- SCN CAPINS...2021/01/02 · Game 10 | at uncG | Jan. 2, 2021 | GReenSboRo coliSeum - SCN CAPINS ETSUMBB etsubasetball 2020-21 Schedule and ReSultS (• All Times EST) Date OpponentTime/Score

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2020-21 Schedule and ReSultS(• All Times EST)

Date Opponent Time/Score11/25 Abilene Christian % L, 47-7011/26 Austin Peay % L, 66-6711/27 MTSU % W, 57-4312/8 vs. UNCA & PPD12/12 UAB L, 61-6512/15 GARDNER-WEBB W, 65-6012/17 COLUMBIA INTL W, 96-5412/19 LEE UNIVERSITY W, 62-5312/22 at Alabama L,69-85 12/30 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 86-78 1/2 at UNCG* (Nexstar) 5 p.m.1/6 VMI 7 p.m.1/9 at Wofford* 7 p.m.1/13 SAMFORD* 7 p.m.1/16 at Furman (ESPNU) 4 p.m.1/20 at Western Carolina * TBA1/23 FURMAN * 4 p.m.1/27 CHATTANOONGA * 7 p.m.1/30 THE CITADEL * 4 p.m.2/3 at Mercer * TBA2/6 at Chattanooga * 2 p.m.2/10 at The Citadel * 7 p.m.2/13 WOFFORD * 4 p.m.2/17 MERCER * 7 p.m.2/20 at Samford * 8 p.m.2/24 at VMI * 7 p.m.2/27 UNCG * 4 p.m.3/5 SoCon Opening Round$ TBA3/6 SoConQuarterfinal$ TBA3/7 SoCon Semifnals$ TBA3/8 SoCon Championship$ TBAHome games in BOLD CAPS* SoCon Conference game;% Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.)& Harrrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, N.C.)$ SoCon Tournament Asheville, N.C.)

Yet again this season, ETSU fans around the globe will have the opportunity to watch the Bucs play via Internet

video streaming with the Watch ESPN App, through ESPN+ . Check out ETSUBucs.com to learn which outlet

will be broadcasting games throughout the year.

ETSU (2020-21 Record: 5-4 Overall, 1-0 SoCon) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/GPrevious Game Starters0 Silas Adheke C Sr. 6-8 245 9/9 6.4 6.6 1.2 23.7 1 Serrel Smith G Jr. 6-4 175 9/6 6.0 2.4 1.3 23.4 12 Damari Monsanto G RFr. 6-6 225 9/4 9.2 5.9 1.1 22.823 Vonnie Patterson F Sr. 6-4 200 9/9 5.2 3.6 1.8 22.225 Ledarrius Brewer G RJr. 6-5 190 9/9 16.1 4.9 1.4 29.1Off the Bench2 Paul Smith F Fr. 6-8 245 --- --- --- --- --- 3 Truth Harris G Fr. 6-1 175 9/0 1.6 0.4 0.2 6.4 4 David Sloan G Sr. 6-0 180 8/8 9.9 1.5 4.1 26.0 5 Marcus Niblack G Fr. 6-1 190 9/0 2.1 1.2 1.1 13.914 Ty Brewer F Jr. 6-9 205 9/0 9.8 4.2 0.8 22.215 Richard Amaefule F Fr. 6-9 230 9/0 2.1 2.9 0.3 11.422 Morrell Schramm G Fr. 6-2 210 1/0- 0.0 0.0 0.0. 4.024 Jordan Coffin G Srr. 6-1 190 1/0 4.0 3.0 0.0 4.033 Charlie Weber F So. 6-9 215 3/0 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.3HEAD 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)

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TONIGHT’S TOP STORYLINES1) Saturday marks the 34th all-time meeting, with ETSU holding an 18-15 lead … Only 55 total points separate both teams in the 33 games played – ETSU scoring 2,424 points and UNCG scoring 2,369 … The Bucs swept the series a year ago as ETSU defeated UNCG 64-57 back on Jan. 8 in Greensboro and won 82-65 in Johnson City on Feb. 1, marking ETSU’s first series sweep over the Spartans since 2015-16

2) When it comes to the month of January, the Bucs play stellar basketball … Since 2015-16, the Blue and Gold have gone 35-8 (.814) in the month of January, while winning 25 of its last 28 games in January … The 35 wins during this span are tied for the fifth-most in the country only behind Vermont (39), Bucknell (37), Gonzaga and Belmont at 36, while the Bucs are tied with Cincinnati, Villanova and Winthrop.

3) Since the start of the 2015-16 campaign, ETSU has won the most games in the Southern Conference with 72 victories … UNCG (67), Furman (66) and Wofford (60) are the other top win leaders in league play during this span.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES ... 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2020

media infoRmationEastTennesseeState’sAthleticMediaRelationsOfficeisavail-able to assist members of the media with their questions and requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Director of Com-munications Kevin Brown with any questions about the Bucs.

Kevin Brown, Director (MBB Contact) (423) 747-3877 (C)David Fox, Assistant Director .....(423) 439-5263 (W)Matt Busch, Intern ..................... (423) 439-5612 (W)David Czarlinsky, GA ..................(423) 439-8212 (W)

Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138Press Row Phone ............................(423) 747-3877Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707...........................................Johnson City, TN., 37614Overnight Address: ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center, Rm. 272-WCorner of St. of Franklin and J. Robert Bell,Johnson City, TN., 37614

WE ARE “ETSU”The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee State University in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.

LAST TIME OUTJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 30, 2020) – The reigning Southern Conference champions are going to see everyone’s best fight. The ETSU men’s basketball team got that in Wednesday’s SoCon opener, but behind dominating performances from Ledarrius and Ty Brewer (Meridian, Miss.), the Buc-caneers landed the knockout punch – courtesy of a 53-point second half outburst – as the Bucs rallied for an 86-78 win over Western Carolina inside Freedom Hall. INSIDE THE NUMBERS • ETSU, who improved to 5-4 and 1-0 in conference play, kept its winning streaks intact over the Catamounts as the Bucs have now won 12 straight in the series and 15 consecutive at home. Overall, the Blue and Gold have won 29 of the last 30 against the Catamounts. With the loss, the Western Carolina dipped to 7-3, 0-1. • The Bucs’ 86 points marked a season-high against a Division I opponent, including the 53 in the second half. • Both teams’ shooting percentages were nearly identical as they each shot 50 percent from the field, while ETSU hit at a 40 percent clip from beyond the arc (10-25) and Western finished at 37 percent (10-27). The Bucs made 31 field goals, compared to the Catamounts’ 27. • The two squads each grabbed 33 rebounds; however, ETSU was plus-4 on the offensive glass (11-7), resulting in a plus-11 margin in second-chance points, 15-4. • ETSU finished with 13 steals and forced 19 turnovers, equating to 20 points off the Catamount miscues. • Wednesday marked the first time this season ETSU had fans inside Freedom Hall. The Bucs are allowing 10% capacity, which allowed 618 fans attend the SoCon opener. TOP PERFORMERS • The Brewer Brothers combined for 45 points on a blistering 18-of-24 shooting as Ty netted a game and season high 24 points, while Ledarrius registered a season high 21 points, seven rebounds and career-high seven steals. • Damari Monsanto (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) and Silas Adheke (Lagos, Nigeria) also finished in double figures for the Bucs. Monsanto added 13 points, four rebounds and two assists, while Adheke tallied 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Adheke and Monsanto both had 10 second-half points. • Serrel Smith (St. Petersburg, Fla.), who started in replace of David Sloan (Louisville, Ky.), went a perfect 6-of-6 at the free throw line to finish with eight points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals. • Western Carolina had four players score in double figures with local product Matt Halvorsen leading the charge with 19 points on 5-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc.

SERIES HISTORYSaturday marks the 34th all-time meeting, with ETSU holding an 18-15 lead … Only 55 total points separate both teams in the 33 games played – ETSU scoring 2,424 points and UNCG scoring 2,369 … The Bucs swept the series a year ago as ETSU defeated UNCG 64-57 back on Jan. 8 in Greensboro and won 82-65 in Johnson City on Feb. 1, marking ETSU’s first series sweep over the Spartans since 2015-16 … UNCG is 8-6 all-time against the Bucs in Greensboro, while ETSU leads the series in Johnson City, 11-6 … UNCG has won four of the last six and six of the last 10 … 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.

MORE SERIES NOTES The series has been tightly contested with 14 games being decided by three points or less (Bucs are 8-6); 14 by five or less (Bucs are 8-6); and 19 by nine or less (ETSU leads, 10-9) … Last year’s meeting in Greensboro was another close contest:Trailing 57-55 with 2:33 remaining, the Buccaneers closed the game on a 9-0 run to secure a 64-57 win inside the Greensboro Coliseum. The game was in the balance in the final minute as Patrick Good (Johnson City, Tenn.) made one of his two free throw attempts to put ETSU ahead by one with 38 seconds to play. However, things quickly escalated on the Spartans’ ensuing possession. Senior guard Isaiah Tisdale (Lexington, Ky.) stepped up to take a charge on Southern Conference Preseason Player of the Year Isaiah Miller. Following UNCG’s offensive foul and turnover, ETSU called timeout and that’s when the Spartans lost composure.UNCG head coach Wes Miller slammed his clipboard on the court, resulting in a technical foul. The tension continued to rise after Tray Boyd III (Memphis, Tenn.) made one of the two free throw attempts as Miller collected his second technical, which forced him to be ejected from the game. Good then stepped to the charity stripe to knock down a pair of free throws, extending ETSU’s lead to four, 61-57, still with 23 seconds left. The Bucs made three of their final four free throws in the closing seconds to cap off the seven-point comeback win.

