DURHAM, N.C. - North Carolina Central University returns home after a three-game road trip to play a pair of games at home against Christendom and Southeast Missouri State on Thursday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 2 respectively.  Both games will tip off at 7:00 p.m. at McDougald-McLendon Arena.

GAME NOTES
2017-18 Regular Season
North Carolina Central (3-5, 0-0 MEAC)
Vs.
Christendom (0-3, 0-0 USCAA)
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 – 7:00 p.m.
McDougald-McLendon Arena – Durham, N.C.
Audio/ Video: NCCU Sports Network
Stats: NCCUEaglePride.com
 
North Carolina Central (3-5, 0-0 MEAC)
Vs.
Southeast Missouri State (3-4, 0-0 OVC)
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 – 7:00 p.m.
McDougald-McLendon Arena – Durham, N.C.
Audio/ Video: NCCU Sports Network
Stats: NCCUEaglePride.com
 
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
 
STARTING FIVE:
1. With only one game remaining in November, NCCU will finish with a below-.500 record during a month of competition for the first time since March 2016.
2. NCCU was 11-6 in road games during the 2016-17 season.
3. NCCU will play nine games in November, the most since the 2012-13 season where the Eagles played eight.
4. NCCU's non-conference schedule puts the Eagles on the road nine times out of 14 games.
5. NCCU went 9-5 in non-conference play last year.
 
SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS:
Christendom comes to Durham to face the Eagles for the first time in program history after an 0-3 start to its season.  Patrick Pennefeather almost pulled down a double-double the last time out for the Crusaders with 14 points and nine rebounds in a 53-86 loss to Mid-Atlantic Christian.  Pennefeather leads his squad in scoring, assists and rebounding with 14.0 points, 6.7 boards and 2.3 assists per contest.
 
SERIES: First meeting.
 
SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS:
Southeast Missouri State has played one game since taking on the Eagles on Nov. 26, and the Redhawks came away with an 83-59 win over Hannibal-LaGrange at home.  Denzel Mahoney stepped up with a big game of 27 points, and Isaiah Gable almost collected a double-double with a team-high 10 rebounds and eight points.
 
SERIES: NCCU leads, 2-0.
 
NEXT MAN UP
NCCU is one of less than 10 schools that returns zero starters from its previous season.  The Eagles bring back the second-fewest starts in the nation with 11, all coming from C.J. Wiggins, and the third-fewest total minutes with 862, 626 of which came from Pablo Rivas.
 
100%
Larry McKnight, Jr. was highly efficient from the floor at Marshall as he was 7-for-7 from the field, 3-3 from the arc and 2-2 from the free throw line for 19 points.  Last season, senior forward Pablo Rivas matched a rare feat of former Eagle Dominique Sutton against Western Carolina on Nov. 16, as he went 7-for-7 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the free throw line for 18 points and nine rebounds.  McKnight and Rivas are in rare company now, joining Emmanuel Chapman as the only other Eagles to shoot 100 percent from the floor with a spotless three-point percentage as well.  Rivas shot 100 percent from the floor a second time at Missouri, but missed one free throw for 16 points and six rebounds (6-6 FG, 4-5 FT).