Game Information
Date / Time: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 / 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Site: Boone, N.C. /  Holmes Convocation Center (8,325)
Audio Broadcast: Chanticleer Sports Network
Radio: WRNN 99.5 "Hot Talk"
Online Audio Link: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/coastal/
Talent: Layne Harris (play-by-play) 
Online: ESPN+
Talent: Kendall Lewis (play-by-play); Pierre Banks (analyst)
Live Stats: GoCCUsports.com
Twitter Updates: @GoCCUSports, @CoastalMBB

Opening Tip
• After winning five consecutive games, the Chanticleers have dropped their past two games, both on the road against the Sun Belt's top-ranked programs.
• The Chants will look to begin another winning streak at Appalachian State ... The two teams played on Jan. 19 in Conway with the Chants winning 89-72 ... It was the first win of a five-game winning streak.
• Zac Cuthbertson has had a strong career at CCU since transferring here following his junior college days at Eastern Community College ... He enters today's game with 879 points in only 54 games played ... a 16.3 points per game average ... He is only 121 points away from becoming the 22nd player in Coastal Carolina history to score 1,000 career points.
• This will be the sixth meeting between the two programs with the Mountaineers holding a 3-2 edge in the series.
• The two teams only starting playing once the Chants entered the Sun Belt Conference.
• CCU has never beaten Appalachian State on the Mountaineers home court in Boone, N.C. (0-2).
• In those two games, App State won 77-73 (02/04/17) and 78-76 last season (03/03/18).
• Following today's game, the Chants will be back home for four of the final six regular season games ... Beginning with a two-game homestand against Georgia Southern (2/21) and Georgia State (2/23).

About Appalachian State
• Appalachian State enters the game with an 8-16 overall record.
• They are 3-8 in conference play, and like the Chants, enter the game on a current two-game losing streak.
• The Mountaineers are led by All-Sun Belt performer Ronshad Shabazz, who is averaging 18.2 points per game to lead the team and is tied for eighth in the conference ... He shoots 45 percent from the field and 37 percent on his three-point attempts ... He is also one of the best in the conference at the free throw line, shooting just over 80 percent ... For good measure he leads the team in assists (65).
• Justin Forrest is having a strong season and is averaging 16 points per game ... He is 13th in the Sun Belt in scoring and is also a solid shooter ... He is shooting over 40 percent from the field, 37 percent from behind the arch and over 80 percent at the free throw line ... He is the team leader in steals with 25.
• Isaac Johnson is one of the top big men in the conference ... Not only does he average 10 points per game, he is the league's leading rebounder averaging 8.6 per outing ... He leads the team in shooting at 52 percent from the field.
• App State's top player off the bench is Tyrell Johnson ... He is averaging just over nine and four rebounds per game, he is also the team's top shot-blocker with 21.
• With all the scorer's App State has it's no wonder they average 80.7 points per game ... Third in the Sun Belt.
• They are shooting almost 46 percent from the field and are a dangerous three-point team shooting 36 percent and making over nine per game.
• They are fifth in the conference in free throw percentage at .718.
• While App State scores a lot of points, they also give up a lot of points, 79.0 per game ... That is 11th in the conference ... The opposition is shooting 47 percent from the field and are out rebounding the Mountaineers by almost three per game.
• They are 10th in the conference in rebounding margin.
• Their 5.5 steals per game is 12th in the league

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