Quick factS foR etSu hoopSGeneRal infoRmation

location .................................................................................... Johnson City, Tenn.founded .................................................................................................................1911nickname ...................................................................................................BuccaneersenRollment ........................................................................................................ 14,400coloRS ...........................................................................................Navy Blue & GoldaRena ............................................................. Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,177)affiliation ........................................................................................ NCAA Division IconfeRence ..................................................................................Southern (SoCon)pReSident ...................................................Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91)athleticS diRectoR .......................................................... Scott Carter (ETSU, ’03)athleticS phone ...............................................................................(423) 439-4343ticket office phone .........................................................................(423) 439-3878athletic WebSite ...................................................................www.ETSUBucs.com

hiStoRyfiRSt yeaR of baSketball ............................................................................... 1918-19oveRall all-time RecoRd ....................................................................... 1,387-1,048ncaa touRnament appeaRanceS/laSt ...................................................... 11/2020ncaa touRnament RecoRd .................................................................................2-11nit appeaRanceS/laSt ......................................................................................2/2007laSt poSt-SeaSon opponent ..................... Green Bay in CIT First Round, 2019ReSult............................................................................................................. L, 94-102

coachinG Staffhead coach ......................................................................... Jason Shay (Iowa, ’95)RecoRd at etSu ......................................................................5-4 (.556), First yearcaReeR RecoRd .................................................................................................... SameoveRall ncaa touRnament RecoRd ....................................................0-0 (1.000)ncaa touRnament RecoRd at etSu ...................................................0-0 (1.000)baSketball office phone ................................................................(423) 439-4207beSt time to Reach coach ...................................................................Contact SIDaSSiStant coacheS .......................................................................................................... Turner Battle (Buffalo, ’05), First season at ETSU Greg Heiar (Mount St. Claire, ’00), First season at ETSU Matt Wise (Translyvania, ’11), First season at ETSU Chad Donley (Liberty, ’13), First Season at ETSUathletic tRaineR .......................................................................................Brett Lewis

team infoRmation2019-20 RecoRd ...................................30-4 overall, 16-2 conference record Home: 16-1 Away: 11-3, Neutral: 3-02019-20 SoutheRn RecoRd/finiSh ........................................................... 16-2/2st2019-20 Socon RecoRd/touR. finiSh ..................... Won Championship, 3-0StaRteRS RetuRninG/loSt .......................................................................................0/5letteRmen RetuRninG/loSt ....................................................................................3/9|


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THE LAST BUCCANEER BOX SCOREA WIN TONIGHT WOULD…An ETSU win tonight would mark the Bucs’ 1,388th win in program history … The Bucs would move to 6-4 on the season and 2-0 in SoCon play for the fifth time in the last six seasons ... It would also mark the Bucs’ third straight win over the Spartans and move ETSU to 36-8 in the month of January since 2015-16.

RINGING IN THE NEW YEARWhen it comes to ringing in the new year, ETSU has won its last seven games in the Bucs’ first game in a New Year … Since January 2002, ETSU is 15-4 when starting a new year … During this seven-game run, the Bucs are averaging 83.7 points per game and winning by an average of 16.3 points per contest.

JANUARY SUCCESSWhen it comes to the month of January, the Bucs play stellar basketball … Since 2015-16, the Blue and Gold have gone 35-8 (.814) in the month of January, while winning 25 of its last 28 games in January … The 35 wins during this span are tied for the fifth-most in the country only behind Vermont (39), Bucknell (37), Gonzaga and Belmont at 36, while the Bucs are tied with Cincinnati, Villanova and Winthrop.

SOCON WINS LEADER SINCE 2015-16Since the start of the 2015-16 campaign, ETSU has won the most games in the Southern Confer-ence with 72 victories … UNCG (67), Furman (66) and Wofford (60) are the other top win leaders in league play during this span.

THE BREW CREWFor the first time in their collegiate careers, brothers Ledarrius and Ty Brewer will be teammates this season … The Brewer duo landed spots on the Preseason All-SoCon Team despite both not playing in a league game … Ledarrius, who sat out the 2019-20 season, played his first two seasons at Southeast Missouri State, while Ty transferred this past April after playing his first two years at Southeastern Louisiana … Between Ty and Ledarrius, the Brewer duo have combined for 1,607 points, 649 rebounds, 144 assists, 143 steals and 66 blocks in 135 games at the Division I level.

BREWER BROTHERS LIFT BUCS PAST WESTERN CAROLINA The Brewer Brothers, Ty and Ledarrius, made their impact felt in the Bucs’ 86-78 SoCon-opening win over Western Carolina on Wednesday … The Brewers combined for 45 points on 18-of-24 shooting (7-of-11 from three), along with adding 10 rebounds, nine steals and five assists … Ty led all scorers with a game-high 24 points on 9-of-11 shooting (4-of-5 from three), while Ledarrius posted 21 points, seven rebounds and seven steals … With the Brewers combining to go 18-of-24 from the field, the rest of the team was 12-of-38 … In the first half the Ty and Ledarrius accounted for 27 of ETSU’s 33 points on 11-of-13 shooting, compared to the rest of the team being 2-of-20 … The last time two ETSU players scored 20 or more points in a single game was last Dec. 4 when Jeromy Rodriguez netted 26 and Tray Boyd III added 25 in the road win at The Citadel … The Bucs have had teammates score 20 or more points in a single game in each of the last 11 seasons.

MORE ON LEDARRIUS’ NUMBERS VS. THE CATAMOUNTS Ledarrius Brewer stuffed the stat sheet in Wednesday’s win over Western Carolina as he totaled a season-high 21 points, seven rebounds and a career-high seven steals … Brewer became just the 27th Division I player since 2010-11 to record at least 21 points, seven rebounds and seven steals … During this span, this feat has occurred once in approximately 2,283 games … For the Bucs, only three players have totaled seven or more players since the start of 2010-11 season with Tray Boyd being the last player to do so with eight last season against Mars Hall (Dec. 29, 2019).

LEDARRIUS NEARING THE 1,000-POINT MARK Ledarrius Brewer is already nearing the 1,000-point mark as he scored 811 points in 60 career games at Southeast Missouri State and has totaled 145 points in nine games as Buccaneer … Brewer, who is 44 points shy of the 1,000-point club, has also made 139 three-pointers in his career.

BUCS CONTINUE ON 3-POINT STREAK LISTSince Feb. 16, 1987 in a game against Davidson, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 1,044 consecutive games ... ETSU was 0-for-8 in that 1987 game ... The Bucs currently rank as the fifth-longest streak in the NCAA, with UNLV topping the list with 1,108 games … Ironically, Alabama just played Western Kentucky, which ranks fourth on the list at 1,048 games.

MONSANTO MAKING MARK AS A STARTERSince being inserted into the starting lineup back on Dec. 17, redshirt freshman guard Damari Monsanto has made his mark as a Buccaneer starters … Over this four-game stretch, Monsanto is averaging 14.5 points and 6.0 rebounds, while shooting 48 percent (19-40) from the field, 41 percent (12-29) from three and 80 percent from the free throw line (8-10) … Monsanto, who has scored in double figures in all four contests, scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds at Alabama on Dec. 22 … The Buccaneer guard also knocked down a career-high six threes against the Crimson Tide … Monsanto had back-to-back 11-point performances in his first two starts against Columbia International and Lee University, while he scored 13 points against Western Carolina on Dec. 30 … In his first five games, Monsanto was averaging 5.0 points and 5.8 rebounds, while shooting 24 percent (10-41) from the field, 18 percent from three (5-28) and didn’t attempt a free throw.

