Men's Basketball | 11/15/2014 10:59:00 PM
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Coppin State men's basketball team continues its season-opening four-game road trip by visiting the University of Illinois Sunday afternoon at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time at the State Farm Center. GAME NOTES:
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Illinois GAME TRACKER LINK Broadcast InformationSunday's game vs. Illinois will be streamed live via
BTN Plus. BTN Plus programming consists of non-televised games produced by students at Big Ten universities and is available through either a monthly or annual subscription. Fans can purchase a BTN Plus subscription by visiting
BTN2GO.com. The game will be televised tape-delay. Big Ten Network is scheduled to air the Illinois-Coppin State game on Tuesday (Nov. 18) at 3:30 p.m. The television talent is Brett Lerner (play-by-play), Zach Prelutsky (color) and Robyn Neal (sideline reporter).
Series HistoryIllinois leads, 4-0. This is the first meeting between Illinois and Coppin State since Dec. 11, 2011. Illinois won that game, 80-63.
About Coppin StateCoppin State opened its 2014-15 season with a 107-65 loss to the University of Oregon Friday night at Matthew Knight Arena in a non-conference contest. Coppin State was led by seniors
Arnold Fripp and
Jahvari Josiah, who reached double figures in scoring. Fripp scored a team-high 16 points for the Eagles and Josiah added 11 points.
Taariq Cephas added nine points and a team-high six rebounds for the Eagles. Both teams combined to make 26 3-pointers. The Eagles made many of their 12 early in the game. while Oregon was hot throughout from beyond the arc. Fripp and Cephas combined for half of Coppin State's 3-pointers.
Coppin State on Fire EarlyCoppin State swooshed to an 11-2 lead less than four minutes into the game against Oregon following 3-pointers from Brickhouse, Cephas and Fripp. By the first media timeout, Coppin State had 19 points, drained five 3-pointers while shooting a torrid 70 percent. The Eagles led 24-20 with 12:24 remaining in the opening half. The Eagles led the Ducks for the first 7:38 of the game.
Cephas Moving UpTaariq Cephas has 302 career assists, which is eighth-time all-time in men's basketball history. He needs two assists to move past Will Crandle (1987 & 1988) and into seventh place on the Eagles all-time list.
A Quick Look At IllinoisThe Fighting Illini opened their season with an 80-71 victory over Georgia Southern Friday night. The win for Illinois was its 30th straight non-conference victory at State Farm Center - a streak that ranks sixth nationally - and extended its home court winning streak in regular-season non-conference games to 41 in a row. Rayvonte Rice (24 points), Aaron Cosby (16), Malcolm Hill (11) and Ahmad Starks (10) reached double figures for Illinois.
Quotable"I like the style of play we're going to be playing this year," Coppin State senior
Arnold Fripp said. "We came aggressive against Oregon and ready to attack. The thing we have to improve on going forward is our transition defense and rebounding."
Next For Coppin StateCoppin State will visit Notre Dame Wednesday night at Purcell Pavilion at 7:00 p.m. That game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
