Norfolk State University Men’S Basketball • Game 14 | at Old Dominion (Norfolk, Va./Ted Constant Center)
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2015-16 Norfolk State University Men’s Basketball • Game 14 | at Old Dominion (Norfolk, Va./Ted Constant Center) 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 (5-8) Game 2015-16 Norfolk State Schedule at (5-8 overall, 1-0 MEAC) 14 Old Dominion Monarchs (6-6) November Game Information Sat. 14 ......at South Carolina .................L, 69-84 Date/Time: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 | 7 p.m. Site: Norfolk, Va. | Ted Constant Center (8,472) Tues. 17 ...Washington Adventist ......W, 78-58 Radio: Star 1310 AM, www.star1310.com; Hot 91.1 FM, hot91.nsu.edu:8000/128 (Ross Gordon, Play-by-Play; Aaron Clark, Color) Fri. 20 .......vs. Indiana State %..............L, 61-70 Live Stats: www.ODUSports.com Sat. 21 ......vs. Ohio % ...........................L, 71-93 Live Video: www.ODUSports.com Mon. 23.....vs. DePaul % .......................L, 78-82 Series Information: ODU leads, 11-6 Head Coaches: NSU - Robert Jones (44-37, 3rd season) Mon. 30.....at Northern Arizona.............W, 70-66 ODU - Jeff Jones (51-32, 3rd season at ODU; 408-319, 24th season overall) December Setting the Scene Wed. 2 ......Mercy College ...................W, 71-65 After two long trips and the holiday break, the Norfolk State men’s basketball team will get back on the court Mon. 7.......at Coppin State * ................W, 88-56 in Norfolk, with a crosstown trek to Old Dominion on tap. The matchup on Tuesday evening between the only two Division I programs on the southside of Hampton Roads will begin at 7 p.m. at the Ted Constant Center. Sun. 13 .....at Northern Kentucky ...........L, 60-81 Tues. 15 ....at No. 23/20 Cincinnati ^ .....L, 59-75 Media Coverage Thurs. 17 ..at Evansville ........................L, 70-84 The game will be broadcast live on Star 1310 AM as well as Hot 91.1 FM with Ross Gordon and Aaron Clark Mon. 21.....at UTEP $ ...........................W, 85-76 on the call. Live audio is available through www.star1310.com as well as hot91.nsu.edu:8000/128. Both feeds Tues. 22 ....vs. UC Irvine $ .....................L, 62-80 are available on smartphones through the Star 1310 website or through www.TuneIn.com or the TuneIn Tues. 29 at Old Dominion ...................... 7 p.m. Radio App (search for “WNSB”) for Hot 91.1. Fans will also be able to follow the action with the live stats and live video available at www.ODUSports.com. January Sat. 2 ........at Alabama..............................2 p.m. Series History Tues. 5 .....Princeton ...............................7 p.m. NSU and ODU have not met since the 2000-01 season, when the Monarchs won 69-62 on Jan. 25, 2001 Sat. 9 ........Florida A&M * ........................6 p.m. at Scope Arena. The year before at Scope, the Spartans earned a 67-64 victory on Dec. 29, 1999. The Mon. 11 ....Bethune-Cookman * .............8 p.m. Monarchs own an 11-6 all-time record against NSU in a series that began in 1965-66 and saw 15 of the 17 meetings take place between then and the 1981-82 campaign. Sat. 16 ......at North Carolina Central * ..... 4 p.m. Mon. 18.....at North Carolina A&T * ..... 7:30 p.m. About Old Dominion Sat. 23 ......South Carolina State * ..........6 p.m. The Monarchs own a 6-6 record on the year but have won 30 straight at home, the fifth longest streak in the Mon. 25 ....Savannah State * ..................8 p.m. nation. All six wins have come at home, and all six losses have come away from the Ted Constant Center. Sat. 30 ......at Hampton *...........................6 p.m. On the year, Trey Freeman and Aaron Bacote lead the way in scoring with 16.2 and 14.8 points per game, respectively. Zoran Talley (8.9 points) and Brandan Stith (8.8 points, 7.0 rebounds) also contribute while shooting better than 52 percent from the floor each. The Monarchs only score 66 points per contest but also February hold teams to less than 60. The opposition also shoots less than 38 percent overall and 29 percent from Sat. 6 ........at Howard * ............................. 4 p.m. 3-point range, while ODU sinks just 29 percent from long range. The Monarchs do, however, turn the ball Mon. 8.......at UMES * ..........................7:30 p.m. over just 10 times per game. Sat. 13 ......Morgan State * ......................6 p.m. Sat. 20 ......at Delaware State *................. 4 p.m. Last Time Out Mon. 22 ....Coppin State * ^ .......................TBA UC Irvine used its size advantage to outscore NSU 28-16 in points in the paint and outrebound the Spartans 47-33 in an 80-62 victory over NSU last Tuesday in the championship game of the Sun Bowl Invitational. The Wed. 24 ....at Morgan State *.................... 