A TRADITIONOF EXCELLENCE

• 11 NCAATournament Appearances

• 22 ConferenceChampionships All-Time

• Repeat NCAATournament Appearances

(1989 to 1992, 2003 to 2004and 2009 to 2010)

• All-Conference selections in each

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• Eight regular seasonchampionships

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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsWestern Caro. vs ETSU12/30/20 7:00 pm at Johnson City, TN

Western Caro. 78 • 7-3,0-1 SoConTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Cory Hightower f 5-9 0-3 4-5 2 6 8 4 14 1 6 0 2 2413 Xavier Cork f 5-8 0-1 2-2 1 6 7 1 12 4 1 1 1 3202 Matt Halvorsen g 5-8 5-8 4-7 0 2 2 3 19 1 3 0 0 3504 Tyler Harris g 3-8 1-3 1-1 2 3 5 5 8 2 3 0 2 3011 Mason Faulkner g 4-11 3-9 2-2 0 3 3 5 13 2 4 0 0 3600 Sin'Cere McMahon 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 901 Travion McCray 3-5 1-1 1-1 0 4 4 2 8 6 1 0 1 2605 Josh Massey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+25 Ahmir Langlais 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 8

Team 1 0 1 1Totals 27-54 10-27 14-18 7 26 33 23 78 16 19 1 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 13-25 52.0%3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 41.7%

FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8%

2nd half: 14-29 48.3%2nd half: 5-15 33.3%2nd half: 7-9 77.8%

Game: 27-54 50.0%Game: 10-27 37.0%Game: 14-18 77.8%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Silas Adheke f 6-11 0-0 0-2 5 3 8 0 12 4 1 1 1 3123 Vonnie Patterson f 2-5 0-1 4-7 3 2 5 2 8 1 1 0 0 3101 Serrel Smith Jr. g 1-6 0-2 6-6 1 2 3 3 8 3 1 0 3 2612 Damari Monsanto g 4-12 3-9 2-3 0 4 4 2 13 2 3 0 0 2725 Ledarrius Brewer g 9-13 3-6 0-1 0 7 7 5 21 4 2 0 7 3103 Truth Harris 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 405 Marcus Niblack 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 914 Ty Brewer 9-11 4-5 2-5 1 2 3 2 24 1 2 1 2 2915 Richard Amaefule 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 933 Charlie Weber 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

Team 0 1 1Totals 31-62 10-25 14-24 11 22 33 18 86 17 12 2 13 200


FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%


Game: 31-62 50.0%Game: 10-25 40.0%Game: 14-24 58.3%

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Officials: Wil Howard,Billy Dunlap,Jason PageTechnical fouls: Western Caro.-None. ETSU-None.Attendance: 6182020-21 Men's Basketball. Round: 0. ETSU vs Western Caro.. Played at Freedom H

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalWestern Caro. 38 40 78ETSU 33 53 86

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchWCU 28 17 4 21 12ETSU 38 20 15 20 24

Last FG - WCU 2nd-01:27, ETSU 2nd-02:58.Largest lead - WCU by 12 1st-09:22, ETSU by 11 2nd-04:40.WCU led for 26:35. ETSU led for 10:35. Game was tied for 02:50.

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MORE ON MONSANTO JOINING THE STARTING LINEUPSince Damari Monsanto joined the starting lineup four games ago, he has not only found his offensive touch, but has given the team a spark as well … Prior to being entered as starter, the Bucs were averaging just 59.2 points per game, while shooting 36 percent from the field and 26 percent from three; however, with Mon-santo joining the starting lineup, ETSU is averaging 78.2 points, while shooting 50 percent (114-229) from the field and 37 percent from three (34-92) … The Bucs have scored over 70 points twice during this stretch where they have won three of four, while not hitting the 70-point mark in their first five where they went 2-3.

WINS VS. LOSSES Through nine games this season ETSU is 5-4 and 1-0 in SoCon play … In the Bucs’ five wins, the Blue and Gold are averaging 73.2 points, while holding opponents to 57.6 points … In ETSU’s four losses, the Bucs are just averaging 60.8 points and allowing 71.8 points … In the five wins, the Bucs have scored 95 points (19.0 per game) off turnovers and 53 second-chance points (10.6), while allowing just 49 points (9.8 per game) off turnovers and 33 second-chance points (6.6 per game) … However, in the setbacks, the Bucs are allowing 68 points off turnovers (17.0) and 55 second-chance points (13.8), while ETSU is only scoring 55 points off turnovers (13.8) and 29 second-chance points (7.2) in the losses … In the wins, the Bucs are forc-ing 99 turnovers, compared to just 66 by the Blue and Gold; however, in the losses, ETSU has only forced 55 turnovers and are coughing the ball up 77 times … ETSU is assisting on 60 percent of its 132 made field goals in the wins, compared only 46 percent in the losses (38 assists on 93 made field goals) … In the first half of the four ETSU losses, the Bucs are holding opponents to 32.0 points, along with a 37.3 shooting percent and 32 percent clip from beyond the arc, but in the second half, opponents are averaging 39.8 points, while shooting 45 percent from the floor and 44 percent from three.

TRUE ROAD WINSSince the start of the 2017-18 season, ETSU has registered 30 true road wins, which is the fifth-most in Divi-sion I play … Vermont leads the country with 36, while Belmont has 35, Hofstra has 32 and Lipscomb has 31 … In addition, UNCG and Furman are tied for the sixth-most with 30 … Since 2015-16, ETSU has 46 true road wins, which ranks seventh-most in the country … Last year, ETSU won 11 true road games, joining the 2017-18 and 2003-04 teams to win 11 road games … ETSU’s 11 road wins were tied for the second-most in the country last season (Vermont had 12).

TO 50 AND BEYOND ETSU is 2-0 this season when shooting 50 percent or better and is 71-3 when hitting the clip since 2015-16.

90 OR HIGHER Since 2015-16, the Bucs have scored 90 or more points 32 times … Seven of those games have come against The Citadel … ETSU is 31-1 and when hitting the 90-point mark.

75 AND ABOVESince the 2015-16 season, ETSU has scored 75 or more points 102 times … The Bucs are 93-9 in those contests, while reaching the century mark in eight of those games.

20 THE MAGIC NUMBER AT THE CHARITY STRIPE Since the 2015-16 season, ETSU has made 20-plus free throws 31 times with the Bucs winning 29 of those contests.

HITTING THE CENTURY MARKETSU has scored at least 100 points 86 times in program history … ETSU is 85-1 all-time in those games (lone loss was a 107-103 overtime game to Marshall on Feb. 23, 1991)… The Bucs have scored at least 100 nine times since the start of the 2015-16 season.

WINNING WAYSSince the start of the 2015-16 season, ETSU and has compiled a 135-47 record … The 135 wins are the most over a five-plus year stretch in program history ... Since this span, ETSU has totaled 135 wins, which tops all SoCon teams … The Bucs have an 11-win advantage over the second-best team in UNCG during this run.

UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OVER THE LAST SIX SEASONS The Bucs’ 135 wins over the last five years are tied for the fifth-most among mid-major programs (excluding the Power 5 Conferences, the Big East Conference and American Athletic Conference) and are the 14th-most in the nation among all teams ... ETSU, Kansas, Gonzaga, Duke, Kentucky and Villanova are currently the only teams to have posted at least 24 wins a season during this span.

#ETSUTOUGHWhen it comes to the Bucs’ defense they follow their mantra of #ETSUTough … ETSU is holding its opponents to 63.9 points per game and a 38.9 percent shooting from the field .. The Bucs have also forced 154 turn-overs in their first nine games … As a team, ETSU ranks 21st nationally in total steals (78), 44th in field goal percentage defense, 45th in steals per game (8.7) and 49th in turnovers forced (17.1) … In their first seven games, the Bucs were holding its opponents to 58.9 points per game, along with a 35.8 shooting percentage and 34.2 mark from beyond the arc; however, in the last two games, opponents are averaging 81.5 points, shooting 49.1 percent from the field (56-114) and 36.1 percent from three (22-61).

ncaa RankinGS (2020-21)Note: Only ranks where ETSU is in the Top 50 are listed

team (laSt updated dec. 31)

total StealS ............................................................21st (78)field Goal % defenSe .......................................44th (38.9)StealS peR Game ................................................... 45th (8.7)thRee-point fG attemptS .................................48th (220)tuRnoveRS foRced ..............................................49th (17.1)

individualS (laSt updated dec. 31)total StealS ........................... Ledarrius Brewer, 33rd (18)

SinGle Game team RecoRdSpointS – 125, vs. NewBerry (1989-90)StealS – 26, vs. uNioN (JaN. 12, 2004)

blockS – 15, vs. JacksoNviLLe (JaN. 15, 2007)ReboundS – 73, vs. teNNessee tech (FeB. 8, 1969)

fG made – 47, 2x, Last vs. sheNaNdoah (dec. 17, 2001)fG % – 68.8, vs. uva wise (Nov. 20, 2004)

3-pt fG made – 15, 9x, Last vs. citadeL (FeB. 9, 2017)ft made – 39, 2x, Last vs. vMi (FeB. 4, 2003)ft % – 1.000, Last vs. uNcG (Mar. 6, 2017)

maRGin of victoRy – 69 poiNts, vs. Mars hiLL (dec. 29, 2019)

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ELITE DEFENSE When it comes to comparing the Bucs’ defense with others across the country, ETSU is in elite company … The Bucs are just one of five teams nationally who have played at least nine games and are limiting the opposition to a shooting clip of less than 39.0 percent, a three-point mark of less than 35.0 percent and allowing 575 points or less … The other four teams include Abilene Christian (8-2), Texas Tech (8-2), Appalachian State (6-3) and Bradley (6-3).

STRONG DEFENSIVE STARTS EQUATE TO WINSSince the start of the 2015-16 season, when ETSU holds an opponent under 30 first-half points it typically equates to a Buccaneer victory … ETSU, who is 3-1 this season when accomplishing the feat, went 17-0 last season and is 60-3 during time at ETSU (losses were to Xavier in 2017-18, UNCG in 2018 SoCon title game and the 65-61 loss to UAB on Dec. 12) … In addition, the Bucs went 12-0 when holding the opposition to 60 points or less last season, while the Bucs are 39-1 when allowing 60 points or less since 2015-16.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Despite dropping three of their first four games to start the season, two of the Bucs’ three setbacks were by a combined five points … ETSU suffered a 67-66 loss to Austin Peay on Nov. 26 when Terry Taylor’s put back with 5.1 seconds remaining gave the Govs the win and then dropped a 65-61 decision to UAB last Saturday … The combined record of the opponents ETSU lost to this season is 27-9 – Abilene Christian (8-2), Austin Peay (6-3), UAB (7-1), Alabama (6-3)

BUCS IN SOCON OPENERS ETSU improved to 18-15 all-time in SoCon openers with its 86-78 win over Western Carolina on Wednesday … Since 2001-02, the Bucs have won nine of the last 11 SoCon opener … ETSU is looking to start 2-0 in SoCon play for the fifth time in the last six seasons.

