PREVIEW: Men's Basketball With Two Games This Week Starting at Morehouse

11/19/2019 5:49:00 PM | By: UNG Athletic Communications

Week 1
at Morehouse
Date: November 20
Tipoff: 7 p.m.
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Arena: Forbes Arena
Series: First Meeting
Game Coverage: Live Stats

vs. Tusculum
Date: November 23
Tipoff: 6 p.m.
Location: Dahlonega, Ga.
Arena: UNG Convocation Center
Series: Tusculum leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: TU 61, NG 56 (2009)
Game Coverage: Live Stats | Live Video

Game Preview: The University of North Georgia men's basketball team hits the road Wednesday for a matchup at Morehouse before returning home to the UNG Convocation Cetner for a matchup against Tusculum.

Nighthawks on the Web: Links for Wednesday's game can be found above. Nighthawk fans not able to make it to the UNG Convocation Center can follow along through streaming on YouTube and Facebook, local cable television (Windstream cable channels 78.12 and HD channel 890), live statistics on UNGAthletics.com and on all social media platforms. Fans can also follow the action through Twitter by following the men's basketball team (@UNGMBB).

Last Week: The Nighthawks split last week's matchups, defeating Emmanuel in the home opener, 75- 68, before falling in overtime at Southern Wesleyan, 87-81.

Scouting Morehouse: Morehouse, ranked receiving votes in the latest NABC Coaches Poll, is 2-1 on the year with their lone loss coming to Shaw, 87-86, in the CIAA/SIAC Challenge. Wednesday's game marks the start of a six-game homestand for the Maroon Tigers. Five players average double figures for Morehouse, led by Michael Olmert's 15 points per outing. Three of the five have come off the bench in each of the three games so far. This will be the first meeting between North Georgia and Morehouse all-time.

Scouting Tusculum: Tusculum is 3-2 on the year with all three wins coming over Peach Belt competition. The Pioneers have wins over USC Aiken, Clayton State and Young Harris while falling just short to UNC Pembroke a week ago, 81-79. Averaging nearly 81 points per contest, Tusculum is led by Trenton Gibson's 15.4 points per contest. All five Pioneer starters average over eight points per game with three in double figures. Tusculum has the only win in the all-time series, defeating the then-Saints 61-56 back on November 27, 2009, in Tennessee.

Stats: North Georgia leads the Peach Belt Conference in field goal percentage defense (40.2 percent) and scoring margin (+9.3). The Nighthawks rank second in the league in defensive boards per game, field goal percentage, scoring defense and three point percentage. Ephraim Tshimanga leads the PBC and is 15th in Division II in field goal percentage, firing 70 percent from the floor so far this season. Josh Cottrell is atop the league and 24th in the nation in three point shooting at 58.3 percent, while Zez Steeple sits at third, hitting half of his shots from distance through four games.

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