Excited about playing some real competition

TV/Stream -
OVC Digital Network (http://ovcdigitalnetwork.com/watch/?Live=4949)
OVC Roku Channel

Radio/Stream -
94.1 FM/1340 AM WLSG, 97.1 FM/1120 AM WSME CAA.TV - UNCW Broadcast
100.7 FM WOYO, Tune In App - EKU Broadcast
http://216.157.105.155/wcyo

EKU is 1-0 with a 10 point home win against IUPUI

They are predicted to finish 5th out of 6 in the OVC East (Belmonts division)

They are a good shooting team lead by sophmore forward Nick Mayo, the OVC freshman of the year last year and is preseason all OVC team winner

Sports-Pick.Com NCAAB Free Pick - Seahawks vs Colonels

FWIW, their Predicted Final Score of this game is UNCW 83 - Eastern Kentucky Colonels 75

Sports Chat Place:Eastern Kentucky vs. UNC Wilmington - 11/14/16 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Eastern Kentucky Colonels
2015-16 Record vs D-I: 14-16
Ohio Valley: 6-10 (9th)
RPI: 216
@ UNCW: L 78-59
Returning Starters (2): Sr. G Isaac McGlone; So. F Nick Mayo

The Colonels opened up their 2016-17 campaign on Friday with a 97-87 home win against the Summit League's IUPUI Jaguars. 5 days previously EKU had snuck past Georgetown College (Ky.) in an exhibition game, 83-71. Against the Jaguars, sophomore forward Nick Mayo led the way with 24 points and also snatched 8 rebounds.

Senior guard Isaac McGlone, meanwhile, played 36 minutes, scoring 11 on a quiet 2-9 from the field and adding 2 assists and 2 steals. On November 16, 2015, he was also held in check during UNCW's 78-59 victory, as McGlone was held to just 3 points on 1-2 shooting. Clearly his presence is more of a defensive one for the Colonels.

Another starter to look out for will be freshman guard Asante Gist, who put up 21 points, had 7 rebounds and 5 assists with just 3 turnovers in 30 minutes of action in his D-I debut. The East Orange, NJ product produced 16 of his points from the free throw line, where he earned nearly as many attempts (22) as IUPUI's entire team did (27) during the contest.

After tonight's contest, EKU hits the road for the first time in the '16-17 campaign, as they will be participating in the Cancun Challenge starting on Nov 17. Once there they will face Auburn, Texas Tech, Idaho St, and a 4th opponent to be determined.

http://uncwsports.com/news/2016/11/13/me...-trip.aspx



Seahawks Visit Bluegrass State For First Road Trip

RICHMOND, Kentucky – The UNCW men's basketball team makes its only trip of the season to the state of Kentucky on Monday night expecting a much tighter contest following a pair of blowout victories in the young season.

The Seahawks, who visit Eastern Kentucky for a 7 p.m. tip-off at Alumni Coliseum, launched the campaign Friday with a 110-64 demolition of NCAA Division II Claflin on the heels of a 117-65 rout of another DII foe, Mount Olive, in an exhibition game. When calculated, that's a winning margin of 49.0 points per game in the two contests.

"We had an incredible pace in both of those games," said second-year Head Coach Kevin Keatts, who has resurrected UNCW's program in just three seasons. "We were very active on defense, shared the basketball and had multiple guys in double figures. They were two good contests for us."

In the season-opening win over the Panthers from Orangeburg, S.C., the Seahawks dominated from wire to wire in the romp. Sparked by CAA Preseason Player of the Year Chris Flemmings, UNCW bolted out to a 62-22 cushion at halftime and dialed up cruise control the rest of the way.

Flemmings, a 6-5, 180-pound guard from Cary, N.C., started his senior season with 28 points, making 8-of-12 shots and all nine of his free throws, in just 21 minutes. Four other players – sophomore guard C.J. Bryce (23), graduate guard Ambrose Mosley (16), senior guard Denzel Ingram (15) and sophomore forward Devontae Cacok (14) – enjoyed excellent offensive nights to give the Seahawks five starters in double figures.

The Seahawks played all 11 players who dressed in the Claflin victory and led by as many as 55 points. It marked the second biggest win in the three-year tenure of two-time CAA Coach of the Year Kevin Keatts.

