FVSU Men’s Basketball Renews Rivalry at Albany State Saturday

1/24/2020 6:02:00 PM

By: Chris Myers

FORT VALLEY, Ga. – The Wildcats try to repeat the success on their rival's home court from two Januarys ago. Fort Valley State renews its rivalry at Albany State in men's basketball action on Saturday night.

Game Information:
Tip-off – 8:00 p.m.
Location – Rams HPER Gymnasium Arena, Albany, Ga.
Live Stats
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FVSU (3-15/1-8 SIAC East) will try to recapture its road success against its biggest rival, ASU (11-8/8-2 SIAC East). The Wildcats took away a 69-52 win two seasons ago (Jan. 20, 2018), before they came up a bit short last year in the Rams HPER Arena, 72-61. FVSU did win the contest in Fort Valley last Jan. 12, 61-57.

The Wildcats aim to snap a 9-game skid, which the last five losses have come by a combined 23 points (4.6 ppg). FVSU led by as many as 11 points in the second half Wednesday night, but a Spring Hill College 3-pointer with 1:21 broke a tie for the 82-78 eventual win.

After dropping its opening 2020 game on Jan. 4, Albany State has posted four consecutive road wins, including an 80-63 win last Saturday at Paine College and an 87-80 overtime victory Monday night at Benedict College.

Stats comparisons:
                                    FVSU               ASU
PPG                              70.7                 68.8
Scoring Margin           -8.9                  +1.5
FG%                             .430                 .472
3FG%                           .308                 .295
FT%                              .694                 .670
Reb.                             37.7                 32.9
Reb. Margin                +1.8                 -0.3
Asst Avg.                      13.0                 13.3
Turnover Avg              16.7                 14.8
Asst/TO Ratio              0.8                   0.9

Scoring Leaders
ASU:
Randy McClure (F, 6-5, Sr.)    16.5 ppg, .674 FG%, 7.2 rpg
Mario Young (G, 6-3, Sr.)        10.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.4 apg
Kamil Brown (G, 6-7, Sr.)        10.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg

FVSU:
Shawn Foxbrennen (F, 6-7, Sr.) 15.1 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 23 3FG
K'Viontae Williams (G, 6-4, Sr.) 13.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.4 apg
Brenton Cliette Jordan (F, 6-5, Sr.)7.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg, .591 FG%

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