Game Information
Date / Time: Thursday, March 7, 2019 / 7:00 p.m. 
Site: Conway, S.C. / HTC Center (3,212)
Audio Broadcast: Chanticleer Sports Network
Radio: WRNN 99.5 "Hot Talk"
Online Audio Link: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/coastal/
Talent: Chris Burgin (play-by-play) 
Online: ESPN+
Talent:  Jeff McCarragher (play-by-play); Nate Ross (analyst)
Live Stats: GoCCUsports.com
Twitter Updates: @GoCCUSports, @CoastalMBB

Opening Tip
• The Chants enter the game going 1-1 in its final regular season road SBC trip.
• CCU put up a season-high 97 points in the shootout win at Louisiana-Monroe.
• The win evened CCU's conference mark at 8-8 and they are now tied for fifth place in the conference.
• A lot of pressure on the Chants in its final two games of the regular season ... Wins in both games will assure them of a top-six finish in the conference standings and a move directly to New Orleans for the Sun Belt Tournament ... A loss could put them in a first round game at a campus site.
• This is the eighth meeting in the series with USA with the Chants holding a slim 4-3 lead in the series.
• Earlier this season the Chants traveled to Mobile where the Jaguars won an exciting double overtime win over CCU 84-77.
• Freshman DeVante Jones is coming off the best two-game stretch of his young career ... He had a team-high 19 points at Louisiana and turned around with a game and career-high 30 points in the ULM win.
• Zac Cuthbertson continues his push for 1,000 career points ... He enters the last two games of the season needing 37 points to reach the milestone.
• Should he reach 1,000 points, he would become the 22nd player in CCU history to reach the milestone.
• Even more impressive, he would become only the third person to score 1,000 points in just two years ... Howard White (1974-76) scored 1,321 points and Manuel Jessup (1976-78) scored 1,124.
• CCU will host Troy in its final regular season game of the season ... The Saturday match up will tip off at 2 p.m.
• The game will also be Senior Day as the Chants four seniors, Zac Cuthbertson, Matt Lindsey, Josh Coleman and Ajay Sanders will be honored before the game.

About South Alabama
• The Jaguars enter the game 14-15 overall.
• USA is one game behind CCU in the conference standings at 7-9.
• South Alabama was picked seventh in the coaches preseason poll.
• USA is coming off what may have been their best game of the season ... A 77-63 win over first-place Texas State.
• It seems like the Chants are facing one of the top players in the league each game and the only difference in this game is the Jags have two of the top players in the league.
• Josh Ajayi leads the team averaging 16 points per game which is 10th in the conference ... He is first in the Sun Belt with his 56 percent field goal percentage and is not afraid to shoot from the outside as his 48 percent three-point percentage indicates ... He is also one of the best in rebounding as his team-leading 7.8 rebounds per game is fifth in the conference.
• Trhae Mitchell is on par with Ajayi as his 13.6 points per game indicates ... His 7.5 rebounds per game is sixth in the conference and his team-high 59 blocked shots is second in the conference ... For good measure the shot-blocker is also eighth in the conference with 107 assists ... And he leads the Jags in steals with 34.
• USA also has two other players averaging double digits.
• Rodrick Sikes averages 12.3 points per game and is USA's top three-point threat ... He has hit 69 threes on the season, seventh in the conference, while shooting over 33 percent.
• Kory Holden is averaging 10.2 points per game and his 46 percent three-point percentage is a team-high ... He has hit 49 threes on the season.
• South Alabama's defense is fourth in the conference allowing 72 points per game.
• They are fourth in the conference in three-point percentage at 37 percent and also fourth in assists at 13.9 per game.

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