HOME SWEET HOMEETSU has gone 71-13 (.845) inside Freedom Hall since the start of the 2015-16 season, including a 16-1 record last year … The Bucs won their first 12 games inside Freedom Hall to start the season, matching the best open since the 2003-04 Bucs went 12-0 … ETSU’s 16 wins were tied for the ninth-most in the country last season as Rutgers led all teams with 18 and a group of seven schools (Gonzaga, Wichita State, Creighton, Oregon, Liberty and Louisville) were tied with 17 … The 16 home wins by the Bucs were also the most in program history in the modern era (since 1960).

BREWER’S SCORING STREAK ENDS AT SIX Ledarrius Brewer saw his scoring streak of reaching double figures come to an end in the Bucs’ win over Lee on Dec. 19 … Brewer had scored in double figures in the first six games of the season for the Blue and Gold … This was the third time in Brewer’s career that he has enjoyed at least a six-game stretch where he has scored in double figures … Brewer had a run of nine consecutive games from Dec. 28, 2017 – Jan. 25, 2018 and he also had stretch of 15 straight games from the end of his 2017-18 season to the start of the 2018-19 campaign – both coming when he was at SEMO … Overall, Brewer has scored in double figures 52 times in his career (eight this season) and has registered 12 career games of scoring 20 or more points (two this year).

GENERATING OFFENSE In ETSU’s 65-60 win over Gardner-Webb on Dec. 15, senior point guard David Sloan generated 57 percent of the Bucs’ offense (37 of their 65 points) … Sloan, who scored a career-high 18 points, also dished out a season-high seven assists, which resulted into another 19 points … In addition, Sloan accounted for 81 percent of ETSU’s scoring in the second half as he scored 16 points and his five assists led to 14 points, as the Bucs outscored Gardner-Webb 37-30 in the final 20 minutes.

MORE ABOUT SLOAN’S CAREER NIGHTDavid Sloan scored a career-high 18 points and dished out seven assists in last Tuesday’s win over Gardner-Webb … Sloan became just the sixth Buccaneer since 2010-11 to finish with at least 18 points and seven assists in a game … The last ETSU player to accomplish the feat was Daivien Williamson when he totaled 19 points and seven assists in the CIT loss to Green Bay on March 20, 2019 … Sloan joins, Jalen Riley, T.J. Cromer, Adam Sollazzo (three times), Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard and Williamson as the only ETSU to players to reach those numbers over the last 10 years.

BUCS STREAK VS. NON-DI TEAMS ETSU extended its win streak over non-Division I teams to 67 straight games with its 62-53 win over Lee last Saturday … The Bucs are outscoring them by 34.8 points (95.9-61.0) … ETSU’s last loss to a non-DI team was Jan 13, 1988 to Augusta College, 70-62.

17 STRAIGHT WINS OVER IN-STATE FOES The Bucs have won their last 17 games against teams from the Volunteer state with an average win margin of 22.2 points per game ... ETSU’s last loss vs. an in-state team was on Dec. 22, 2016 vs Tennessee (72-68).

WINS COMPARED TO IN-STATE RIVALS OVER LAST FIVE YEARSSince the start of the 2015-16 season, ETSU’s 135 victories are the most by any Division I team in the state, including Belmont (129), Tennessee (112), Memphis (108), Lipscomb (105), MTSU (102), Chattanooga (99), Austin Peay (97), Tennessee State (80), UT-Martin (76), Vanderbilt (74) and Tennessee Tech (68).

LEDARRIUS BREWER NAMED TO GULF COAST SHOWCASE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMIt didn’t take long for Ledarrius Brewer to make his impact felt as he averaged 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and made 15 field goals in the three games at the Gulf Coast Showcase, landing him all-tournament team honors … Brewer scored in double figures all three games, including a 20-point, 8-rebound in the 57-43 win over MTSU … The Buccaneer junior guard started the season with 10 points and four rebounds against Abilene Christian and followed that up with 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting in the 67-66 setback to OVC favorite Austin Peay.

INSIDE THE DEFENSIVE NUMBERS VS. MTSU The Bucs turned to defense to generate their first win of the season with the 57-43 victory over MTSU on Nov. 27 at the Gulf Coast Showcase … The 43 points scored by MTSU marked its fewest in a game since being held to 44 against Oklahoma State on Dec. 16, 2014 … In addition to the 43 points allowed, ETSU forced the Blue Raiders into 27 turnovers … The 27 forced turnovers were the most forced by the Bucs in a single game since forcing 29 against Appalachian State on Nov. 15, 2011.

SHAY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE This marks the first head coaching stint for Jason Shay, but the Buccaneer leader has enjoyed a lot of success as an assistant coach in the Volunteer State … Over an 11-year run as an assistant coach in the state of Tennessee (five at ETSU, six at Tennessee), Shay has posted a .727 overall win percentage and a .731 mark against con-ference foes … In his five years at ETSU, Shay saw the Bucs go 130-43, while hed led Tennessee to a mark of 145-60 from 2005-11 … During the 11 years, Shay’s teams have made eight NCAA Tournament appearances, including Tennessee’s first-ever trip to the Elite 8 and three consecutive runs to the Sweet 16.

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NEW LOOK BUCS After posting a school-record 30 wins and capturing the 2020 SoCon regular season and tournament championships, the Bucs will have a new look this season as they only return three players who saw minutes a year ago, while also bringing in a new coaching staff … Vonnie Patterson (Sr., Forward), Charlie Weber (So., Forward) and Jordan Coffin (Sr., Guard) are the only three Bucs returning who saw minutes last season … Overall, the Bucs lost 94.7% of their scoring, 88.7% of their rebounding and 89.8% 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 … In addition, Coach Shay and his staff brought in 11 newcomers, which is tied for the second-most among NCAA Division I teams (Arkansas brought in 12) … Joining the Bucs with 11 newcomers are: Alcorn State, Arizona, Seattle and South Dakota.

WHERE DID THEY GO?With all of the scoring and minutes lost from last year’s team, you may ask where did they all go? The Bucs gradu-ated five of their top eight leading scorers in Tray Boyd III (13.6 ppg), Isaiah Tisdale (9.2), Jeromy Rodriguez (9.1) and Lucas N’Guessan (8.9) … Meanwhile, guard Bo Hodges (12.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 2.5 apg) transferred to Butler and guard Daivien Williamson (10.4 ppg, 2.6 apg) transferred to Wake Forest with Coach Forbes and his staff … Patrick Good, who had one season of eligibility remaining and scored 782 career points (202 made threes), decided to opt-out in late September.

EXPERIENCED PLAYERS Despite all the changes, the Bucs will have five NCAA Division I transfers ready to play ... Entering this 2020-21 season, Silas Adheke (Northern Kentucky), Ledarrius Brewer (Southeast Missouri State), Ty Brewer (Southeastern Louisiana), Serrel Smith (Maryland) and David Sloan (Kansas State) have combined to play in 262 games (118 starts), totaling 1,858 points, 858 rebounds, 243 assists, 166 steals and 79 blocks.

FAMILIAR FACES With all of the changes, there are still familiar faces back with the Bucs as former SoCon Player of the Year Desonta Bradford joined Coach Shay’s staff as Assistant of Player Development, while Chad Donley – who was a graduate assistant for the Bucs from 2015-17 – is now ETSU’s Director of Basketball Operations.

BUCS CAPTURE NINTH SOCON REGULAR SEASON CROWN; 12TH OVERALL ETSU captured its ninth Southern Conference regular season championship after going 16-2 in league play last season … ETSU became the first preseason favorite to win the league since Chattanooga did so in 2015-16 … The Bucs’ other SoCon regular season championships are: 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03 (N), 2003-04 and 2016-17 … Overall, ETSU has won 12 regular season conference championships in program history as the Bucs won the 2006-07 ASUN, along with the OVC regular season crowns in 1967-68 and 1977-78.

FEBRUARY FRENZYETSU went a perfect 9-0 in the month of February, becoming just one of seven programs to go undefeated in the month … The other teams to go unbeaten in February were: Belmont, BYU, Dayton, Kansas, New Mexico State and Stephen F. Austin.

CLUB DUBETSU was just one of four programs to register 30 wins last year – joining No. 2 Gonzaga (31), No. 6 San Diego State (30) and Liberty … The Bucs’ 30 wins marked a new program record, breaking the 1990-91 record of 28 wins, while ETSU was just one of four teams in the 100-year history of the SoCon to reach the 30-win mark … The Blue and Gold joined Wofford (30-5, 2018-19), North Carolina (30-5, 1945-46) and North Carolina State (30-7, 1950-51) as the only teams to accomplish the feat … The Bucs’ .882-win percentage was the best in program history and the sixth-highest across Division I programs.

ETSU SETS REGULAR SEASON WINS RECORDETSU also set a new program record last year by winning 27 regular season … The 1952-53 Bucs held the previous record at 26 regular season wins.

