2020-21 Coastal Carolina Game Notes
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2020-21 COASTAL CAROLINA GAME NOTES BASKETBALL SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 2020 2020-21 SCHEDULE COASTAL CAROLINA N.C. WESLEYAN CHANTICLEERS BATTLING BISHOPS NOVEMBER (0-0) 28 NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN 4 p.m. 0 - 0 0 - 1 DECEMBER (0-0) 03 COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL 6 p.m. GAME 1 • VS NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN 07 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 6 p.m. Game Information 12 GREENSBORO 5 p.m. Date / Time: Saturday, November 28, 2020 / 4:00 p.m. SERIES HISTORY VS. NC WESLEYAN 15 at Wofford 6 p.m. 17 DELAWARE STATE 6 p.m. Site: HTC Center (3,212) Audio Broadcast: Chanticleer Sports Network OVERALL: CCU leads 3-0 18 ALICE LLOYD 6 p.m. ALL GAMES AT CCU: 3-0 Radio: WRNN 99.5 “Hot Talk” ALL GAMES AT NC WESLEYAN: 0-0 JANUARY (0-0) Online Audio Link: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/coastal/ NEUTRAL SITE: 0-0 01 GEORGIA STATE * ESPN+ 6 p.m. Talent: Chris Burgin (play-by-play) CLIFF ELLIS VS. NCWC AT CCU: 3-0 ESPN+ 02 GEORGIA STATE * 3 p.m. Online: ESPN+ STREAK: W, 3 ESPN+ 08 SOUTH ALABAMA * 6 p.m. Talent: Jeff McCarrigher (pbp); Nate Ross (analyst) 09 SOUTH ALABAMA * ESPN+ 3 p.m. LAST THREE SERIES MEETINGS 15 at Georgia State * ESPN+ TBA Live Stats: GoCCUsports.com 11/23/10 Conway 96-56 16 at Georgia State * ESPN+ TBA Twitter Updates: @GoCCUSports, @CoastalMBB 12/05/13 Conway 89-54 22 TROY * ESPN+ 6 p.m. Opening Tip 12/09/15 Conway 98-73 23 TROY * ESPN+ 3 p.m. • Coastal Carolina kicks off the 14th season under the tutelage of Cliff Ellis. 29 at Georgia Southern * ESPN+ TBA STATISTICAL COMPARISON 30 at Georgia Southern * ESPN+ TBA • Coach Ellis enters the game with 858 total wins as a collegiate basketball coach ... 780 of those as a NCAA Division I coach. (FROM 2019-20 SEASON) CCU NCWC FEBRUARY (0-0) • His 858 career wins has him ranked 17th all-time as a collegiate coach. OVERALL RECORD 16-17 13-13 05 at South Alabama * ESPN+ 6 p.m. • His 780 NCAA Division I wins is 11th among all coaches who have only NCAA CONFERENCE RECORD 8-12 9-8 06 at South Alabama * ESPN+ TBA Division I wins. SCORING OFFENSE 78.0 81.7 11 at Appalachian State * ESPN+ TBA • He enters the 2019-20 fifth among all active basketball coaches on any level SCORING DEFENSE 76.3 84.3 13 APPALACHIAN STATE * ESPN+ 3 p.m. and he is fifth among active NCAA Division I Coaches. SCORING MARGIN +1.7 -2.6 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * ESPN+ 6 p.m. • Ellis enters the season needing only four wins to break into the top-10 of all- REBOUNDS PER GAME 40.3 41.8 REBOUND MARGIN +6.1 +7.2 ESPN+ time NCAA D-I wins. 20 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * 3 p.m. FG PERCENTAGE .451 .493 ESPN+ 26 at Troy * 7 p.m. • He currently trails Lefty Driesell who retired with 786 total NCAA D-I wins. 3-PT FG PERCENTAGE .337 .366 ESPN+ 27 at Troy * 5 p.m. • The Coastal Carolina - North Carolina series started back in 2010, but the two FT PERCENTAGE .716 .687 programs have only faced each other three times once the series started. FG PERCENTAGE DEFENSE .423 .506 MARCH (0-0) • All three contests have been played in Conway with the Chanticleers coming 3-POINTERS PER GAME 7.3 7.2 05 SBC Tourn. 1st Rd. ESPN+ ^ TBA out on top in all three. ASSISTS PER GAME 13.5 15.1 06 SBC Tourn. 2nd Rd. ESPN+ ^ TBA • The Chants will have nine returners this season and six of those nine have TURNOVERS PER GAME 15.7 14.5 07 SBC Tourn. Semifinals ESPN+^ TBA started games in a CCU uniform. TURNOVER MARGIN -1.8 +0.3 08 SBC Championship ESPN2 TBA STEALS PER GAME 7.5 6.1 • While starter all-everything DeVante’ Jones returns for his junior campaign, BLOCKS PER GAME 2.8 4.4 the largest returner for this season will be the return of redshirt sophomore Home Games at HTC Center * - Sun Belt Conference Game Ebrima Dibba. + - Sun Belt Tournament (Pensacola, Fla.) • Dibba went down in the sixth game of the season last year and missed the rest Pensacola Bay Center & Hartsell Arena of the year...Dibba was averaging 11 points and was leading the Sun Belt in All times LOCAL assists and steals when he went down. COASTAL CAROLINA POSSIBLE STARTERS G G G/F F F COASTAL CAROLINA 1 3 10 11 44 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 132 Chanticleer Dr. TYRIK DIXON DEVANTE' JONES EBRIMA DIBBA TIM CEASER ESSAM MOSTAFA Conway, S.C., 29526 SR • BENTONVILLE, ARK. JR • NEW ORLEANS, LA. R-SO • BREDANG, SKARHOLMEN SO • MARION, ARK 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 -- -- -- -- 17.4 5.8 5.1 1.7 10.8 4.2 5.0 1.4 4.4 3.8 0.3 0.3 -- -- -- -- 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 About 2020-21 Roster • CCU has nine players returning from last year’s program; Senior - Garrick Green Juniors - DeVante’ Jones, Malik LeGania, Isaac Hippolyte Sophomores - Ebrima Dibba (back from injury); Tim Ceaser; Ahmard Harvey; Jalen Milner; Hosana Kitenge • There are seven newcomers that have been added to the roster on this year’s team; Seniors - Tyrik Dixon (transfer) Juniors - Deanthony Tipler; Kevin Williamson (will miss the season); Daivon Stephens; DeShawn Thomas Freshman - Essam Mostafa (redshirt last season); Mason Grigg About North Carolina Wesleyan University • The Battling Bishops finished last season with a 13-13 record and a 9-8 record in the USA conference CHANTICLEER BASKETBALL • They have one starter returning in Devin Resper • NCW has eight returners (Patrick Gee; Patrick Gee; Brayden Dixon; RJ Bailey; Resper; Damon McDowell; Isaiah Lewis; HISTORY Tim Pettiford Years of Basketball .............................................. 49 • Wesleyan also has a local player as McDowell hails from Myrtle Beach and played at Carolina Forest First Season of Basketball ...........................1964-65 • NC Wesleyan had no problems last season in scoring as they averaged 81.7 points per game and shot just over 45 All-Time Head Coaches .......................................... 6 percent from the field...They also gave up 84.3 points per game and the oppposition shot just over 50 percent from All-Time Record ......693-672 (.508) [since 1974-75] the field. Winning Seasons ................................................. 19 .500 Seasons ....................................................... 19 Where are the Chants Picked in Preseason Sun Belt Coaches Poll Losing Seasons ...................................................