BUCCANEER2018-19 Charleston Southern Basketball Game BASKETBALL Notes Kevin O’Rourke, Director of Sports Media - Office (843) 863-7289 - Cell (843) 607-9612 [email protected] - www.csusports.com - @csusports GAME INFORMATION GAME 7 Game 7 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN BUCCANEERS (4-2, 0-0 Big South) Date/Time: Tues, Nov. 27 - 8 p.m. (ET) Head Coach: Barclay Radebaugh Site: Fiserv Forum - Milwaukee, Wisc. 14th season at CSU; 15th as head coach TV: Fox Sports Wisconsin 2017-18 Record: 15-16, 9-9 Big South (T-5th) Audio: www.csusports.com V All-Time Series: Marquette leads, 2-0 MARQUETTE GOLDEN EAGLES (4-2, 0-0 Big East) Last Meeting: Marquette 73, CSU 35 (12/7/92) Head Coach: Steve Wojciechowski Of Note: CSU looking for first 5-2 start since 5th season at Marquette; 5th as head coach 2011-12 2017-18 Record: 21-14, 9-9 Big East (T-6th; NIT Quarterfinals) BUCS’ SCHEDULE/RESULTS BUCS’ PERSONNEL November Pos. Name Yr. PPG RPG Assists/Other 6 Columbia International W, 100-68 Probable Starters 9 @ Florida L, 76-46 G Deontaye Buskey So. 9.3 2.3 7 Assists 13 S.C. State W, 89-72 G Christian Keeling Jr.. 20.2 4.7 26 Assists 16 @ MTSU L, 76-73 F Duncan LeXander Fr. 11.2 6.0 14 3-PT FG (41%) F Travis McConico Sr. 7.7 5.5 10 3-PT FG (32%) 19 Trinity Baptist W, 98-49 F Timmy Sellers Fr. 6.2 4.8 15 Off. Rebs. 23 Coppin State & W, 93-67 Other Key Contributors 27 @ Marquette 8 p.m. F Ty Jones So. 5.0 5.0 11 Off. Rebs. G Sean Price So. 4.3 2.5 9 Assists December G Dontrell Shuler Fr. 9.8 1.8 10 Assists 1 North Florida 5:30 p.m. C Sadarius Bowser Fr. 3.2 2.5 8 Off. Rebs. 11 @ Furman 7 p.m. G Phlandrous Fleming Jr. So. 2017-18 All-BSC Freshman Team (Yet to play in ‘18-19) 15 @ North Florida 5 p.m. BUC NOTES 18 @ Clemson 7 p.m. THE STORY - Charleston Southern bids for its first 5-2 start since 2011-12 when the Bucs 21 Johnson & Wales 7:30 p.m. travel to Milwaukee to take on Marquette. CSU comes off a 93-67 rout of Coppin State, while 30 Piedmont International 5:30 p.m. Marquette enters off a 77-74 overtime win over former conference rival Louisville in the NIT Season Tip-Off at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Tonight’s matchup is just the third-ever (1990 January & ‘92) between the two programs, and tips off a seven-game homestand for the Golden 5 High Point* 5:30 p.m. Eagles. 10 @ Hampton* 7 p.m. BUCS VS. THE BIG EAST - Today is only CSU’s fourth-ever game against a current mem- 12 @ Longwood* 3 p.m. ber of the Big East Conference. The Bucs are 0-3 in those contests, with the last a 64-50 loss at St. John’s on Dec. 3, 2005. CSU’s only two wins over power conference programs have 19 Campbell* 5:30 p.m. come over SEC teams. The Bucs beat South Carolina in 1996 and Ole Miss in 2014. 24 @ Radford* 7 p.m. 26 Gardner-Webb* 5:30 p.m. TURNOVERS GALORE - CSU currently ranks third nationally in forced turnovers, causing 20.8 per game. Only Florida International and New Orleans have forced more. The Bucs 30 Presbyterian* 7:30 p.m. have created 99 turnovers in their four wins, including 34 against Trinity Baptist, 30 against Columbia International and 20 against South Carolina State. CSU was very active in that February department a year ago, ranking 17th nationally while pacing the Big South Conference in 2 @ USC Upstate* 4:30 p.m. turnover margin. CSU is currently 15th with a +6.0 turnover margin. 7 Winthrop* 7:30 p.m. KEELING RECORDS TRIPLE-DOUBLE - Christian Keeling posted the second triple- 9 @ UNC Asheville* 2 p.m. double in CSU history with a 20-point, 12-assist, 11-rebound effort against Coppin State. He 13 @ Gardner-Webb* 7 p.m. is one of only five Division I players to achieve the feat this season. Keeling’s 12 assists shat- tered his previous career high of five. The only other triple double in CSU history was turned 16 Radford* 5:30 p.m. in by Tony Fairley (12 points, 22 assists, 10 steals) on Feb. 9, 1987. 21 USC Upstate* 7:30 p.m. KEELING BACK IN MILWAUKEE - Keeling worked out with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks 23 @ Winthrop* 2 p.m. last May after entering his name into the NBA Draft process. He decided to return for his 27 UNC Asheville* 7:30 p.m. junior season, and has already jumped from 21st to 19th on CSU’s career scoring chart. Keeling is just 25 points from taking over 18th place, and 152 from entering the top ten. Last March year, Keeling earned Second Team All-Big South honors while becoming just the fifth player 2 @ Presbyterian* 4 p.m. in conference history to surpass 1,000 career points as a sophomore. RADEBAUGH PICKS UP 200TH CAREER WIN- Barclay Radebaugh earned his 200th Big South Championship - March 5-10 career win against Coppin State. Radebaugh is CSU’s all-time winningest coach and the fifth winningest coach in Big South history. He was named Big South Coach of the Year in 2011- & Neutral Site - Spartanburg, S.C. (Wofford) 12 and 2014-15. The first 21 wins of his head coaching career came at Division II Queens * Big South Conference Game College in 2003-04. 