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Quick Facts Location: ...... Greenville, S.C. 29613 Primary Media Founded: ...... 1826 Greenville News (864-298-4135) Enrollment: ...... 2,630 Dr. David Shi Nickname: ...... Paladins Ann Green ([email protected]) President Colors: ...... Purple and White President: ...... Dr. David Shi Spartanburg Herald-Journal (843-562-7273) Athletics Director: ...... Dr. Gary Clark Todd Shanesy ([email protected]) Home Court (Capacity): ...... Timmons Arena (1,998) Press Row Phone: ...... (864) 294-2376 The State (803-771-8473) Basketball Facts Pat Obley ([email protected]) 2006-07 Record: ...... 15-16 Conference Record (Place): ...... 8-10 (4th South) Anderson Independent-Mail (864-260-1238) Home: ...... 9-5 John Braiser ([email protected]) Away: ...... 5-10 Neutral: ...... 1-1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:...... 8/2 WYFF-TV (864-240-5265) Starters Returning/Lost: ...... 4/1 Geoff Hart ([email protected]) Gary Clark Director of Athletics Media Relations WSPA-TV (864-576-7777) Director: ...... Hunter Reid E-mail: ...... [email protected] Pete Yanity ([email protected]) Office:...... (864) 294-2061 Basketball Contact: ...... Jordan Caskey WHNS-TV (864-213-2223) E-mail: ...... [email protected] Dan Bubany ([email protected]) Office:...... (864) 294-2061 Fax: ...... (864) 294-3620 Radio Play-by-Play (864-294-3441) Web-site: ...... www.furmanpaladins.com Chuck Hussion ([email protected])
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Timmons Arena Arena: Timmons Arena Capacity: 5,000 Season Opened: 1997-98 First Game: Furman vs. Northeastern Illinois, Dec. 30, 1997 Jordan Caskey First Furman Win: Furman 72, Northeastern Illinois 69 (Dec. 30, 1997) Men’s Basketball SID All-Time Timmons Arena Record: 82-35 (.701) Largest Crowd: 4,300 vs. South Carolina, Jan. 26, 1998 Largest Average Attendance: 2,110 in 1997-98 (21,097 in 10 games) 52 2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Pa l a d i n s
2007-08 Paladins Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/Last School 0 Bobby Austin G 6-3 200 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Lasalle 1 Justin Dehm G 6-1 182 Fr. Peoria, Ill./Richwoods 3 Peter Carroll G 6-0 175 So. Nashville, Tenn./ Christ Presbyterian 5 Darryl Evans G 6-1 183 So. Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg Day School 11 Jordan Miller G 6-2 170 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./ White Station 14 George Brozos F 6-5 235 Sr. Thessaloniki, Greece/Reserve Christian (La.) 15 Tony Anderson G 6-0 180 So. Greenville, S.C./J.L. Mann 20 Connor Nolte F 6-6 195 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga./Milton 21 Emmanuel Perry F 6-3 200 So. Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill 32 Bryson Barnes F 6-5 200 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Westlake 33 Noah States F 6-8 202 Fr. Roanoke, Va./ Hargrave Military Academy 41 Alex Opacic F 6-9 210 So. Bankstown, Australia/Austailian Institute of Sport 50 Stanley Jones F/C 6-9 240 So. Miami, Fla./Monsignor Pace
