Coppin State Continues Road Trip With Monday Matchup at Bethune-Cookman

Men's Basketball | 1/9/2017 2:49:00 PM

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Coppin State (2-15, 1-1) continues their Florida road trip with their third MEAC contest of the season on Monday, January 9th at Bethune-Cookman (3-12, 0-2). Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. (ET). The Eagles split their first two MEAC games of the season downing South Carolina State at home, 75-59 but falling short at Florida A&M, 54-53. Coppin State leads the all-time series with Bethune-Cookman 48-13 and won the last two meetings including a 62-54 win in Daytona Beach on Jan. 16, 2016.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Coppin State loss a heartbreaker to Florida A&M on the road, 54-53 on Saturday in the Al Lawson Center. The Rattlers scored the game-winning basket with 0.4 seconds to go on a tip-in downing the Eagles. Seniors Terry Harris Jr. and Joshua Treadwell both finished with 11 points leading the Eagles in scoring. Harris recoded a team-high seven rebounds and blocked two shots while Treadwell nailed 3-of-7 three-pointers coming off of the CSU bench. Senior Chas Brown finished with nine points and four rebounds. Senior Keith Shivers added nine points with four steals and junior Tre' Thomas had seven points.

RATTLERS LATE TIP-IN DOWNS EAGLES
After Joshua Treadwell put Coppin State in the lead with 37-seconds to go (53-52), the Rattlers put the Eagles on the free-throw line with 11 seconds left in regulation. Coppin State missed both free-throws leaving FAMU with a chance for a final shot. The Rattlers came down the court and took the lead after a tip-in basket leaving 0.4 seconds in regulation. Coppin State did not have enough time to get off a final shot suffering a heartbreaking loss on the road to Florida A&M, 54-53.

ABOUT BETHUNE-COOKMAN
The Wildcats (3-12, 0-2) lead the MEAC in turnover margin (+1.80), offensive rebounds (13.7) and are second in the conference in steals (7.6). Four are ranked in the MEAC scoring led by Brandon Tabb. Tabb is second in MEAC scoring averaging 19.3 points per game. He is also second in steals (1.5), minutes played (36.1) and 11th in rebounds (5.5). Reggie Baker is 12th in MEAC scoring (13.8), Quinton Forrest is 20th (11.2) and Diamante Lewis is 30th (9.9).

MADE THREE-POINTERS STREAK CONTINUES FOR EAGLES
Coppin State has made at least one three-point field goal in 203 consecutive games over the past seven seasons; which is the current longest streak in the nation. The last time the Eagles were unable to register a made three-pointer in a game was back on Feb. 22, 2010 at Delaware State (0-8).

EAGLE LEADERS AMONGST MEAC

• The Eagles are third in the MEAC in offensive rebounding at 12.1 per game. They are sixth in three-point field goal defense (.355), rebounding offense (34.7), steals (5.9), turnover margin (+0.47) and three-point field goals made (6.6).
• Individually, senior guard/forward Joshua Treadwell is the only Eagles in the top-30 of MEAC scoring ranking 29th averaging 10.0 points per game. He is fifth in free-throw percentage (.778). Senior forward Terry Harris Jr. is seventh in free-throw percentage (.762), 12th in rebounding (5.5). Junior forward Blake Simpson is 20th in rebounding (5.1). Senior guard Keith Shivers is seventh in steals (1.2). Freshman guard Dejuan Clayton is 11th in steals (1.1) and junior guard Tre Thomas is 11th in three-point field goals made (2.1).

MILESTONES

• Senior Terry Harris Jr. (491) needs 9 points to reach 500 career points as an Eagle. He is also 6 rebounds (294) shy of 300 career rebounds.
• Senior Joshua Treadwell has scored 495 career points in two seasons at Coppin State. He needs 5 more points to reach 500 total.
• Sophomore Lucian Brownlee (195) needs 5 points to eclipse the 200 point total in his career.

UP NEXT
Coppin State returns to the Physical Education Complex on Saturday, January 14th for an afternoon contest against North Carolina A&T at 4 p.m. The Eagles lead the all-time series against the Aggies 39-21 and have won the last four games in the series dating back to the 2013-14 season. Last season, Coppin State eliminated NC A&T from the 2016 MEAC Tournament with a double overtime victory, 98-91.