JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 12, 2024) – The ETSU men's basketball team wraps up its three-game homestand Wednesday night when the Buccaneers host Tusculum inside Freedom Hall. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
GAME INFO
DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 13
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Freedom Hall
TEAMS: ETSU (1-1) vs. Tusculum (0-2)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ (Keith Brake & Bruce Tranbarger)
LIVE STATS: ETSUBucs.com
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (Jay Sandos)
TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB
TICKETS: ETSUTickets.com
GAME SPONSOR: First Horizon
ABOUT THE BUCS
· ETSU has split its first two games to start the 2024-25 season
· Following a 21-point win over Newberry in the season opener, the Bucs dropped an 82-78 decision to Eastern Kentucky last Friday in the SoCon/ASUN Challenge
· Four Buccaneers are averaging double figures in scoring with
Quimari Peterson leading the way at 19.5 points per game … Peterson is also posting 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game, while also shooting 57 percent from the field (17-30)
·
Jaden Seymour, who is nearing the 1,000-point milestone, is averaging 17.5 points,
John Buggs III is posting 12.0 points per contest and
Karon Boyd III is nearly averaging a double-double (11.0 points/9.0 rebounds)
· The Bucs have a plus-11.0 rebound margin through the first two games as ETSU is averaging 45.5 boards per contest … ETSU has also totaled 35 offensive rebounds in two games
· The Blue & Gold rank 18th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (17.5)
· Seymour is 42 points away from 1,000 for his career and 53 away from 1,000 for his ETSU career … Seymour has played in 98 games as a Buc where he has totaled 947 points, 562 rebounds, 105 assists and 78 blocks
· After netting six three-pointers on Friday night, ETSU has now made at least one three-pointer in 1,161 straight games – the third-longest streak in the country
· ETSU was picked to finish third in the SoCon Preseason Coaches Poll … The Bucs picked up two first-place votes, while reigning champion Samford was pegged number one and Chattanooga was selected second
·
Jaden Seymour and
Quimari Peterson landed SoCon preseason honors
· ETSU received 19 votes in the preseason CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll
· The Bucs return 10 players from last year's 2023-24 roster
· ETSU only lost 8% of its scoring and 9% of its minutes played from last year's roster to the transfer portal – the fewest amount of production from any SoCon program
· Coach Savage and his staff brought in five new players to complete the 2024-25 roster … The five newcomers include four transfers –
Curt Lewis (Missouri),
John Buggs III (North Texas),
Davion Bradford (Wake Forest) and
Roosevelt Wheeler (VCU) … In addition, true freshman
Brandon Crawford is the fifth Buccaneer newcomer
ABOUT TUSCULUM
· Tusculum sits 0-2 on the young season
· The Pioneers play at North Georgia tonight at 7 p.m.
· Tusculum has two players averaging in double figures with Malachi Hale averaging a team-best 16.5 points per game and Bryce Jackson posting 15.5 per contest
· Hale has accounted for seven of Tusculum's 16 made threes
· As a team, the Pioneers are averaging 66.5 points and allowing 76.0
· Tusculum was picked to finish fifth in the South Atlantic Conference, while Jackson and Akeem Odusipe were named to the SAC's Players to Watch List
SERIES HISTORY
· Wednesday is the 64th all-time meeting between the two programs with ETSU leading the series, 44-19
· The teams played last season with ETSU claiming a 105-43 win over the Pioneers … Seven Bucs scored in double figures, while ETSU made 33 field goals and netted 11 three-pointers
· ETSU has won the last 17 games in the series
· The first-ever meeting was played in 1921-22 with ETSU winning both games that season – 49-18 in the first game and 27-19 in the second
UP NEXT
ETSU hits the road for the first time this season as the Bucs head to North Carolina to take on Davidson on Saturday at 5 p.m.
For more information on ETSU men's basketball, go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's basketball tab.