FILL FREEDOM Over the last four years, ETSU has led the SoCon in total and average home attendance, while also posting the na-tion’s 15th best increase for average attendance from the 2015-16 season to the 2016-17 campaign ... Last season, ETSU averaged 4,706 fans in its 17 home games, which led the SoCon and was 1,194 more than UNCG who finished second … The Bucs also eclipsed the 80,000 total attendance mark for the first time in Freedom Hall history, while ETSU averaged over 5,000 fans in SoCon play for the third straight season (5,296) … In 2017-18, ETSU averaged 5,270 in SoCon play and last year the mark was at 5,006 … During the last five seasons, ETSU has totaled 24 games with over 5,000 fans, including six sellout crowds in the last four seasons.

MORE ON ATTENDANCE ETSU ranked in the upper third of NCAA Division I programs in total attendance (80,004) last season … The Bucs ranked ahead of several Power-5 programs: Miami, Oregon State, Stanford, Southern Cal and Washington State.

FIVE STRAIGHT 20-WIN SEASONSThe Bucs have posted five straight seasons with 20 or more wins, marking the first time in program history ETSU has accomplished this feat … During this run of 20-win seasons, the Bucs have had a different player lead the team in scoring in four of the five seasons – Ge’Lawn Guyn with 18.6 points in 2015-16, T.J. Cromer at 19.1 points in 2016-17, Desonta Bradford with 15.4 points in 2017-18 and Tray Boyd III led the Bucs in 2019-20 12.2 points per game and 13.6 ppg last year ... The Bucs are the first SoCon team to reach this milestone since Davidson (2004-05 to 2008-09).

2019-20 COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MID-MAJOR TOP 25 POLL

(As of Dec. 28)

Rk. School Rec. Pts. 1 Gonzaga (31) 7-0 7752 Winthrop 5-0 7103 Georgia State 6-1 6604 Drake 10-0 6515 Furman 6-3 6256 BYU 9-2 6107 Saint Mary's 8-2 6018 Loyola Chicago 5-2 5699 Liberty 8-3 51210 Southern Illinois 7-0 45511 Mercer 7-1 39712 Belmont 8-1 38513 Chattanooga 9-0 37814 South Dakota State 5-3 37215 Wright State 6-1 35016 New Mexico State 2-0 29417 Toledo 7-3 25118 Abilene Christian 7-2 25019 Missouri State 4-0 21120 Bradley 7-3 19221 San Francisco 6-4 12222 Louisiana 6-1 10423 Bowling Green 5-2 9224 Southern Utah 7-1 7725 UMBC 7-2 71

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Vermont 43, Santa Clara 41, Little Rock 35, Northern Iowa 32, Murray State 27, Eastern Kentucky 22, Stephen F. Austin 21, Ohio 20, UNCG 16, Kent State 15, Akron 12, Austin Peay 10, Buffalo 10, Pacific 9, Marist 8, South Ala-bama 5, Stony Brook 5, Bryant 4, Iona 3, Kent State 3, Norfolk State 3, Alabama A&M 2, Austin Peay 2, Drexel 2, Grand Canyon 2, Hofstra 2, South Alabama 1, The Citadel 1.

BOLD - 2020-21 Opponents

CONFERENCE WIN %(AS OF DEC. 30)

BIG 12 .756 (65-21)SEC .723 (73-28)

BIG 10 .707 (94-39)WCC .694 (59-26)

SOCON .693 (61-27)ACC .682 (73-34)

PAC 12 .681 (64-30)CUSA .680 (70-33)

AMERICAN .667 (52-26)BIG EAST .637 (58-33)


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BUCS BOUNCE BACK WELLSince the start of the 2015-16 season, the Bucs have bounced back following a loss as ETSU is 33-7 in those contests (not including postseason games) ... In addition, ETSU has only had five occasions of losing two or more games during this run.

BUCS POST 11 NON-CONFERENCE WINSFor the second straight year and sixth time in program history, the Bucs notched at least 10 non-conference win ... Last season, the Bucs won 11 non-conference, mark-ing the third-most in program history … The other times ETSU recorded 10 or more non-conference wins were (1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 2016-17, 2018-19) ... Four of those five seasons ETSU went on to play in the NCAA Tournament.

BALANCED SCORINGWhen it came to the 2019-20 season, the Bucs were extremely well-balanced … ETSU had a different leading scorer in eight games a year ago, which was tied for the most in the country behind Merrimack and Illinois State As a team, ETSU had three players average double figures scoring with seven players averaging at least seven points per contest.

DOUBLE FIGURE SCORING NOTETo go with the balanced scoring last season, ETSU has had at least four players score in double figures 17 times with the Bucs going 17-0 in those contests … In addition, ETSU had five players score in double figures eight times last year and were 8-0 in those games.

BALANCED REBOUNDINGThe Bucs were also balanced on the boards as eight different players led the team in rebounding last season … Four players totaled over 100 rebounds last season – Lucas N’Guessan (198), Bo Hodges (193), Isaiah Tisdale (156), Jeromy Rodriguez (133) and Vonnie Patterson (105).

ETSU DEFENDING THE THREE BALL After giving up a program-record 296 three-pointers in 2018-19, ETSU did a solid job defending the three last season ... In 2019-20, the Bucs held the opposition to 30.1 percent from beyond arc (208-692), while holding an opponent to shoot under 31 percent in 14 of the games … Four times last season ETSU held a team without a three-pointer in a half (at Kansas, vs. Cleveland State, vs. Chattanooga, at Wofford) … Overall, in 68 halves of basketball last season, ETSU has held its opponents to one three-pointer or less 14 times (21%).

STRONG SHOOTING Last season, ETSU shot 63 percent from the field (35-56) in the win over UT-Martin on Nov. 9, marking the Bucs’ best shooting percentage since posting a 68 percent clip in the 107-78 win over Detroit Mercy on Nov. 14, 2016 … Since 2015-16, The Bucs have shot over 60 percent 10 times.

POSTSEASON PLAYETSU has made 18 postseason appearances in program history … … The Blue and Gold have made 11 trips to the NCAA Tournament, three trips to both the NIT and CIT and also played in the Vegas 16 in 2016 ... In 2018-19, the Bucs were one of four SoCon teams to be make a postseason appearance, marking the ninth time in the last 11 seasons at least three conference teams have made postseason play and the sixth time in this span with at least four teams making a postseason tournament.

OVERTIME WIN STREAK SNAPPED ETSU suffered its first overtime loss in 1,435 days when the Bucs fell 78-76 to Wofford on Feb. 7, 2019 inside Freedom Hall … The Bucs had won their first seven overtime games prior to the setback … The last overtime loss prior to the Wofford game night was back on March 7, 2015 (Western Carolina in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament).

BUCS SIGN TWO EARLY ETSU first-year head coach Jason Shay and his staff signed two point guards during the early period in November … The Bucs landed 6-foot-4 guard Brandon Hall out of Thornton Township High School, which is located in a south suburb of Chicago … Hall averaged 18.0 points and 9.0 rebounds, while shooting 47 percent from the field his junior season … The Bucs also signed 6-foot-2 guard Allen Strothers from Menchville High School in Virginia … Strothers averaged 14.0, six rebounds, seven assists and six steals per game during his career for the Monarchs … Stoth-ers is the son of Lamont Strothers the head coach at Menchville. Lamont was selected in the second round of the 1991 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. He finished his collegiate career as the third all-time leading scorer in Division III history – scoring 2,709 career points at Christopher Newport University – and was named first-team All-American and Division III Play-er of the Year in 1991.

WHAT'S NEXT?ETSU returns home for the first time in 2021 when the Bucs host VMI Wednesday night inside Freedom Hall … Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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NUMBERS COMPARISONETSU CATEGORY UNCG5-4, 1-0 ..................................................RECORD ................................................. 5-3, 0-067.7 .............................................. SCORING OFFENSE .............................................72.263.9 .............................................. SCORING DEFENSE .............................................68.1.422 ...................................................FIELD GOAL % ................................................. .399.389 .........................................FIELD GOAL % DEFENSE ....................................... .413.305 ......................................... 3-POINT FIELD GOAL % ........................................ .256.348 ............................... 3-POINT FIELD GOAL % DEFENSE .............................. .331.655 ..................................................FREE THROW % ................................................ .671+0.4 ............................................. REBOUND MARGIN ........................................... +9.52.4 ................................................ BLOCKS PER GAME .............................................. 4.313.0 ............................................. ASSISTS PER GAME ............................................13.08.7 .................................................STEALS PER GAME............................................... 7.0+1.2 ............................................TURNOVER MARGIN .......................................... +0.50.8 .........................................ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO....................................... 0.97.4 ...........................3-POINT FIELD GOAL MADE PER GAME ......................... 7.0

SERIES HISTORY: ETSU LEADS, 18-15ALL-TIME MEETINGS...

BUCS VS. UNCGPLAYER GP-GS PPG RPG APG MPGvoNNie pattersoN 2-1 1.0 5.0 1.0 15.0charLie weBer 2-0 1.0 0.5 0.5 5.5

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DATE SITE RESULT ETSU UNCG2/18/18 A L 56 741/11/18 H W 68 583/6/17 N W 79 742/27/17 A L 66 721/2/17 H L 79 83

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 1, 2020) – It’s not how your start, it’s how you finish.

