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2018-19 UNCG Men’s Basketball 2018-19 SCHEDULE Game 10 Date Opponent Time 11/6 at North Carolina A&T W, 74-66 Dec. 7 , 2018 11/9 at #23 LSU L, 97-91 vs Elon, N.C. 11/13 at UNCW W, 82-61 11/16 JOHNSON & WALES% W, 105-57 (7-2) (3-6) Schar Center 11/19 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M W, 74-66 TELEVISION RADIO INTERNET 11/23 at Delaware% W, 84-65 Elon’s Athletics Website Tunein Radio Live Stats link at 11/24 Lousiana Tech% W, 80-73 (Darryl Kosciak & www.uncgspartans.com Scott Pryzwansky) Follow @UNCGScores 11/27 GREENSBORO COLLEGE% W, 111-33 12/1 at #10 Kentucky L, 78-61 12/7 at Elon 7:00 PM What’s On Tap . 12/12 COPPIN STATE 7:00 PM The Spartans will return to action on UNCG Please 12/15 NORTH ALABAMA^ 5:00 PM Friday night, making the short trip over to Please refer to UNCG as simply UNCG Elon at the newly constructed Schar Center 12/18 RADFORD 7:00 PM or the Spartans. Please do not refer ... UNCG enters the contest with a 7-2 re- 12/22 at Samford* 3:00 PM cord, coming off a double-digit loss to then- to UNCG as UNC Greensboro, UNC- 12/29 CHATTANOOGA * 5:00 PM No. 10 Kentucky ... The Spartans’ 7-2 start, Greensboro, North Carolina-Greens- 1/5 at VMI * 1:00 PM though, is the best through nine games in boro, North Carolina at Greensboro, 1/10 WOFFORD * 7:00 PM program history ... Elon, meanwhile, is 3-6 or any other variation of the univer- 1/12 #25 FURMAN * 5:00 PM on the season, most recently falling to No. sity’s name. Thank you 25 Furman on Tuesday night ... The Phoenix 1/17 at Western Carolina * 7:30 PM have lost their last two games by a com- 1/19 at ETSU * 4:00 PM bined 28 points. 1/24 THE CITADEL * 7:00 PM 1/26 MERCER * 5:00 PM Series History . 1/31 VMI * 7:00 PM The matchup on Friday will be the 41st matchup between the two schools dating back to their 2/7 SAMFORD * 7:00 PM first meeting during the 1971-72 season ... The Spartans trail in the all-time series, 26-14 ... UNCG won the most recent meeting, a 75-44 outcome on Dec. 7, 2017, at the Greensboro Coli- 2/9 at Chattanooga * 7:00 PM seum ... Eight different UNCG players scored at least seven points that night, led by Isaiah Miller 2/14 at #25 Furman * 7:30 PM and Marvin Smith at 12 points apiece ... This will be the first time UNCG has played at Elon since 2/16 at Wofford * 7:00 PM Dec. 19, 2015 ... Used to play each other annually in the SoCon before Elon moved to the CAA 2/21 WESTERN CAROLINA * 7:00 PM starting in the 2014-15 season. 2/24 ETSU * 3:00 PM Looking To Stay Perfect Against The Hoop State. 2/28 at The Citadel * 7:00 PM Friday night’s matchup will be the fifth in-state opponent for the Spartans this season ... UNCG 3/2 at Mercer * 4:30 PM is currently 4-0 against North Carolina schools this season ... The Spartans have won those four games by a combined score of 372-217 ... UNCG will have two more games against an in-state * - Southern Conference game foe, facing Western Carolina twice during Southern Conference play. % - Delaware Invitational ^ - Fleming Gymnasium on campus Another Tough Showing Against One Of The Best. The Spartans have gotten off to an impressive 7-2 start the season, with the only two losses coming against ranked SEC opponents in LSU and Kentucky ... Last Saturday, UNCG gave Ken- tucky everything it could handle before the Wildcats pulled away down the stretch in a 78-61 decision ... UNCG started the game up 5-0 and ended the first half on a 5-0 run to take a 40-37 halftime lead ... On the national stage, senior guard Francis Alonso was at his best in the first half, dropping 19 points on 5-of-6 shooting ... Was a perfect 3-of-3 from downtown ... Scored the Spartans’ first 11 points in the game ... UNCG led the game for 19:45 while Kentucky led for 16:52 ... The game was tied for 3:23. The Spartans’ NET Ranking Is. As of Tuesday night’s action, UNCG checks in at No. 56 in the NET rankings, NCAA’s new rank- ings sysyem that replaced RPI this year ... UNCG one of three SoCon schools in the top 60 in NET, joining Furman (39) and Wofford (54) ... As for Elon, the Phoenix are ranked 326. UNCG’s Projected Starters Elon’s Projected Starters Media Information Director of Strategic Communications #2 Malik Massey, Jr., G #10 Karolis Kundrotas, Sr., F/C Stephen Czarda (primary contact) #10 Francis Alonso, Sr., G #12 Nathan Priddy, So., G [email protected] #11 Demetrius Troy, Sr., G #20 Sheldon Eberhardt, Sr., G O - 336-334-5615 #14 Kyrin Galloway, Jr., F #22 Steven Santa Ana, Sr., G C - 540-229-7101 #21 James Dickey, Jr., F #41 Tyler Seibring, Sr., F 2018-19 UNCG Men’s Basketball Two Of The Top Mid-Major Players In Schedule Ahead . 