SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
Who: ETSU (14-16, 6-11)
Where: Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Sunday, February 27, 2022 | 4 p.m.
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Game Notes: UNCG | ETSU
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The 2021-22 UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team concludes its regular season with a nationally-televised contest against East Tennessee State University (ETSU) on Sunday afternoon.
When the Spartans wake up Sunday morning, they will have a clearer picture of who they will open the Southern Conference Tournament with next Saturday in Asheville. Right now, fans would have an easier time figuring out a complicated math equation then sorting the myriad of tiebreaking scenarios. It's enough to make your head hurt.
UNCG begins the final game in a three-way tie for fourth place with VMI and Wofford. What we do know is UNCG can finish no lower than sixth and therefore will begin defense of its SoCon Tournament crown on Saturday, March 5.
The Spartans have defeated every SoCon team except for Mercer this season. That includes ETSU. UNCG rallied from a 12-point first half deficit to beat the Bucs, 80-76, in Johnson City on Jan. 26.
Last Time Out
- Dante Treacy scored a career-high 24 points to lead UNCG past Western Carolina, 73-64.
- Ty Brewer finished with 19 points during ETSU's 83-77 setback to Chattanooga.
Seedings Locked
- While UNCG is still unsure of its opponent in the SoCon Tournament, ETSU knows it will meet The Citadel on Friday, March 4 at 5 p.m. with the winner taking on regular season winner Chattanooga Saturday, March 5 at 12 p.m. It's just a matter of who will finish as the No. 8 seed so they get to wear the white uniforms.
- Western Carolina will be the No. 10 seed.
- Furman will be either the No. 2 or No. 3 seed.
- SOCON TIEBREAK SCENARIOS
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A Look At UNCG
- UNCG's top scorers are De'Monte Buckingham (12.4 points per game), Bas Leyte (9.3), Kaleb Hunter (8.8) and Keyshaun Langley (8.8).
- Buckingham leads UNCG with a 6.3 rebounds per game average.
- Leyte is second on the Spartans with a 6.1 rebounds per game average.
- Buckingham and Hunter have combined to make 101 3-pointers.
- UNCG has held 13 opponents below 60 points.
- UNCG is 8-1 this season when scoring 70 or more points.
- Kobe Langley has scored at least nine points in four straight games.
- Langley has tallied 15 and 14 points, respectively in UNCG's last two contests against Samford and Western Carolina.
- The Spartans lead the SoCon in scoring defense (64.4) and rebounding margin (+5.6).
- UNCG is second in the SoCon in field goal percentage defense (41.5).
A Look At ETSU
- Ledarrius Brewer is 10th in the SoCon in scoring (14.8 points per game).
- Ty Brewer is sixth in the conference in rebounding (6.6 per game).
- David Sloan's 5.1 assists per game lead the SoCon.
- Mohab Yasser scored a career-best 15 points against Chattanooga.
- Jordan King has scored in double figures in 12 straight games after scoring 18 against Chattanooga.
- ETSU has used six players in its last two contests.
- ETSU has made at least one 3-pointer in 1,090 straight games.
Series History
- ETSU owns a 19-17 series advantage.
- This is the second straight season that the Spartans and Bucs have finished the season against each other.
- Buckingham scored 25 points in the first matchup.
SoCon Tournament
- For information regarding the 2022 Ingles Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships at Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, N.C., which will run from March 3-7, please visit: www.soconhoops.com. If you would like to purchase tickets, please contact the UNCG Ticket Office at 336-334-3250.
