Men's basketball team to honor sophomores after Saturday's home game

The Eastern Florida State College men's basketball team will host Florida State College at Jacksonville Saturday afternoon in the final home game of the season for the Titans.

After the important Mid-Florida Conference game, Titans head coach Jeremy Shulman will recognize the eight sophomores who will be taking the court at Titan Field House for the final time.

"It's really emotional because the eight sophomores have made unbelievable contributions to the family, to Eastern Florida not only the basketball team but the college in general," Shulman said on Inside Titan Sports television show that aired Friday night. "It will be very hard to say goodbye to those guys. It's very bitter sweet. The imprint they have left at Eastern Florida will stay for a long time. People years from now will remember what they have accomplished."

Ahmed Ali, Michael Nuga, Eli Abaev, Shaq Carter, Shaq Seville, Ezekiel Balogun, Kaleel Solomon and Silas Adheke will all be honored after the 2 p.m. game that will be shown live on WEFS-TV and online at efsctitans.com/webcast.

Ali has started 61 of the 62 games he has played for the Titans and has scored over 1,000 career points in two seasons with the Titans.

Abaev has started 52 of his 64 games as a Titan and has grabbed over 540 rebounds in his career which ranks him among the best rebounders to ever play for the Titans.

Nuga has started 25 of the 27 games this season and the guard is closing in on 500 career points.

Carter has started 58 of the 64 games in his career and has scored over 570 points and grabbed over 400 rebounds in his Titans career.

Adheke has worked his way into the starting lineup this season after transferring to Eastern Florida State College.

Ali, Nuga, Abaev, Carter, Solomon and Seville helped the Titans make it to the NJCAA Division I National Championship game last season and the team is closing in on its first Mid-Florida Conference title this season.

Admission to the 2 p.m. game will be free.