BOONE, N.C. - App State women's basketball (0-2) hosts longstanding rival ETSU (1-1) on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. inside the Holmes Center.
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TICKETS
Fans can still purchase a 2017-18 Appalachian State basketball season ticket, which reserves a seat for all 26 regular-season games at the Holmes Center (13 men's, 13 women's), costs just $175 for courtside. Non-courtside season tickets are $100 for adults, $80 for senior citizens (ages 60 ) and Appalachian State faculty/staff and $50 for youth (ages 3-12). Appalachian State basketball season tickets can be purchased online by clicking here, by phone at (828) 262-2079 or in person at the Appalachian State athletics ticket office, located at the Holmes Center (Monday - Friday; 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.).
Last Time Out
Appalachian had a tough road opener in a 61-40 setback against Big South Preseason favorites, Radford, on Sunday. The Black and Gold gave RU all it could handle until the Highlanders used a 23-6 surge over the final 7:49 of the game to pull away.
Bayley Plummer posted her first double-double of the season and the third of her career with a career mark of 11 points and 12 boards. The sophomore went 5-for-5 from the floor in the second half after starting 0-of-4 from the floor to score 10 of her 11 points in the second stanza. Through the first two games of the season, Plummer is second in the Sun Belt in rebounding at 12.5 rpg, while she is also tied for second in steals averaging 3.0 spg.
What to Watch For
• Watch if App State can control the glass against a Buccaneer team that is allowing 50.5 rebounds per game, including a clip of 17.5 offensive rebounds through their two games and 22.5 second-chance points.
• Plummer has stuffed the stat sheet over the first two games of the season putting in 7.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. She scored 10 of her career-high 11 points against Radford in her first double-double of the season. Expect Plummer to establish her presence early in the contest.
• Appalachian's offense has found its open shots, but the shots aren't falling for the Black and Gold. The Mountaineers have averaged 72.3 points per game in the past three meetings against ETSU. Expect the offense to come out strong in Wednesday's contest.
• Through the first two games of the season, App State's pace of 66.5 is in the bottom of half of the Sun Belt. Last season, App was the second-fasted team in the league. See if App can come out and dictate the tempo against th Bucs.
• Tennessee (31) and Cincinnati (26) shot a combined 57 free throws against the Bucs over the weekend. Appalachian is averaging18.5 free throw attempts per contest. See if the Black and Gold can create opportunities at the charity stripe.
Scouting ETSU
• The Bucs
are led by fifth-year head coach Brittney Ezell
, who has a 62-62 mark all-time at ETSU
.
• Shy Copney
leads the team in scoring at 12.0 ppg, while Raven Dean (10.5 ppg), Erica Haynes-Over (10.0 ppg) and Alayjah
Shere
(10.0 ppg) also are averaging double figures.
• Britney Snowden
is pulling down a team-high 5.5 rpg, and Tianna
Tarter is dishing out a team-best 5.5 apg.
• Tarter was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List as one of the top guards in the country.
• ETSU is a team that pushes the tempo where its 80.8 possessions per game through the first two contests are first in the SoCon
.
• Sherer is fifth in the Socon
in points per 40 min., at 25.0 ppg and second in usage at 42.1 percent.
• However, the Bucs
have been dominated on the boards with a -18.0 rebounding margin this season.
Series History
App State is 45-31 in the all-time series against ETSU and have won seven of the past eight matchups including a three-game win streak. Head coach Angel Elderkin is 3-0 all-time against the Bucs. The Mountaineers needed a running heave from Joi Jones to lift the Black and Gold to a 71-68 triumph last season in Johnson City.
