHIAN STATE * ESPN+ canceled overtime victory over Stetson 77-72, a game they trailed at halftime. FG PERCENTAGE DEFENSE .385 .439 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * ESPN+ canceled • Pepperdine defeated Longwood 80-66 in the Waves opening round and 3-POINTERS PER GAME 8.6 6.9 21 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * ESPN+ W, 65-55 defeated Bellarmine 82-71 in last night’s semifinal game. ASSISTS PER GAME 15.8 16.2 26 at Troy * ESPN+ W, 75-59 • Essam Mostafa picked up his ninth double-double of the season with 22 TURNOVERS PER GAME 15.0 13.2 27 at Troy * ESPN+ W, 76-71 points and 12 rebounds to lead CCU to the semifinal victory...He scored eight TURNOVER MARGIN -0.9 +0.2 STEALS PER GAME 8.4 6.4 of his points in overtime before fouling out with 48 seconds left in the game. BLOCKS PER GAME 4.1 3.0 MARCH (3-1) • Tyrik Dixon scored 17 points off the bench including eight in overtime. 05 SBC Tourn. 1st Rd. ESPN+ ^ Bye • The Chants scored 18 points in the overtime period....16 of those came from 06 SBC Tourn. 2nd Rd. ESPN+ ^ W, 86-68 Mostafa and Dixon...Deanthony Tipler hit two free throws for the final points. vs Troy Pensacola State College • Ebrima Dibba had 11 points and a game-high eight assists. ESPN+ 07 SBC Tourn. Semifinals ^ L, 61-64 (OT) • Pepperdine has two double-digits scorers in Colbey Ross (17.6) and Kessler vs Appalachian State Pensacola Bay Center FLOHOOPS.com Edwards (17.5)...Edwards scored a game-high 28 points in last night’s victory 22 CBI Tournament W, 93-82 over Bellarmine...Kendall Munson came off the bench to score 13 points and vs Bryant Daytona Beach, Fla. Jade’ Smith added 11...Leading season-scorer Ross only scored eight points in 23 CBI Tournament W, 77-72 (OT) the victory. vs Stetson Daytona Beach, Fla. 24 CBI Championship 8:00 p.m. • Pepperdine trailed by nine at halftime only to outscore Bellarmine by 20 in vs Pepperdine Daytona Beach, Fla. the second half. Home Games at HTC Center COASTAL CAROLINA POSSIBLE STARTERS * - Sun Belt Conference Game + - Sun Belt Tournament (Pensacola, Fla.) Pensacola Bay Center & Pensacola State College G G G/F F F All times LOCAL COASTAL CAROLINA 4 3 10 2 44 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 132 Chanticleer Dr. KEVIN WILLIAMSON DEVANTE' JONES EBRIMA DIBBA GARRICK GREEN ESSAM MOSTAFA Conway, S.C., 29526 JR • AIKEN, S.C. JR • NEW ORLEANS, LA. R-SO • BREDANG, SKARHOLMEN SR • BATON ROUGE, LA. R-FR • CAIRO, EGYPT Darrell Orand, Assistant Director (MBB Contact) Email: [email protected] PPG RPG APG SPG PPG RPG APG SPG PPG RPG APG SPG PPG RPG BPG SPG PPG RPG BPG SPG Office: 843-349-6467 5.9 2.2 0.5 0.3 19.8 7.2 3.1 3.0 7.5 5.6 5.5 1.6 8.3 5.6 0.4 0.7 12.0 9.0 1.0 0.4 Cell: 843-333-4067 1 2020-21 COASTAL CAROLINA MEN’S BASKETBALL DeAnthony Tyrik Garrick DeVante’ Kevin Daivon Ebrima 0 Tipler 1 Dixon 2 Green 3 Jones 4 Williamson 5 Stephens 10 Dibba Tim Mason Malik Isaac Ahmard Jalen Deshawn 11 Ceaser 13 Grigg 14 LaGania 15 Hippolyte 20 Harvey 21 Milner 24 Thomas Hosana Essam Cliff AC Benny Patrice Elwyn OPS Matt 32 Kitenge 44 Mostafa HC Ellis Moss AC Days AC McRoy Hurt 2020-21 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School 0 DeAnthony Tipler Jr. G 6-0 180 Ashland, Miss. / Northeast Mississippi Community College 1 Tyrik Dixon Grad. G 6-1 173 Bentonville, Ark. / Missouri State 2 Garrick Green Sr. G/F 6-6 205 Baton Rouge, La. / Howard College 3 DeVante’ Jones Jr. G 6-1 200 New Orleans, La. / St. Augustine High School 4 Kevin Williamson