SPARTANBURG, S.C. – For the third straight season and 17^th time in the program's Division I era (2007-pres.), USC Upstate men's basketball faces an MTE event as it travels to Johnson City, Tenn.—home of the 2025 Big South Men's Basketball Championship—to compete in the ETSU MTE. The Spartans face host East Tennessee State Friday at 7 p.m. ET before turning around to face Queens Saturday at 6 p.m.
 
ETSU MTE
November 22, 2024 | 7:00 p.m. ET
USC Upstate (2-4; 0-0 Big South) vs. East Tennessee State (2-2; 0-0 SoCon)
Freedom Hall | Johnson City, Tenn.
 
November 23, 2024 | 6:00 p.m. ET
USC Upstate (2-4; 0-0 Big South) vs. Queens (2-3; 0-0 ASUN)
Freedom Hall | Johnson City, Tenn.
 
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How They Stack Up
vs. ETSU
Records: USC Upstate (2-4; 0-0 Big South); ETSU (2-2; 0-0 SoCon)
Series: ETSU leads 9-6
Last Five Meetings: Nov. 18, 2021 (ETSU 56; UPST 43); Feb. 28, 2014 (UPST 79; ETSU 73); Feb. 10, 2014 (UPST 75; ETSU 63); March 1, 2013 (UPST 88; ETSU 56); Jan. 28, 2013 (UPST 88; ETSU 71)
 
vs. Queens
Records: USC Upstate (2-4; 0-0 Big South); Queens (2-3; 0-0 ASUN)
Series: First Meeting
Last Five Meetings: First Meeting
 
Last Times Out
November 19, 2024: USC Upstate 95; Southern Wesleyan 63
November 16, 2024: Davidson 76; East Tennessee State 70
November 19, 2024: Appalachian State 65; Queens 53
 
Players to Watch
USC Upstate: Dropping 21 markers for the Spartans against Southern Wesleyan to pace a group of five double-figure scorers, freshman guard Mister Dean secured his fourth career 20-point scoring game to lead Upstate in scoring for the fifth time through six contests. Complementing his 21 points, he pulled in a career-high nine rebounds while shooting 80.0 percent (8-of-10) from the field. Entering the weekend, Dean ranks second among NCAA freshmen in scoring, averaging 19.7 points per game, trailing only Tre Johnson (23.5 points per game) of Texas.
 
ETSU: The Buccaneers boast a pair of scorers averaging 16.0-plus points per game as senior guard Quimari Peterson and senior forward Jaden Seymour average 16.8 and 16.5 points per game, respectively. Both players enter the weekend shooting greater than 50.0 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from three while Seymour averages 5.8 rebounds per game, pacing the duo on the glass.
 
Queens: The lone Royal averaging double-figures entering the weekend, junior guard Asjon Anderson leads Queens, scoring at a 12.4 point per game clip. He's coming off his first start with the Royals in 2024-25, a 13-point effort versus Appalachian State. His season-high scoring total came against Western Carolina as he scored 24 points off the bench for Queens.
 
Up Next for the Spartans
Coming off the team's two-game slate at the ETSU MTE, USC Upstate continues its season-long four-game stretch away from the G.B. Hodge Center as it travels to Iowa next Tuesday. Tip-off between the Spartans and Hawkeyes is set for 8 p.m. ET.
 
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