Two Sun Belt Conference rivals meet on the court Thursday when the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (7-6, 1-1 Sun Belt) pay a visit to Boone, North Carolina and Holmes Convocation Center to play The Appalachian State Mountaineers (7-8, 0-2 Sun Belt). Coastal Carolina was defeated by Georgia Southern 73-64 on Saturday and the Chanticleers have lost two of the last three. Appalachian State was defeated by Southern Miss 76-70 on Saturday for their third consecutive loss and fourth in the last five. Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State do not have any players listed on their respective injury reports.
Coastal Carolina is scoring an average of 77.4 points per game which is 78th in the country. The Chanticleers have a field goal shooting percentage of 46.2% and a three-point shooting percentage of 31.4%. Jomaru Brown is scoring an average of 15.4 points per game to lead Coastal Carolina. The guard is shooting 45.6% overall and 32.6% from three-point land. Essam Mostafa is the second-leading scorer with an average of 13.8 points per game and shoots 59.5%. However, the next three highest scorers are averaging 42.9% shooting or less. Henry Abraham is averaging a team-best 4.2 assists per game. Coastal Carolina averages 12.8 turnovers per contest.
Coastal Carolina is allowing an average of 68.2 points per game, while holding opponents to a field goal shooting percentage of 40.1%, which is 60th in the nation and a 3-point sh ooting percentage of 33.8%.Coastal Carolina is averaging 38.6 rebounds per game and allowing an average of 32.1 boards per contest. Mostafa is the leading rebounder with an average of 10.6 boards per game. Brown is the leader in assists with an average of 1.8 per contest and Jimmy Nichols is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 1.3 swats per game.