Basketball Sunday, March 7, 2021 2020-21 Schedule #2E Coastal Carolina #4E Appalachian State November (1-0) Chanticleers Mountaineers 28 No
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BASKETBALL SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021 2020-21 SCHEDULE #2E COASTAL CAROLINA #4E APPALACHIAN STATE NOVEMBER (1-0) CHANTICLEERS MOUNTAINEERS 28 NO. CAROLINA WESLEYAN W, 117-68 16-6 / 9-5 SUN BELT 15-11 / 7-8 SUN BELT DECEMBER (5-1) 03 COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL W, 113-56 07 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL W, 78-71 GAME 23 • VS APPALACHIAN STATE 12 GREENSBORO ESPN+ W, 103-45 Game Information SERIES HISTORY VS. APP STATE 15 at Wofford L, 77-88 Date / Time: Sunday, March 7 / 9:00 p.m. ET OVERALL: App State leads 6-3 ESPN+ 17 DELAWARE STATE W, 99-73 Site: Pensacola Bay Center / 12,000 ALL GAMES AT CCU: 2-2 18 ALICE LLOYD ESPN+ W, 86-63 ALL GAMES AT APP STATE: 1-4 Audio Broadcast: Chanticleer Sports Network NEUTRAL SITE: 0-0 JANUARY (6-3) Radio: WRNN 99.5 “Hot Talk” CLIFF ELLIS VS. UTA AT CCU: 3-6 01 GEORGIA STATE * ESPN+ W, 81-69 Online Audio Link: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/coastal/ STREAK: L, 1 02 GEORGIA STATE * ESPN+ L, 62-70 Talent: Chris Burgin (play-by-play) 08 SOUTH ALABAMA * ESPN+ W, 78-65 Online: ESPN+ PREVIOUS MEETINGS ESPN+ 01/14/17 Conway W, 85-73 09 SOUTH ALABAMA * W, 83-69 Talent: Matt Stewart (pbp); Nate Ross (analyst) 15 at Georgia State * ESPN+ canceled 02/04/17 Boone, N.C. L, 73-77 Live Stats: GoCCUsports.com 02/10/18 Conway L, 66-81 16 at Georgia State * ESPN+ L, 68-71 Twitter Updates: @GoCCUSports, @CoastalMBB 03/03/18 Boone, N.C. L, 67-76 22 TROY * ESPN+ W, 90-81 ESPN+ 01/19/19 Conway W, 89-72 23 TROY * W, 70-65 02/16/19 Boone, N.C. L, 79-88 ESPN2 Opening Tip 29 at Georgia Southern * W, 79-62 01/25/20 Conway L, 58-78 ESPN+ • It’s two old rivals in tonight’s semifinals game of the 2021 Sun Belt Conference 30 at Georgia Southern * L, 58-61 Championship as the two teams are meeting for 10th time on the hardcourt. 02/29/20 Boone, N.C. W, 84-77 • It’s a series the Mountaineers have controlled since they began playing, 03/09/20 Boone, N.C.^ L, 65-70 FEBRUARY (3-2) ^ - Sun Belt Conference Championship 2nd Rd. holding a 6-3 lead in the series. 05 at South Alabama * ESPN+ L, 65-71 • These two teams do have a history of playing each other in the Sun Belt 06 at South Alabama * ESPN+ L, 66-70 STATISTICAL COMPARISON 11 at Appalachian State * ESPN+ canceled Conference Championship...Last year the two teams met in the second round CCU ASU 13 APPALACHIAN STATE * ESPN+ canceled of the SBC Championship with the Mountaineers pulling out a 70-65 win on OVERALL RECORD 16-6 15-11 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * ESPN+ canceled their home court...Unfortunately that was the final game of the season for CONFERENCE RECORD 9-5 7-8 21 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * ESPN+ W, 65-55 both teams as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the rest of the Sun Belt and SCORING OFFENSE 80.7 70.8 SCORING DEFENSE 66.9 64.3 26 at Troy * ESPN+ W, 75-59 NCAA Championship tournaments. SCORING MARGIN +13.8 +6.5 27 at Troy * ESPN+ W, 76-71 • This will be the first time the two teams have met on a neutral court...The teams are even at 2-2 in Conway and the Mountaineers hold a commanding REBOUNDS PER GAME 43.4 35.7 REBOUND MARGIN +10.2 +1.2 MARCH (1-0) 4-1 lead in Boone. FG PERCENTAGE .464 .419 ESPN+ 05 SBC Tourn. 