Coppin State Men’s Basketball Releases 2018-19 Season Schedule

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BALTIMORE, Maryland -- Eight teams that played in postseason tournaments, including five NCAA Tournament qualifiers highlight the 2018-19 Coppin State men's basketball schedule which was released on Tuesday morning.  The Eagles will play host to one of those teams, UMBC, for their home opener on Monday, December 3, before also welcoming Tennessee State to the Physical Education Complex Arena on Sunday, December 9.

Television information and game times will be announced at a later date. If you don't want to miss out on all MEACtion, season tickets are available for as low as $75! This provides access to both the women and the men's games and are available for purchase online now at coppinstatesports.com.

Coppin opens up the season with eight-straight road games, tipping off the new campaign at Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 6.  Four days later, the Eagles will travel to Dayton four its first of four matchups that are part of the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis.  A matchup at Virginia on November 16 is also part of the preseason tournament, as is a trip to Wofford College over the Thanksgiving break where CSU takes on the host Terriers and Charleston Southern.

Just prior to traveling to Wofford, the Eagles will also travel to NIT Tournament participant Rider on November 19.

Rounding out the November slate is a trip to James Madison on November 29 before Coppin's home opener against the Retrievers, who made history last season by becoming the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
In between the pair of CSU home games is another short trip to Richmond on December 9.

Following the Eagles' home matchup with the Tigers, Coppin closes out it non-conference schedule with road games against UNC-Greensboro (December 12), Louisiana-Monroe (December 21), Houston (December 23) and Notre Dame (December 29).  All four of those teams made a postseason tournament last season with the Spartans and Cougars making the NCAA Tournament, the Fighting Irish in the NIT and the Warhawks in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT).
The Eagles open MEAC play at home on January 5 against Savannah State on January 12, one of five home-and-home series' during the season.  Coppin will also play a home-and-home against Delaware State, Norfolk State, South Carolina State and Morgan State.

February's slate opens with a date against crosstown rival Morgan State on February 2 and closes out with Homecoming on February 23 against Howard and Senior Night against Delaware State on February 25.

To close out the regular season, the Eagles travel to Norfolk State on March 2 and Morgan State on March 7 before heading to the Norfolk Scope Arena for the MEAC Tournament from March 11-16.

All CSU home games, and selected road games, will be broadcast on WNST 1570AM as well Fox Sports Williamsport.

Coppin returns three starters from last year's squad, including Third Team All-MEAC selection Lamar Morgan, along with fellow seniors Chad Andrews-Fulton and Cedric Council.  The Eagles, who are led by second-year head coach Juan Dixon, also boast the return of redshirt sophomore Dejuan Clayton who led CSU in scoring during the 2016-17 season and missed most of last year with an injury.

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