2018-19 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES CSU RECORD WHEN BUC NOTES At Home..........................................................3-0 STILL A YOUNG GROUP - Twelve of CSU’s 15 players are underclassmen, with seven On the Road...................................................1-2 freshmen and five sophomores. Travis McConico is the Bucs’ lone senior. Last year, along- In Overtime......................................................-- side Keeling, freshmen Fleming, Ty Jones, Deontaye Buskey and Sean Price helped lead In games decided by 3 pts. or less................0-1 CSU’s final-month turnaround. In games decided by 9 pts. or less................0-1 LEXANDER AND BUSKEY BREAK OUT VS. COPPIN STATE - Duncan LeXander (23 In games decided by 10 pts. or more...........4-1 points) and Deontaye Buskey (20 points) each set new career scoring highs in the Cop- When leading at the half...............................4-0 pin State win. The duo combined for 33 points in the first half to help CSU build a 46-28 When trailing at the half...............................0-2 halftime lead. Overall, they combined to go 10-for-16 from three-point range. LeXander When tied at the half.......................................-- buried his first five treys and finished 6-for-7 from downtown. Buskey finished 4-for-9 from CSU shoots better than opponent...............3-0 distance. The Bucs’ point guard was just 12-for-40 from three as a freshman, but is already Opponent shoots better than CSU..............1-2 9-for-24 this year. CSU out-rebounds opponent.......................2-1 THE THREE-BALL - CSU currently ranks 23rd nationally with 10.7 three-point field goals Opponent out-rebounds CSU......................2-1 per game. Powered by LeXander and Buskey, the Bucs went a blistering 14-for-29 from In November...................................................4-2 beyond the arc in the Coppin State win. CSU made ten or more threes only five times last season, and ranked 9th (second-to-last) in the league in threes made and three-point per- centage. CSU was one of the most prolific three-point shooting teams in the country from DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES 2012-13 to 2014-15, ranking top-11 nationally in made and attempted triples each year. Player Total () = 2017-18 Last Keeling 6 (27) 20 vs. Coppin State KEELING’S HEROICS NEARLY PRODUCE COMEBACK AT MT - Keeling poured in Buskey 4 (1) 20 vs. Coppin State 29 second half points to spearhead a spirited Charleston Southern rally that fell just short in LeXander 4 23 vs. Coppin State a 76-73 loss to Middle Tennessee. Keeling matched a career high with 33 points and nearly McConico 3 (16) 11 vs. Trinity Baptist willed the Bucs back from a 21-point hole with 18 points over the final 8:59. The perfor- mance enabled Keeling to take over 19th place on CSU’s career scoring list. He has 24 career Shuler 3 12 vs. Trinity Baptist 20-point games and 1,132 total points. Price 2 (1) 11 vs. Coppin State Sellers 2 15 vs. Trinity Baptist BUCS SPRINT BY S.C. STATE - CSU shot 50 percent from the floor, placed five players in Moore 2 10 vs. Trinity Baptist double figures and forced 20 turnovers to down S.C. State, 89-72. The Bucs led for 35:02 of Jones 0 (9) 17 vs. Presbyterian (Trny.) game time and by as many as 22 points to avenge last December’s overtime loss to the Bull- Fleming 0 (12) 26 @ Winthrop dogs. CSU was +20 in points off turnovers and +15 from the three-point line to coast despite allowing S.C. State to shoot 53 percent. BUSKEY & PRICE DELIVER BEST VS. BULLDOGS - Buskey and Sean Price delivered DOUBLE-DOUBLES one of their best career performances to help the Bucs’ cause. Buskey tallied a then career- Player Total (Pts-Rbs) Opponent high 13 points and consistently helped CSU control the tempo. Price helped spark CSU from Keeling 1 (20-11-12A*) Coppin State an early four-point deficit and had some big baskets in the second half to keep S.C.