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2017-18 Norfolk State University Men’s Basketball • Game 0 | vs. Virginia State (Norfolk, Va./Joseph Echols Hall) 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 (0-0) Game 2017-18 Norfolk State Schedule vs. (0-0 overall, 0-0 MEAC) 0 Virginia State Trojans (0-0) November Game Information Sat. 4 ........Virginia State (Exhibition) ....7 p.m. Date/Time: Saturday, November 4, 2017 | 7 p.m. Fri. 10 .......at Auburn ................................8 p.m. Site: Norfolk, Va. | Joseph Echols Hall (4,500) TV: None Mon. 13 ....Lynchburg College ...............7 p.m. Radio: Famous 1310 AM, www.wgh1310.com; Hot 91.1 FM, hot91.nsu.edu:8000/128 Sat. 18 ......at San Diego %..................... 10 p.m. (Ross Gordon, Play-by-Play) Mon. 20.....at Grand Canyon % ................ 9 p.m. Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/nsu/mbball/ Fri. 24 .......vs. Robert Morris % ................ 6 p.m. Live Video/Audio: www.nsuspartans.com/watch Sun. 26 .....at Little Rock %....................... 4 p.m. Series Information: NSU leads, 64-17 (tonight’s game will not count toward that record) Wed. 29 ....Kent State ..............................8 p.m. Head Coaches: NSU - Robert Jones (73-63, 5th season) VSU - Lonnie Blow Jr. (78-33, 5th season at VSU; 127-48, 7th season overall) December Sat. 2 Bowling Green ......................6 p.m. Setting the Scene Sat. 9 at Loyola Chicago ................... 4 p.m. The Norfolk State men’s basketball team unofficially kicks off its 2017-18 season when the Thurs. 14 Mid-Atlantic Christian ..........7 p.m. Spartans host Virginia State for an exhibition game on Saturday at Joseph Echols Hall. Tip-off for the Battle of the States is set for 7 p.m. Sat. 16 Niagara ..................................4 p.m. Mon. 18 at Eastern Kentucky ............... 8 p.m. NSU will be looking for some revenge after the Trojans won last year’s exhibition game Fri. 22 vs. Old Dominion # ................. 7 p.m. 83-80 in two overtimes at VSU. Sat. 30 at Stony Brook ........................ 7 p.m. Media Coverage January The game will be broadcast live on Famous 1310 AM as well as Hot 91.1 FM with Ross Wed. 3 ......Coppin State * .......................8 p.m. Gordon on the call. Live audio is available through www.wgh1310.com as well as hot91. Sat. 6 ........at North Carolina A&T * .......... 4 p.m. nsu.edu:8000/128. Both feeds are available on smartphones through the Famous 1310 Mon. 8.......at North Carolina Central * 7:30 p.m. website or through www.TuneIn.com or the TuneIn Radio App (search for “WNSB”) for Mon. 15 ....Elizabeth City State ..............7 p.m. Hot 91.1. Sat. 20 ......at South Carolina State * ........ 4 p.m. Mon. 22.....at Savannah State *................ 8 p.m. Fans can also follow along with the live stats at www.sidearmstats.com/nsu/mbball/ and Sat. 27 ......Bethune-Cookman * ....... 6:30 p.m. the live video feed at www.nsuspartans.com/watch. The live video feed also carries the Mon. 29 ....Florida A&M * ........................8 p.m. radio broadcast. February Series History Sat. 3 ........Morgan State * ................ 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s game will not count toward either team’s all-time record against the other. The Mon. 5.......at Bethune-Cookman * ...... 7:30 p.m. Spartans, though, do hold a sizeable 64-17 lead in the series. The two squads first played Sat. 10 ......at Hampton *...........................6 p.m. during the 1957-58 season and on a regular basis from the early 1960’s through the late Mon. 12 ....Delaware State *....................7 p.m. 1990’s during NSU’s CIAA days. The teams last met for a regular season game on Jan. Sat. 17 ......Savannah State * ............ 6:30 p.m. Mon. 19 ....South Carolina State * ..........8 p.m. PROBABLE NSU STARTERS (2016-17 Stats) Sat. 24 ......at Maryland Eastern Shore *. 4 p.m. Mon. 26.....at Howard * .............................7 p.m. No. Name Pos. PPG RPG APG Notes 2 Zaynah Robinson G 13.5 3.4 4.5 Preseason 1st-Team All-MEAC 22 Alex Long F 7.5 5.4 0.7 Preseason 2nd-Team All-MEAC March 34 Steven Whitley G N/A N/A N/A Sat out last season as a D-I transfer Thurs. 1....Hampton * ..............................8 p.m. 35 Derrik Jamerson Jr. G N/A N/A N/A Shot 49.4% from 3 at Owens CC last year Mon. 5 - ....MEAC Tournament # .................TBD 44 Dan Robinson C 3.3 3.8 0.5 11th in MEAC in blocks (1.0) last year Sat. 10 Off the Bench All times EST 0 Mastadi Pitt G N/A N/A N/A Only active true freshman on the team 1 Preston Bungei G/F N/A N/A N/A Sat out last season due to injury Home games in bold 5 Bryan Gellineau C 3.1 2.8 0.1 Shot 64.4% from the field last year % Grand Canyon Classic 11 Vinontae Eanes G N/A N/A N/A New walk-on attended NSU last year * MEAC game 13 Stavian Allen F/G 2.3 2.3 0.3 Double-figurer scorer 3 times last year # Norfolk Scope Arena 14 Nic Thomas G N/A N/A N/A Averaged 13.8 pts, 3.4 reb last year in JC 24 Kyle Williams G 6.2 2.6 0.8 6th man last year looking to break into lineup NSU Men’s Basketball Game Notes 1 24, 1998, a 75-67 VSU win. NSU Quick Facts Scouting Virginia State General Information Location ............................................Norfolk, Va. The Trojans finished 22-6 last year, their second straight 20-win season, and 13-4 in the Founded ..................................................... 