# 2009–10 Savannah State Tigers basketball team

The 2009–10 Savannah State Tigers basketball team competed in American basketball on behalf of Savannah State University. The Tigers competed in the NCAA Division I as an independent and finished the season 11–15. The team played its home games at Tiger Arena in Savannah, Georgia. The Tigers entered the season seeking to improve on the 15–14 record posted in the 2008–09 season, the team's first winning season in 23 years. The fifteen victories were the most since the university moved to Division I in 2002.

## Coaching staff

| Name | Type | College | Graduating year |
| Horace Broadnax | Head coach | Georgetown University | 1986 |
| Jay Gibbons | Assistant coach | Clayton State University | 2003 |
| Clyde Wormley | Assistant coach | The Citadel | 2003 |

## Roster

SSU Men's Basketball Current Roster :
| Head coach: Horace Broadnax |||||
| G | 00 | Patrick Hardy | Senior | 6–3, 185 | Atlanta, GA (Westlake) |
| G | 1 | Preston Blackmon | Freshman | 6–0, 170 | Hopkins, S.C. (Lower Richland) |
| G | 2 | Tracy Rankins | Senior | 5–10, 180 | Queens, NY (Douglas County) |
| F | 3 | Mark St. Fort | Sophomore | 6–6, 210 | Wauchula, FL (Hardee Senior) |
| F | 4 | Rod Mitchell | Junior | 6–7, 205 | Columbus, GA (G.W. Carver) |
| G | 5 | Andrew Anderson | Freshman | 5–10, 170 | Buford, GA (Collins Hill) |
| F | 10 | Devin Stowers | Senior | 6–4, 205 | Hephzibah, GA (Hephzibah) |
| G | 13 | Anthony Jones | Junior | 6–3, 190 | Stone Mountain, GA (Miller Groves) |
| C | 14 | Glen Izevbigie | Junior | 6–10, 230 | London, England (Richmond Academy/Garett) |
| G/F | 20 | Jovonni Shuler | Senior | 6–4, 180 | Lake Placid, FL (Lake Placid) |
| F | 22 | Rashad Hassan | Sophomore | 6–7, 215 | Riverdale, GA (Riverdale) |
| G | 23 | Cedric Smith | Freshman | 6–3, 180 | North Lauderdale, FL (Boyd Anderson) |
| G | 24 | Marius Chawa | Freshman | 6–3, 196 | Atlanta, GA (Central Gwinnett) |
| F | 34 | Arnold Louis | Sophomore | 6–7, 205 | Wauchula, FL (Hardee Senior) |
| G | 54 | Darnel Jones | Freshman | 6–1, 175 | Atlanta, GA (Peachtree Ridge) |
| G | 55 | Darius Baugh | Freshman | 6–2, 180 | Mableton, GA (Hillgrove) |

## Player stats

Stats current as of
| Player | Games | MPG | PPG | RPG | FG % | APG | SPG |
| Rankins, Tracy | 26 | 32.7 | 13.0 | 2.7 | 37.8 | 1.5 | .8 |
| Blackmon, Preston | 26 | 30.5 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 35.1 | 5.1 | 1.3 |
| Louis, Arnold | 26 | 26.7 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 57.0 | .6 | 1.2 |
| Hassan, Rashad | 26 | 26.2 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 54.2 | .6 | .9 |
| Hardy, Patrick | 24 | 28.2 | 7.2 | 3.0 | 41.4 | 2.4 | .2 |
| Mitchell, Rod | 24 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 47.4 | .5 | .6 |
| Chawa, Marius | 23 | 12.9 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 41.1 | .2 | .5 |
| Izevbigi, Glen | 26 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 45.5 | .1 | .1 |
| Anderson, Andrew | 24 | 9.8 | 1.5 | .7 | 24.0 | .4 | .4 |
| Baugh, Darius | 11 | 19.5 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 30.3 | .7 | 0.6 |
| Smith, Cedric | 11 | 13.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 35.7 | .1 | .9 |
| Stowers, Devin | 15 | 3.3 | .5 | .7 | 25.0 | .1 | .1 |
| Jones, Darnel | 10 | 2.1 | .3 | .1 | 0.0 | .1 | 0.0 |
| Shuler, Jovonni | 1 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| November 13* 8:00 p.m. | Webber International | W 65–51 | 1–0 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| November 16* 7:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut State | W 45–53 | 2–0 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| November 18* 7:00 p.m. | at North Florida | L 46–57 | 2–1 | UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL |
| November 21* 1 p.m. | Georgetown | L 63–44 | 2–2 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| November 24* 7:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | W 52–48 | 3–2 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| November 28* 5:00 p.m. | vs. Central Connecticut State Skip Prosser Classic | L 51–44 | 3–3 | McAlister Field House Charleston, SC |
| November 29* 5:00 p.m. | vs. Virginia - Wise Skip Prosser Classic | W 68–57 | 4–3 | McAlister Field House Charleston, SC |
| December 3* 7 p.m. | at Bowling Green | L 51–59 | 4–4 | Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH |
| December 5* 3:30 p.m. | at Duquesne Chuck Cooper Classic | L 44–58 | 4–5 | A. J. Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 12* 4 p.m. | at St. Bonaventure | L 47–79 | 4–6 | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY |
| December 16* 7:05 p.m. | at Creighton | L 77–62 | 4–7 | Qwest Center Omaha, NE |
| December 19* 7:00 p.m. | at Coastal Carolina | L 91–70 | 4–8 | Kimbel Arena Conway, SC |
| December 21* 7:00 p.m. | Stetson | W 57–46 | 5–8 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| December 29* 10.00 p.m. | at San Diego | L 63–56 | 5–9 | Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA |
| January 2* 3:00 p.m. | The Citadel | L 54–47 | 5–10 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| January 4* 8:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | L 51–55 | 5–11 | Western Hall Macomb, IL |
| January 6* 7:00 p.m., ESPN360 | at Missouri | L 45–74 | 5–12 | Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO |
| January 11* 7:30 p.m. | at Central Connecticut State | W 73–63 | 6–12 | William H. Detrick Gymnasium Hartford, CT |
| January 20* 7:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central | W 46–44 OT | 7–12 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| January 23* 2:00 p.m. | Longwood | W 68–66 | 8–12 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| January 25* 7:00 p.m. | Jacksonville | L 72–68 | 8–13 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| January 30* 7:00 p.m. | Allen | W 81–62 | 9–13 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| February 6* 3:00 p.m. | at North Carolina Central | L 65–60 | 9–14 | McClendon-McDougald Gymnasium Durham, NC |
| February 15* 7:00 p.m. | at Stetson | W 82–68 | 10–14 | Edmunds Center DeLand, FL |
| February 20* 2:00 p.m. | at Longwood | L 68–54 | 10–15 | Willett Hall Farmville, VA |
| February 26* 7:00 p.m. | Carver Bible | W 94–68 | 11–15 | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

### Awards and records
#### Awards

* Sophomore forward Rashad Hassan was named to the 2010 All-Independent Men's Basketball Team.