The Stetson men's basketball team returns home to the Edmunds Center on Thursday night when the Hatters host former ASUN foe Campbell. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and can be heard locally on WSBB AM 1230 and 1490.
The game against Campbell (3-4) opens a rare double for Stetson. The Hatters will be right back in action on Friday night at home against Edward Waters (4-6) in the final game of the Hoops in the Heartland event. That game is also scheduled for a 7 p.m. start.
The Hatters (5-3) are coming off a three-game road trip that included victories over South Alabama and Green Bay. With three road victories this year, the Hatters have already equaled their total from 2016-17. Stetson was paced by senior
B.J. Glasford in the win over Green Bay on Monday as the Miami native poured in a career-high 24 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the field. Glasford also had a career-best six assists in the game.
Stetson will be looking to break a six-game losing streak against the Camels with the last Hatters' win in the series came on December 15, 2008. Campbell took an 81-72 victory over the Hatters last December thanks to a big first half that left Stetson with a 43-29 deficit. Stetson rallied to take a 72-71 lead with 2:23 to play, but were outscored 10-0 the rest of the way as the Camels went 8-8 at the free throw line.
Camels then sophomore Chris Clemons led the way to the win, scoring 22 points to lead four players in double figures. Now a junior, Clemons is ranked as one of the best guard's in the nation, averaging 23.6 points per game to go with a solid 4.6 rebounds per outing.
A win on Thursday would give the Hatters six wins in their first nine game, marking the best start for a Stetson team since the 1988-89 squad started the year with a 7-3 record.
Tickets for this week's games start at just $7 for general admission and can be purchased
online or at the Edmunds Center box office, or by calling (386) 738-HATS. Stetson students, faculty and staff are admitted free with an ID.
News & Notes
•Stetson made just one of two free throw attempts in Monday's win at Green Bay. It was the fewest free throws made in a game for the Hatters since Feb. 1, 2010, at Kennesaw State when Stetson made just one of three attempts.
•Divine Myles scored a season-high 24 points in last Saturday's loss to North Dakota State and, in the process, moved into the top 10 in Stetson career scoring. Myles enters Thursday's game with 1,434 points, good for 10th all-time. Myles currently stands 24 points behind Bob Jenkins (1964-68) for ninth on the Stetson career lost.
•Myles reached another milestone on Monday when he started his 100th game. Myles has played in all but two games in his Stetson career, and started 100 of 103 in which he has appeared.
•Myles became the first Hatter since the 2013-14 season with five steals in a game in the win over Green Bay.
•The Hatters have committed just 81 turnovers in the season's first eight games, an average of 10.1 per game. That average not only leads the ASUN Conference, but also ranks 14th in the NCAA.
•Angel Rivera is currently leading the ASUN in assists per game (6.4) and assist-to-turnover ratio (5.1)
•Angel Rivera now has 483 career assists and is 44 shy of becoming Stetson's all-time leader
•After the quick two-game home stand, the Hatters will be back on the road for three straight games, with trips to Pittsburgh, Pa., to face Duquesne (Dec. 6), to Poughkeepsie, NY, to play Marist (Dec. 9) and to Fort Wayne, Ind., to face Fort Wayne (Dec. 16).
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