Game Notes
ELON, N.C. – The Elon men’s basketball team will look to make it three straight when it hosts its final non-conference game of the season against the North Carolina State Wolfpack on Wednesday, January 5 in the historic Greensboro Coliseum. Tip time is set for 7 p.m. The Phoenix is facing its fourth Atlantic Coast Conference opponent of the year, having already challenged Wake Forest, Maryland and top-ranked Duke. Tickets for the game are still available by calling the Elon Ticket Office at 336.278.6750.
Site: Greensboro, N.C.
Arena: Greensboro Coliseum
Radio: WPCM 920 AM — Taylor Durham (play-by-play) and Dick Stewart (color)
Live Statistics: elonphoenix.com
Series: NC State leads, 19-8
FREE THROWS
• The Phoenix is 34-124 against current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• This is Elon’s fourth contest against an ACC opponent this season.
• The last time Elon defeated one of the current members of the ACC was in 2005 when the Phoenix went on the road to defeat the Oliver Purnell coached Clemson Tigers, 74-69, on Dec. 30, 2005.
• After two straight victories, Elon will be looking for its first three-game winning streak since a three-game stretch from 12/6-12/22/08.
• With a nine-assist performance at Navy, Chris Long is averaging 7.3 apg over the last three contests.
• Long is less than 50 points away from reaching 1,000 points with 956 career points.
• Elon leads the Southern Conference in scoring offense with 75.9 ppg.
• Rookie Jack Isenbarger has scored 20+ on five occasions this season. He ranks eighth in the Southern Conference with 14.4 ppg. He is the top scoring freshman in the league.
• Drew Spradlin is tied for ninth place all-time at Elon with 109 career triples.
• Chris Long is third on Elon’s all-time career assists list with 402 helpers. He leads the team and is second in the SoCon with 4.8 apg.
• Elon’s four scholarship freshmen are all averaging double-figure minutes.
LAST TIME OUT
• Elon got its first-ever win over an Ivy League opponent after Chris Long drained a fade-away jumper at the buzzer to lift Elon over Columbia.
• Trailing by 12 with just over six minutes to play, Long put on a show as he scored 11 of Elon’s final 13 points in the victory. Long had 22 points and nine assists.
• Rookie Ryley Beaumont had a personal-best eight rebounds in the contest.
• Elon shot 63.6 percent in the second half while holding Columbia to 34.5 percent.
• Elon ended the Lions four-game winning streak and handed them their first home loss of the season.
A LOOK AT THE PACK
• NC State is on a three-game winning streak, coming off a 76-54 win against San Diego.
• The Wolfpack has attempted only 185 three-pointers this year compared to the 330 that Elon has shot. The Pack has made 61; Elon has drained double that with 126.
