USA @ App State 7:30 PM Holmes Convocation Center
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:01 am
ASU men's basketball RPI #267 (6-10, 3-4 Sun Belt) goes for its third-straight Sun Belt Conference victory, as the team plays host to South Alabama RPI #304 (6-12, 4-4) tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. on the HCC hardwood.
The Mountaineers are coming off a 69-64 win over Troy on Saturday while the Jaguars are also seeking their third win in a row after knocking off UALR, 66-64, on Saturday.
The Jaguars possess one of the most explosive offense attacks in the Sun Belt. USA has scored at least 80 points four times this season and has failed to score more than 70 just 9 times in 18 games.
• Ken Williams leads a trio of double-digit scorers for the Jaguars at 15.0 points per game. Taishaun Johnson (12.9 ppg) and Dionte Ferguson (10.9) also average in double figures.
• Ferguson also leads the team in rebounding (6.9 rpg) and blocks (24) while ranking second in shooting percentage (54.0 percent).
• The Jaguars are particularly potent from long range, where they connect at a league-best 35.0 percent from beyond the arc.
• However, South Alabama ranks dead last in the Sun Belt in turnover margin (-2.44) and has committed 257 turnovers.
Our Apps will look to even the series between the two clubs as USA took a 104-95 win over the Apps in Mobile earlier this month; the first game between the new conference rivals. Coach Fox spent a lot of time talking about defense during the weekly radio shoe on Tuesday evening. He felt that very little effective defensive effort was shown by the Apps in the game in Mobile. He's expecting better defensive play tonight.
The numbers depend on the service you choose to read. RealTimeRPI.com has ASU by 6 (76-70). ESPN-RPI has the game a virtual cliffhanger--favoring the Apps by 1 point in another home-court nail-biter.
It is concerning that one of USA's most recent wins was over a pretty good UL-L Ragin' Cajun team. That team simply ran away with the game against the Apps.
The first 1,000 App State students in attendance on Thursday will receive free glowsticks as part of the night's various promotions for Student Night and #TurnUpThursday. Also, members of the Student Yosef Club, will be given vouchers to use at concession stands as well as be given the chance to make an entrance tunnel for the team as they take the floor.
The Mountaineers are coming off a 69-64 win over Troy on Saturday while the Jaguars are also seeking their third win in a row after knocking off UALR, 66-64, on Saturday.
The Jaguars possess one of the most explosive offense attacks in the Sun Belt. USA has scored at least 80 points four times this season and has failed to score more than 70 just 9 times in 18 games.
• Ken Williams leads a trio of double-digit scorers for the Jaguars at 15.0 points per game. Taishaun Johnson (12.9 ppg) and Dionte Ferguson (10.9) also average in double figures.
• Ferguson also leads the team in rebounding (6.9 rpg) and blocks (24) while ranking second in shooting percentage (54.0 percent).
• The Jaguars are particularly potent from long range, where they connect at a league-best 35.0 percent from beyond the arc.
• However, South Alabama ranks dead last in the Sun Belt in turnover margin (-2.44) and has committed 257 turnovers.
Our Apps will look to even the series between the two clubs as USA took a 104-95 win over the Apps in Mobile earlier this month; the first game between the new conference rivals. Coach Fox spent a lot of time talking about defense during the weekly radio shoe on Tuesday evening. He felt that very little effective defensive effort was shown by the Apps in the game in Mobile. He's expecting better defensive play tonight.
The numbers depend on the service you choose to read. RealTimeRPI.com has ASU by 6 (76-70). ESPN-RPI has the game a virtual cliffhanger--favoring the Apps by 1 point in another home-court nail-biter.
It is concerning that one of USA's most recent wins was over a pretty good UL-L Ragin' Cajun team. That team simply ran away with the game against the Apps.
The first 1,000 App State students in attendance on Thursday will receive free glowsticks as part of the night's various promotions for Student Night and #TurnUpThursday. Also, members of the Student Yosef Club, will be given vouchers to use at concession stands as well as be given the chance to make an entrance tunnel for the team as they take the floor.