1st Rd. ^ Bye • HOW DID WE GET TO TONIGHT’S GAME.... 3-PT FG PERCENTAGE .369 .321 06 SBC Tourn. 2nd Rd. ESPN+ ^ W, 86-68 • The #4 seed out of the East Mountaineers pulled the biggest upset on the FT PERCENTAGE .726 .739 vs Troy Pensacola State College men’s side of the tournament, defeating the top seed out of the West Division FG PERCENTAGE DEFENSE .387 .424 07 SBC Tourn. Semifinals ESPN+^ 9 p.m. Texas State, 76-73 in overtime...Justin Forrest had a game-high 28 points 3-POINTERS PER GAME 9.0 8.0 vs Appalachian State Pensacola Bay Center including getting to the free throw line where he hit 14-of-17...ASU had a 61- ASSISTS PER GAME 15.7 12.1 08 SBC Championship ESPN2 TBA 53 lead with 32 seconds left in the game only to see TSU make a miraculous TURNOVERS PER GAME 14.7 11.7 TURNOVER MARGIN -0.5 +2.2 run to send the game into overtime. Home Games at HTC Center STEALS PER GAME 8.5 7.6 * - Sun Belt Conference Game • CCU used a 23-6 run in the second half to blow open a one-point lead on its BLOCKS PER GAME 4.1 3.5 + - Sun Belt Tournament (Pensacola, Fla.) way to a win going away...DeVante’ Jones scored a game-high 20 points while Pensacola Bay Center & Pensacola State College Garrick Green scored 15 and Tyrik Dixon and Deanthony Tipler added 13 each. All times LOCAL COASTAL CAROLINA POSSIBLE STARTERS G G G/F F F COASTAL CAROLINA ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 4 3 10 2 44 132 Chanticleer Dr. Conway, S.C., 29526 KEVIN WILLIAMSON DEVANTE' JONES EBRIMA DIBBA GARRICK GREEN ESSAM MOSTAFA Darrell Orand, Assistant Director (MBB Contact) JR • AIKEN, S.C. JR • NEW ORLEANS, LA. R-SO • BREDANG, SKARHOLMEN SR • BATON ROUGE, LA. FR • CAIRO, EGYPT 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 Cell: 843-333-4067 5.5 2.2 0.5 0.3 20.2 7.1 3.1 3.0 7.3 5.3 5.1 1.5 8.2 5.2 0.4 0.7 11.2 8.6 0.9 0.2 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 CCU at The Sun Belt Conference Tournament • This will be the fifth Sun Belt Conference Tournament the Chants have played in....The Chants are 3-4 in tournament action. 2016-17: 2017-18: 2018-19: 2019-20 2020-21 CCU - 80 CCU - 66 CCU - 50 CCU - 63 CCU - 86 South Alabama - 67 Texas State - 73 ULM - 80 UTA - 62 Troy - 68 CCU - 51 CCU - 65 CCU UTA - 74 App State - 70 Appalachian State Chanticleers Ranked Among Top Defensive Teams in the Sun Belt • The Chants have gone through a season like no other and has also had their fair share of injuries that has resulted CHANTICLEER BASKETBALL in six different line ups, but one thing has been consistent their defense...The Chants are ranked among the top HISTORY defensive teams in the Sun Belt as the regular season ends: Years of Basketball .............................................