Jr. G 6-5 200 Aiken, S.C. / USC-Salkehatchie 5 Daivon Stephens Jr. F 6-6 200 Pittsburgh, Pa. / Tallahassee Community College ALPHABETICAL 10 Ebrima Dibba R-So. G 6-6 200 Bredang, Skarholmen (Sweden) / St. Benedict’s Prep ROSTER 11 Tim Ceaser So. F 6-8 200 Marion, Ark. / Marion High School 13 Mason Grigg Fr. G 6-1 180 Rock Hill, S.C. / Northwestern High School 11 Ceaser, Tim 14 Malik LeGania Jr. G 6-5 180 New Orleans, La. / Landry High School 10 Dibba, Ebrima 15 Isaac Hippolyte Jr. F/C 6-7 210 Spring Valley, N.Y. / St. Joseph’s Regional High School 1 Dixon, Tyrik 20 Ahmard Harvey So. F 6-6 190 Freeport, Bahamas / Aspire Basketball Academy (Ky.) 2 Green, Garrick 21 Jalen Milner So. G 6-1 175 Milledgeville, Ga. / Gerogia Military 13 Grigg, Mason 24 Deshawn Thomas R-Jr. C 6-9 235 Columbia, S.C. / LSU 15 Hippolyte, Isaac 32 Hosana Kitenge So. F/C 6-7 265 Crawley, West Sussex, England / Charnwood College 44 Essam Mostafa R-Fr. C 6-9 270 Cairo, Egypt / Long Island Lutheran High School 3 Jones, DeVante’ 14 LeGania, Malik 20 Harvey, Ahmard 32 Kitenge, Hosana COACHES AND SUPPORT STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 21 Milner, Jalen Head Coach: Cliff Ellis (Florida State, 1968) — 14th Year at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (SHAWN-tuh-clears) 44 Mostafa, Essam Associate Head Coach: Benny Moss (Charlotte, 1992) 10 - Ebrima (E-bree-mah) Dibba (Deeh-bah) 5 Stephens, Daivon Assistant Coach: Patrice Days (New Orleans, 2010) 3 - DeVante’ (Dee-Vahn’-Tay) Jones 24 Thomas, Deshawn Assistant Coach: Elwyn McRoy (Cleveland State, 1997) 32 - Hosana (Ho-Sahn-Nah) Kitenge (Kit-Tin’-Gay) 0 Tipler, DeAnthony Director of Basketball Operations: Matt Hurt (Alice Lloyd, 2007) 14 - Malik (Muh-leek) LeGania (Luh-Gan-yah) 4 Williamson, Kevin Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Quality Control: Warren Gillis (CCU, 2015) 15 - Isaac Hippolyte (Hip-oh-light) Video Coordinator: Travis Eaton (North Carolina State, 2017) 20 - Ahmard (Ah’-Marhd) Harvey Athletic Trainer: Uriah Snoberger (West Virgina, 2009) 44 - Essam (Ee-Sahm) Mostafa (Moo-Stah-Fah) Speed, Strength and Conditioning Coach: Kyle Johnson 2 2020-21 COASTAL CAROLINA MEN’S BASKETBALL CCU in The College Basketball Invitational Tournament • This will be the third time the Chanticleers have played in the CBI and the second time they will play for the championship...The previous two tournaments came in 2017 and 2019...The Chants have a 8-3 record while playing in the CBI...CCU made it all the way to the championship series in 2017 against Wyoming where they defeated the Cowboys in Conway, but had to make the trip out to Laramie where they dropped both decisions to finish as the runners-up...In 2019 the Chants lost in the semifinals at DePaul after upsetting West Virginia in Morgantown...The 109 points the Chants scored in that game was an all-time scoring record by any opponent at West Virginia. 2016-17: 2018-19 2020-21 Hampton - 67 Wyoming - 81 Howard - 72 CCU - 93 CCU - 83 (1st Rd.) CCU - 91 (Finals Game 1) CCU - 81 (1st Rd.) Bryant-82 Loyola (Md.) - 63 CCU - 57 CCU - 109 CCU-77 CHANTICLEER BASKETBALL CCU - 72 (Quarterfinals) Wyoming - 81 (Finals Game 2) West Virginia - 91 (Quarterfinals) Stetson-72 HISTORY Semifinals (INCLUDES 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON) Illinois-Chicago - 78 CCU - 59 CCU - 87 CCU CCU - 89 (Semifinals) Wyoming - 83 (Championship) DePaul - 92 (Semifinals) Pepperdine Years of Basketball .............................................