CLEMSON, S.C. – Senior
Terry Harris Jr. led the Eagles in scoring with 14 points in an 85-43, defeat at Clemson on Sunday, December 4 in the Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Eagles (0-10) had a season-high 22 turnovers and struggled to get to the free-throw line with only four attempts throughout the game. Harris Jr. made 5-of-11 shots from the field in 26 minutes of action finishing with a Coppin State high 14 points. He grabbed six rebounds and had one steal in his second game back from injury.
Junior
Tre' Thomas, freshman
Dejuan Clayton and senior
Izais Hicks all finished with six points each. Hicks led the Eagles in rebounding with seven and tied a career-high with three made shots. Red-shirt freshman
Rasool Hinson recorded his first assist of the season and Thomas tied a season-high with four rebounds. Coppin State made six three-pointers paced by Harris and senior
Keith Shivers both finishing 2-for-3 from long range.
Clemson made 33-of-61 (54%) shot attempts against the Eagles and defensively held them to 17-of-55 (30%) attempts. Harris scored 11 of his 14 points in the first half while Hicks carried the second half scoring with six points and six rebounds.
Coppin State will hit the road next week for away trips at Akron on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. and at Buffalo on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. Akron leads the all-time series with the Eagles 4-0 including last year's meeting 77-71 on Dec. 2, 2015. The Eagles hold a 1-0 all-time series lead against Buffalo winning their only meeting on Jan. 9, 1993 (69-52).
