First Place Men Play Miami Dade: Game Live on WEFS-TV & Via Webcast
Riding a nine-game winning streak the Eastern Florida men’s basketball team hosts Miami Dade College on Tuesday.
Riding a nine-game winning streak the first place Eastern Florida men's basketball team hosts Miami Dade College on Tuesday.
Tipoff is 6 p.m. for the game that will be carried live on WEFS-TV and streamed at efsctitans.com/webcast
The Titans defeated Miami Dade 64-60 on Jan. 20 in Kendall. It was the only game in the win streak in which the Titans failed to score at least 70 points.
In fact the Titans had to rally from a 30-17 halftime deficit to score the FCSAA Southern Conference victory.
Eastern Florida is 9-0 in the conference for the first time in head coach Jeremy Shulman's six years at the helm and 21-3 overall. Miami Dade is 4-5 and 14-10.
Six conference games remain for the three-time defending champions but Shulman isn't looking ahead.
"Are you kidding?" Shulman said. "We seriously cannot look past this game or any game in our conference. It's possession to possession to possession.
"In the big picture we're hoping big crowd. Our fans deserve a lot of credit for us losing just once at home this season and we're hoping they can give us that support tomorrow."
Tuesday is Public Safety Day at which law enforcement officers and first responders will be recognized. Public Safety Coordinator Michael Cadore will conduct a simulated scenario exercise to include fans in attendance at halftime.
Freshman C.J. Jackson, who scored a game and career high 44 points in Saturday's 90-77 conference victory at Indian River State, will be looked to key the Titans offense.
Jackson is averaging 15.3 points per game while classmate Kareem Brewton is averaging 15.2. Sophomores B.J. Gladden and Djordje Beronja are averaging 11.5 and 10.4 respectively.
Gladden leads in rebounding at 9 per game while Jackson leads in assists at 4.9 and steals at 2.6.
As a team the Titans are eighth nationally in rebounds at 47.2 per game.
The Titans are ranked 13th in the NJCAA Division I national poll and second in the FCSAA Region 8 or state poll.
Beyond Miami Dade the Titans travel to Lake Worth for a 4 p.m. Saturday game with Palm Beach State and then have a three-game home stand hosting Broward College on Feb. 9, ASA Miami on Feb. 13 and Indian River State on Feb. 16. The Titans conclude the regular season at Miami Dade on Feb. 18.
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