After falling behind by 14 points early in the game, the ETSU men’s basketball team rode the hot hand of senior guard Tray Boyd III (Memphis, Tenn.), as he poured in a career-high 30 points en route to helping the Buccaneers slay the UNCG Spartans, 82-65, in front of 5,838 fans on Saturday evening inside Freedom Hall.

Boyd, making his first start of the season, ignited the Blue and Gold to complete a 31-point turnaround following his strong performance. The Memphis native was 10-of-16 from the field and knocked down six of the Bucs’ nine three-pointers to help ETSU bounce back into the win column and move into a tie for first-place with Furman in the Southern Conference standings. Boyd became the 11th Buccaneer since 2010-11 to reach the 30-point mark, and the first since teammate Patrick Good (Johnson City, Tenn.) netted a career-high 35 last season at Western Carolina.

Along with Boyd, junior guard Bo Hodges (Nashville, Tenn.) collected his second career double-double after finishing with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while senior center Lucas N’Guessan (De Lier, Netherlands) added 12 points, three rebounds, two blocks and two assists. The Buccaneer trio accounted for 56 points on 20-of-34 shooting.

As a team, the Bucs – who completed their first series sweep of UNCG since the 2015-16 season – shot 56 per-cent (29-52) from the field and a season-high 56 percent from beyond the arc (9-16). After being out-rebounded by 12 in Wednesday’s loss to Mercer, the Blue and Gold won the battle of the boards by 11, 36-25, including a 26-10 advantage in the second half. The Bucs converted 13 offensive rebounds into 22 points, while ETSU assisted on 19 of its 29 makes.

With the win, ETSU improved to 19-4, 8-2, while the Spartans – who saw their five-game win streak snapped – dipped to 17-6, 7-3.

The Spartans came out on fire by hitting eight of their first nine shots and led 19-5 six minutes into the contest.

ETSU never panicked and quickly used a 20-6 run over the next 10 minutes to pull even at 25 with just under five minutes remaining in the half. Despite seeing the Spartans go back ahead by six on two different possessions, the Bucs battled and tied it at halftime as Boyd’s second triple in the closing seconds made it a 37-37 game.

Boyd led all scorers at the break with 14, while both teams shot 57 percent in the opening 20 minutes.

It was a perfect storm in the second half as the Bucs continued their hot shooting and the Spartans were silenced by ETSU’s stifling defense.

After never having the lead for the entire first half, the Bucs grabbed their first of the contest a minute and a half into the second when Boyd connected on a pair of free throws, making it 41-39. ETSU eventually went up by four but UNCG rattled off five straight points to regain a 44-43 lead with 14:50 showing on the clock.

Their lead didn’t last long as Isaiah Tisdale (Lexington, Ky.) grabbed an offensive rebound on the Bucs’ next trip down and laid one in for his first points of the night, giving the Blue and Gold a 45-44 advantage at the 14:28 mark.

ETSU never trailed after the Tisdale put-back and the Bucs went up seven, 53-46 with just over 12 minutes left. The Spartans threw one last punch as they pulled within two twice, but with the Bucs ahead 57-55, the Blue and Gold put the game away with a 13-1 run to go up 14, 70-56, with 5:29 remaining.

The lead never dipped below 12 and Boyd put the exclamation point on it when N’Guessan fed him for a three on ETSU’s final possession, giving him a 30-point performance and a 17-point home win for the Bucs.

ETSU shot 54 percent (14-26) in the second half, compared to UNCG’s 39 percent clip (11-28). The Bucs also made four of their eight attempts from three and the Spartans missed eight of their last 10. The Blue and Gold led for 18 minutes and 12 seconds of the second half.

The Spartans were led by preseason player of the year Isaiah Miller as he scored 18 points, while Keyshaun Langley pitched in with 14.

DATE SITE RESULT ETSU UNCG2/1/20 H W 82 651/8/20 A W 64 572/24/19 A L 59 601/19/19 H L 68 753/5/18 N L 47 62

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsUNC Greensboro vs ETSU02/01/20 12:00 am at Johnson City, TN

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min14 Galloway,Kyrin f 3-7 2-5 0-0 1 2 3 2 8 1 3 1 1 2921 Dickey,James f 4-8 0-2 1-1 1 6 7 4 9 2 0 2 0 2201 Miller,Isaiah g 8-15 1-3 1-5 1 2 3 2 18 0 5 0 4 3002 Massey,Malik g 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 2844 Hunter,Kaleb g 4-5 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 8 0 2 0 1 2800 Keyshaun Langley 5-9 2-5 2-2 1 1 2 1 14 3 0 0 2 2403 Hueitt Jr.,Michael 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 204 Abdulsalam,Mohammad 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 0 1513 Allegri,Angelo 2-5 1-2 1-2 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 1833 Bas Leyte 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4

Team 0 1 1Totals 27-56 6-18 5-10 8 17 25 21 65 11 14 4 8 200


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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min25 Lucas N'Guessan c 5-7 0-0 2-5 1 2 3 3 12 2 2 2 1 3301 Tray Boyd g 10-16 6-9 4-4 0 1 1 1 30 3 4 0 1 3403 Bo Hodges g 5-11 0-0 4-7 2 9 11 2 14 2 3 0 1 2905 Daivien Williamson g 4-8 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 9 2 3 0 1 2615 Isaiah Tisdale g 1-2 0-0 3-4 2 5 7 3 5 3 1 1 1 3810 Patrick Good 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 2 1821 Joe Hugley 2-4 1-1 2-3 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 723 Vonnie Patterson 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1233 Charlie Weber 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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Officials: Michael Husted,Ryan Christian,James BarkerTechnical fouls: UNC Greensboro-None. ETSU-None.Attendance: 58382019-20 Men's Basketball. Round: 0. ETSU vs UNC Greensboro. Played at Freedom

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalUNC Greensboro 37 28 65ETSU 37 45 82

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUNCG 34 12 7 7 22ETSU 34 19 22 8 12

Last FG - UNCG 2nd-02:15, ETSU 2nd-00:12.Largest lead - UNCG by 14 1st-14:18, ETSU by 17 2nd-00:12.UNCG led for 19:28. ETSU led for 18:12. Game was tied for 02:20.

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SinGle-SeaSon RecoRdS (team)WINSRk yeaR ........................................... total1. 2019-20 ..................................... 302. 1990-91 ............................................... 283. 2016-17 ............................................... 27 2003-04 ............................................... 27 1989-90 ............................................... 27

WIN PERCENTAGERk yeaR ........................................... total1. 2019-20 ..................................... .8822. 1952-53 ............................................... .8673. 1990-91 ............................................... .848

SCORING MARGINRk yeaR ........................................... total1. 1990-91 ............................................... +17.22. 2019-20 ..................................... +13.13. 1989-90 ............................................... +10.6

REBOUND MARGINRk yeaR ........................................... total6. 2000-01 ............................................... +4.67. 2019-20 ..................................... +4.58. 2016-17 ............................................... +4.2 THREE-POINT FG ATTEMPTSRk yeaR ........................................... total3. 2013-14 ............................................... 758 2018-19 ............................................... 7585. 2019-20 ..................................... 752

THREE-POINT FG MADERk yeaR ........................................... total7. 2016-17 ............................................... 2658. 2019-20 ..................................... 260

THREE-POINT FG% DEFENSERk yeaR ........................................... total1. 1992-93 ............................................... .2662. 1994-95 ............................................... .2943. 2019-20 ..................................... .3014. 1993-94 ............................................... .311

cuRRent StReak: ...............................................................................................woN 1 (dec. 30-preseNt)lonGeSt WinninG StReak: ................................................................................................3, (dec. 15-19)lonGeSt loSinG StReak: ......................................................................................... 2, Last (Nov. 25-26)lonGeSt home WinninG StReak: ....................................................................woN 4 (dec. 15-preseNt)lonGeSt home loSinG StReak: ..........................................................................Lost 1 (dec. .12-pres.)lonGeSt Road WinninG StReak: .............................................................................................................. --lonGeSt Road loSinG StReak: .............................................................................Lost 1 (dec. 22-pres.)laRGeSt maRGin of victoRy: ......................................42 vs. coLuMBia iNterNatioNaL (dec. 17, 2020)laRGeSt maRGin of defeat: ............................................................23, vs. aBiLeNe christiaN (Nov. 27)SmalleSt maRGin of victoRy: ...................................................5, vs. GardNer-weBB (dec. 15, 2020)SmalleSt maRGin of defeat: ..........................................................1, vs. austiN peay (Nov. 26, 2020)

