Men's Basketball to Host Warren Wilson in Exhibition

BOONE, N.C. -- Appalachian State men's basketball will host Warren Wilson College in its lone exhibition of the season on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Holmes Center.

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Scouting the Mountaineers

• Appalachian State welcomes back 12 players from last season's squad that made its first appearance in the Sun Belt Tournament.
• Of the 12 returners, App State sees three starters back in senior Griffin Kinney, junior Tyrell Johnson and junior Ronshad Shabazz.
• Kinney posted his strongest season as a member of the Black and Gold in 2016-17, averaging career-highs in points (9.8), rebounds (6.3) and field goal percentage (51.5 percent).
• Tyrell Johnson averaged a career-high 7.5 points last season and also led the team with 33 blocks.
• Shabazz returns after earning Third Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in 2016-17. He averaged a team-best 16.7 ppg, while pulling down 3.5 rpg and posting 23 steals.

Scouting the Eagles

• Warren Wilson enters with a 1-2 record on the season.
• The Eagles fell at Alice Lloyd College on Saturday 125-114.
• Seven players for Warren Wilson reached double figures on Saturday, including all five starters.
• Kahlon Whitley had a team-high 21 points off the bench, while adding five assists and three steals in 24 minutes.
• Jordan Gant finished with 19 points and five steals in 29 minutes, while Marques Sullivan added 18 points, five rebounds and six assists in 24 minutes.

Previous Meetings

• These two teams squared off last season in a regular season contest inside the Holmes Center, with the Mountaineers posting a dominant 119-51 victory.
• The 119 points set a Holmes Center record for points in a game. The 119 points were also the second most points Appalachian State has scored in a game in program history.

Next Up

• The Mountaineers will officially tip-off the 2017-18 season over the weekend.
• App State will welcome Toccoa Falls College to the Holmes Center on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
• Appalachian will then host Bridgewater College at the Holmes Center at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. The contest is also a non-bracket game in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off at Myrtle Beach.