UNCW and EKU are meeting for the second straight season after the Seahawks handed the Colonels a 78-59 defeat last November at Trask Coliseum. Craig Ponder poured in 24 points and graduate forward Dylan Sherwood had 16 as the Colonels came out ice cold and missed their first 10 field goal attempts. Both players have graduated.

Overall, ECU leads the five-game series by a 3-2 margin, including a pair of victories over UNCW in Richmond. The Seahawks last played the Colonels in Kentucky 16 years ago and EKU rolled, 80-64, over then-coach Kevin Eastman's club.

EKU also opened its season on a winning note at home last Friday, outscoring IUPUI, 97-87. Second-year head coach Dan McHale's team converted 45-of-56 free throws, including 13 in the final two minutes, to seal the win. Like the Seahawks, all five starters for the Colonels reached double digits, anchored by sophomore forward Nick Mayo's 24 points and eight rebounds.

Keatts said, "Eastern Kentucky is a very good basketball team. They have a very good team led by Nick Mayo, an excellent interior player who can score in a variety of ways, and a freshman point guard who makes them go. They have good chemistry and they're playing very good basketball at this point.

"Nick is a tough matchup. He's a post guy, but he has the skills of a small forward. He can shoot the three, run the floor and handle the ball. He's a tough matchup for our post guys.

"Anytime you come on a Division I program's home floor, you expect to have a tougher game. It will be a good contest for us."

Keatts has established a winning trend in November for the Seahawks. He stands 7-2 in November games and went an unblemished 4-0 last year in the first month of the season en route to the stellar 25-8 record and NCAA Tournament appearance.

Following Monday's clash with the Colonels, the Seahawks return home to entertain East Tennessee State on Sunday, Nov. 20, in a 3 p.m. tip-off at Trask Coliseum. It's the last two November home games for the team in 2016-17.

Live Seahawk Digital Network (SDN) coverage of the contest begins with the pregame show at 6:45 p.m. Simply visit UNCWsports.com, click on the "Live Events" button in the top right-hand corner and follow the prompts for a free audio and/or video feed of the contest. In addition, a radio broadcast of the game can be heard on WLSG 94.1 FM and 1340 AM (Wilmington) and WSME 97.1 FM and 1120 AM (Jacksonville).

Season tickets remain available by visiting the UNCW Athletics Ticket Office in Trask Coliseum, calling 1-800-808-UNCW or clicking on the Tickets button via UNCWSports.com. Tickets start as low as $99, with 5 and 8-game mini-plans also available.

I'll be watching on my phone. Let's go Seahawks!!

Feed is up and running top off any minute

6-5 Hawks, our ball at the under 16:00. We're playing pretty suffocating defense other than a wide open 3 made by Gist. The offense will come.

EKU announcer just called us the "Skyhawks". Come on man.....

Ingram just picked up his 2nd foul at the 13:49 mark. It'll be Richmond to handle the rock primarily for the time being.

Maybe that was an allusion to UNCW flying to the game.

We've made 8 straight shots, including a three from NBA range by Mosley. Up 20-9 now!

On the negative side we've been charged with 7 fouls already, including 4 legit handcheck calls. EKU to the line to shoot 1-1.

The Colonels are a good FT shooting team too.

26-11 Hawks, under 8:00.

I may be a tad biased, but I think we're going to the Final 4.

You can,watch on OVC network fyi

(11-14-2016 07:27 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  26-11 Hawks, under 8:00.

I may be a tad biased, but I think we're going to the Final 4.

Haha easy tiger

The announcer just mentioned that a Miami Heat scout is in attendance to see Flemmings. Pretty cool.

(11-14-2016 07:29 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(11-14-2016 07:27 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  26-11 Hawks, under 8:00.

I may be a tad biased, but I think we're going to the Final 4.

Haha easy tiger

OK fine, Elite 8. :)

Mosley and Richmond are huge additions. Even if Talley returns, I cant see him getting them off the floor.

(11-14-2016 07:31 PM)82hawk Wrote:  Mosley and Richmond are huge additions. Even if Talley returns, I cant see him getting them off the floor.

That was my initial thought when we lost Talley: It might be a blessing in disguise in some ways, given the uptick in minutes the two of them would undoubtedly inherit. They both look like studs.