SAVANNAH, Ga.- The Savannah State University men's basketball team will host the University of Miami (FL) Hurricanes in Tiger Arena on December 19. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and the contest will be carried on Comcast Sports South (CSS).

It will be the fourth match-up between the teams and the first meeting since the 2003-04 season. The teams have also met in 1989 and 2002. Miami holds a 3-0 lead in the series.
 
Savannah State has a 2-9 record.
 
The Tigers are led by a trio of senior players. Guard Deven Williams leads the SSU offense, averaging 12.5 points per game. swingman Joshua Montgomery averages 8.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while center Jyles Smith chips in 7.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game. Junior point guard Terel Hall has 27 assists while freshman guard Jeremiah Hill scores 5.7 points a game.
 
As a team, SSU averages 62.9 points a game while giving up 70.3.
 
ABOUT THE HURICANES
 
The defending Atlantic Coast Conference champs enter the game with a 5-5 record.
 
In their last game, UM suffered a 61-60 overtime home loss to Virginia Tech.
 
The Hurricanes are led by senior Rion Brown. The Hinesville, Georgia native averages 13.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Garrius Adams averages 11 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1/7 steals per game. Davon Reed scores 9.0 per game while Donnovan Kirk averages 8.9 points and 6.8 rebounds.
 
UM averages 63.5 points a game while giving up 62.7.
 
GAME FACTS
 
The game will be shown live on Comcast Sports South (CSS).
 
SSU head coach Horace Broadnax has 107 career wins while coaching the Tigers and needs five more to tie Leo Richardson (112-84) who coached from 1964-71.
 
SSU senior Jyles Smith is ranked 17^th nationally in blocks and 20^th in blocks per game.
 
As a team, SSU is 25^th in the country with 55 blocks
 
Miami will be the second team from the ACC that SSU has hosted in Tiger Arena. SSU played Georgia Tech in December 2011.
 
SSU is 2-1 at home this season.
 
The Tigers have three players on the roster from the state of Florida (Alante Fenner, Javaris Jenkins and Patrick Hendly)
 
The game will be a homecoming for Miami senior Rion Brown. The 6-6 guard was born in Savannah but grew up in nearby Hinesville where he played at Liberty County High School.