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2020-21 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (• All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 11/25 Abilene Christian % 11 a.m. 11/26 TBD % TBD VS . CHAMPIONS 2019-20 SOCON 11/27 TBD % TBA 12/8 vs. UNCA & 7 p.m. 12/12 UAB 4 p.m. 12/15 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 7 p.m. 12/18 UVA WISE 7 p.m. 0-0 0-0 12/22 at Alabama TBA 12/30 WESTERN CAROLINA* 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 25, 2020 | 11 A.M. | HERTZ ARENA 1/2 at UNCG* TBA 1/6 VMI 7 p.m. RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (JAY SANDOS) 1/9 at Wofford* 7 p.m. 1/13 SAMFORD* 7 p.m. TV: FLOHOOPS.COM (AARON BERLIN) 1/16 at Furman TBA 1/20 at Western Carolina * TBA 1/23 FURMAN * 4 p.m. STATS: GULFCOASTSHOWCASE.COM (STATBROADCAST) 1/27 CHATTANOONGA * 7 p.m. 1/30 THE CITADEL * 4 p.m. ETSU (2019-20 Record: 30-4 Overall, 16-2 SoCon) 2/3 at Mercer * TBA No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G 2/6 at Chattanooga * 2 p.m. 2/10 at The Citadel * 7 p.m. 0 Silas Adheke C Sr. 6-8 245 --- --- --- --- --- 2/13 WOFFORD * 4 p.m. 1 Serrel Smith G Jr. 6-4 175 --- --- --- --- --- 2/17 MERCER * 7 p.m. 2 Paul Smith F Fr. 6-8 245 --- --- --- --- --- 2/20 at Samford * 8 p.m. 2/24 at VMI * TBA 3 Truth Harris G Fr. 6-1 175 --- --- --- --- --- 2/27 UNCG * TBA 4 David Sloan G Sr. 6-2 180 --- --- --- --- --- 3/5 SoCon Opening Round$ TBA 3/6 SoCon Quarterfinal$ TBA 5 Marcus Niblack G Fr. 6-1 190 --- --- --- --- --- 3/7 SoCon Semifnals$ TBA 12 Damari Monsanto G RFr. 6-6 225 --- --- --- --- --- 3/8 SoCon Championship$ TBA 14 Ty Brewer F Jr. 6-9 205 --- --- --- --- --- Home games in BOLD CAPS * SoCon Conference game; 15 Richard Amaefule F Fr. 6-9 230 --- --- --- --- --- % Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.) 22 Morrell Schramm G Fr. 6'2" 210 --- --- --- --- --- & Harrrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, N.C.) $ SoCon Tournament Asheville, N.C.) 23 Vonnie Patterson F Sr. 6-4 200 --- --- --- --- --- 24 Jordan Coffin G Srr. 6-1 190 --- --- --- --- --- 25 Ledarrius Brewer$ G RJr. 6-5 190 --- --- --- --- --- 33 Charlie Weber F So. 6-9 215 --- --- --- --- --- HEAD COACH: Jason Shay (Iowa, ’95) ASSISTANT COACHES: Turner Battle (Buffalo, ’05), Greg Heiar (Mount St. Clare, ’00), Matt Wise (Transylvania, ’11), Chad Donley (Liberty, ’13) TONIGHT’S TOP STORYLINES 1) Wednesday marks the 102nd season opener of ETSU men’s basketball … Overall, the Bucs are 60-39 in the previous openers (please note, results are missing for the 1920-21 and 1932-33 seasons … The Bucs have reached the century mark in six of those openers, including five since the 1988-89 season – three of those times the Blue and Gold reached the NCAA Tournament. 2) The Bucs lost 94.7% of their scoring, 88.7% of their rebounding and 89.8 percent of their minutes from last season’s historic team who became just the fourth squad in SoCon history to win 30 games in a season … The only Division I team to return less than three lettermen from last year is Kentucky (2), while the Bucs are joined by Arkansas and Georgia Southern to return three lettermen Yet again this season, ETSU fans around the globe will 3) Jason Shay was named the 17th head coach in program history back on May 6 … The 16 previous Buc- have the opportunity to watch the Bucs play via Internet caneer head coaches have combined to go 13-3 in their ETSU debut … The Buccaneer coaches to their first video streaming with the Watch ESPN App, through game include Vernon McFee, Jim Luck, John Robinson, Gene McMurray, L.T. Roberts, Madison Brooks, Sonny ESPN+ . Check out ETSUBucs.com to learn which outlet Smith, Jim Halihan, Les Robinson, Alan LeForce, Ed Dechellis, Murry Bartow and Steve Forbes … The last five will be broadcasting games throughout the year. Buccaneer coaches have won their ETSU debut. GAME #1 | GULF COAST SHOWCASE | NOV. 25-28, 2020 | HERTZ ARENA @ETSU_MBB etsubasketball MEDIA INFORMATION WE ARE “ETSU” The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both East Tennessee State’s Athletic Media Relations Office is avail- the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” able to assist members of the media with their questions and ... East Tennessee State University in first reference is acceptable, but sub- requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Director of Com- sequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... munications Kevin Brown with any questions about the Bucs. Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. Kevin Brown, Director (MBB Contact) (423) 747-3877 (C) LAST TIME OUT David Fox, Assistant Director .....(423) 439-5263 (W) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (March 9, 2020) – The ETSU men’s basketball team is going danc- Matt Busch, Intern ..................... (423) 439-5612 (W) ing. For the second time in the last four years and the 11th time in program history, David Czarlinsky, GA ..................