SoCon Men’s Basketball 702 North Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303 • 864-591-5100 • Fax-864-591-3448 Jason Yaman, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Jonathan Caskey, Associate Director of Media Relations Calhoun Hipp, Media Relations Assistant December 7, 2010 2010-11 Men’s Basketball Standings North Division CONFERENCE OVERALL W L Pct. H A Streak W L Pct. H A N Last 10 Streak Chatt anooga 2 0 1.000 2-0 0-0 W2 4 5 .444 2-2 2-3 0-0 4-5 W2 Samford 1 1 .500 1-1 0-0 L1 5 4 .556 2-2 2-1 1-1 5-4 L1 Appalachian State 1 1 .500 0-0 1-1 W1 3 3 .500 1-0 2-3 0-0 3-3 W1 Western Carolina 0 2 .000 0-0 0-2 L2 4 6 .400 2-0 2-4 0-2 4-6 L2 Elon 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 L2 2 5 .286 2-1 0-3 0-1 2-5 L3 UNCG 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 L2 0 7 .000 0-4 0-3 0-0 0-7 L7 South Division CONFERENCE OVERALL W L Pct. H A Streak W L Pct. H A N Last 10 Streak Furman 2 0 1.000 1-0 1-0 W2 5 2 .714 3-0 2-2 0-0 5-2 W2 College of Charleston 2 0 1.000 2-0 0-0 W2 6 3 .667 3-0 2-2 1-1 6-3 W2 Woff ord 2 0 1.000 1-0 1-0 W2 4 5 .444 1-1 1-3 2-1 4-5 W2 Davidson 1 1 .500 0-0 1-1 W1 4 4 .500 1-0 1-3 2-1 4-4 W1 The Citadel 1 1 .500 1-1 0-0 L1 3 5 .375 3-2 0-3 0-0 3-5 W1 Georgia Southern 0 2 .000 0-0 0-2 L2 2 7 .222 2-0 0-5 0-2 2-7 L6 UPCOMING SCHEDULE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Noah Dahlman - Woff ord Tuesday, Dec. 7 Tuesday, Dec. 14 Dahlman averaged 26.5 points, 5.5 rebounds E. Tennessee St. at Coll. of Charleston 7:00 p.m. Georgia Southern at Cincinnati 7:00 p.m. and made 64.5 percent of his fi eld goals as Gardner-Webb at Elon 7:00 p.m. the Terriers earned conference victories over Wednesday, Dec. 15 UNCG (92-70) and Elon (75-69) last week. Wednesday, Dec. 8 UNCG at Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. UNCG at Maryland 7:30 p.m. Coll. of Charleston at Charleston Southern 7:30 p.m. Dahlman scored 16 points against UNCG in the SoCon opener for both teams. The senior forward posted a career-high 37 points in Friday, Dec. 10 Friday, Dec. 17 Woff ord’s victory at Elon Saturday night. Western Carolina at Campbell 7:00 p.m. Chatt anooga at Elon* 7:00 p.m. Dahlman was 13-of-19 from the fi eld and The Citadel at Colorado 9:30 p.m. added eight rebounds, two assists and one Saturday, Dec. 11 steal against the Phoenix. Murray State at Chatt anooga 3:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 UT Arlington at Samford 5:00 p.m. South Alabama at Georgia Southern 2:30 p.m. He ranks third in the Southern Conference Brewton Parker at Georgia Southern 7:00 p.m. Asbury at Samford 3:00 p.m. in scoring (19.8 ppg) and fi fth in fi eld goal Woff ord at South Carolina 7:00 p.m. Furman at North Florida 7:00 p.m. percentage (.568). He is third in the league Charlott e at Davidson 7:00 p.m. High Point at Woff ord 7:00 p.m. in off ensive rebounds (3.0 rpg). Western Carolina at Dayton 7:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 Robert Morris at Appalachian St. TBA Other top performers in the SoCon included Appalachian St. at Georgetown 12:00 p.m. Appalachian State’s Donald Sims, College of Charleston’s Donovan Monroe, The Citadel’s Western Carolina at Ohio State 2:00 p.m. * Denotes SoCon Game Austin Dahn, Davidson’s Jake Cohen, Fur- Furman at Middle Tennessee St. 2:00 p.m. man’s Noah States, Georgia Southern’s Tre Lynchburg at Elon 2:00 p.m. Bussey, Samford’s Jeff rey Merritt , Chatt a- nooga’s Keegan Bell and Western Carolina’s Mike Williams. 2010-11 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball TEAM REPORTS APPALACHIAN STATE MOUNTAINEERS COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON COUGARS • Donald Sims continues his hot streak for the Moun- • The Cougars have averaged 87.0 points over their last two taineers with 27.0 points per game. He tallied 28 points games against Davidson (82-73) and Georgia Southern (92-84). in each of this week’s games to accompany 6.0 rebounds They have also shot bett er than 50 percent in their last two out- and 2.0 assists per game against SoCon North competi- ings and have won four of their last fi ve contests. CofC ranks tion. Sims has fi ve-straight 20-point outings after scoring 23rd nationally in fi eld-goal percentage (.491). 