2007-08 Schedule Date. Opponent Time Nov. 9 at UNC Asheville 7:00 Nov. 12 at Clemson 7:30 Nov. 17 at Saint Louis TBA Nov. 23 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 7:00 Nov. 27 BOWLING GREEN 7:00 Dec. 1 at Elon* 7:00 Dec. 5 at Mercer 7:00 Dec. 15 at UNC Greensboro* 7:00 Dec. 20 vs. Northern Arizona* 7:30 (at Gossner Foods Classic, Logan, Utah) Dec. 21 vs. TBD (at Gossner Foods Classic) Dec. 29 vs. Cal-State Fullerton 8:00 (at Shamrock Office Solutions Classic, Moraga, Calif.) Dec. 30 vs. TBD (at Shamrock Office Solutions Classic) Jan. 3 WESTERN CAROLINA* 7:00 Jan. 5 CHATTANOOGA* 4:00 Jan. 10 at Western Carolina* 7:00 Jan. 12 ELON* 4:00 Jan. 16 DAVIDSON* 7:00 Jan. 19 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON* 4:00 Jan. 24 APPALACHIAN STATE* 7:00 Jan. 26 at Georgia Southern* 7:30 Jan. 31 THE CITADEL* 7:00 Feb. 2 at Wofford* 3:00 Feb. 7 at Chattanooga* 7:00 Feb. 10 UNC GREENSBORO* 2:00 Feb. 16 at Davidson* 3:00 Feb. 18 WOFFORD* 7:00 Feb. 21 at Appalachian State* 7:00 Feb. 28 at The Citadel* 7:00 March 1 at College of Charleston* 6:00 March 7-10 at Southern Conference Tournament (at North Charleston, S.C.) Junior forward/center Stanley Jones
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2006-07 Results (15-16, 8-10) Date Opponent Result Score Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder Nov. 11 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 88-69 26, Robby Bostain 10, Robby Bostain Nov. 13 ERSKINE W 67-55 23, Robby Bostain 8, Gerad Punch Nov. 15 at Clemson L 58-67 11, Moussa Diagne 8, George Brozos 11, George Brozos 8, Robby Bostain Nov. 19 at Bowling Green W 63-59 19, Robby Bostain 10, Robby Bostain Nov. 22 at North Dakota State L 58-60 27, Moussa Diagne 6, Gerad Punch Nov. 28 at Vanderbilt W 70-62 13, Gerad Punch 12, Moussa Diagne 13, Eric Webb Dec. 2 UNC ASHEVILLE L 67-75 18, Eric Webb 10, Robby Bostain Dec. 5 USC AIKEN W 79-54 24, Eric Webb 9, Gerad Punch Dec. 9 UNC GREENSBORO L (OT) 86-91 26, Eric Webb 11, Robby Bostain Dec. 16 at San Diego L 70-81 16, Moussa Diagne 8, Stanley Jones Dec. 19 at California L 50-84 12, Stanley Jones 9, George Brozos Dec. 30 MERCER W 83-69 18, Jadee Jones 8, Gerad Punch Jan. 3 CHATTANOOGA W 69-56 20, Alex Opacic 8, Moussa Diagne Jan. 6 at Georgia Southern L 70-72 17, Moussa Diagne 6, Gerad Punch Jan. 10 DAVIDSON L 63-71 13, Moussa Diagne 4, Moussa Diagne 4, Eric Webb 4, Stanley Jones Jan. 13 at College of Charleston L 55-67 24, Moussa Diagne 8, Moussa Diagne Jan. 15 WOFFORD W 68-65 16, Robby Bostain 8, Gerad Punch 16, Eric Webb Jan. 20 WESTERN CAROLINA W 79-67 23, Robby Bostain 7, Gerad Punch Jan. 22 THE CITADEL W 63-59 20, Tony Anderson 7, Gerad Punch 7, Eric Webb Jan. 24 at Appalachian State L 63-77 15, Tony Anderson 8, Gerad Punch Jan. 27 at UNC Greensboro L 54-69 12, Gerad Punch 5, Gerad Punch 5, Stanley Jones 5, Robby Bostain Jan. 29 at Chattanooga W 68-61 14, Gerad Punch 5, Alex Opacic 5, Robby Bostain Feb. 3 APPALACHIAN STATE W (OT) 76-72 28, Moussa Diange 8, Moussa Diagne Feb. 10 at Elon W 69-64 19, Robby Bostain 5, Gerad Punch 5, Moussa Diagne Feb. 12 GEORGIA SOUTHERN L 55-57 18, Robby Bostain 6, Gerad Punch Feb. 17 at The Citadel W 69-51 14, Jadee Jones 6, Gerad Punch 6, Robby Bostain Feb. 19 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON L (OT) 77-80 34, Moussa Diagne 14, Gerad Punch Feb. 22 at Davidson L 57-75 14, Moussa Diagne 7, Gerad Punch Feb. 25 at Wofford L 67-76 16, Tony Anderson 7, Gerad Punch March 1 vs. UNC Greensboro (SC) W 73-71 18, Robby Bostain 9, Moussa Diagne March 2 vs. Davidson (SC) L 68-91 16, Eric Webb 6, Robby Bostain 6, Moussa Diagne 2006-07 Statistics Overall Statistics Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off. R-Def. Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points Avg. Moussa Diagne 31-31 833 -26.9 151-316 .478 33-84 .393 76-93 .817 46 102 148 4.8 81 4 21 70 24 17 411 13.3 Robby Bostain 31-31 1,019-32.9 134-299 .448 22-65 .338 96-120 .800 32 133 165 5.3 67 1 102 69 2 41 386 12.5 Eric Webb 31-31 959-30.9 96-230 .417 68-164 .415 43-60 .717 13 78 91 2.9 69 3 136 90 2 44 303 9.8 Gerad Punch 31-30 894-28.8 94-187 .503 30-73 .411 30-41 .732 59 123 182 5.9 62 2 51 62 13 33 248 8.0 Alex Opacic 31-10 597-19.3 77-167 .461 18-64 .281 20-27 .741 36 45 81 2.6 60 1 23 30 8 10 192 6.2 Stanley Jones 31-21 637-20.5 65-140 .464 0-0 .000 36-69 .522 41 65 106 3.4 77 2 17 48 14 14 166 5.4 Tony Anderson 31-1 467-15.1 40-110 .364 26-65 .400 33-47 .702 10 21 31 1.0 61 0 52 39 0 15 139 4.5 Jadee Jones 30-0 463-15.4 43-109 .394 25-72 .347 19-23 .826 6 36 42 1.4 37 0 25 20 0 11 130 4.3 George Brozos 31-0 340-11.0 33-91 .363 14-46 .304 20-27 .741 25 43 68 2.2 43 1 15 16 2 14 100 3.2 Emmanuel Perry 2-0 2-1.0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 Darryl Evans 19-0 69-3.6 4-11 .364 3-5 .600 3-8 .375 4 6 10 0.5 10 0 0 2 0 2 14 0.7 Grayson Glur 15-0 39-2.6 5-14 .357 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 6 9 0.6 11 0 2 3 0 3 10 0.7 Russ McFarland 1-0 0+-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Peter Carroll 3-0 2-0.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Team 41 29 70 2.3 9 Total. 31 6,321 743-1,676 .443 239-639 .374 377-516 .731 316 688 1,004 32.4 579 14 444 459 65 205 2,102 67.8 Opponents 31 6,322 781-1,672 .467 181-534 .339 384-579 .663 319 696 1,015 32.7 551 - 393 437 92 223 2,127 68.6
Conference Statistics Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off. R-Def. Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points Avg. Moussa Diagne 18-18 475 -26.4 93-188 .495 21-47 .447 42-53 .792 21 53 74 4.1 51 2 6 41 13 12 249 13.8 Robby Bostain 18-18 590-32.8 76-167 .455 13-42 .310 51-61 .836 13 74 87 4.8 40 0 61 37 1 23 216 12.0 Eric Webb 18-18 557-30.9 48-126 .381 33-96 .344 18-25 .720 4 44 48 2.7 43 3 73 46 2 27 147 8.2 Gerad Punch 18-18 559-31.1 48-107 .449 15-44 .341 14-22 .636 43 72 115 6.4 36 1 34 36 10 20 125 6.9 Tony Anderson 18-0 300-16.7 35-77 .455 24-48 .500 29-39 .744 6 11 17 0.9 36 0 33 24 0 10 123 6.8 Alex Opacic 18-8 370-20.6 46-95 .484 10-33 .303 14-19 .737 18 29 47 2.6 38 1 16 15 5 9 116 6.4 Stanley Jones 18-10 361-20.1 33-77 .429 0-0 .000 21-33 .636 21 37 58 3.2 46 1 10 30 8 9 87 4.8 Jadee Jones 18-0 261-14.5 28-68 .412 14-44 .318 16-19 .842 3 21 24 1.3 24 0 14 12 0 5 86 4.8 Emmanuel Perry 1-0 1-1.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 George Brozos 18-0 187-10.4 16-50 .320 7-27 .259 8-10 .800 11 22 33 1.8 21 0 11 5 0 8 47 2.6 Grayson Glur 5-0 11-2.2 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 0.6 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 0.8 Darryl Evans 11-0 49-4.5 1-6 .167 1-3 .333 2-4 .500 2 3 5 0.5 6 0 0 2 0 2 5 0.5 Russ McFarland 1-0 0+-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Peter Carroll 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 25 24 49 2.7 6 Total 18 3,722 427-965 .442 138-384 .359 216-286 .755 167 394 561 31.2 343 8 259 255 39 127 1,208 67.1 Opponents 18 3,722 442-952 .464 113-318 .355 233-349 .668 185 407 592 32.9 312 6 223 250 49 121 1,230 68.3
54 2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Pa l a d i n s Jeff Jackson Head Coach
Hometown: New York, N.Y. Birth Date: May 1, 1961 Education: B.S., Cornell, 1984
Coaching Student Assistant, Cornell, 1983-85 Graduate Assistant, Southern California, 1985-86 Assistant, St. Bonaventure, 1986-89 Assistant, Colorado State, 1989-92 Assistant, Stanford, 1992-96 Head Coach, New Hampshire, 1996-99 Assistant, Vanderbilt, 1999-06
PERSONAL DATA Jeffrey Gerard Jackson was born on May 1, 1961 in New York, N.Y. He at- tended St. Francis Prep, graduating in 1979. He and his wife, Carolyn, have three children: Xavier, Jenai and Taylor.
