Appalachian State Men’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 1, 2021 · CSM Staff
 

Appalachian State Mountaineers

Sun Belt (17-11, 7-8)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/16 at South Alabama (83-77), 3/7 vs Coastal Carolina (64-61), 3/8 at Georgia State (80-73)
Bad Losses: 11/30 Bowling Green (76-78), 1/1 Troy (56-69), 2/27 at Georgia Southern (57-65)
Coach:  Dustin Kerns
 
Probable Starters:
Adrian Delph, Junior, Guard, 13.2 ppg, 1.3 apg, 4.5 rpg
Justin Forrest, Senior, Guard, 13.0 ppg, 2.6 apg, 1.5 spg
Michael Almonacy, Senior, Guard, 12.9 ppg, 2.9 apg, 4.2 rpg
Donovan Gregory, Sophomore, Guard, 10.7 ppg, 2.3 apg, 6.0 rpg, 1.9 spg
RJ Duhart, Sophomore, Forward, 2.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Xavion Brown, Freshman, Guard, 1.7 ppg
CJ Huntley, Freshman, Forward, 3.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.6 (192nd in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 64.2 (38, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.4 (287, 10)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.2 (121, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.0 (109, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.1 (252, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.6 (78, 2)
Rebound Margin: 0.7 (164, 9)
Assists Per Game: 12.0 (256, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.7 (66, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2010 CIT First Round win over Harvard
2010 CIT Second Round win over Marshall
2010 CIT Semifinal loss to Pacific
2007 NIT First Round loss to Mississippi
2000 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Ohio State
 
*all team stats through 3/7