(423) 439-8212 (W) ETSU is heading to the NCAA Tournament, as the top-seeded Buccaneers defeated the seventh-seeded Wofford Terriers 72-58 in Monday’s Southern Conference Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 Championship at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville. Press Row Phone ............................(423) 747-3877 Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 The Bucs, who earned the league’s automatic bid, became the fourth team in the ...........................................Johnson City, TN., 37614 100-year history of the SoCon to reach the 30-win mark after improving to 30-4 on the season. The Blue and Gold join Wofford (30-5, 2018-19), North Carolina (30-5, ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center, Rm. 272-W Overnight Address: 1945-46) and North Carolina State (30-7, 1950-51) as the only teams to accomplish Corner of St. of Franklin and J. Robert Bell,Johnson City, TN., 37614 the feat. In addition, the Bucs’ eight SoCon tournament championships are now tied with North Carolina for the fourth-most in league history. UICK ACTS FOR OOPS Q F ETSU H After being snubbed on the all-conference team last week, senior guard Isaiah Tisdale GENERAL INFORMATION (Lexington, Ky.) earned SoCon Tournament MVP honors after pouring in a game-high LOCATION .................................................................................... Johnson City, Tenn. 24 points on 5-of-8 shooting (4-of-7 from three). Tisdale also went 10-of-11 at the FOUNDED .................................................................................................................1911 foul line, marking a new career high for the point guard. Fellow senior guard Tray NICKNAME ...................................................................................................Buccaneers Boyd III (Memphis, Tenn.) added 11 points, while junior Bo Hodges (Nashville, Tenn.) recorded eight points and eight rebounds. Hodges entered the night with 999 career ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................................ 14,400 points and became the 42nd Buccaneer player to join the 1,000-point club when COLORS ...........................................................................................Navy Blue & Gold his layup at the 18:01 mark gave ETSU an 8-2 lead. Like he did all tournament long, ARENA ............................................................. Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,177) senior Joe Hugley (Gaithersburg, Md.) provided a spark as he pitched in with eight AFFILIATION ........................................................................................ NCAA Division I points and seven rebounds in 13 minutes of work. CONFERENCE ..................................................................................Southern (SoCon) PRESIDENT ...................................................Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) ETSU was perfectly balanced as they scored 36 points in both halves, and shot 49 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR .......................................................... Scott Carter (ETSU, ’03) percent from the field (23-47). The Bucs also went 17-of-19 at the free throw line and 9-of-21 from beyond the arc. Defensively, ETSU turned to what got them here ATHLETICS PHONE ...............................................................................(423) 439-4343 all season – shutting down the three-point shooting. After combining for 36 three- TICKET OFFICE PHONE .........................................................................(423) 439-3878 pointers in its first three games of the tournament, the Bucs held Wofford to six on ATHLETIC WEBSITE ...................................................................www.ETSUBucs.com 25 attempts on Monday night. Overall, Wofford shot 43 percent (23-53) from the HISTORY field and was out-rebounded by five, 32-27. FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL ............................................................................... 1918-19 OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD ....................................................................... 1,382-1,046 The first half was one of many runs. NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................11/2020 ETSU stormed out to an 11-2 start before seeing Wofford rattle off nine straight to NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD .................................................................................2-11 pull even at 11 four minutes into the contest. Over the next two minutes, the Bucs NIT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................................................2/2007 responded with six unanswered points, before the Terriers mounted a 13-2 run to LAST POST-SEASON OPPONENT ..................... Green Bay in CIT First Round, 2019 take their largest lead of the night, 24-19, with just under eight