2015-16 MEN’S BASKETBALL Game Notes Savannah St. (4-8, 0-1) vs. North Carolina A&T (5-11, 2-0) Saturday, January 9, 2016 * 6 p.m. Tiger Arena (6,000) Savannah, Ga. SCHEDULE/SCORES TV: N/A OVERALL RECORD: 4-8 Radio: SSU Webcast MEAC: 0-1 Series: SSU leads the series, 5-2 HOME: 4-1 AWAY: 0-7 NEUTRAL: 0-0 Last Meeting: N.C. A&T won 62-59 (1/31/15) in Savannah, Ga. N3 Armstrong St. (Exh.) W, 91-84 Quick Hits: N9 Limestone (Exh.) W, 90-82 SSU and N.C. A&T will meet for the eighth time. N.C. A&T won the only meeting last N13 Florida National W, 87-69 season. N16 Campbell W, 59-57 The Tigers enter the game with a 4-1 record when playing in Tiger Arena this season. SSU’s N18 Arkansas State W, 76-75 only home loss this was against Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 5, 2015. N20 at Univ. of Oregon L, 59-77 Since entering the MEAC in 2011-12, the Tigers have started MEAC play 0-1 twice prior to falling to FAMU on the road last Tuesday night. SSU has started conference play 0-2 only N23 at Baylor L, 61-100 once in the Broadnax era. Last season, the Tigers loss their first two conference games. N27 at Jackson State L, 42-69 Transfers Troyce Manassa, Chris Martin and Lenjo Kilo are the Tigers’ leading scorers so N29 at South Florida L, 57-67 far this season. Manassa leads the team averaging 12.8 ppg, Martin is second averaging 11.8 D2 Georgia Southern W, 76-67 ppg and Kilo rounds out the top three scorers averaging 7.6 ppg. Martin and Kilo are gradu- D5 Eastern Kentucky L, 71-74 ate students, while Manassa transferred in as a Junior. D16 at Utah L, 53-99 J2 at Univ. of Missouri L, 50-81 J5 at Florida A&M L, 58-61 Savannah State North Carolina A&T J9 N.C. A&T 6 p.m. University State University J11 N.C. Central 8 p.m. J16 Md. Eastern Shore 6 p.m. 2015-16 Record:…..………………4-8 2015-16 Record:…,….………….5-11 2015-16 MEAC Record:………..…0-1 2015-16 MEAC Record:…......…..2-0 J18 Delaware State 8 p.m. Last Game:………………......L, 58-61 Last Game:………..……..….L, 68-77 J23 at Hampton 6 p.m. at FAMU at USC Upstate J25 at Norfolk State 8 p.m. Head Coach:……….Horace Broadnax Head Coach:…..............Cy Alexander J30 at N.C. A&T 4 p.m. Career Record:………....173-275 (17) Career Record:…………386-380 (26) At Savannah State:……...131-187 (11) At NCAT:…………….……43-74 (4) F2 at Bethune-Cookman 7:30 p.m. Last Five Games:………………....1-4 Last Five Games:……….……...…1-4 F6 Morgan State 6 p.m. Website:……..….…..ssuathletics.com Website:…….....www.ncataggies.com F8 Coppin State 8 p.m. Twitter:……….……@SavStateTigers Twitter:.......................@NCATAggies F13 at S.C. State 6 p.m. F20 at Howard 4 p.m. SSU Probable Starters F23 Allen 8 p.m. F27 S.C. State 6 p.m. F29 at N.C. Central 8 p.m. M3 Florida A&M 8 p.m. Pts: 11.8 Pts: 3.3 M7-12 MEAC Tourney Rbs: 3.9 Rbs: 1.2 #1 Chris Ast: 29 #15 Isaiah Ast: 13 FELDER MEDIA RELATIONS MARTIN Stl: 9 Stl: 2 Asst. Athletic Director for Media Relations: Opio Mashariki (Bethune-Cookman ’01) [email protected] Phone: 912-358-3430 Fax: 912-353-5287 Pts: 12.8 Pts: 7.6 Pts: 3.7 Rbs: 4.6 Rbs: 3.7 Rbs: 2.6 #4 Troyce Ast: 26 #3 Lenjo Ast: 5 #30 Teslim Ast: 4 Stl: 10 MANASSA KILO Stl: 5 IDRIS Stl: 3 SavannahSavannah StateState 20152015--1616 BasketballBasketball SSU Coaches Career Records LONGEVITY STARTING FIVE Horace Broadnax is in his 11th year as head For the past three games, SSU’s starting five Year W-L Pct. Coach 2014-15 4-8 .333 Horace Broadnax coach of the Tigers, trailing Theodore have been consistent. The Tigers have start- 2013-14 13-19 .406 Horace Broadnax "Ted" Wright who was the Tigers head ed Isaiah Felder, Chris Martin, Troyce 2012-13 19-15 .559 Horace Broadnax coach for 14 seasons. Mannassa, Teslim Idris and Lenjo Kilo. 2011-12 21-12 .636 Horace Broadnax Manassa and Martin have both started all 12 2010-11 12-18 .400 Horace Broadnax 2009-10 11-15 .423 Horace Broadnax DIVERSE ROSTER games this season. 2008-09 15-14 .517 Horace Broadnax The SSU roster has players from seven dif- G'TOWN CONNECTION 2007-08 13-18 .419 Horace Broadnax ferent states (Georgia, California, Maryland, Horace Broadnax and Billy Martin, the fa- 2006-07 12-18 .400 Horace Broadnax Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Mich- ther of SSU guard Chris Martin, were team- 2005-06 2-28 .067 Horace Broadnax 2004-05 0-28 .000 Ed Daniels igan) and two other countries (Senegal and mates at Georgetown. 