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etSu attemptS moRe field GoalS ......................................................................... 5-1opponent attemptS moRe field GoalS .................................................................. 0-3etSu makeS moRe field GoalS ............................................................................... 5-0opponent makeS moRe field GoalS........................................................................ 0-3made field GoalS aRe even ..................................................................................... 0-1etSu haS a betteR fG peRcentaGe ....................................................................... 3-2opponent haS a betteR fG peRcentaGe ................................................................ 1-2fG peRcentaGe iS even ............................................................................................ 1-0ShootinG betteR than 50% .................................................................................. 2-0opponent ShootS betteR than 50% .................................................................... 1-0

etSu makeS moRe 3-pt. field GoalS .................................................................... 1-2opponent makeS moRe 3-pt. field GoalS ............................................................. 2-2made 3-pt field GoalS aRe even ............................................................................ 2-0etSu haS a betteR 3-pt fG peRcentaGe .............................................................. 2-2opponent haS a betteR 3-pt. fG peRcentaGe ..................................................... 3-2etSu ShootS betteR than 40% fRom 3-pt. RanGe ........................................... 2-1opponent ShootS betteR than 40% fRom 3-pt. RanGe .................................... 0-1

etSu attemptS moRe fRee thRoWS ........................................................................ 5-1opponent attemptS moRe fRee thRoWS ................................................................. 0-3etSu makeS moRe fRee thRoWS ............................................................................. 4-0opponent makeS moRe fRee thRoWS ...................................................................... 0-4fRee thRoW makeS aRe even .................................................................................... 1-0etSu haS a betteR fRee thRoW peRcentaGe ......................................................... 2-2opponent haS a betteR fRee thRoW peRcentaGe ................................................. 3-2ShootinG betteR than 70% fRom the line .......................................................... 2-1opponent ShootS betteR than 70% fRom the line ........................................... 2-2

etSu haS moRe ReboundS ...................................................................................... 2-2opponent haS moRe ReboundS ............................................................................... 2-2ReboundS aRe even .................................................................................................. 1-0etSu haS moRe defenSive ReboundS .................................................................... 2-2opponent haS moRe defenSive ReboundS ............................................................ 3-2etSu haS moRe offenSive ReboundS .................................................................... 4-1opponent haS moRe offenSive ReboundS ............................................................. 1-2offenSive ReboundS aRe even .............................................................................. 0-1

etSu haS moRe foulS ............................................................................................. 0-3opponent haS moRe foulS ...................................................................................... 3-1foulS aRe even .......................................................................................................... 2-0

etSu haS moRe aSSiStS ........................................................................................... 5-2opponent haS moRe aSSiStS .................................................................................... 0-2

etSu haS moRe tuRnoveRS .................................................................................... 0-4opponent haS moRe tuRnoveRS ............................................................................. 5-0

etSu haS moRe blockS .......................................................................................... 2-0opponent haS moRe blockS .................................................................................... 1-3blockS aRe even ...................................................................................................... 2-1

etSu haS moRe StealS ............................................................................................ 5-1opponent haS moRe StealS ..................................................................................... 0-3

GAMES LEADING ETSU INScoRinG - L. Brewer 4, sLoaN 2, MoNsaNto 2, t. Brewer 1

ReboundS - adheke 4, MoNsaNto 3, aMaeFuLe 1, L. Brewer 1, t. Brewer 1, pattersoN 1 aSSiStS - sLoaN 7, L. Brewer 2, adheke 1, pattersoN 1

StealS - L. Brewer 3, MoNsaNto 2, sMith 2, adheke 1, pattersoN 1, sLoaN 1blockS - adheke 4, L. Brewer 3, t. Brewer 3. MoNsaNto 2, pattersoN 1

IN ETSU’S WINS ...etSu’S fG peRcentaGe .................................................................... ..444 (132-297)etSu’S thRee-point peRcentaGe ..........................................................317 (39-123) etSu’S fRee thRoW peRcentaGe ............................................................ .670 (63-94)etSu’S ReboundS peR Game ......................................................................36.6 (183) etSu’S Rebound maRGin ......................................................................................+2.4etSu’S aSSiStS peR Game ..............................................................................15.8 (79)etSu’S tuRnoveRS peR Game ........................................................................13.2 (66) etSu’S StealS peR Game ...............................................................................11.2 (56)etSu’S blockS peR Game ................................................................................2.4 (12)etSu’S foulS peR Game ................................................................................16.6 (83)etSu’S pointS peR Game ............................................................................73.2 (366) opponentS’ fG peRcentaGe ..................................................................371 (99-267) opponentS’ thRee-point peRcentaGe ..................................................322 (39-121)opponentS’ fRee thRoW peRcentaGe .................................................... .689 (51-74)opponentS’ ReboundS peR Game ...............................................................34.2 (171) opponentS’ aSSiStS peR Game .......................................................................11.4 (57)opponentS’ tuRnoveRS peR Game .................................................................19.8 (99)opponentS’ StealS peR Game...........................................................................6.8 (34)opponentS’ blockS peR Game ..........................................................................2.2 (11)opponentS’ foulS peR Game .......................................................................20.0 (100) opponentS’ pointS peR Game ....................................................................57.6 (288)

IN ETSU’S LOSSES ...etSu’S fG peRcentaGe .........................................................................390 (83-213)etSu’S thRee-point peRcentaGe ........................................................... .289 (28-97) etSu’S fRee thRoW peRcentaGe ............................................................ .636 (49-77)etSu’S ReboundS peR Game ......................................................................35.8 (143) etSu’S Rebound maRGin ....................................................................................... -2.0 etSu’S aSSiStS peR Game ................................................................................9.5 (38)etSu’S tuRnoveRS peR Game ........................................................................19.3 (77) etSu’S StealS peR Game .................................................................................5.5 (22)etSu’S blockS peR Game ................................................................................2.5 (10)etSu’S foulS peR Game ................................................................................22.0 (88)etSu’S pointS peR Game ............................................................................60.8 (243) opponentS’ fG peRcentaGe ..................................................................409 (95-232) opponentS’ thRee-point peRcentaGe ................................................... .382 (34-89)opponentS’ fRee thRoW peRcentaGe .................................................... .670 (63-94)opponentS’ ReboundS peR Game ...............................................................37.8 (151) opponentS’ aSSiStS peR Game .......................................................................12.8 (51)opponentS’ tuRnoveRS peR Game .................................................................13.8 (55)opponentS’ StealS peR Game...........................................................................8.0 (32)opponentS’ blockS peR Game ..........................................................................4.0 (16)opponentS’ foulS peR Game ..........................................................................20.3 (81) opponentS’ pointS peR Game ....................................................................71.8 (287)

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# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School)0 Silas Adheke C 6’8” 257 Gr. Lagos, Nigeria (Northern Kentucky)1 Serrel Smith G 6’4” 174 Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (Maryland)2 Paul Smith F 6’8” 251 Fr. Upper Marlboro, Md. (DeMatha)3 Truth Harris G 6’1” 167 Fr. Mount Vernon, N.Y. (Trinity Pawling Prep)4 David Sloan G 6’2” 180 Sr. Louisville, Ky. (Kansas State)5 Marcus Niblack G 6’1” 192 Fr. Leesburg, Fla. (Wildwood HS)11 Eric Hancik* F/G 6’5” 205 Jr. Chino Hills, Calif. (San Bernardino Valley College)12 Damari Monsanto F 6’6” 225 RFr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Western High School)14 Ty Brewer F 6’9” 210 Jr. Meridian, Miss. (Southeastern Louisiana)15 Richard Amaefule F 6’9” 215 Fr. London, United Kingdom (Woodrow Wilson HS)21 Ismael Valdez* F/C 6’9” 200 So. Bronx, N.Y. (North Idaho College)22 Morrell Schramm G 6’2” 209 Fr. Cleveland, Tenn. (Cleveland HS)23 Vonnie Patterson F 6’4” 200 Sr. Louisville, Ky. (John A. Logan College)24 Jordan Coffin G 6’1” 185 Sr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Karns HS)25 Ledarrius Brewer G 6’5” 195 RJr. Meridian, Miss. (Southeast Missouri State)33 Charlie Weber F 6’9” 215 So. Owings, Md. (Bishop O’Connell High School)

* Will have to sit out the 2020-2021 season

COACHING STAFFJasoN shay – head coach (1st seasoN)turNer BattLe – assistaNt coach (1st seasoN)GreG heiar – assistaNt coach (1st seasoN)Matt wise – assistaNt coach (1st seasoN)chad doNLey – director oF operatioNs (1st seasoN)tyLer JaNota – director oF BasketBaLL sport perForMaNce (1st seasoN)desoNta BradFord – assistaNt For pLayer deveLopMeNt (1st seasoN)

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Marcus Niblack - Fr. - GLeesburg, Fla.

Morrell Schramm - Fr. - GCleveland, Tenn.

Silas Adheke - Sr. - CLagos, Nigeria.

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Ty Brewer - Jr. - FMeridian, Miss.

Paul Smith - Fr. - F - Upper Marlboro, Md.

David Sloan - Sr. - GLouisville, Ky.

Serrel Smith Jr. Jr. - GSt. Petersburg, Fla.

Richard Amaefule - Fr. - FLondon, United Kingdom

Vonnie Patterson - Sr. - FLouisville, Ky.

Damari Monsanto- RFr. - GPembroke Pines, Fla.

Truth Harris - Fr. - GMount Vernon, N.Y.

Jordan Coffin - Sr. - GKnoxville, Tenn.

Ledarrius Brewer - RJr. - GMeridian, Miss.

pRonunciation Guide# 0 Silas (Cy-less)

Adheke (Ah-deck-aye)#1 Serrel (Sir-elle)

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#15 Ah-muff-oo-layCharlie Weber - Fr. - FOwings, Md.

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ETSU named Jason Shay the 17th head coach in program history on May 6, 2020.

