GAME CENTRAL
Men's Basketball - MEAC Tournament (Semifinal Round)
#5 Savannah State Tigers (16-14) vs. #1 Hampton Pirates (19-10) 

GAME/TIME: Friday, March 11, 2016 – 6 p.m.  
LOCATION:  Norfolk, Va.  |  Norfolk Scope Arena
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Tiger Bites
· This will be the 12th meeting all-time between the Tigers and the Pirates and second time the teams will meet in the MEAC Tournament. The last time SSU faced Hampton in the tournament, the Pirates upset the #1 Tigers, 59-46, in the quarterfinal round. This year, #5 SSU has a chance to return the favor as Hampton enters the game as the #1 seed.

· SSU is 4-4 when playing in the MEAC Tournament since entering the conference in 2011-12. The Tigers have already made history as being the first men's basketball team to advance to the semifinals of the MEAC tournament. Prior to this season, SSU made it to the quarterfinals only twice.

· The Tigers have locked in a winning season for the fourth time in the Broadnax era. Heading into today's game, SSU's 16-14 record guarantees them another winning season. SSU had winning records in  2008-09 (15-14), 2011-12 (21-12) and 2012-13 (19-15).
 
WALK-ON TO STARTER
Senior forward Brian Pearson entered SSU as a Junior walk-on in 2014-15. Since, he has become a rebounding force and has earned a spot as a starter on the 2015-16 team. Pearson  is second on the team in rebounding averaging 5.4 and is third in FG% at 45%.
 
GOOD COMPANY
Horace Broadnax is only one of three SSU coaches to have won at least 100 games. The other two are Theodore Wright and Russell Ellington. Wright and Ellington are in the SSU Athletic Hall of Fame
 
DIVERSE ROSTER
The SSU roster has players from seven different states (Georgia, California, Maryland, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Michigan) and two other countries (Senegal and England)

STARTING FIVE
The Tigers have started the same five for the past 10 games. Since starting Khalen Pinkett, Chris Martin, Troyce Manassa, Lenjo Kilo and Brian Pearson, SSU has won nine of their last ten games. Martin and Manassa have started all 30 games for SSU.
 
G'TOWN CONNECTION
Horace Broadnax and Billy Martin, the father of SSU guard Chris Martin, were teammates at Georgetown.
 
50 PLUS
50 seems the be the magic number for the Tigers as SSU is 0-3 when scoring under 50 points. The Tigers are 16-11 when scoring over 50 and 12-4 when scoring over 60.
 
LONGEVITY
Horace Broadnax is in his 11th year as head coach of the Tigers,  trailing Theodore "Ted" Wright who was the Tigers head coach for 14 seasons.
 
REACHING FOR 500
Lenjo Kilo currently has 621 rebounds in his career. He is the only currently SSU player to reach the 500-rebound mark.
 
1,000 POINT CLUB
Lenjo Kilo currently has  surpassed the 1,000 career points mark while at SSU. Kilo amassed 362 points while at Seton Hill College, 494 points at the University of the District of Columbia and 292 points so far at SSU. He currently has a career total of 1,148 points.
 
ROSTER OVERHAUL
Horace Broadnax overhauled his roster from last season and has added 13 new players.
 
SIGHTSEEING
The Tigers will play teams from nine Division I conferences (Mid-Eastern Athletic, Big South, Sun Belt, Southeastern, Ohio Valley, Southwestern, PAC-12 and the Big 12) that will take them to nine different states (Oregon, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Utah, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina) as well as the District of Columbia.
 
 
Savannah State 2015-16 Game Notes: Click Here
Savannah State 2015-16 Stats/Results: Click Here
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Standings/Stats: Click Here
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) All-Conference Awards: Click Here

Hampton University
Hampton University Game Notes: Click Here
Hampton University 2015-16 Stats: Click Here
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