ETSU men’s basketball will wrap up its home-and-home series with UNC Asheville as the Buccaneers host the Bulldogs Saturday inside Freedom Hall. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m.
BUCS AND BULLDOGS MEET IN FREEDOM
DATE: Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022
TIME: 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Freedom Hall
TEAMS: ETSU (4-7) vs. UNC Asheville (7-4)
TELEVSION: Tri-Cities CW
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
BROADCAST TEAM: Keith Brake (play-by-play), Bruce Tranbarger (analyst)
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 | 104.9 NASH ICON
RADIO TEAM: Voice of the Bucs Jay Sandos
LIVE STATS: ETSUBucs.com
TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB
GAME SPONSOR: Pepsi
ABOUT THE BUCS
- The Bucs are looking to stop a three-game losing skid as ETSU sits at 4-7 on the season
- ETSU is coming off a tough 78-75 setback to Queens on Wednesday night
- DeAnthony Tipler (Ashland, Miss.) scored a game-high 19 points and knocked down a season-high five triples last time out against the Royals
- Jordan King (Albany, N.Y.) finished with 16 points, five rebounds and four assists on Wednesday night
- King netted two three-pointers against the Royals, moving his streak to 29 straight games with a three-pointer – the longest by any player in the SoCon
- ETSU is 82-6 when shooting over 50 percent from the field since the start of the 2015-16 season
- The Bucs are 109-15 when scoring at least 75 points since the start of the 2015-16 season
- The Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 1,103 consecutive games ... ETSU currently has the fourth-longest streak in the NCAA, with UNLV topping the list with 1,171 games
- UNC Asheville enters Saturday’s non-conference game with an overall mark of 7-4
- The Bulldogs are coming off a 94-84 win at South Carolina State on Tuesday night
- UNCA is led by Tennessee transfer and Big South Preseason Player of the Year selection Drew Pember … Pember is averaging 20.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 51 percent from the field, 42 percent from three and 85 percent at the free throw line
- Tajion Jones is also posting 15.4 points and leads the Bulldogs with 37 made three-pointers
- As a team, the Bulldogs are posting 82.6 points per game and allowing 73.8 … UNCA is shooting 50 percent from the floor and 40 percent from three-point range
- UNCA ranks 21st nationally in three-point field goal percentage (.398), while its bench is posting 33.2 points per contest, which ranks 14th among NCAA Division I programs
- Pember leads all Division I players in free throw attempts (89), he ranks seventh in blocks (30), 12th in points (223) and 18th in points per game … Jones’ 37 made threes rank sixth nationally
- UNCA was picked to finish third in the Big South Preseason Poll
- Saturday marks the 24th all-time meeting with ETSU leading the series, 15-8
- The Bulldogs won last year in Asheville, 79-64
- ETSU has won six of the last eight in the series
- This marks the first meeting played in Johnson City since Nov. 22, 2014 when the Bucs won 98-87
- The Bucs have won the last three games played in Johnson City … ETSU’s last home loss to UNCA was on Nov. 28, 2000 (70-65)
- The first ever meeting between the two programs was in 1974-75 when UNCA won 63-62
- Fans can watch Saturday’s game on ESPN+ as well as locally on Tri-Cities CW with Keith Brake and Bruce Tranbarger on the call
- Saturday’s game will also be broadcast on WXSM-AM 640 and 104.9 NASH ICON with Voice of the Bucs Jay Sandos on the call, starting with the Atmos Energy Pregame show at 3:30 p.m.
- Live stats will also be available via ETSUBucs.com
ETSU wraps up non-conference play next Wednesday night when the Bucs travel to Louisiana to take on LSU. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. ET.
For more information on Buccaneer men’s basketball, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men’s basketball tab.
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