EDUCATION He earned a bachelor’s of science degree in industrial and labor relations at Cornell in 1984.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE He served as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, Cornell, from 1983- 85. He helped lead the junior varsity squad to records of 16-10 and 14-12.
AT FURMAN Jackson is in his second season as head coach at Furman. He was named head coach of the Paladins on April 24, 2006.
PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE After spending two years as a student assistant coach at Cornell, Jackson was a graduate assistant at Southern California in 1985-86. He served as an assistant at St. Bonaventure from 1986-89 and worked as an assistant at Colo- rado State for three years (1989-92) where the Rams posted a 50-40 mark. He was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Stanford for coach Mike Montgomery from 1992-96. The Cardinal finished with a 65-51 mark during his tenure. Jackson served a three-year stint as head coach at New Hampshire from 1996-99. The Wildcats posted a 21-60 record. For the past seven years, All-Time Furman Coaches he was an assistant to coach Kevin Stallings at Vanderbilt. The Commodores Coach Seasons Years W L Pct. were 121-96 during that span. He is in his first season at Furman. W.L. Laval 1919-27 8 74 66 .529 JACKSON’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD A.W. Norman 1927-28 1 20 5 .800 Year School Record SoCon A.P. McLeod 1928-33 5 75 19 .798 1996-97 New Hampshire 7-20 Flucie Stewart 1933-35 2 12 20 .375 1997-98 New Hampshire 10-17 Bob Smith 1935-42 7 57 77 .425 1998-99 New Hampshire 4-23 2006-07 Furman 15-16 8-10 Selwyn Edwards 1944-45 1 2 14 .125 New Hampshire Total 21-60 Lyles Alley 1945-49, ‘50-66 20 247 259 .488 Furman Total 15-16 8-10 Melvin Bell 1949-50 1 9 12 .429 Career Total 36-76 Frank Selvy 1966-70 4 44 59 .427 Joe Williams 1970-78 8 142 87 .620 Eddie Holbrook 1978-82 4 65 48 .576 Jene Davis 1982-85 3 28 58 .368 Butch Estes 1985-94 9 135 122 .525 Coaching Staff Joe Cantafio 1994-97 3 30 51 .370 Assistant Coach: Mark Price (Samford, 1998) Larry Davis 1997-06 9 122 141 .464 Assistant Coach: James Strong (Vanderbilt, 2000) Assistant Coach: John Montgomery (Loyola Marymount ‘07) Jeff Jackson 2006-07 1 15 16 .483
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Furman Year-By-Year Year Overall SoCon Place Coach Year Overall SoCon Place Coach 1908-09 3 1 No coach 1982-83 9 20 4 12 7th Jene Davis 1909-10 2 6 No coach 1983-84 12 17 7 9 6th Jene Davis 1910-11 2 1 No coach 1984-85 7 21 4 12 8th Jene Davis 1911-12 0 2 No coach 1985-86 10 17 5 11 7th, tie Butch Estes 1912-13 1 4 No coach 1986-87 17 12 10 6 4th Butch Estes 1913-14 5 4 No coach 1987-88 18 10 11 5 2nd Butch Estes 1914-15 0 3 No coach 1988-89 17 12 9 5 2nd Butch Estes 1915-16 2 6 No coach 1989-90 15 16 5 9 6th, tie Butch Estes 1916-17 No team 1990-91 20 9 11 3 1st, tie Butch Estes 1917-18 No team 1991-92 17 11 9 5 3rd, tie Butch