Men's Basketball | 11/13/2017 2:39:00 PM

GAME CENTRAL

Men's Basketball
Savannah State Tigers (0-1)
vs.
East Tennessee State Buccaneers (0-1)

GAME/TIME: Monday, November 13, 2017 – 7 p.m.  
LOCATION:  Savannah, Ga.   |  Tiger Arena (6,000)
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Savannah, Ga. -- Savannah State men's basketball team looks to improve on their home openers streak when they take on East Tennessee State on Monday evening in Tiger Arena. SSU has won its last 12 consecutive home openers dating back to 2005-06.     
 
Game Notes:
Tiger Bites
- Savannah State is 12-3 in home openers since entering Division I in 2002-03.The Tigers are undefeated in home openers in the Horace Broadnax head coaching era (12-0).

- This the second matchup between Savannah State and East Tennessee St. with ETSU leading the series, 1-0. The first game was played last season. The Buccaneers won 92-71.

- Alante Fenner will be making his season debut tonight. Fenner scored 29 points in the scrimmage against Paine College before leaving the game with a leg injury.

- Juwan and John Grant Jr. are the first set of brothers to play for the Savannah State men's basketball program since the university has been a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Savannah State entered the MEAC in the MEAC in the 2008-09 season.

- Junior Dexter McClanahan is one point shy of scoring 600 collegiate career points with the Tigers. 

- SSU head coach Horace Broadnax is the winningest head coach in Savannah State history with 154 wins in 13 seasons. He surpassed Russell Ellington who had 148 wins in nine years. SSU's coaching records dates back to 1964.

NATIONAL RANKING
The Tigers finished the 2016-17 season as the #1 three-point shooting team in the country after averaging 13.5 threes per game. 

DEAN OF COACHES
Horace Broadnax is the Dean of MEAC basketball coaches. He is in his 13^th year at the helm of the SSU program.

200 CLUB
Horace Broadnax is two wins away from reaching 200 wins for his career.

PRESEASON HONORS
Dexter McClanahan was named the preseason MEAC All-Conference Second Team

MOVING BACK DOWN
In April 2017, the Savannah State administration made the decision to move SSU athletics from Division I to Division II. 

TAIL OF THE TAPE
Ty'Lik Evans is the shortest player on the roster at 5-foot-7 while Marcus Glenn is the tallest at 6-foot-10.

WELCOME BACK
Javaris Jenkins, Alante Fenner and Khalen Pinkett return to the team after not being a part of the program last season.

HOME COURT SUCCESS
For the past 11 seasons, SSU has had a winning record when playing in Tiger Arena.

TOUGH SCHEDULE
SSU's non-conference schedule features five teams that are ranked in the AP Top 25 poll (Michigan State, Wichita State, Cincinnati, Baylor and Texas A&M)

CONFERENCE CLASH
SSU will play teams from 11 different Division I conferences (MEAC, American, Southern, Sun Belt, Ohio Valley, SWAC, Big 12, Colonial, Southeastern, Atlantic Coast and Big 10).

SIGHT SEEING
SSU will play games in 12 different states this season (Ohio, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Virginia, Michigan, Maryland, Delaware, Florida and South Carolina).

PERCENTAGE POINTS
SSU lost seven players from the 2016-17 squad. Those players made up 44 percent of the scoring and 35 percent of the rebounds.

GOOD MIXTURE
SSU's roster has a good mixture of veterans and newcomers. The Tigers roster has ten veterans  to go with six newcomers.

ROAD TRIP
SSU's shortest road trip this year is at Georgia Southern (54.9 miles) while the longest is at Texas Tech (1,374.3 miles)

MEMORY LANE
50 years ago the 1967-68 SSU team posted a 19-9 record, averaged 97.1 points and game and had five players finish the year averaging in double figures in scoring. The team scored at least 102 points in 13 games.

Savannah State 2016-17 Game Notes: Click Here
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Standings/Stats: Click Here
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Preseason Awards: Click Here

East Tennessee State University
East Tennessee State University Game Notes: Click Here
East Tennessee State University Athletics Website: Click Here