Friday, November 25, 2011

MACON, Ga. - Seventeen men's basketball games are slated for play over the next week including the first three conference games of the season. Three contests will be broadcasted on ESPN3, while ten others will be streamed on ASun.TV.

Jacksonville looks to claim two-straight wins against Florida with their contest on Friday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. on ESPN3, while Stetson gets a shots at the ninth-ranked Gators on Monday, Nov. 28th also at 7 p.m. on ESPN3. FGCU appears on ESPN in their contest at Maryland on Friday, Nov. 25th at 7 p.m.

• As a conference, the A-Sun stands at 26-23 for a .531 winning percentage. The A-Sun owns a winning record against 12 of the 20 other conferences it has faced this season, which includes 11 undefeated records.
• A-Sun Conference play gets underway on Thursday, December 1st with six teams in action. Last year, Belmont captured the regular-season crown and set a conference record with 19 league victories. The previous best was 18 in 2004.
• ETSU’s Isaiah Brown and North Florida’s Matt Sauey currently sit in the A-Sun career record books for blocked shots. Brown’s 146 career swats ranks 13th best, while Sauey’s 114 is tied for 21st.
• For the third-straight week, Belmont appeared in the top-five of the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll. This week, the Bruins dropped to No. 5 from third. ETSU received votes in this week’s poll. The Bruins are also receiving votes in the AP Poll.
• Stetson and USC Upstate are off to great starts for the season. The Hatters sit at 3-2 on the season, which is their best start since the 2000-01 season. Also at 3-2 early on, the Spartans’ record is the best since 2006-07.
• At 4-2, Mercer leads the A-Sun in wins. The last 4-2 start for the Bears came only three seasons ago (2008-09) when MU kicked off the season at 6-2. The last time Mercer led the A-Sun in total wins at the end of the season was 1980-81 (18-11).
• Lipscomb captured the Cancun Challenge Mayan Division Title with two wins in Mexico this week. The Bisons defeated Sacred Heart and SIU Edwardsville to earn the non-conference crown. It marks the second-straight season an A-Sun squad has claimed the title as North Florida won the same title last season.
• Despite a 2-3 record, only 15 points separates FGCU and a 5-0 start to the season. The Eagles have two one-point losses early in the year (at TCU, at SMU) and fell on the road to Miami by only 10 points.
• Jacksonville alumnus Travis Cohn signed to play for the Springfield Armor of the NBA Development League on Wednesday. Cohn averaged more than 10 points per game as a senior and helped lead the Dolphins to three straight-postseason appearances, including trips to the second round of the NIT and CIT. He makes his professional debut on Friday night as the NBDL season tips off.
• With 1194 career points, Kennesaw State’s junior Markeith Cummings ranks 81st all-time in the A-Sun record books for career points. With his 14 points against Reinhardt on Wednesday, Cummings passed four former A-Sun greats including ETSU’s Micah Williams (2007-11).