1935 CIAA. As the CIAA North No. 2 seed, Virginia State was knocked out of the conference Enrollment ................................................. 5,400 tournament in the semifinals by Fayetteville State, 70-61. The team’s leading scorer and Nickname..............................................Spartans rebounder, Richard Granberry, is back after tallying 14.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. School Colors ............................... Green & Gold VSU did lose both Kevin Williams (12.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists) and Elijah Moore Affiliation ...............................................Division I (12.3 points, 6.5 rebounds), their second- and third-leading scorers from a season ago. The Conference ...............................................MEAC Trojans do have several players ready to step up along Granberry, including Walter Williams Home Arena............. Joseph Echols Hall (4,500) President/CEO...................... Eddie N. Moore Jr. (8.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists), Cyonte Melvin (7.6 points, 3.5 rebounds) and Way- Athletics Director ..........................Marty L. Miller mond Wright (6.0 points, 4.3 assists). Athletics Phone...........................(757) 823-8152 Ticket Office ................................(757) 823-9009 Postseason History NSU has made six postseason appearances in its Division I era (1997-Present), and all have Sports Information come in the last six years. It started with the NCAA tournament in 2012 after the Spartans SID................................................Matt Michalec won their first-ever MEAC title. NSU went to the NIT in 2013 after winning the conference’s Email ............................ [email protected] Asst. SID/MBB Contact ......................Mike Bello regular season title at 16-0. NSU also faced Eastern Michigan (2014), Eastern Kentucky Phone .....................................(757) 823-2628 (2015), Columbia (2016) and Liberty (2017) in the CollegeInsider.com tournaments each of Fax .....................................…(757) 823-8218 the last four years. Email .................................. [email protected] Press Row ..................................(757) 823-8195 Norfolk State is the only MEAC school and the only Division I HBCU to go to the postseason Web site .......................... www.nsuspartans.com each of the last six seasons. Twitter ....................................... @NSUSpartans Address: .........NSU Office of Sports Information ....................... 700 Park Ave., Norfolk, VA 23504 Conference Streak Last year, NSU secured its 19th straight season with a .500 or better conference record in its Coaching Staff Division I era. In fact, in Norfolk State’s 62 seasons in either the EIAC, CIAA or the MEAC, Head Coach...................................Robert Jones the program has had just one losing conference record (9-10 in the CIAA in 1990-91). Alma Mater .................... SUNY-New Paltz ’02 Record at NSU ................ 73-63 (5th Season) NSU is tied with Wisconsin for eighth in the nation for the longest streak of .500-or-better Career Record .......................................Same conference records in a row in D-I (See table page 6). NSU has posted 24 straight .500 or Office Phone ...........................(757) 823-9192 Assistant Coach............................. Jamal Brown better conference records, dating back to that 1990-91 campaign. Alma Mater .............. South Carolina State ‘97 Office Phone ...........................(757) 823-8441 Every other team in the MEAC has had at least one losing conference record since 2011-12. Assistant Coach...............................Kevin Jones Alma Mater ............................ Bowie State ‘11 Conference Standings Office Phone ...........................(757) 823-2691 The Spartans also continued their streak of finishing no worse than tied for third each of the Assistant Coach.............................C.J. Clemons last six years, the only program in the league to do so. In fact, NSU is just one of 14 schools Alma Mater ........................................NSU ‘05 Office Phone ...........................(757) 823-2693 in the nation to finish in the top 3 in the league standings each of the last six years (see table page 6). Team Information 2016-17 Overall Record ............................17-17 2016-17 MEAC Record/Finish ..............12-4/2nd Continued on page 4 Starters Returning/Lost.................................. 2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost......................... 6/6 NSU 2017-18 Roster Newcomers......................................................