2019-2020 Game No Tebook
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2019-20 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (• All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 11/6 NEWBERRY W, 79-50 11/9 at UT-Martin W, 92-75 VS. 2019-2020 GAME NOTEBOOK 11/14 WINTHROP W, 61-58 11/19 at No. 4 Kansas % L, 63-75 11/23 DELAWARE STATE % W, 98-66 11/24 SOUTHERN UTAH% W, 70-56 11/26 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 78-69 18-4, 7-2 17-5, 7-2 11/30 at Arkansas Little-Rock W, 67-63 12/4 at The Citadel * W, 96-84 FEB. 1, 2020 | 4 P.M. | FREEDOM HALL (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.) 12/7 at North Dakota State L, 68-78 12/15 MILLIGAN W, 97-41 RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (JAY SANDOS) 12/18 at LSU W, 74-63 12/21 CLEVELAND STATE W, 80-55 TV: ESPN+ (DAVID JACKSON & BRUCE TRANBARGER) 12/29 MARS HILL W, 117-48 1/1 WOFFORD * W, 49-48 1/4 at Furman * L, 56-65 STATS: ETSUBUCS.COM (STATBROADCAST) 1/8 at UNCG * W, 64-57 1/11 VMI * W, 61-55 ETSU (2019-20 Record: 18-4 Overall, 7-2 SoCon) 1/15 SAMFORD * W, 88-63 PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS 1/18 at Western Carolina * W, 85-66 1/25 CHATTANOOGA * W, 75-64 No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G 1/29 MERCER * L, 55-71 3 Bo Hodges G Jr. 6-5 210 22/22 13.4 5.7 2.6 29.7 2/1 UNCG * 4 P.M. 10 Patrick Good G Jr. 6-0 175 22/20 7.5 2.5 1.8 24.5 2/5 at Chattanooga * 7 p.m. 2/8 at Mercer * 4:30 p.m. 15 Isaiah Tisdale G Sr. 6-1 195 22/22 8.2 4.3 2.9 28.0 2/12 THE CITADEL * 7 P.M. 23 Vonnie Patterson F Jr. 6-4 200 21/8 3.5 3.6 0.7 19.7 2/15 at VMI * 1 p.m. 2/19 FURMAN * 7 P.M. 25 Lucas N’Guessan C Sr. 7-0 230 22/21 8.2 5.5 0.5 20.6 2/22 at Samford * 3 p.m. RESERVES 2/26 at Wofford * 7 p.m. 1 Tray Boyd III G Sr. 6-4 195 22/0 12.6 1.8 1.9 22.4 2/29 WESTERN CAROLINA * 4 P.M. 3/6-9 SoCon Tournament (Asheville, N.C.) 5 Daivien Williamson G So. 6-2 165 22/2 9.1 1.9 2.3 24.6 Home games in BOLD CAPS 11 Jeromy Rodriguez F RSr. 6-7 230 15/15 10.7 7.9 1.3 23.3 * SoCon Conference game; % Maui Invitational (Mainland) 12 Damari Monsanto G Fr. 6-6 225 --- --- --- --- --- 13 Octavion Corley C RJr. 7-0 210 12/0 1.7 1.8 0.0 7.0 21 Joe Hugley F Sr. 6-7 235 16/0 5.6 1.9 0.3 9.2 24 Jordan Coffin G Jr. 6-1 185 7/0 0.3 0.9 0.0 3.3 33 Charlie Weber F Fr. 6-9 215 9/0 3.3 2.2 0.6 10.0 Ledarrius Brewer$ G Jr. 6-5 195 28/22 12.7 4.7 2.0 28.3 HEAD COACH: Steve Forbes (Southern Arkansas, ’88) ASSISTANT COACHES: Jason Shay (Iowa, ’95), BJ McKie (South Carolina, ’99), Brooks Savage (Tennessee, ’08), Frank Davis (Tennessee Tech, ’10) $ From SEMO has to sit out 2019-2020 season TONIGHT’S TOP STORYLINES 1) Saturday marks the 33rd all-time meeting, with ETSU holding a 17-15 lead … Only 38 total points separate both teams in the 32 games played – ETSU scoring 2,342 points and UNCG scoring 2,304 … The Bucs are looking for the series sweep as ETSU defeated UNCG 64-57 back on Jan. 8 in Greensboro … The last time ETSU swept the Spartans was in 2015-16 when the Bucs won 68-65 in Greensboro and 86-83 in Johnson City … UNCG has won four of the last five and six of the last nine … ETSU is 10-6 all-time in games played in Johnson City … The teams also met in back-to-back SoCon Championship games in 2017 and 2018 with ETSU winning the first, 79-74 and UNCG taking the 2018 title, 62-47. 2) Since head coach Steve Forbes took over the program in 2015-16, the Bucs have bounced back following Yet again this season, ETSU fans around the globe will a loss as ETSU is 29-6 under Forbes (not including postseason games) ... In addition, ETSU has only had have the opportunity to watch the Bucs play via Internet four occasions of losing two or more games during this run. video streaming with the Watch ESPN App, through ESPN+ or the SoConDigitalNetwork.com. Check out 3) This is NCAA Autism Awareness and Acceptance Weekend, so our coaching staff will be wearing the ETSUBucs.com to learn which outlet will be broadcasting Autism Speaks puzzle piece pin at today’s game vs. UNCG … Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward games throughout the year. was created in 2014 after NCAA Coaches Pat Skerry and Tom Herrion embarked on a mission to raise awareness of autism. GAME #23 | UNCG | FEB. 1, 2020 | FREEDOM HALL @ETSU_MBB etsubasketball MEDIA INFORMATION WE ARE “ETSU” The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print East Tennessee State’s Athletic Media Relations Office is and broadcast media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee available to assist members of the media with their questions State University in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should and requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Director of be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Communications Kevin Brown with any questions about the Bucs is also acceptable. Bucs. BUC BITS As ETSU head coach Steve Forbes enters his fifth season with the Buccaneers, the Kevin Brown, Director (MBB Contact) (423) 747-3877 (C) program has maintained and strengthened its position as one of the preeminent mid- David Fox, Assistant Director .....