GAME NOTES
2021-22 Regular Season
North Carolina Central (2-5, 0-0 MEAC)
at
USC Upstate (2-4, 0-0 Big South)
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 – 6:00 p.m.
G.B. Hodge Center – Spartanburg, S.C.
TV: ESPN+
Stats: UpstateSpartans.com
 
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
 
STARTING FIVE:
1. LeVelle Moton will coach his 13th season at NCCU in 2021-22, and is just the third coach in program history to coach 10+ campaigns.
2. NCCU will play 11 of its 14 non-conference games away from home, and three of those at a neutral site.
3. NCCU will face six first-time opponents during the non-conference slate.
4. NCCU has gone 20-1 at home in non-conference games since 2016.
5. NCCU has four Big South opponents on the non-conference schedule.
 
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
USC Upstate is off to a 2-4 start to the season, and has played all but two of its games within the Palmetto State.  The Spartans posted a second-half rally against Furman in their last time out, but fell, 87-77.  Nick Alves scored all of his team-high 16 points in the second half of that contest.  Bryson Mozone scored 11 points in that game, and he leads the Spartans in nearly every statistical category.  Mozone leads in scoring, rebounding, and assists with 14.7 points, 4.7 boards, and 2.3 assists per outing.  This is the second all-time meeting between NCCU and USCU, after last season's meeting was scratched due to the pandemic.
 
LAST FIVE VS USC UPSTATE:
11/11/19 at NCCU.......... 73-64 W
 
EAGLES ON TOUR
NCCU will head on its second four-game road trip of the season from Nov. 29-Dec. 6 as it visits Gardner-Webb, USC Upstate, UNC Asheville and The Citadel.  This is the second time in the last three seasons where the Eagles have had multiple four-game road trips.  The last time it happened was during the 2019-20 season: Nov. 26-Dec. 7 and Jan. 11-20.