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SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2019-20 702 North Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303 • 864-591-5100• Fax: 864-591-3448 Phil Perry, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations (MBK contact) facebook.com/SouthernConference • twitter.com/SoConSports • instagram.com/SouthernConference 2019-20 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE BASKETBALL StaNDINGS NOTES Conference Overall • Chattanooga visits Virginia Tech and former Wofford coach Mike Young on Wednesday to highlight the W-L Pct. H A ST W-L Pct. H A N ST midweek Southern Conference schedule. ETSU 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 W1 8-2 .800 5-0 3-2 0-0 L1 • The Mocs will take their 6-4 record to Blacksburg, Vir- UNCG 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 W1 8-2 .800 6-1 2-1 0-0 W5 ginia, to take on the Hokies (6-3), who are under the Western Carolina 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 W1 7-2 .778 5-0 2-2 0-0 W5 direction of the first-year coach who led the Terriers to SoCon regular-season and tournament titles last Furman 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 8-3 .727 4-0 3-3 1-0 W1 season en route to being named the Sporting News Wofford 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 5-4 .556 4-1 1-3 0-0 W3 Coach of the Year. Young, the second-winningest coach in SoCon history, spent 17 years as Wofford’s Samford 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 6-5 .545 5-0 1-5 0-0 W2 head coach, putting together a 299-244 record from Mercer 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 4-6 .400 3-1 1-3 0-2 L4 2002-19. Chattanooga 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 L1 6-4 .600 3-0 1-4 2-0 W1 • Chattanooga had 29 assists in a 99-51 win over Ten- The Citadel 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 L1 4-5 .444 2-3 2-2 0-0 W1 nessee Wesleyan on Sunday, its most since turning in VMI 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 L1 4-7 .364 3-2 0-4 1-1 W1 32 vs. Toccoa Falls on Nov. 20, 2004. • SoCon schools went 4-0 against the Big South Con- ference last weekend, with UNC Greensboro downing UPCOMING SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES EASTERN) SOCON PLAYER OF THE WEEK (12/10) reigning regular-season co-champion and preseason favorite Radford and Wofford topping defending Big Dec. 10 (Tuesday) South tournament champion Gardner-Webb. West- Piedmont at The Citadel, 7 p.m. ESPN3 PRESENTED BY ern Carolina edged mountain rival UNC Asheville by a point and Furman put away USC Upstate with a 12-1 run to close the game. Dec. 11 (Wednesday) Carlos Dotson, Sr., F North Greenville at Furman, 7 p.m. ESPN3 Western Carolina • With 27 points in UNCG’s 60-58 win over Radford, Ferrum at VMI, 7 p.m. ESPN3 Isaiah Miller surpassed the 1,000-point milestone for Chattanooga at Virginia Tech, 8:30 p.m. ACC Dotson helped the Catamounts to wins over Chatta- his career, becoming the 27th player in program his- nooga and UNC Asheville, logging his third and fourth tory to do so. Also, UNCG coach Wes Miller assumed Dec. 13 (Friday) double-doubles of the season and shooting a stagger- sole possession of 16th place in SoCon history with his North Greenville at Wofford, 7 p.m. ESPN3 ing 94.4 percent from the floor (17-for-18) for the week. 149th career win. He averaged 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in the two contests. • Furman sophomore forward Noah Gurley scored a Dec. 14 (Saturday) career-high 29 points in the Paladins’ 84-72 win over Winthrop at Furman, 6 p.m. ESPN+ The senior from Riverdale, Maryland, opened his week USC Upstate on Sunday, going 11-for-14 from the (Bon Secours Wellness Arena; Greenville, S.C.) with a season-high 21 points and 12 rebounds in the floor. The Paladins, who host North Greenville at Tim- Catamounts’ 87-77 win over Chattanooga on Dec. 3 mons Arena on Wednesday and Winthrop at Bon Sec- Dec. 15 (Sunday) as Western Carolina won its league opener for just the ours Wellness Arena on Saturday, have won 14 straight Milligan at ETSU, 2 p.m. ESPN3 second time since 2014-15. He was 10-for-11 from the regular season nonconference games at home. NC State at UNCG, 3 p.m. ESPN+ floor in the contest. • Redshirt freshman Messiah Jones scored 18 points Troy at Chattanooga, 4 p.m. ESPN+ Dotson followed that up with 16 points and 11 boards and pulled down seven rebounds, both career highs, Wofford at North Carolina, 4 p.m. ACC in a 78-77 win over mountain rival UNC Asheville on as the Terriers dropped Gardner-Webb by a score of Samford at Hawaii, 9:30 p.m. Spectrum Sports Saturday, going 7-for-7 from the field and adding three 81-77 on Saturday. assists and a steal as the Catamounts improved to 7-2 Dec. 16 (Monday) on the season, their best start since opening the 2009- • VMI hit