SAVANNAH, Georgia - Savannah State missed wide-open shots and bricked free throws Saturday afternoon. But seeing the Tigers lack effort on defense drew the ire of coach Horace Broadnax.
“All the other stuff is going to happen but on the defensive end, that’s just energy,” he said. “I’m not accepting anything less.”
Broadnax relayed this message — perhaps, slightly more emphatically — to his players at halftime and then watched them turn up the heat on Coppin State at Tiger Arena. Trailing by nine at halftime, SSU did an aboutface and took over the second half en route to a 72-60 victory over the Eagles from Baltimore before 2,310 fans.
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Arnold Louis Leads Savannah State over Coppin State 72-60
Savannah State opened up a lead in the first half and cruised to a MEAC win over Coppin State 72-60 Saturday evening at Tiger Arena in Savannah.
Arnold Louis provided the punch underneath scoring 24 points, including two monster dunks. Deric Rudolph was hot on the day from the outside scoring 18 points off the bench.
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Poor shooting dooms SSU women
The Savannah State women’s basketball team missed its first six shots and didn’t get much better throughout a long Saturday afternoon. The Tigers couldn’t overcome 28 percent shooting and lost to Coppin State, 71-45, at Tiger Arena.
It was SSU’s fourth straight loss and ninth in the last 11 games. Most of the disappointment has followed a similar script. The Tigers are 328th among 336 Division I schools in scoring (48.4 ppg.) and 330th in 3-pointers (2.3 per game).
“The numbers in black and white are not favorable,” SSU coach Cedric Baker said. “We’re a young team and we’re trying to be patient, but there’s no excuse for the field-goal percentage.”
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