Men's Basketball | 2/24/2017 12:10:00 PM
NEW ALBANY, Indiana — The No. 2 seed (East Division), WVU Tech, will travel to No. 1 (West Division) Indiana University Southeast for a seminfinal of the River States Conference (RSC) Men's Basketball Tournament Saturday, February 25 in New Albany, Indiana. Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Tech enters the game with a 2016-17 showing of 23-7 while IU East holds an overall record of 23-5. The Golden Bears advanced to the semifinals with an 88-66 decision over Asbury University while the Grenadiers defeated University of Rio Grande 93-79 to move on.
Both teams are currently ranked in the nation (NAIA DII) including No. 18 for the Grenadiers and No. 20 for the Golden Bears. The winner of this game will continue their season in the RSC Tournament finals, February 28, against the winner of No. 3 (East) Ohio Christian University and No. 1 (East) IU East.
During the regular season, the Gold and Blue defeated IU Southeast 87-67 (January 6) at home in Montgomery, West Virginia.
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RECORDS
- Tech is 8-2 in their last ten games and hold a 3-0 record over IU Southeast since 2006
- The Grenadiers are enjoying a five-game winning streak and hold a 13-1 record at home this season
GOLDEN BEAR NOTES
- Tech had 12 Golden Bears score against IU Southeast in the win
- Leading scorers against IU Southeast included juniors Ryan Atkins (20), Elisha Boone (18) and Kievonn Banks (11) and senior Ra'Shaud Kincaid (11)
- Boone, who had 13 rebounds against Asbury, leads the tournament in boards
- Banks leads the tourney with three steals
- The team is currently No. 1 in the nation (NAIA DII) for offensive rebounds per game (15.2)
- Kincaid, who handles the ball for Tech, is No. 2 in the NAIA DII for assist/turnover ratio (3.8)
SCOUTING IU SOUTHEAST
- The Grenadiers currently sit in first in the RSC West Division with a conference record of 16-2
- IUSE averages 87.11 points per game
- IU Southeast holds their opponent to 74.07 points per game
- The team is No. 1 in the nation (NAIA DII) for 5.929 blocks per game
- Jamie Johnson leads the team with 15.71 points per game including 25 against Tech
