Spartans Look to Make it Four-in-a-Row Thursday Night
11/30/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Riding its first three-game win streak since the 2008-09 season, the USC Upstate men's basketball looks to secure its first four-game win streak of the Division I era with a win over Jacksonville State Thursday night in the Hodge Center.
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Spartan Specs
• Five Spartans reached double-figures against Victory (11/27/11): Torrey Craig (16), Adrian Rodgers (14), Babatunde Olumuyiwa (12), Carter Cook (11) and Ty Greene (10).
• Against Victory (11/27/11) Shane Porchea scored a career-best eight points. He tied a career-mark with three made field goals. Babatunde Olumuyiwa tallied three of Upstate's four blocks. Carter Cook recorded the other Spartan rejection. Ty Greene led the Spartans with three assists, tying a career-high. Eight other players recorded at least one assist against the Eagles.
• Torrey Craig paced the Spartans with 20 points in the 78-63 victory over UTPA (11/25/11). Craig connected on 7-of-10 FG attempts (2-5, 3FGs) and was a perfect 4-of-4 at the line. Adrian Rodgers and Ricardo Glenn pitched in 12 points and 11 points, respectively, to help Upstate claim their second home victory of the season.
• The Spartans tallied 16 assists on 28 made field goals against UTPA (11/25/11).
• After using five different lineups in its first five games, Upstate used a familiar lineup against UTPA (11/25/11). The Spartans are now 3-0 when Mario Blessing, Torrey Craig, Ricardo Glenn, Ty Greene and Chalmers Rogers are the starting five.
• Ricardo Glenn earned UTPA Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament honors as well as A-Sun Player of the Week accolades after averaging 14.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per outing in three games in Edinburg, Texas. Glenn also sank 69.6% of his field goal attempts over the weekend.
• Ricardo Glenn set career marks in points (19) and field goals made (8) in Upstate's 82-74 win over Texas State. Against the Bobcats, Torrey Craig notched his first double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
• Ty Greene scored a career-best 20 points in the five-point loss to Toledo (11/19/11). Greene connected on a career-best five triples against the Rockets.
• Ricardo Glenn and Torrey Craig led the Spartans with 15 points each in the 70-66 win over UTPA (11/18/11). Jodd Maxey contributed to the effort with a career-best 13 points.
• After scoring just four points at Arkansas (11/11/11), Torrey Craig quadrupled that total with 16 points behind a 6-for-11 effort from the field against Piedmont College (11/14/11). He was also just one rebound shy of a double-double.
• Rob Elam grabbed a career-high four rebounds against Piedmont College (11/14/11).
• Ty Greene scored a then-career-best 13 points in Upstate's victory over Piedmont College (11/14/11). He connected on four field goal attempts and four free throw attempts.
One, Two, Three... Part One
For just the second time in the Division I era, Upstate is riding a three-game win streak. The Spartans began the streak with a neutral site victory over Texas State (W, 82-74, 11/20/11). The squad picked up back-to-back home wins over Texas-Pan American (W, 78-63, 11/25/11) and Victory University (W, 88-54, 11/27/11).
The last three-game win streak for the Spartans came during the 2008-09 campaign. That season, Upstate won at Jacksonville (W, 70-59, 2/1/09), before downing both Stetson (W, 54-53, 2/7/09) and Florida Gulf Coast (W, 71-62, 2/9/09) in the Hodge Center.
One, Two, Three... Part Two
The Spartans have opened the 2011-12 season on a three-game home winning streak. Upstate last won its first three home contests in the 2005-06 season. Upstate opened the '05-06 season with home wins over Limestone (W, 75-64, 11/26/05), UNC Pembroke (W, 82-65, 12/3/05) and Mars Hill (W, 79-77, 12/10/05). The Spartans won its first five home games that year and finished with a 10-3 mark at the Hodge Center.
