CONWAY – After playing away from the HTC Center for almost a month, the Chanticleers will be at home to host Texas State Thursday at 7 p.m. It is the first home conference game of the season and the first of a season-long three consecutive home games.
Coastal Carolina (7-7 / 1-1 Sun Belt) vs Texas State (12-3 / 1-1 Sun Belt)
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 • 7:00 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: Texas State leads the series 4-2.
Last Meeting: Texas State won 73-66 in New Orleans (03/07/18) at the Sun Belt Conference Championship.
Opening Tip
• The game with Texas State opens the Sun Belt home season for the Chants; It is the first game of a season-long three-game homestand.
• Tonight's game is only the fifth home game of the season.
• This is the first game at home since a Dec. 16 win over North Carolina Central.
• This is the seventh meeting in the series with the Bobcats holding a 4-2 lead overall.
• Last season the team's met three times over the course of the season; each team won a close game on the other's home court; the two teams then met in the Sun Belt Tourney with Texas State pulling out a close seven-point victory.
• The close games have not gone the Chanticleers way so far this season; With Saturday's double-overtime loss at South Alabama, the Chants are now 1-6 in games decided by seven points or less.
• In CCUs' seven losses this season, the amount of points deciding those seven losses is 39 points meaning CCU is averaging losing those games by 5.6 points per loss.
• CCU and Texas State are two of the top defensive and rebounding teams in the conference; TSU is allowing a conference-best 61.3 points per game and CCU is fourth at 70.4 ... TSU leads the legue in rebounding margin (+7.9) and CCU is second (5.4).
• CCU will be back home to host Texas Arlington in the second game of the current homestand ... That game will be Saturday, Jan. 12 and is slated to tip off at 2 p.m.
About Texas State
• Texas State's 12 wins are the most in the conference.
• Texas State started conference play at home in two close games; They defeated Georgia State 73-70 and lost to Georgia Southern 73-69.
• TSU has always had one of the top defenses in the league and this season is no different ... Their 61.3 oppoenents scoring average is tops in the conference, and they lead the Sun Belt in rebounding (39.5), defensive field goal percentage (.382).
• This season the Bobcats have picked up their play on the offensive end of the court and are averaging 76.5 points per game.
• All-Sun Belt performer Nijal Pearson continues to show why he is an all-league player ... He leads the team averaging 18.2 points per game which is also eighth in the conference ... He is shooting 46 percent from the field and hits 45 percent of his three-point attempts.
• The other double-digit scorer for the Bobcats is Tre Nottingham ... He averages 13.3 points per game while shooting 40 percent from the floor and 70 percent at the free throw line .. His 22 steals lead the team.
• Jaylen Shead runs the Bobcats offense and has a team-best 75 assists which is also second in the conference ... Eric Terry has 12 blocks on the season and Alex Peacock is the team's leading rebounder averaging 7.4 per outing.
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