GAME 4 | MARSHALL CHARLESTON BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1994 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2018 NIT APPEARANCES 1995 | 1996 | 2003 | 2011 | 2017 Men’s Basketball Contact: Marlene Navor | Director of Athletics Communications & Creative Content E-mail: [email protected] | Office: (843) 953-6720 | Cell: (843) 647-9916 2019 | 20 SCHEDULE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (2-1, 0-0 CAA) Overall: 2-1 | CAA: 0-0 Home: 2-1 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 vs. MARSHALL (2-1, 0-0 C-USA) NOVEMBER November 19, 2019 • 7:00 p.m. (ET) DATE OPPONENT TIME Cam Henderson Center (9,048) N 5 USC UPSTATE [FloSports] W, 74-55 N 9 GEORGIA STATE [FloSports] W, 84-80 at Huntington, W.Va. N 13 OKLAHOMA STATE [CBSSN] L, 54-73 N 19 at Marshall 7:00 p.m. N 23 at UCF^ [ESPN3] 2:00 p.m. Radio: College of Charleston Radio Network (ESPN Radio 910 AM | 94.7 FM) Play-By-Play: Everett German WOODEN LEGACY (Anaheim, Calif.) Internet: Live Statistics at https://herdzone.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary Live On-Demand Video: C-USA.tv at http://conferenceusa.com/watch/ N 28 vs. Wake Forest [ESPNews] 4:30 p.m. N 29 vs. Providence/Long Beach State TBA D 1 vs. TBA TBA GAME INFORMATION DECEMBER D 8 COKER [FloSports] 2:00 p.m. D 14 at Richmond [NBCSN] 5:00 p.m. College of Charleston Marshall D 18 VCU [FloSports] 7:00 p.m. D 21 SC STATE [FloSports] 4:00 p.m. 2019-20 Record 2-1 (0-0 CAA) 2-1 (0-0 C-USA) D 28 at Drexel* [FloSports] 2:00 p.m. Head Coach Earl Grant Dan D’Antoni D 30 at Delaware* [FloSports] 7:00 p.m. Career Record 103-66 (6th Season) 98-78 (6th Season) JANUARY Record at School 103-66 (6th Season) 98-78 (6th Season) J 2 TOWSON* [FloSports] 7:00 p.m. Leading Scorer Grant Riller (21.7) Jarrod West (18.0) J 4 JAMES MADISON* [FloSports] 4:00 p.m. J 9 at Elon* [FloSports] 7:00 p.m. Leading Rebounder Sam Miller (8.3) Taevion Kinsey (6.3) J 11 at William & Mary* [FloSports] 2:00 p.m. Series History First Meeting J 16 NORTHEASTERN* [FloSports] 7:00 p.m. Last Meeting None J 18 HOFSTRA* [FloSports] 4:00 p.m. J 25 UNCW* [FloSports] 4:00 p.m. J 30 at James Madison* [CBSSN] 6:30 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS FEBRUARY F 1 at Towson* [FloSports] 2:00 p.m. F 6 WILLIAM & MARY* [FloSports] 7:00 p.m. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON F 8 ELON* [FloSports] 4:00 p.m. PPG RPG APG MIN F 13 at Hofstra* [CBSSN] 7:00 p.m. #10 Zep Jasper, G, 6-1, 175, So. 5.7 0.7 0.7 23.3 F 15 at Northeastern* [FloSports] Noon #1 Grant Riller, G, 6-3, 190, Sr. 21.7 3.7 5.3 35.7 F 22 at UNCW* [FloSports] 7:00 p.m. F 27 DELAWARE* [CBSSN] 6:00 p.m. #2 Brevin Galloway, G, 6-2, 215, Jr. 11.3 1.3 0.7 28.7 F 29 DREXEL* [FloSports] 4:00 p.m. #24 Jaylen McManus, F, 6-7, 230, Sr. 12.0 5.7 0.3 28.7 #33 Osinachi Smart, C/F, 6-8, 240, Jr. 2.3 5.7 0.0 16.7 MARCH MARSHALL CAA CHAMPIONSHIP (Washington, D.C.) PPG RPG APG MIN M 7-10 at CAA Championship TBA #1 Taevion Kinsey, G, 6-5, 185, So. 16.0 6.3 4.3 38.3 #13 Jarrod West, G, 5-11, 185, Jr. 18.0 3.0 1.7 36.3 * Colonial Athletic Association game #31 Mikel Beyers, F, 6-9, 215, Jr. 5.0 1.7 0.7 16.3 ^ Non-bracketed game of the Wooden Legacy #3 Jannson Williams, F, 6-9, 215, RS-Jr. 6.3 4.3 0.3 23.0 All Times Listed In Eastern Time Zone #21 Darius George, F, 6-7, 215, Jr. 2.7 2.0 0.0 11.3 WWW.COFCSPORTS.COM | TWITTER/INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK: @COFCBASKETBALL #COMECUS GAME PREVIEW COUGAR SIDEBARS The College of Charleston men’s basketball team (2-1) travels • Marshall Head Coach Dan D’Antoni served as assistant coach to Marshall (2-1) for a first-time meeting between the two of the Los Angeles Lakers from 2012-14 under his brother, schools on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. (ET) in Huntington, W.Va. Mike D’Antoni. The D’Antoni brothers coached former College The Thundering Herd present the Cougars with their first of Charleston star and 2011 NBA Draft Pick Andrew Goudelock, road test of the season after opening the season with three- who was nicknamed the “Mini-Mamba” by Kobe Bryant, while straight home games at TD Arena. Both CofC and Marshall playing for the team during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons