CONWAY – The Chanticleers are back home to host North Carolina Central. The game is the final pre-conference home game of the season.
Coastal Carolina (5-5) vs. North Carolina Central (4-7)
Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 • 2:00 p.m. ET
Conway, S.C. • HTC Center (3,212)
Radio: CCU Radio Broadcast | WRNN 99.5 FM (Flagship) |
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Series History: Coastal Carolina leads 3-0
Last Meeting: Coastal Carolina won 70-67 (12/10/16).
Opening Tip
• CCU and North Carolina Central will meet for the fourth time in the series.
• Coastal Carolina owns a 3-0 lead in the series with two of the three contests being held in Conway.
• The only meeting at North Carolina Central was the first game of the series in 2012, a 68-57 Chanticleers victory.
• The last time the two teams met the Chants had to hold off the Eagles for a 70-67 win.
• Two players on this year's team that played in that game were
Amidou Bamba and
Josh Coleman.
• Bamba was a freshman and started the game ... He scored one point and had six rebounds and a steal.
• It was Coleman's sophomore season and he came off the bench to score 12 points and grab five rebounds.
• Today's game is only the fourth home game of the season for the Chants.
• CCU looks to remain unbeaten at home, winning their first three home games of the season.
• In fact, going back to last season, the Chants have won four consecutive games in the HTC Center.
• After today's action, the Chants will only have one game left during the pre-conference part of the schedule ... CCU will once again hit the road and face long-time rival College of Charleston, Friday December 21 at 7 p.m. in Charleston.
About North Carolina Central
• The Eagles enter the game with a 4-7 record and are coming off a 77-61 loss at McNeese State.
• Raasean Davis leads the team in scoring and rebounding averaging 15 points and 9.2 rebounds per game ... He is shooting a team-best 63 percent from the field ... He also has a team-high 12 blocked shots.
• NCCU has three others averaging in double figures; Randy Miller (13.7), Jibri Blount (11.0) and Larry McKnight (11.0) are the others.
• Raashann London has a team-best 31 assists, but the Eagles boast three other players with 20 or more assists on the season.
• NCCU averages over seven steals per game with Miller leading the way with 14 ... three other players have over 10 steals.
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