JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 1, 2024) – The ETSU men's basketball team gears up for its final game of the regular season as the Buccaneers host UNCG on Saturday at 4 p.m. inside Freedom Hall. Prior to the game, ETSU will honor Ebby Asamoah and Jadyn Parker on Senior Day.
 
GAME INFO
DATE: Saturday, March 2
TIME: 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Freedom Hall 
TEAMS: ETSU (15-15, 7-10) vs. UNCG (21-9, 12-5) 
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+  (Keith Brake / Bruce Tranbarger)
LIVE STATS: ETSUBucs.com
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 | 104.9 NASH ICON (Jay Sandos)
TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB
TICKETS: ETSUTickets.com
GAME SPONSOR: Food City
 
ABOUT THE BUCS
·      ETSU sits at 15-15 overall and 7-10 in league play as the Bucs enter the final weekend of SoCon play
·      The Bucs are coming off an 81-63 win at The Citadel on Wednesday night
·      Four players scored in double figures with the bench producing 26 points – the most against a Division I opponent this season
·      Ebby Asamoah netted a game-high 20 points on Wednesday night, marking his 11th 20-point scoring game this season
·      Over his last four games, Asamoah is averaging 20 points and 5.5 rebounds, while shooting 46 percent from floor
·      Asamoah has netted 83 three-pointers on the season, which ranks ninth-most among ETSU single-season leaders … The Buccaneer guard needs one to move into eighth, three to climb into seventh and four to tie Patrick Good for sixth
·      Jadyn Parker had two blocked shots Wednesday night moving his season total to 69, which is two shy of tying the single-season program record held by Isiah Brown when he had 71 in 2010-11
·      As a team, ETSU has blocked 147 shots, which leads the SoCon … The 147 swats rank fifth-most in single-season program history
·      As a team, ETSU ranks 13th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (13.7) and 28th in blocks per game (4.9)
·      Individually, Ebby Asamoah ranks 13th in three-point attempts (241), 29th in made threes (83) and 37th in 3-point field goals made per game (2.9) … Jadyn Parker is 7th in blocks (69), 16th in blocks per game (2.3) 49th in offensive rebounds per game (3.0)
·      The Bucs will honor Asamoah and Parker during their pregame Senior Day celebration … In the one season with ETSU, the duo have combined for 667 points, 325 rebounds, 89 blocks, 55 assists and 45 steals … Over their career, Asamoah has totaled 1,027 points, 380 rebounds and 209 made threes in 126 games … Parker has registered 762 points, 552 rebounds and 183 blocks in 111 games
·      Since Feb. 16, 1987, in a game against Davidson, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 1,154 consecutive games ... ETSU was 0-for-8 in that 1987 game ... With Western Kentucky going 0-for-21 from beyond the arc on Nov. 9 at Wichita State, the Bucs now have the third-longest streak in the country behind Duke and UNLV … UNLV tops the list with 1,220 games
·      The 2023-24 Buccaneer roster features 15 players ... ETSU's roster consists of one graduate player, two redshirt juniors, four juniors, one redshirt sophomore, three sophomores and four freshmen … Three players hail from North Carolina and Indiana, and one each from Tennessee, Iowa, West Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland
·      The Bucs return four players from last year's roster who logged minutes, including starters Jaden Seymour and Allen Strothers, along with Justice Smith and Braden Ilic … Overall, ETSU only returns 29 percent of its scoring, 37 percent of its rebounding and 38 percent of its minutes played in 2022-23 … Seymour totaled 253 points, 218 rebounds and 1,793 minutes, Smith posted 237 points, 111 rebounds and 683 minutes, while Allen Strothers recorded 109 points, 51 rebounds and 776 minutes and Braden Ilic added for 46 points, 33 rebounds and 199 minutes
·      After losing three starters and eight players from last year's team, head coach Brooks Savage and his staff brought in 11 new guys for the 2023-24 season … Seven of the Bucs are transfers – Ebby Asamoah (Delaware), Karon Boyd (USC Aiken), DJ Hughes (Butler), Jadyn Parker (North Florida), Quimari Peterson (John A. Logan), Tyler Rice (William & Mary) and Timmy Fasehun (Gulf Coast State College) … Four Bucs are true freshmen – Maki Johnson (Huntington Prep), Gabe Sisk (Ballard HS), Jaxson Jones (The Skill Factory) and David Meriwether (Lawrence North HS)
 
ABOUT UNCG
·      UNCG enters the final weekend of regular season play at 21-9 overall and 12-5 in SoCon play
·      The Spartans are coming off a 100-58 win over VMI on Wednesday night in Greensboro
·      UNCG is tied for second in the SoCon standings with Chattanooga 
·      The Spartans are led by Mikeal Brown-Jones as he's averaging a team-best 19.7 points per game and 7.8 rebounds
·      Keyshaun Langley is posting 15.2 points and Donovan Atwell is at 11.0 points per game and leads the team with 83 made triples … Kobe Langley is averaging 8.7 points, 5.7 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game
·      As a team, UNCG is averaging 76.5 points per game and allowing 69.8
·      The Spartans lead the SoCon in opponent field goal percentage (.408), three-point field goal percentage (.402), three-point field goal percentage defense (.325) and assist to turnover ratio (1.4)
 
SERIES HISTORY
·      ETSU leads the all-time series, 21-20
·      UNCG defeated the Bucs 70-54 back on Jan. 6 … The Spartans used a 19-2 run late in the second half to pull away for the 16-point win
·      ETSU is 11-6 at home against the Spartans
·      This marks the second straight year the teams are playing in Johnson City to close out regular season play … ETSU won 63-62 last year
 
UP NEXT
ETSU begins play in the Southern Conference Tournament on Friday, March 8. The Bucs will either be the No. 7 seed, which plays at 7:30 p.m. or the No. 8 seed, which plays at 5 p.m. The tournament is held inside Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville.
  
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