Men's Basketball | 11/15/2016 1:09:00 PM
Coppin State's (0-2) third regular-season showdown comes against the Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina (0-2) on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Game time in the HTC Center is 7 pm (ET). This will be the first ever meeting between the Eagles and Chanticleers
EAGLES RECAP AT VALPO MONDAY NIGHT
Senior forward
Terry Harris Jr. led a trio of Eagles in double figure scoring with 15 points in a 78-58, road loss to Valparaiso on Monday. Harris Jr. scored in double-digits for the first time this season and added seven rebounds in 29 minutes of action. Senior
Joshua Treadwell had 11 points knocking down a pair of three-pointers and senior
Joseph Gripper scored ten points on 8-of-10 made free-throws while dishing out a team-high four assists.
TREADWELL NAMED COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS MEAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
On Monday, Nov. 14th senior guard/forward
Joshua Treadwell was named the Madness MEAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week. Treadwell made five three-pointers and finished with a game-high 25 points (one shy of his career-high) versus Hofstra in the season opener. He made 7-of-14 shots from the field and 6-of-9 free throws. After the Eagles first two games of the season, Treadwell leads the team in minutes (33.0), points per game (18.0), field goals made (10), three-point field goals made (7), free-throws made (9), offensive rebounds (4).
ABOUT THE CHANTICLEERS
Coastal Carolina (0-2) suffered dedeats in their first two games of the season at Alabama (70-53) and at home to Charleston (71-64). Elijah Wilson is averaging in double figures with 14.0 ppg.
ON DECK FOR COPPIN STATE
The Eagles will travel to Provo, Utah for their third game of the MGM Tournament against BYU. Coppin State will face Brigham Young for the first time ever on the hardwood on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 9 pm (ET).
EAGLES AT A GLANCE
Coppin State returns seven players who competed last season, including three of the team's five starters – senior
Terry Harris Jr., senior
Keith Shivers and junior
Blake Simpson. Other prominent contributors back from last season's team are seniors
Joshua Treadwell,
Izais Hicks and
Mufaro Murinda as well as sophomore
Lucian Brownlee. Coppin State has added a pair of veteran seniors -
Chas Brown and
Joseph Gripper – that will bring experience and a winning culture to the Eagles. In all, the roster includes seven seniors, two juniors, one sophomore and three freshmen.
SENIOR LEADERS
Terry Harris Jr. and
Keith Shivers, a pair of seniors, will look to make Coppin State contenders in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Harris Jr. averaged 12.4 points and 7.2 rebounds in 30 games played last season. He began the 2015-16 season racking up five double-double in five of the Eagles first six contests. In addition he ended last season ranked fifth in rebounding and 21st in points amongst the conference leaders. Shivers started in 27 games played last season averaging 9.1 points reaching double figure scoring in 12 games. He also ranked second on the team in steals per game (1.1).
CRUNCHING NUMBERS
Picked to finish tenth in the MEAC preseason poll, Coppin State returns 54 percent of its total scoring and 59 percent of its rebounding production from 2015-16. The Eagles bring back 42 percent of its assist production from last year. Coppin State's returning players accounted for 57 percent of the team's minutes in 2015-16. Two returning players from last season averaged at least 10.0 points per game a year ago – Harris Jr. (12.4 ppg) and Treadwell (10.1 ppg). Those two players accounted for 58 percent of Coppin State's scoring from last season.
WELCOME TO THE EAGLE NEST
The Eagles add six newcomers to mesh with his returners. The Eagles back court will feature a well-seasoned transfer at the lead guard to go along with a pair of first year players. Senior
Joseph Gripper brings leadership and discipline at the point guard position. Joining Gripper is red-shirt freshman
Rasool Hinson and freshman
Dejuan Clayton. On the wings, junior
Tre' Thomas and
Juwan Davenport are added while in the paint
Chas Brown looks to make an impact.
HOMETOWN COOKIN
Coppin State features five players from the state of Maryland on this year's roster. Two are from Baltimore (
Chas Brown and
Terry Harris Jr.), two are from Bowie (
Dejuan Clayton and
Tre' Thomas) and one from Upper Marlboro (
Keith Shivers). Three of the five transferred from Baltimore City Community College (
Chas Brown,
Terry Harris Jr., and
Tre' Thomas) where they played for head coach Terry Macsko. The trio all played during the 2014-15 season and all averaged above 10.0 points per game.
FRESHMAN SHINES ON WASHINGTON CATHOLIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TITLE TEAM
Freshman guard
Dejuan Clayton played high school basketball at St. John's College High School in Washington, DC. As a senior he started on a team playing in the backcourt with Maryland freshman guard Anthony Cowan leading their team to a 71-57, win over DeMatha in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship. He was also named an honorable mention on the 2016 WCAC All-Conference Boys Team.
SEASON OPENERS
Coppin State head coach
Michael Grant dropped both of his season openers since his arrival in 2014-15. The Eagles traveled to Oregon in 2014 and suffered a 107-65 loss and then fell 107-80 at Eastern Kentucky in 2015. The last time Coppin State won a season opener was back in the 2011-12 season against Cheyney (80-65) at home. Coach Grant will face Hofstra for the second time on Friday evening in Coppin State's season opener.
PRESEASON PROJECTIONS
Coppin State was selected tenth in the preseason MEAC poll, announced on Oct. 27th by the men's basketball coaches and sports information directors. Howard was picked to finish first, collecting 14 of 25 first-place votes, while South Carolina State was selected second (and secured nine first-place votes). Coppin State was picked to finish tenth in the conference race. The Eagles last won the MEAC regular-season title in 2003-04 along with South Carolina State.
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