Coppin State drops decision to Kansas State

BALTIMORE- Playing its first of four consecutive road games, the Coppin State men's basketball dropped an 83-56 decision to Kansas State University at Bramlage Coliseum Wednesday night.
 
Three Eagles reached double figures led by junior Terry Harris, Jr who had 14 points and four rebounds. He was 6-of-8 shooitng from the charity stripe. Harris Jr., has six double-digit scoring games for Coppin State (2-7 overall).
 
James Sylvester, who started for Trevon Seymore, turned in a strong performance in his first start of the season. Sylvester poured in 12 points and tied a career high with eight rebounds, including five offensive.
 
Christian Kessee finished with 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting and a team high three assists. Kessee has made two or more 3-pointers in five games this year. He leads the Eagles with 16 made 3-point field goals.
 
The Eagles shot a season low 28.8% from the field. Head coach Michael Grant was pleased with how his team competed but acknowleged his teams cold night from the field. 
 
"I thought it was a pretty good game for us," said Grant, who is in his second season has head coach. "I think our guys really came out and competed and played hard. We just did not shoot the ball well. For us, to go into a ball game and shoot less than 30 percent and less than 10 percent from the three – we are not going to win a lot of ball games that way."
 
Coppin State went with a different defensive strategy in Wednesday night's game and ran a zone. Coach Grant has put his focus of the future and how to expand on this defense.
 
"This is the first opportunity we have had to play a lot of zone this year," Grant said. "I thought they did a pretty good job at it. I think we can really expand on that and try to keep other teams shots off."
 
Coppin State forced more turnovers than it committed and block more shots than the Wildcats.
 
Kansas State (7-1 was led by Justin Edwards and Wesley Iwundu; both players scored 14 points. Dean Wade and Stephen Hurt chipped in 12 points apiece.
 
The Eagles will return to action Sunday at 1:00 p.m. December 13 in the Bronx, N.Y. to square off against Fordham University.