Shay spent the last five seasons as the Buccaneers’ assistant coach where ETSU compiled an overall record of 130-43. The 130 wins are the most over a five-year run in program history, while ranking 15th nationally since the start of the 2015-16 season. The Bucs also won two Southern Conference regular season championships, two SoCon Tournament champion-ships and made two NCAA Tournament appearances. This past season, the Buccaneers set a program-record with 30 wins, becoming just the fourth team in SoCon history to accomplish the feat. In 2017-18, the Blue and Gold tied the school record by winning 16 straight games – a streak that was the longest in the country at one point that season.

Prior to coming to Johnson City, Shay held assistant coaching stints at North Dakota, Northwest Florida State College, Ten-nessee, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Mercyhurst (Pa.) College. Throughout those stops, Shay had a streak of helping lead teams to nine consecutive postseason berths at the Division I level, including Tennessee’s first-ever trip to the Elite Eight in 2010 and a Sweet 16 run at Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2005.

During his time at Northwest Florida, the Raiders went 62-6, while winning consecutive Panhandle Conference Champion-ships and back-to-back appearances in the NJCAA Division I National Championship game.

His two seasons at the junior college in Niceville, Fla., fol-lowed a six-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee. During his tenure in Knoxville, the Volunteers advanced to six consecutive NCAA Tournaments, which included the Elite Eight run in 2010. The Volunteers also won the outright Southeastern Conference Championship in 2008 – for the first time in 41 years – and UT averaged more than 25 wins per season during his time on the staff, including grabbing the No. 1 ranking for the first time in program history in 2008.

Shay’s first Division I assistant coaching job came at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he was first the director of basketball operations for two seasons (2001-03) before being elevated to a full-time assistant prior to the 2003-04 season. The Panthers advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both of his seasons as an assistant coach before the staff moved on to Tennessee for the 2005-06 season.

Shay began his coaching career at Mercyhurst (Pa.) College where he spent two years as an assistant coach and also as-sisted in the sports information office.

Shay, a native of Galesburg, Ill., was a walk-on at the Univer-sity of Iowa for Dr. Tom Davis where he earned his bachelor’s degree in health promotion in 1995. Shay then graduated with a master’s degree from Western Illinois in 1998.

Shay and his wife, Jana, have a daughter, Peija; and a son Joah.

the Shay fileHometown Galesburg, Ill.Wife JanaChildren Peija, Joah Education Iowa, B.S. Health Promotion, 1995; Western Illinois, M.A. 1995Playing Experience G, Iowa 1991-95Coaching Experience1999-2001 Mercyhurst College, Assistant 2001-03 Milwaukee, Director of Operations2003-05 Milwaukee (Assistant)2005-11 Tennessee (Assistant)2011-13 Northwestern Florida State (Assistant)2013-2015 North Dakota (Assistant)2015-2020 ETSU (Assistant)2020-Pres. ETSU (Head Coach)

etSu all-time coachinG RecoRdSCoach Seasons Years RecordJason Shay 1 2020-pres. 5-4Steve Forbes 5 2015-20 130-43Murry Bartow 12 2003-15 224-165Ed Dechellis 7 1997-03 105-93Alan LeForce 6 1991-96 108-70Les Robinson 5 1985-90 151-81Barry Dowd 3 1982-85 86-40Jim Halihan 4 1978-82 57-53Sonny Smith 2 1976-78 30-23Leroy Fisher 3 1973-76 23-52Madison Brooks 25 1948-73 370-263L.T. Roberts 1 1947-48 9-8Gene McMurray 13 1933-47 90-84John Robinson 6 1925-31 25-40Jim Luck 2 1923-25 10-15Vernon McFee 1 1922-23 5-5Charles Reece 4 1918-22 19-12

JASON SHAY• HEAD COACH • FIRST SEASON

RECORD AT ETSU: 5-4HOME RECORD AT ETSU: 4-1ROAD RECORD AT ETSU: 0-1NEUTRAL RECORD AT ETSU: 1-2OERALL RECORD: 5-4 FIRST SEASON

buccaneeR coachinG Staff...

TURNER BATTLEASSISTANT COACH

GREG HEIARASSISTANT COACH

MATT WISEASSISTANT COACH

CHAD DONLEYDIR. OF OPERATIONS

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ADHEKE'S BESTS 2020-21 SEASON .......................................................................... CAREERPOINTS 12, vs. Western Carolina (12/30/20) ............................................................... 13, vs. UC Clermont (11/5/19)FGM 6, vs. Western Carolina (12/30/20) ................................................................. 6, 2x, last vs. Western Carolina (12/30/20)FGA 11, vs. Western Carolina (12/30/20) ............................................................... 11, vs. Western Carolina (12/30/20)3FG -- ................................................................................................................... 2, vs. Wabash (11/11/18) 3FGA -- ................................................................................................................... 4, vs. Wabash (11/11/18) FTM 2, 3x, last vs. Lee (12/19/20) .......................................................................... 3, vs. Detroit Mercy (1/3/20) FTA 3, vs. Lee (12/19/20) ..................................................................................... 4, vs. Detroit Mercy (1/3/20) REBOUNDS 11, vs. UAB (12/12/20) .................................................................................. 14, vs. Wilmington (OH) (11/6/18)ASSISTS 4, vs. Western Carolina (12/30/20) ................................................................. 4, vs. Western Carolina (12/30/20)BLOCKS 3, vs. UAB (12/12/20) .................................................................................... 3, vs. UAB (12/12/20)STEALS 2, vs. UAB (12/12/20) .................................................................................... 3, vs. Midway (11/25/19)MINUTES 31, vs. Western Carolina (12/30/20) ............................................................... --

2020-21 Season: Scored a season-high 12 points, while setting career highs in made field goals (6) and assists (4) in win over Western Carolina (12/30) ... Posted eight points and team-leading eight rebounds vs. Lee (12/19) ... Scored eight points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out a career-high three assists vs. Columbia International (12/17) ... posted his first double-double as a Buccanner vs. UAB (12/12) ... Totaled 10 points, 11 rebounds and career-high three blocks vs. the Blazers ... Scored six points and grabbed eight rebounds in ETSU debut vs. Abilene Christian (11/25) ... Posted eight points, seven rebounds and two blocks in the win over MTSU (11/27). Prior to ETSUSpent the past two seasons at Northern Kentucky where he helped guide the Norse to back-to-back Horizon League Championships and NCAA Tournament appear-ances. At NKU, Adheke played in 52 career games (28 starts), averaging 3.0 points and 3.6 rebounds, while shooting 60 percent from the field. This past year, Adheke played in all 32 games, making 28 starts, while posting 3.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest. Adheke grabbed at least five rebounds in 15 games this year, including career-high 12-rebound efforts twice, while scoring in double figures at Missouri where he registered 10 points (5-of-6 shooting) and three rebounds.

Spent the 2017-18 season at Eastern Florida State where he led the Titans to a 30-5 record, a third-place finish in the NJCAA National Championship and a No. 6 rank-ing in the national poll. While at EFSU, Adheke started in 18 games and earned first team all-conference honors after posting 7.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, along with shooting 55 percent from the field (100-of-183). Adheke also made 23 three-pointers and shot over 44 percent from long distance. Prior to ETSU, Adheke redshirted the 2016-17 season at Evansville.

Has ties to Tennessee as he played high school basketball at Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga. Adheke averaged 8.0 points and 6.2 rebounds, while guiding the Hawks to a No. 19 national ranking by MaxPreps.

#0 SILAS ADHEKE · 6’8”· SR. · F · LAGOS, NIGERIA

2020-21 ETSU Men's BasketballETSU Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 30, 2020)

All games

#00 Silas Adheke

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgvs Abilene Christian 11/25/20 * 27 3-5 . 6 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 4 6 6.0 4 0 2 0 0 6 6.0vs Austin Peay 11/26/20 * 20 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 5 6 6.0 5 1 2 0 0 2 4.0vs Middle Tennessee 11/27/20 * 22 4-5 . 8 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 7 7 6.3 4 1 3 2 0 8 5.3UAB 12/12/20 * 30 4-4 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 3 8 11 7.5 2 1 3 3 2 10 6.5GARDNER-WEBB 12/15/20 * 14 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 6.8 4 0 2 0 0 2 5.6COLUMBIA INT'L 12/17/20 * 18 3-4 . 7 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 6.5 2 3 3 0 0 8 6.0LEE 12/19/20 * 27 3-3 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 3 5 8 6.7 1 1 2 0 1 8 6.3at Alabama 12/22/20 * 24 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 6.4 4 0 1 2 0 2 5.8WESTERN CARO. 12/30/20 * 31 6-11 . 5 4 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 5 3 8 6.6 0 4 1 1 1 12 6.4Totals 9 213 26-39 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 6-11 . 5 4 5 15 44 59 6.6 26 11 19 8 4 58 6.4

Games played: 9Minutes/game: 23.7Points/game: 6.4FG Pct: 66.7FT Pct: 54.5

Rebounds/game: 6.6Assists/game: 1.2Turnovers/game: 2.1Assist/turnover ratio: 0.6Steals/game: 0.4Blocks/game: 0.9

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- SCN CAPINS...2021/01/02 · Game 10 | at uncG | Jan. 2, 2021 | GReenSboRo coliSeum - SCN CAPINS ETSUMBB etsubasetball 2020-21 Schedule and ReSultS (• All Times EST) Date OpponentTime/Score