(423) 439-5263 (W) majors in the country. ... In fact, Forbes has taken the Bucs to even higher levels of Matt Busch, Intern ..................... (423) 439-5612 (W) success, having totaled 118 victories and a .733 winning percentage during his ETSU David Czarlinsky, GA ..................(423) 439-8212 (W) tenure ... At present, those numbers give Forbes the ninth highest win percentage among active NCAA Division I head coaches. … The Buccaneers posted their fourth Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 straight 20-win season last year, which marks just the second time in program his- Press Row Phone ............................(423) 525-1662 tory ETSU has accomplished the feat (1988-89 to 1991-92) .. Under Coach Forbes, the Bucs have won 24, 27, 25 and 24 games over the last four seasons -- marking Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 the most wins over a four-year stretch in Buccaneer history (100). ...........................................Johnson City, TN., 37614 Overnight Address: ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center, Rm. 146-W LAST TIME OUT Corner of St. of Franklin and J. Robert Bell,Johnson City, TN., 37614 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 29, 2020) – Perfection was not in the books for the Buccaneers. The ETSU men’s basketball team suffered its first home loss of the season as Mercer QUICK FACTS FOR ETSU HOOPS delivered the Blue and Gold a 71-55 setback on Wednesday night inside Freedom Hall. GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION .................................................................................... Johnson City, Tenn. The Bucs, who had won 12 straight at home, saw their five-game win streak snapped FOUNDED .................................................................................................................1911 and 10-game run against Mercer come to an end. Despite the loss, ETSU still stands NICKNAME ...................................................................................................Buccaneers at 18-4 overall and 7-2 in SoCon play, placing them a half-game behind SoCon ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................................ 14,400 leader Furman at the midway point of the conference season. The Bucs are tied COLORS ...........................................................................................Navy Blue & Gold for second with UNCG and the Spartans visit Johnson City on Saturday afternoon ARENA ............................................................. Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,177) for a 4 p.m. tip-off. AFFILIATION ........................................................................................ NCAA Division I In a game where ETSU scored eight of the first 10 points, the Bucs never really CONFERENCE ...................................................................................................Southern got into sync on both ends of the floor. The Bucs shot 37 percent (22-60) from the PRESIDENT ...................................................Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) floor, while going 3-of-22 from beyond the arc and 8-of-18 at the free throw line. ATHLETICS DIRECTOR .......................................................... Scott Carter (ETSU, ’03) Meanwhile, Mercer finished at 64 percent (27-42) – the highest shooting percent- ATHLETICS PHONE ...............................................................................(423) 439-4343 age allowed by the Bucs this season. The Blue and Gold were also out-rebounded TICKET OFFICE PHONE .........................................................................(423) 439-3878 by 12, 37-25, while also being out-scored by 14 points in the second half, 35-21. ATHLETIC WEBSITE ...................................................................www.ETSUBucs.com Bo Hodges (Nashville, Tenn.) – coming off a career-high 27-point effort last Saturday HISTORY – led the Bucs with 12 points and grabbed six rebounds. Lucas N’Guessan (De Lier, FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL ............................................................................... 1918-19 Netherlands) scored in double figures for the fifth straight game after ending with OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD ....................................................................... 1,371-1,046 11 points and six rebounds, and Daivien Williamson (Winston-Salem, N.C.) netted NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES/LAST ......................................................10/2017 10 points. Joe Hugley (Gaithersburg, Md.) accounted for two of the Bucs’ three NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD .................................................................................2-11 triples; however, all three of ETSU’s long-range shots came in the first half.