CONWAY – Coastal Carolina host Appalachian State in the final game of the present three-game homestand ... CCU will look to get back in to the win column in the 2 p.m. tip.
Coastal Carolina (7-9 / 1-3 Sun Belt) vs Appalachian State (5-12 / 0-4 Sun Belt)
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 • 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: Appalachian State leads the series 3-1.
Last Meeting: The Mountaineers defeated CCU 78-67 in Boone, N.C. (03/03/18)
Opening Tip
• CCU is looking to end its current three-game losing streak and two-game home losing streak.
• This will be only the fifth meeting between the two teams with Appalachian State holding a 3-1 lead in the series.
• CCU is having trouble getting over the hump in close game losses ... This season's nine losses have come by a combined 46 points or 5.1 points per loss.
• CCU now has the services of
Ebrima Dibba and DeVante' Jones back after missing most of the season's first half with injuries.
• Both players started the season in the starting line up with Jones injury happening in the final minutes of CCU's second game of the season; a win at Campbell.
• Dibba was injured a few games later at the KEMI Northern Kentucky Basketball Tournament ... Last night was his first action since Nov. 17.
• CCU has been a hard-luck team over the past two seasons ... Last year the Chants lost 12 games by seven points or less and this year is shaping up the same way ... Eight of this year's nine losses have been by seven points or less.
• CCU's problems have not all been on the team's defense ... Their scoring defense is second in the Sun Belt (69.5) while the team's field goal defense is also second (.411) ...3-pt field goal defense is third (.309) and they lead the Sun Belt in defensive rebounds (31.6).
• Following Saturday's game the Chants will hit the road to Arkansas ... They will face Little Rock (Jan. 24) and Arkansas State (Jan. 26).
About Appalachian State
• Appalachian State enters today's action 5-12 overall and winless in Sun Belt action (0-4).
• Like the Chants, Appalachian State has seen its share of close losses this season including last Saturday's last-second loss to Texas State 70-69.
• Of their 12 losses, eight have come by seven points or less.
• The Mountaineers will bring one of the highest scoring offenses in the conference to the HTC Center as they are scoring at an 81.1 points per game clip.
• Two-time All-Sun Belt performer Ronshad Shabazz leads the team in scoring and is seventh in the conference at 19 points per game ... He is shooting just over 45 percent from the field, 34 percent on his three-point attempts and is a solid 82 percent free throw shooter.
• Justin Forrest averages 14.7 points per game and has a team-high 17 steals.
• Isaac Johnson is the third Mountaineer to average double digits at 10.6 per game ... He is shooting over 53 percent from the field and his 8.8 rebounds per game is the team's top and has him at the top of the leader board in the Sun Belt.
• App State shoots 46 percent from the field, 36 percent on its three's and 72 percent at the free throw line.
• Defensively the Mountaineers are allowing their opponents 78.8 points per game and 46 percent shooting from the field.
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