Appalachian State will begin a three-game homestand to end the regular season when it hosts ULM on Saturday, Feb. 25. Tipoff between the Mountaineers and Warhawks is slated for 3:30 p.m. inside the Holmes Center.
Saturday's contest can be heard live locally on WATA 1450 AM in Boone and Blowing Rock. It will also be carried on Appalachian State's flagship station, WKBC 97.3 FM, as well as, WZGV 730 AM, WCOG 1320 AM, and online/worldwide on appstatesports.com and via the TuneIn app.
The game is also available on ESPN3 via the WatchESPN app.
SETTING THE SCENE
• Appalachian State will being a three-game home stand to finish out the regular season, beginning with today's game against ULM.
• Today's game will also serve as the Mountaineer basketball's alumni game. All former men's basketball alumni are invited to attend and be recognized at halftime.
• ULM leads the all-time series with App State 3-1. The Black and Gold's lone win against the Warhawks came in a 66-43 win on Feb. 28, 2015.
• App State remains three wins away from 150 all-time inside the Holmes Center (147-79).
• Tonight serves as the only meeting between both programs during the regular season.
• Isaac Johnson continues to pace the Mountaineers with 6.6 rebounds per game and 31 total steals.
• Johnson is currently one of two freshmen in the entire country to lead his team in both rebounding and steals.
• At his current pace, Johnson will be the first freshman to lead App State in rebounding in 41 seasons since Mel Hubbard in 1975-76 (7.7 rebounds per game).
• Kelvin Robinson returned to the App State lineup at Troy on Monday and turned in 12 points and finished plus-15 on the court in 23 minutes.
• Last time out, Griffin Kinney posted 15 points (7-for-11) and finished with seven rebounds in the Mountaineers' 10-point loss at Troy.
• Kinney has already collected five double-double games this season and is averaging a career-best 10.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
• In conference play this season, Kinney is second on the team with 11.2 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per contest.
SCOUTING THE WARHAWKS
• ULM enters today's contest as the 12th ranked team in the Sun Belt with a 1-13 mark in league play.
• The Warhawks are 7-20 overall this season and have lost five in a row dating back to a 68-52 win over Little Rock on Jan. 30.
• Travis Munnings paces the Warhawks with 12.5 points per game, while Sam McDaniel scores 12.3 per contest.
• Both Munnings (8.0) and McDaniel (7.0) lead the Warhawks in rebounding.
• The Warhawks score 66.9 points per game (allow opponents to score 69.7/game), while allowing opponents to shoot 43.1 percent from the field and 35.7 percent from three.
• ULM holds a +1.6 rebounding margin, but a -1.5 turnover margin.
