Men's Basketball | 1/2/2022 8:08:00 PM

 
ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball program will take the floor for the first time in 12 days and make its 2022 debut when it welcomes the Hornets of ASU at 4 p.m. inside the R.W. Harrison HPER Complex.

What You Need to Know 
 

• Time and Date: Monday, January 3 (4 p.m.)

 

• Video: https://youtu.be/R2uJQmqWW0w

 

• Audio: http://www.gwoodlive.com/ (Lee Hall & Joshua Davis)

 

• Live Stats: N/A

 

• Tickets: https://www.impacttickets.com/

 

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (0-10, 0-0 SWAC) | Alabama State (1-11, 0-0 SWAC)

 

• Location: Itta Bena, Mississippi – R.W. Harrison HPER Complex

 

• Series History: Alabama State Leads 47-41

 

• Last Meeting: February 8, 2021 | Mississippi Valley State 68, Alabama State 65 | Montgomery, Alabama (Dunn-Oliver Acadome)

 

• Winning Streak: Mississippi Valley State (W1) | Alabama State's Last Win: January 12, 2021 (64-51)

 
Mississippi Valley State Overview
 
The Green and White average 16.30 turnovers forced per game, the second-best rate in the league and top-45 nationwide.
 
Robert Carpenter has dropped 16.3 points a contest while converting 83.3% of his free throw attempts, both second-highest in the SWAC, as he has scored in double-figures during all nine matchups he has appeared in.
 
Caleb Hunter currently drains two threes and swipes 1.40 steals a night over an average 33-and-a-half minutes per ballgame.
 
Elijah Davis slots seventh in the conference regarding assist-to-turnover ratio (1.11) plus assists per game (3.0) to go along with just over a steal-and-a-half on average.
 
David McCoy tops the club with 18 steals to go along with sitting in seventh as well in terms of steals a game at 1.80.

Scouting The Opponent: Alabama State Hornets

ASU has only tasted victory once so far this campaign, defeating fellow HBCU North Carolina Central by a count of 80-74 on November 20.

The Hornets come into the SWAC debut as the top rebounding and blocking squad in the league, totaling 452 and 54, respectively.

The men from Montgomery brought back Preseason All-SWAC Second Teamer Kenny Strawbridge, who has started all 12 games, making 40.6% of his shots for an average of eight points and 4.6 boards a night including a team-high 21 assists as well.

Gerald Liddell is the most consistent scoring threat for the Black and Gold, producing 11.7 points over the squad's 12 contests while tying for the assist lead with Strawbridge and rejecting the second-highest blocks on the club (13).

Four different student-athletes have contributed double-doubles for Head Coach Mo Williams as Strawbridge, Jordan O'Neal, Isaiah Range, and Gerald Liddell each logged one to their credit in 2021-22.

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