are looking to rebound from tough losses against Power 5 (played in the 2013 NBA Playoffs). competition in Oklahoma State (Big 12) and Notre Dame (ACC) last week. Senior forward Jaylen McManus has come up big • Both College of Charleston and Marshall won its respective for the Cougars with back-to-back games in double figures conference tournaments and earned an automatic bid including a career-high 18 points with two long-range threes to the 2018 NCAA Tournament – the first appearance for against OSU on Nov. 13. Charleston is ranked No. 19 in this Charleston since 1999 and the first for Marshall since 1987. week’s CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll and led in The Cougars were seeded No. 13 in the Midwest Region, while scoring by preseason Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Thundering Herd were seeded No. 13 in the East Region – the Year Grant Riller, who is averaging a team-best 21.7 points both playing in opposite sides of the bracket, but traveling to per game. This is only the program’s second-ever road trip the same first-and second-round site. CofC was edged by No. to the Mountain State next to playing at then No. 21-ranked 4-seeded Auburn (L, 58-62), while Marshall upset No. 4-seeded West Virginia during Head Coach Earl Grant’s first season at Wichita State (W, 81-75) at Viejas Arena on the campus of San The College (L, 57-86) on Nov. 29, 2014 in Morgantown, W.Va. Diego State in San Diego, Calif. It was the Herd’s first NCAA Tournament win in program history. They would later fall to MARSHALL AT-A-GLANCE in-state rival West Virginia in the Round of 32. Marshall is just a couple of months removed from beating Wisconsin-Green Bay (W, 90-70) in the championship game ROAD TRAVEL BEGINS ... to win the 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Last season, CofC went 3-1 in true road games in non- The Thundering Herd return three starters from that 23-14 conference play with wins at Western Carolina, VCU and Siena. overall squad including Taevion Kinsey, who had a double- The Cougars will play their next five-straight games away double (16 points and 11 rebounds) in the team’s 74-64 loss from the friendly confines of TD Arena, while the venue plays at Notre Dame on Nov. 15. The Cougars will play in a hostile host to Florida, Miami (Fla.), UConn, Saint Joseph’s, Buffalo, environment on Tuesday night as Marshall is averaging Xavier, Towson and Missouri State for the ESPN Charleston 5,588 fans over the last two contests at the Cam Henderson Classic on Nov. 21, 22 and 24. Center. They were picked to finish 11th in the Conference USA Preseason Poll. IT’S RILLER TIME Grant Riller needs 711 more points this season to break the PACK YOUR BAGS school’s all-time career scoring record held by 2011 NBA Draft It’s the start of coast-to-coast road travel for the Cougars Pick Andrew Goudelock, who scored 2,571 points in his career beginning with the state of West Virginia on Monday and from 2007-11, which still ranks 44th all-time in NCAA history. Tuesday for the Marshall game on Nov. 19 followed by the Riller has recorded 1,861 career points to date, which ranks Sunshine State of Florida on Friday and Saturday for the fifth most in school history. He is the school-record holder UCF game on Nov. 22 in Orlando. CofC will later spend the for most points scored in a single game (43 points versus Thanksgiving holiday break in the Golden State of California Hofstra on 2/14/19) and was invited to the Chris Paul CP3 for the ESPN Wooden Legacy tournament on Nov. 28, 29 and Elite Guard Camp this past summer. Riller could become only Dec. 1 in Anaheim with a first-round game slated against the third player in program history (NAIA and NCAA Division I Wake Forest on Turkey Day. Eras) to surpass the 2,000-point mark. He is also 161 points away from entering the Top 15 in career points in CAA history. COUGARS AGAINST CONFERENCE USA Last year, the Cougars faced two Conference USA opponents COFC ALL-TIME CAREER SCORING LIST in Charlotte (W, 72-64) on Dec. 1, 2018 at TD Arena and UAB 1. Andrew Goudelock (2007-11) – 2,571 (W, 74-51) in the consolation semifinals of the AdvoCare 2. Ken Gustafson (1971-75) – 2,135 Invitational in Orlando, Fla. CofC is 36-14 all-time (.720) 3.