18 in the season opener. • The Cougars will renew an old Southern Conference • Appalachian split its fi rst two league games on the road last week. rivalry for the second year in a row versus the ETSU Buccaneers, who Four of the team’s next fi ve are also away from the Holmes Center, moved to the Atlantic Sun Conference during the 2005-06 season. where the Mountaineers won 14 games last season. They look to avenge a 77-71 road loss at ETSU a year ago. • The Mountaineers visit Georgetown December 12. • After hosting ETSU, the Cougars visit Charleston Southern December 15. ELON PHOENIX • Elon has been one of the top teams at sharing the bas- THE CITADEL BULLDOGS ketball during the early part of the season. The Phoenix • Senior guard Cameron Wells is now 38 points shy of Regan rank third in the conference with 14.6 assists per game. Truesdale’s all-time school scoring record of 1,661 points. It has Elon also ranks third in the league with an assist-to- taken Wells six less games to move within the scoring record, as turnover ratio of 1.0. Truesdale played in 109 games over the duration of his career. • Elon has seen an increase in its scoring through the • The Citadel heads into its exam break by after fi ve players fi rst seven games this season. The Phoenix average 73.6 points per reached double fi gures in scoring in the victory against St. Mary’s contest, six points bett er than 2009-10 when Elon averaged 66.9 College (Md.) Monday night. Zach Urbanus (15), Cameron Wells points per game. (14), Austin Dahn (11), Bryan Streeter (11) and Mike Groselle (10) all • The Phoenix host Gardner-Webb Tuesday night before entertaining scored in double fi gures for the Bulldogs in the 72-64 victory. Lynchburg College at Alumni Gym on December 12. • The Citadel visit Colorado December 17. UNCG SPARTANS DAVIDSON WILDCATS • Junior transfer Aloysius Henry has made an immediate • Jake Cohen posted his fi rst career double-double at impact for the Spartans this season. He leads UNCG and Charleston Saturday with 23 points and 10 rebounds, and ranks in the top 20 in the league in both scoring (11.9 ppg) the sophomore backed it up with another double-double at and rebounding (5.6 rpg). The Citadel, posting 21 points and a career-high 12 boards. • UNCG has been one of the best teams on the off ensive • Head coach Bob McKillop is 13 wins away from his glass in the conference through the fi rst three weeks of the 400th career victory. A total of 350 of his 387 wins have season. The Spartans rank second in the SoCon with 13.6 off ensive come while Davidson has been a member of the Southern rebounds per game. UNCG is second in off ensive rebound percent Conference, making him the all-time wins leader in league history. (.368). • The Wildcats will play host to the University of Charlott e at Belk • UNCG visits Maryland Wednesday night. Arena Saturday night. SAMFORD BULLDOGS FURMAN PALADINS • Samford head coach Jimmy Tillett e owns a stellar • Furman’s 2-0 start in Southern Conference play is its 94-44 all-time record against conference opponents fi rst since former head coach Butch Estes’ 1990-91 Paladin at home. In his 14th year at the helm of the Bulldogs’ squad defeated VMI and Marshall in their opening league basketball program, Tillett e has also accumulated an games on the way to a 20-9 record and SoCon regular impressive 137-101 mark versus conference rivals. The season title. Bulldogs split two games against league foes last week. • Senior Noah States scored a career-high 18 points in a • Since incorporating the Princeton off ense in 1997, the Bulldogs have win over Elon last Wednesday before posting a new career-best with reeled off an 81-56 record in games played against teams that have 20 points at UNCG Monday night. less than three days to prepare. • The Paladins visit Middle Tennessee State December 12. • Samford will host UT-Arlington on December 11. GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES CHATTANOOGA MOCS • Tré Bussey led the Eagles with a career-high 21 • Junior point guard Keegan Bell is No.