Estes 1918-19 No team 1992-93 11 17 8 10 6th, tie Butch Estes 1919-20 2 12 W.L. Laval 1993-94 10 18 6 12 8th, tie Butch Estes 1920-21 2 11 W.L. Laval 1994-95 10 17 6 8 4th, South Joe Cantafio 1921-22 8 8 W.L. Laval 1995-96 10 17 6 8 3rd, South Joe Cantafio 1922-23 14 10 W.L. Laval 1996-97 10 17 4 10 5th, South Joe Cantafio 1923-24 7 7 W.L. Laval 1997-98 9 20 5 9 4th, South Larry Davis 1924-25 9 5 W.L. Laval 1998-99 12 16 5 11 5th, South Larry Davis 1925-26 14 9 W.L. Laval 1999-00 14 18 5 10 6th, South Larry Davis 1926-27 19 4 W.L. Laval 2000-01 10 16 5 11 6th, South Larry Davis 1927-28 20 5 A.W. Norman 2001-02 17 14 7 9 5th, South Larry Davis 1928-29 11 6 A.P. McLeod 2002-03 14 17 8 8 3rd, tie, South Larry Davis 1929-30 17 2 A.P. McLeod 2003-04 17 12 8 8 4th, South Larry Davis 1930-31 17 2 A.P. McLeod 2004-05 16 13 9 7 4th, South Larry Davis 1931-32 16 1 A.P. McLeod 2005-06 13 15 8 7 4th, South Larry Davis 1932-33 14 8 A.P. McLeod 2006-07 15 16 8 10 4th, South Jeff Jackson 1933-34 3 12 Flucie Stewart Overall 1,056 1,080 437 491 1934-35 9 8 Flucie Stewart 1935-36 10 6 Bob Smith Furman in the NCAA Tournament (1-7) 1936-37 8 7 Bob Smith 3/13/71 Fordham L 105-74 East Regional 1937-38 6 13 Bob Smith 3/10/73 Syracuse L 83-82 East Regional 1938-39 7 17 Bob Smith 3/9/74 South Carolina W 75-67 East Regional 1939-40 11 11 Bob Smith 3/14/74 Pittsburgh L 81-78 East Regional 1940-41 4 13 Bob Smith 1941-42 11 10 Bob Smith 3/16/74 Providence L 95-83 East Regional 1942-44 No Team 3/15/75 Boston College L 82-76 East Regional 1944-45 2 14 Lyles Alley 3/12/78 Indiana L 63-62 East Regional 1945-46 15 4 Lyles Alley 3/6/80 No. 7 Tennessee L 80-69 East Regional 1946-47 9 10 Lyles Alley 1947-48 11 15 Lyles Alley Furman in the NIT (0-1) 1948-49 8 14 Lyles Alley 3/15/91 West Virginia L 86-67 First Round 1949-50 9 12 Melvin Bell 1951-52 18 6 Lyles Alley 1952-53 21 6 Lyles Alley 1953-54 20 9 6 1 2nd Lyles Alley 1954-55 17 10 6 4 5th Lyles Alley 1955-56 12 16 7 7 6th Lyles Alley 1956-57 10 17 7 5 4th Lyles Alley 1957-58 10 16 4 8 7th, tie Lyles Alley 1958-59 14 12 5 7 6th Lyles Alley 1959-60 9 16 6 7 6th Lyles Alley 1960-61 15 11 6 7 5th Lyles Alley 1961-62 15 12 8 5 3rd Lyles Alley 1962-63 14 14 9 6 4th Lyles Alley 1963-64 11 15 7 8 5th Lyles Alley 1964-65 6 19 1 13 9th Lyles Alley 1965-66 9 17 4 8 6th Lyles Alley 1966-67 9 15 4 6 7th Frank Selvy 1967-68 13 14 6 6 5th Frank Selvy 1968-69 9 17 5 6 5th Frank Selvy 1969-70 13 13 5 6 4th Frank Selvy 1970-71 15 12 5 5 5th Joe Williams 1971-72 17 11 8 3 2nd Joe Williams 1972-73 20 9 11 2 2nd Joe Williams 1973-74 22 9 11 1 1st Joe Williams 1974-75 22 7 12 0 1st Joe Williams 1975-76 9 18 5 7 7th Joe Williams 1976-77 18 10 8 2 1st, tie Joe Williams 1977-78 19 11 7 5 4th, tie Joe Williams 1978-79 20 9 9 3 2nd Eddie Holbrook 1979-80 23 7 14 1 1st Eddie Holbrook 1980-81 11 16 8 8 6th, tie Eddie Holbrook 1981-82 11 16 7 9 6th, tie Eddie Holbrook 56 2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball