NORFOLK STATE SPARTANS (5-4)
HEAD COACH: Robert Jones (8th Season) ASSISTANT COACHES: Jamal Brown (5th Season), C.J. Clemons (6th Season), Leonard Fairley (3rd Season) NO.
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Nyzaiah Chambers
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Kashaun Hicks
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Mustafa Lawrence
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Joe Bryant Jr.
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Tyrese Jenkins
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Daryl Anderson
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Devante Carter
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J.J. Matthews
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Andre Bottoms
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Efstratios Kalogerias
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Jalen Hawkins
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Chris Ford
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Yoro Sidibe
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Kyonze Chavis
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6-7 • So. • F • Chesapeake, Va. (Hillcrest Prep (Ariz.)) 6-6 • R-Sr. • G/F • Harlem, N.Y. (Central Connecticut State) 6-0 • Sr. • G • Newark, N.J. (Fresno State) 6-1 • Jr. • G • Norfolk, Va. (Lake Taylor HS) 6-6 • So. • G/F • Richmond, Va. (Varina HS) 6-6 • So. • G • North Chesterfield, Va. (Miller School of Albemarle) 6-3 • Sr. • G • Newport News, Va. (Odessa College) 6-9 • R-Sr. • F • Richmond, Va. (Arkansas State) 6-0 • Fr. • G • Chesapeake, Va. (Oscar Smith HS) 6-10 • Sr. • F/C • Piraeus, Greece (Hillsborough CC) 6-2 • R-Jr. • G • Bronx, N.Y. (Robert Morris) 6-8 • Jr. • F • Chesterfield, Va. (L.C. Bird HS) 6-7 • So. • G/F • Dakar, Senegal (Long Island Lutheran HS) 6-4 • R-Sr. • G • Chesapeake, Va. (Colby CC)
TEAM FOULS
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TIME OUTS :30 :30 :30 Full
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN BATTLING BISHOPS (2-2) HEAD COACH: John Thompson (26th Season) ASSISTANT COACHES: Justin Griffith (1st Season), Garrett Dorfman (2nd Season), Adrian Moore (1st Season) NO.
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Patrick Gee
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Garrett Phillips
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Brayden Dixon
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Marquis Eskew
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Khalid Chavis-Hinds
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RJ Bailey
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Devin Resper
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Damon McDowell
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Austin Manley
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Isaiah Lewis
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Drake Thompson
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Tyler Spence
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Tim Pettiford
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Sal-Bey Young
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Jacob Marshall
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Kyron Kelly
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6-4 • So. • F • Prince George, Va. (Prince George HS) 6-0 • So. • G • Holly Springs, N.C. (Holly Springs HS) 5-10 • So. • G • Charlotte, N.C. (Butler HS) 5-11 • Fr. • G/F • Fayetteville, N.C. (Pine Forest HS) 5-11 • Fr. • G • Greensboro, N.C. (B.L. Smith HS) 6-1 • So. • G • Durham, N.C. (Hillside HS) 5-9 • So. • G • Greensboro, N.C. (Grimsley HS) 6-4 • Sr. • G/F • Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Carolina Forest HS) 6-4 • Fr. • F • Apex, N.C. (HomeSchool) 6-7 • Jr. • F • Knightdale, N.C. (Knightdale HS) 6-3 • Fr. • F • Durham, N.C. (Hillside HS) 6-10 • Fr. • F • Orlando, Fla. (International Community School) 6-3 • So. • G • Garner, N.C. (Word of God Academy) 6-4 • Jr. • G/F • Apex, N.C. (Catawba Valley CC) 6-5 • Fr. • F • Reidsville, N.C. (Reidsville HS) 6-7 • Fr. • F • Fayetteville, N.C. (Terry Sanford HS)
TEAM FOULS
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2nd Half: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
POINTS
TIME OUTS :30 :30 :30 Full
Cover: Joe Bryant Jr.
MEN’S BASKETBALL • NSU BY THE NUMBERS •
2 - How many times this year NSU has erased a double-digit deficit. The Spartans did it at George Mason (17 points) and on Sunday versus Morgan State (12 points). 9 - In all nine games this year, NSU’s bench has outscored the other team’s bench. Almost half of the team’s production this year is coming from outside the starting five. 15 - Where the Spartans rank nationally in 3-point shooting. A total of 323 Division I teams are shooting worse than NSU’s 39.8 percent clip from deep. 20 - The number of points Kashaun Hicks scored on Saturday against Morgan State, his new career high. 21 - The number of points scored by J.J. Matthews the following day in NSU’s win over the Bears, his second 20-point game of the year.