2018-19 SOCON STANDINGS The Country. Following Friday night’s game, UNCG will Senior guard Francis Alonso and junior for- close out non-conference action with three SoCon Overall ward James Dickey have both been named to home games in a seven-day span … First, the Team W L Pct W L Pct the Lou Henson Award watch list … The award Spartans will host Coppin State on Dec. 12 … #25 Furman 1 0 1.000 9 0 1.000 is given annually to the top mid-major player On Dec. 15, the Spartans will make their lone The Citadel 1 0 1.000 7 2 .778 in Division I play … So far this season, Alonso appearance in Fleming Gymnasium when they Wofford 1 0 1.000 6 3 .667 has been an offensive force, leading the Spar- take on North Alabama … On Dec. 18, UNCG tans in scoring seven times … He has scored will face a tough test against a Radford team UNCG 0 0 .000 7 2 .778 at least 15 points in all nine games so far this that has already knocked off Notre Dame and Samford 0 0 .000 7 2 .778 season, the longest such stretch of his ca- No. 17 Texas, the program’s first win over a VMI 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 reer … Dating back to March’s NCAA Tourna- ranked opponent. Chattanooga 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 ment game against Gonzaga, Alonso has also ETSU 0 1 .000 7 3 .700 scored at least 10 points in the last 10 games, Swiping A Spot In The Top 10 . Mercer 0 1 .000 4 5 .444 also the longest such stretch of his career … Senior guard Demetrius Troy is just four steals The Malaga, Spain, native is currently averag- away from cracking the top 10 in program his- Western Carolina 0 1 .000 2 8 .200 (As of Dec. 5) ing 19.3 points per game, 73rd in the country tory in the category ... Enter’s Friday’s game … He is also 12th in points scored in a career with 127 career steals ... Has tallied at least SCHOOL INFORMATION amongst active players … Needs just 16 more one steal in seven of UNCG’s nine games so points reach 1,700 career points … Currently far this season ... Recorded a season-high four School....................................................... UNCG second all-time in scoring in program history … steals in the Spartans’ victory over Johnson & Location ................................... Greensboro, N.C. Founded .....................................................1891 Needs 316 more points to become just second Wales on Nov. 16 ... Has recorded three steals Enrollment .............................................. 17,200 UNCG player to reach the 2,000-point mark … in back-to-back games against Greensboro Nickname ............................................. Spartans Set the program record for career three point- College and Kentucky respectively. Colors ....................................Navy, Gold & White ers in UNCG’s victory over Prairie View A&M Arena .................................. Greensboro Coliseum Capacity .........................................7,617/23,000 ... Dickey, meanwhile, is the reigning SoCon Bringin’ It Off The Bench . Affiliation ................................... NCAA Division I Defensive Player of the Year … Through nine Sophomore guard Isaiah Miller has been a key Conference ...........................................Southern games this season, he’s averaging 7.1 points contributor off the bench so far this season, as Chancellor .......................... Franklin D. Gilliam Jr. and 7.8 rebounds per game … His 2.11 blocks he’s second on the team in scoring average at Director of Athletics ........................ Kim Record per contest is second in the SoCon and 54th in 13.7 points per game and third on the team in Alma Mater....................................Virginia, 1984 Athletics Dept. Phone ...................336-334-5952 the country … Opened the season with seven assists with 24 ... Leads the team in steals at Ticket Office Phone ......................336-334-3250 blocks against North Carolina A&T, one of his 23, which is eight more than any other Spar- career record … Tallied his first double-double tan right now ... Through Tuesday night’s play, of the season in a seven-point victory against Miller’s 2.56 steals per game ranked 17th in TEAM INFORMATION Louisiana Tech … Dished out a career-high the nation and second amongst SoCon play- 2017-18 Overall Record ............................ 27-8 seven assists against Greensboro College. ers ... Miller also leads the team in field goal 2017-18 SoCon Record ............................