7 p.m. Mon. 29 ....Howard * ................................8 p.m. PROBABLE NSU STARTERS March No. Name Pos. PPG RPG APG Notes Thurs. 3 ....Hampton *...............................8 p.m. 1 Preston Bungei G/F 6.1 3.5 0.6 Career-high 15 pts, 7-7 FT at UTEP Mon. 7.......MEAC Tournament & .................TBD 2 Zaynah Robinson G 6.1 2.2 2.9 27-4 ast/turn ratio last 10 games - Sat. 12 10 Jeff Short G 17.2 4.2 1.9 21.3 pts, 5.3 reb, 2.0 ast, 20-24 FT last 3 gms 20 Charles Oliver G 12.8 2.5 1.1 20.0 pts, 3.0 reb, 16-16 FT last 2 games All times EST 45 Jordan Butler F 5.2 6.8 0.8 10.5 reb last 2 games Home games in bold % 2015 Paradise Jam Off the Bench $ Sun Bowl Invitational 0 Brian Kelley G 1.5 0.8 1.1 4.0 pts, 7-10 FG in 4 games 12/2-12/15 3 Jonathan Wade G 5.6 2.5 0.6 Career-high 14 pts at Evansville * MEAC game 4 D’Shon Taylor G 12.6 5.2 1.8 14 pts, 5-11 FG, 4 reb at Cincy & MEAC Tournament - Norfolk, Va. (Norfolk Scope) 15 Devonte Banner G 2.0 0.5 0.4 6.0 pts, 4-6 FG last 2 games ^ ESPNU Broadcast 22 Alex Long F 3.0 3.6 0.2 2nd start of season at UTEP 30 Justin Peebles-Jennings G 0.6 0.0 0.2 1st career pts with 3-pt at Cincy 32 Moses Toriola F/C 0.1 0.4 0.0 2 reb vs. UC Irvine NSU Men’s Basketball Game Notes 1 Anteaters got 21 points, nine rebounds and five blocks from 7-foot-6 center Mamadou Ndiaye and 17 points NSU Quick Facts from Luke Nelson. The Spartans countered with 24 points and six boards from Jeff Short and 18 points from Charles Oliver, the only two players to score more than six in the game. The Spartans connected on 16-of-58 General Information (27.6 percent) for the game, the lowest shooting percentage since hitting 23.5 percent on Nov. 16, 2014 at Location ............................................Norfolk, Va. Virginia. The Spartans connected on 22-of-28 from the free throw line. Founded ..................................................... 1935 Enrollment ................................................. 5,100 Good from the Line Nickname..............................................Spartans NSU, which ranked 282nd in the nation last year in free throw percentage, has improved its mark from 65.9 School Colors ............................... Green & Gold to 78.4 percent this season, the latter of which stands sixth in the nation. The Spartans are attempting to hit Affiliation ...............................................Division I better than 70 percent this year for the first time since the 2003-04 season. The school record stands at 72.3 Conference ...............................................MEAC set in 1968-69. Home Arena............. Joseph Echols Hall (4,500) On Dec. 13 against Northern Kentucky, NSU hit 18-of-19 (94.7 percent), breaking the previous Division I best Interim President/CEO.......... Eddie N. Moore Jr. of 94.4 percent (17-of-18) set on Dec. 19, 2006 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Spartans moved to Athletics Director ..........................Marty L. Miller Division I prior to the 1997-98 season. NSU has now hit 111-of-130 (85.4 percent) over the last six games. Athletics Phone...........................(757) 823-8152 Ticket Office ................................(757) 823-9009 Magic Numbers NSU has lost all seven games it has been outrebounded but is 5-1 in games in which it held the edge on the Sports Information glass. And predictably, the Spartans have been outshot in all eight losses, and they have also been outshot SID................................................Matt Michalec from 3-point range in seven of their eight setbacks as well. Email ............................ [email protected] Asst. SID/MBB Contact ......................Mike Bello Good Shootin’ Phone .....................................(757) 823-2628 So far this year, Norfolk State is hitting 39.3 percent from beyond the arc with 94 total treys, a year after making Fax .....................................…(757) 823-8218 190 for the second-most ever in a season in program history. The Spartans are also shooting close to the same Email .................................. [email protected] from 3-point range compared to inside the arc (41.6 percent, 202-of-485). NSU’s current 39.3 clip from long Press Row ..................................(757) 823-8195 range ranks 31st in the nation. The Spartans also have four players ranked in the top 9 in the MEAC in 3-point Web site .......................... www.nsuspartans.com field goal percentage and all are shooting better than 40 percent.