| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2009-10 |
| Prev Year: | 2008-09 |
| Next Year: | 2010-11 |
| Team: | Savannah State Tigers |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Division: | NCAA Division I |
| Record: | 11 - 15 |
| Asst Coach1: | Jay Gibbons |
| Asst Coach2: | Clyde Wormley |
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.[1] The fifteen victories were the most since the university moved to Division I in 2002.
| Name | Type | College | Graduating year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Georgetown University | 1986 | ||
| Jay Gibbons | Assistant coach | Clayton State University | 2003 | |
| Clyde Wormley | Assistant coach | The Citadel | 2003 |
| SSU Men's Basketball Current Roster [2] | |||||||
| 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) | ||
Stats current as of
| Player | Games | MPG | PPG | RPG | FG % | 3P% | FT % | 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 |