2003-04 4-24 .143 Ed Daniels England) 2002-03 3-24 .111 Ed Daniels JUCO INVASION 2001-02 2-26 .071 Jack Grant GOOD COMPANY Six members of the team played at a junior 2000-01 4-21 .160 Jack Grant 1999-00 8-18 .308 Samuel Jackson Horace Broadnax is only one of three SSU college before coming to SSU. 1998-99 9-18 .333 Jacques Curtis coaches to have won at least 100 games. 1997-98 11-16 .407 Jacques Curtis The other two are Theodore Wright and THE SIZE OF IT 1996-97 10-18 .357 Jimmie Westley Russell Ellington. Wright and Ellington are The tallest player on the team is 6'10" fresh- 1995-96 13-14 .481 Jimmie Westley 1994-95 7-20 .259 John L. Williams in the SSU Athletic Hall of Fame man Jason Baxter while the shortest is 5'11" 1993-94 13-14 .481 John L. Williams freshman Isaiah Felder. 1992-93 12-15 .444 John L. Williams NEW LEADERS 1991-92 5-21 .192 John L. Williams Graduate students Chris Martin and Lenjo SHOOTING FOR 500 1990-91 6-20 .231 John L. Williams 1989-90 5-21 .192 Bob Eskew Kilo have been named team captains for the Chris Martin currently has 345 career points 1988-89 11-16 .407 Bob Eskew 2015-16 season. and needs 155 to reach 500 for his career. 1987-88 13-14 .481 Jimmie Westley 1986-87 12-15 .444 Jimmie Westley 1985-86 17-8 .680 Jimmie Westley 1984-85 17-12 .586 Russell Ellington 1983-84 15-13 .536 Russell Ellington The 1982-83 16-9 .640 Russell Ellington 1981-82 12-11 .522 Russell Ellington Matchup 1980-81 25-4 .862 Russell Ellington 1979-80 24-5 .828 Russell Ellington 1978-79 10-10 .667 Russell Ellington 1977-78 11-10 .524 Russell Ellington 1976-77 8-17 .320 Russell Ellington 62.4 Points Per Game 65.3 1975-76 8-14 .364 Mike Backus 32.5 Rebounds Per Game 33.7 1974-75 12-16 .429 Mike Backus 1973-74 9-14 .391 Mike Backus -5.6 Rebounding Margin -4.6 1972-73 14-10 .583 Mike Backus 10.1 Assists 11.3 1971-72 9-13 .409 Mike Backus 1970-71 18-11 .621 Leo Richardson 5.9 Steals 5.0 1969-70 18-9 .667 Leo Richardson 2.6 Blocks 2.6 1968-69 15-16 .484 Leo Richardson 1967-68 20-9 .690 Leo Richardson .403 Field Goal Percentage .411 1966-67 15-13 .536 Leo Richardson .326 3-Point Percentage .317 1965-66 17-6 .739 Leo Richardson 1964-65 9-20 .310 Leo Richardson .617 Free Throw Percentage .691 12.5 Free Throws Made/Game 14.0 2.6 Blocks Per Game 2.6 16.0 Turnovers Per Game 14.4 SSU Going Division I All-Time Coaching Records Savannah State University made the decision to move from Division II to Divi- Coach Year Won Lost Pct. sion I in 1998, while opting to leave the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Confer- Russell Ellington 9/1976-85 148 91 .619 ence and become independent of conference affiliation. SSU played their first season as a Division I institution in 2002 when the NCAA granted full member- Leo Richardson 7/1964-61 112 84 .571 ship. The Tigers are currently playing as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Jimmie Westley 5/1985-87, 95-97 65 69 .485 Conference. Mike Backus 5/1971-76 52 67 .437 Jacques Curtis 2/1997-99 20 34 .370 Welcome Home John L. Williams 5/1990-95 43 90 .323 Joseph Flegler returns to SSU this season as a member of the basketball staff. The Samuel Jackson 1/1999-00 8 18 .308 Washington, D.C. native was named assistant coach in November. Flegler comes Bob Eskew 2/1988-90 16 37 .302 to SSU from Thomas University where he was a graduate assistant. Flegler played Jack Grant 2/2000-02 6 47 .113 for the Tigers for three years (2005-06 thru 2007-08) and had a career averaged of Ed Daniels, Jr. 3/2002-05 7 76 .084 9.6 points, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Horace Broadnax 11/2005-Present 131 187 .412 SavannahSavannah StateState 20152015--1616 BasketballBasketball 2015-16 MEAC Standings 2015-16 Savannah State Men’s Basketball Roster PPG RPG Starts Team MEAC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak N.C. A&T 2-0 1.000 5-10 .333 L3 00 Novian Cherry (G/F-JR-San Diego, Calif.) 1.8 0.9 0 Hampton 1-0 1.000 5-7 .417 L1 1 Christopher Martin (G-GR-Upper Marlboro) 11.8 3.9 12 Norfolk St.