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FVSU Readies for Home Battles with Allen & Benedict

1/13/2023 5:12:00 PM

By: Chris Myers
FORT VALLEY, Ga. – The Wildcats enter their longest homestand of the 2022-23 hoops season starting Saturday afternoon. Fort Valley State readies to host five-straight Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference East foes starting with Allen University Saturday and Benedict College on Monday night.
 
Game Information:
FVSU (8-8/6-3 SIAC East) vs. Allen University (1-13/1-8 SIAC East)
Sat., Jan. 14 – 3 p.m.
HPE Arena

vs. Benedict College (7-7/5-4 SIAC East)
Mon., Jan. 16 – 7:30 p.m.
HPE Arena
 
Live Links for both Games:
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FVSU heads into the home games after it snapped a three-game losing skid with a Monday night victory at Edward Waters (80-73). The Wildcats victory pushed them back to the .500 mark at 8-8 and kept them in second place in the SIAC East (6-3), one game out of first place.
 
With a win on Saturday against Allen, FVSU would record its ninth victory, the most wins since it finished at 13-16 for the 2017-18 campaign. It would also set a new high since the same season with seven SIAC wins.
 
FVSU tries to get another home win as it started 4-0 before it dropped the last two at the HPE Arena to the University of Fort Lauderdale (71-59) and SIAC West-leader Miles College (55-50) on Jan. 4.
 
The Wildcats split the inaugural series with the Yellow Jackets of Allen last season with each winning on their home court.
 
Saturday – Jan. 14
vs. Allen

1/29/22 - @FVSU 73, AU 57
2/7/22 – @AU 77, FVSU 69
 
Allen comes in on a seven-game losing streak and only 1-13 overall this season. The Yellow Jackets lone victory came on Dec. 5 in a 77-54 final over the Marauders of Central State. Allen has dropped all eight of its away games.
 
Allen fell by an 82-56 score against Morehouse College last Saturday before it lost a much closer, 67-61, decision to Clark Atlanta on Monday.

Monday – Jan. 16
vs. Benedict College

FVSU splits its season series last year with the defending regular season SIAC East champion Benedict. The Wildcats pulled off the home upset (61-58) last Jan. 31 in Fort Valley, before the Tigers edged out an 80-75 win five days later in Columbia.
 
FVSU came 10 seconds away from playing Benedict a third time last year in the SIAC Semifinals before Miles College hit a game-tying 3-pointer and went on the Quaterfinals meeting in overtime.
 
Benedict finished 22-7 last season and 14-3 in the SIAC East. It fell short of taking the SIAC crown and an NCAA South Region berth when Savannah State won the SIAC Championship game, 76-62.
 
Benedict goes into the weekend winning its last two contests – Jan. 7 vs. Clark Atlanta (63-53) and Jan. 9 vs. Morehouse (78-75).
 
The 2022-23 meetings:
2/5/22 - @BC 80, FVSU 75
1/31/22 – @FVSU 61, BC 58
 
Stats comparisons:
                                    FVSU               AU                   BC
PPG                              66.4                 62.0                 75.9
Scoring Margin           -2.0                  -16.5                +3.9
FG%                             .425                 .387                 .449
3FG%                           .296                 .287                 .361
FT%                              .683                 .642                 .628
Reb.                             36.4                 34.1                 39.9
Reb. Margin                +1.5                 -5.5                  +5.7
Asst Avg.                     9.6                   10.5                 14.9
Turnover Avg              14.3                 17.1                 15.6
Asst/TO Ratio              +0.7                 +0.6                 +1.0
 
Scoring Leaders
FVSU:
K.J. Doucet (F, 6-7, So.)  14.8 ppg, 18 3FGM, 5.2 rpg, 1.8 apg
Myson Lowe (G, 5-10, So.)            12.2 ppg, 32 3FGM, .833 FT%, 3.2 apg
Khadim Samb (F, 6-8, Sr.)              9.4 ppg, .530 FG%, .720 FT%, 5.3 rpg
 
AU:
Cameron Sembly (F, 6-7, Sr.)              13.2 ppg, .545 FG%, 4.9 rpg
Darius Williams (G, 6-1, Sr.)                9.6 ppg, 23 3FGM, 2.4 rpg
Anthony Baker Jr. (G, 6-2, Jr.)             8.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg

BC:
Brandon Smith (G, 6-3, Sr.)                 11.6 ppg, 27 3FGM, 2.9 rpg, 1.3 apg
Malachi McCoy (F, 6-5, Sr.)                 11.6 ppg, .605 FG%, 9.1 rpg
Gob Gabriel (G, 6-7, Jr.)                      10.1 ppg, 21 3FGM, .889 FT%, 2.9 rpg
 
 
 

 
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