a season-high 18 3-pointers against Stetson Mercer at UNCW, 7 p.m. FloHoops 10 season 10-1 and matching their win total from all of on Saturday in an 88-61 win. last year. WCU has won five straight contests for the first Dec. 18 (Wednesday) time since the 2015-16 campaign. • Samford senior guard Josh Sharkey had 18 points and 15 assists in the Bulldogs’ 113-90 win at Houston Western Carolina at Xavier, 6:30 p.m. FS1 Baptist on Saturday, falling one assist shy of his career UNCG at Vermont, 7 p.m. ESPN+ high. Alabama at Samford, 7:30 p.m. ESPN+ (Legacy Arena; Birmingham, Ala.) • ETSU senior guard Tray Boyd III has made at least ETSU at LSU, 8 p.m. SEC one 3-pointer in 17 straight games and in 37 of the 44 games played in his ETSU career. As a team, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 1,011 straight games, which is the sixth-longest streak in the coun- TV/DIGItaL KEY try. ACC ACC Network • The Citadel’s 108-40 win over Carver on Saturday was FloHoops FloHoops coach Duggar Baucom’s 200th win as a head coach at the NCAA Division I level. The 40 points scored by FS1 Fox Sports 1 Carver are the fewest allowed by the Bulldogs since SEC SEC Network Presbyterian scored just 37 on Dec. 11, 1964. ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN+ ESPN+ • Three SoCon teams are ranked in the CollegeInsider. com Mid-Major Top 25 this week, as ETSU is No. 5, Fur- man is No. 10 and UNCG is No. 12. #SoConHoops Release Dec. 10, 2019 Page 1 CONFERENCE NEWS AND NOTES MID-MAJOR TOP 25 (DEC. 9) SOCON PLAYERS OF THE WEEK • With its 96-94, double-overtime win over Jackson- The Southern Conference has three teams ranked in ville on Nov. 21, Western Carolina became one of just the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll. PRESENTED BY 10 Division I schools to erase a 22-point second-half Nov. 12 ......................................Kaleb Hunter, So., G, UNCG deficit and the only team to do it with under nine min- CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Rank School (1st-place) Record Points LW Conf. Nov. 19 .................................Mason Faulkner, R-Jr., G, WCU utes remaining in regulation. 1. Gonzaga (29) 10-1 771 1 West Coast Nov. 26 .................................Mason Faulkner, R-Jr., G, WCU 2. Liberty (1) 11-0 741 2 ASUN Dec. 3 ............................................... Clay Mounce, Jr., F, FUR • Wofford (30), UNCG (29) and Furman (25) all set 3. Northern Iowa 8-1 658 5 Missouri Valley Dec. 10 .........................................Carlos Dotson, Sr., F, WCU school records for wins last season. The Terriers be- 4. Saint Mary’s (1) 9-2 649 4 West Coast Dec. 17 ........................................................................................... came just the third team to record 30 wins in league 5. ETSU 8-2 623 3 Southern 6. Bowling Green 7-2 582 7 Mid-American Dec. 24 ........................................................................................... history, joining the 1945-46 North Carolina squad and Jan. 7 .............................................................................................. the 1950-51 NC State team. 7. Belmont 6-3 542 15 Ohio Valley 8. Kent State 8-1 490 16 Mid-American Jan. 14 ............................................................................................ 9. Stephen F. Austin 7-2 474 8 Southland Jan. 21 ............................................................................................ • ETSU notched 24 wins last season to give the SoCon 10. Furman 8-3 447 6 Southern Jan. 28 ............................................................................................ four teams with 20 wins for the third straight season. 11. Yale 8-3 444 20 Ivy League Feb. 4 .............................................................................................. The Bucs have reached 20 wins for four straight sea- 12. UNCG 8-2 409 19 Southern Feb. 11 ........................................................................................... sons, becoming the first SoCon team to post four con- 13. Vermont 7-4 398 9 America East 14. Delaware 9-1 369 13 Colonial Feb. 18 ........................................................................................... secutive 20-win seasons since Davidson turned in five Feb. 25 ........................................................................................... straight from 2004-09. ETSU’s 100 wins in the last four 15. Toledo 7-2 352 17 Mid-American 16. BYU 7-4 331 10 West Coast seasons are a school record over a four-year span. 17. Wright State 7-3 235 12 Horizon 18. Harvard 6-4 227 24 Ivy League • Four Southern Conference teams – ETSU, Furman, 19. Buffalo 6-3 185 22 Mid-American SOCON PLAYERS OF THE MONTH UNCG and Wofford – earned postseason invites last 20. Evansville 7-3 156 23 Missouri Valley season, giving the league multiple teams in postsea- 21.