• MEAC RANKINGS •
Category Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Free Throw % Field Goal % Field Goal % Defense 3-Point FG % 3-Point FG % Defense 3-Pointers Made Rebounding Opponent Rebounding Rebounding Margin Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds Defensive Rebound % Offensive Rebound % Blocked Shots Assists Steals Turnover Margin Assist/Turnover Ratio
Rank Stat 5th 70.2 1st 71.4 2nd -1.2 5th 67.9 5th 43.1 1st 38.7 1st 39.8 1st 28.9 6th 7.1 4th 35.0 3rd 39.4 4th -4.4 6th 8.4 2nd 26.6 5th 66.6 6th 24.4 2nd 3.7 8th 10.6 8th 5.9 5th +0.33 4th 0.8
• MEAC STANDINGS • Team MEAC Overall Northern Division Coppin State 2-0 3-8 Morgan State 1-1 5-3 Norfolk State 1-1 5-4 Howard 0-0 1-4 Delaware State 0-2 0-7 Maryland Eastern Shore Opted Out Southern Division North Carolina A&T 2-0 5-9 Florida A&M 1-0 2-6 North Carolina Central 0-0 1-3 South Carolina State 0-3 0-13 Bethune-Cookman Opted Out
Did You Know: Bryant was named preseason All-MEAC Second Team this year as the Spartans’ leading returning scorer
• NORFOLK STATE SPARTANS vs. N.C. WESLEYAN BATTLING BISHOPS • 5-4............................................................................. Overall Record.......................................................................... 2-2 1-1..........................................................................Conference Record...................................................................... 0-0 70.2............................................................................Scoring Offense........................................................................ 75.5 71.4........................................................................... Scoring Defense....................................................................... 80.3 35.0........................................................................Rebounds Per Game................................................................... 38.8 43.1.............................................................................Field Goal Pct.......................................................................... 48.1 38.7..................................................................... Field Goal Pct. Defense................................................................. 46.0 Devante Carter (15.0)............................................. Scoring Leader.................................... Damon McDowell (21.8) Devante Carter (5.3).............................................. Rebound Leader................................................ Isaiah Lewis (6.8) Devante Carter (3.3).................................................Assist Leader................................... Khalid Chavis-Hinds (3.5) Robert Jones (8th Season)........................................Head Coach..............................John Thompson (26th Season) 130-115/Same....................................................Overall/School Record.................................................378-286/Same
• GAMEDAY INFORMATION • Date........................................Wednesday, January 13 Time..................................................................... 4 p.m. Location...................................................Norfolk, Va. Arena...............................Joseph Echols Hall (4,500) Series History......................................First Meeting
Live Video....................... NSUSpartans.com/Watch Talent....................... Ross Gordon, Woube Gebre Radio.....................................................................None Live Stats......................................NSUSpartans.com In-Game Twitter Updates......... @NSUSpartans
• MATCHUP GAME NOTES •
Norfolk State Quick Facts The Spartans earned a split of their weekend series against Morgan State to open MEAC play. The Bears led by as much as 19 in game 1 last Saturday before NSU closed the gap to as little as one. After the Spartans fell 78-74, they bounced back to win 89-85 on Sunday. Kashaun Hicks had 20 points in the first game, and J.J. Matthews added 21 in game 2, a contest in which the Spartans trailed by 12 in the second half before going up by 10. MSU closed the gap in the last few minutes with a flurry of buckets before the Spartans held on. Now 5-4 overall, the Spartans are getting double-digit scoring from Devante Carter (15.0), Matthews (11.1) and Jalen Hawkins (10.3), the latter of whom missed the first several games of the year. North Carolina Wesleyan Quick Facts The Battling Bishops, an NCAA Division III member, will be playing their fifth D-I team this season after losses to East Carolina (91-62) and Appalachian State (81-57) in early December. North Carolina Wesleyan also lost to Elon and Coastal Carolina in November, but those games did not count toward their overall 2-2 record. Despite those two D-I losses, the team still averages nearly 76 points per game and is +7 on the glass each time out. Wesleyan shoots 48 percent from the floor. Damon McDowell (21.8 points) and Isaiah Lewis (19.0 points, team-leading 6.8 rebounds) combine for more than half of the team’s scoring. Khalid Chavis is the team’s third player in double figures at 10.0 points per game.
• NORFOLK STATE PROBABLE STARTERS • No. 3 4 14 15 55
Name Mustafa Lawrence Joe Bryant Jr. Devante Carter J.J. Matthews Kyonze Chavis
Off the Bench 1 Nyzaiah Chambers 2 Kashaun Hicks 5 Tyrese Jenkins 13 Daryl Anderson 22 Andre Bottoms 23 Efstratios Kalogerias 24 Jalen Hawkins 32 Chris Ford 35 Yoro Sidibe
Year Sr. Jr. Sr. R-Sr. R-Sr.
Ht. 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-9 6-4
Wt. 185 225 210 250 195
Pos. G G G F G
PPG 6.9 6.2 15.0 11.1 6.0
RPG 1.9 3.4 5.3 4.4 3.5
APG 1.0 1.0 3.3 0.0 2.5
So. R-Sr. So. So. Fr. Sr. R-Jr. Jr. So.
6-7 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-0 6-10 6-2 6-8 6-7
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F G/F G/F G G F/C G F G/F
0.9 9.4 3.6 6.1 1.0 1.4 10.3 3.7 1.2
1.5 3.0 1.1 2.2 0.5 1.6 3.5 1.8 3.2
0.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.5 0.6 1.5 0.0 0.2