Mount St. Mary's Men's Basketball Hosts Coppin State on Friday to Close Out Non-Conference Schedule

MOUNT ST. MARY'S (3-9) vs. COPPIN STATE (4-9)
Friday, December 27, 2019 | 7:00 pm
Knott Arena | Emmitsburg, Md.

NEWS AND NOTES

The Mount was last in action on Friday, December 20, a 59-48 loss at Navy that stretched the Mount's losing streak to four. Nana Opoku and Malik Jefferson each scored eight points to lead the Mountaineeers. After falling behind 12-6 early, Navy was able to stretch the lead to 31-21 at the half. The Mount pulled within three points on a pair of occasions in the second half, but was unable regain the lead. Mount St. Mary's shot 33.9 percent from the field in the game.
This will be the seventh all-time meeting between the Mount and Coppin State with the Mountaineers owning a 6-0 lead in the series. The teams last met on December 22, 2017, a 66-53 Mount victory at Coppin State. One of the biggest wins in Mount program history was a 69-60 win over the Eagles in the Opening Round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio. It was the Mount's first NCAA Division I Tournament win.
This is the final non-conference game of the season for the Mountaineers before opening Northeast Conference play. The Mount is 3-9 in non-conference action this year, and has had just one winning season in non-conference play (5-4 in 2002-03) since joining the NEC in 1989-90. The most non-conference wins by a Mount team in the Division I era is six. The 1989-90 team went 6-6 while the 2017-18 team was 6-7.
Up next, the Mount opens Northeast Conference play by hosting Wagner on Thursday, January 2, for a 7:00 p.m. matchup at Knott Arena.

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