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    BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME EIGHT • TENNESSEE STATE • DECEMBER 18 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS BRUIN SNAPSHOT Record: (6-1) Belmont Basketball returns to game action NOVEMBER Friday at Tennessee State. The Bruins defeated 1 Kennesaw State, 64-53, Wednesday. Nick Muszynski 26 vs. Howard (ESPN3) W, 95-78 scored a game-high 25 points. 27 1vs. George Mason (ESPN3) W, 77-67 Belmont defeated Murray State, 76-75, in 28 1vs. Queens (NC) (ESPN3) W, 73-61 the 2020 OVC Championship on Tyler Scanlon’s reverse layin with 3.8 seconds remaining. The Bruins DECEMBER were the second program in America to earn an auto- GAME EIGHT 5 SAMFORD (ESPN+) L, 83-96 matic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament, before BELMONT 8 *TENNESSEE STATE (ESPN+) W, 79-64 March Madness was cancelled. Last season, Belmont claimed its 11th regu- AT 12 at Lipscomb (ESPN+) W, 81-71 lar season conference championship in 15 years, sixth 16 KENNESAW STATE (ESPN+) W, 64-53 in eight years of OVC membership. TENNESSEE STATE 18 *at Tennessee State (ESPN+) 6 p.m. Belmont returns All-OVC performers Nick Muszynski and Grayson Murphy, each among the 21 at Evansville (ESPN+) 6 p.m. most accomplished juniors in college basketball. Date: Dec. 18, 2020 30 *MURRAY STATE (ESPN+) 6 p.m. Second-year head coach Casey Alexander is back following the retirement of hall of fame coach Time: 6 p.m. CT JANUARY Rick Byrd after the Bruins’ 2019 NCAA Tournament 2 *at UT Martin (ESPN+) 4 p.m. at-large season. Byrd won 805 career games, 12th all- Location: Nashville, Tenn.
  • Yeartbytyear Standings

    Yeartbytyear Standings

    YEAR -BY -YEAR STAND I NG S 1921-22 CONF ALL Tennessee 1 5 6 8 293 315 1928-29 CONF ALL I W L W L Pts. Opp. Auburn 1 5 3 11 352 442 W L W L Pts. Opp. Virginia 5 0 17 1 607 406 Mississippi 1 6 17 8 815 589 Washington & Lee 7 1 16 2 812 463 NTRODUCT Alabama 6 1 15 4 584 373 Florida 0 0 2 7 217 289 North Carolina 12 2 17 8 760 646 Georgia 4 1 10 5 443 365 University of South 0 0 2 7 118 89 Georgia Tech 10 2 15 6 726 603 Washington & Lee 6 2 11 3 533 322 Georgia 13 4 18 6 921 692 Kentucky 3 1 10 6 459 361 1925-26 CONF ALL Tulane 9 4 N/A I ON Auburn 2 1 5 6 262 304 W L W L Pts. Opp. Kentucky 7 4 12 5 496 411 North Carolina 3 3 14 6 710 562 Kentucky 8 0 15 3 605 446 Tennessee 7 4 11 5 456 428 Virginia Tech 2 2 14 6 591 473 North Carolina 7 0 20 5 937 569 Alabama 10 6 16 10 806 707 Georgia Tech 2 3 11 6 474 433 Mississippi 8 1 16 2 730 412 Clemson 6 4 14 13 852 754 *Tennessee 1 3 12 7 466 402 Maryland 7 1 14 3 495 351 Duke 5 4 12 8 715 665 North Carolina State 1 5 6 13 425 518 Georgia 9 4 18 6 965 685 North Carolina State 6 5 15 6 778 590 Clemson 0 3 8 13 453 574 South Carolina 4 2 9 5 458 407 Mississippi 7 8 9 9 604 567 Mississippi State 0 4 12 10 618 521 North Carolina State 5 3 20 4 684 475 Virginia 5 7 9 10 555 581 S *overall record includes one tie Mississippi State 5 3 14 8 658 561 Mississippi State 5 8 8 45 564 669 OUTHERN Tulane 10 7 N/A Louisiana State 5 9 8 13 636 656 1922-23 CONF ALL Virginia 4 4 9 6 522 449 Virginia 3 6 4 13 422 589 W L W L Pts.