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WOFFORD MEN’S BASKETBALL 2010 Three SoCon Tournament Championships 2010 2011 Three NCAA Tournament Bids 2011 2014 2014 @WoffordTerriers 2014-15 SCHEDULE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Record: 14-5, 5-1 SoCon GAME #20 Home: 8-0 • Away: 4-5 • Neutral: 2-0 Day Date Opponent Result/Time OFFORD (14-5, 5-1) Fri. Nov. 14 at Stanford $ L, 74-59 W Tues. Nov. 18 IONA ^ W, 86-73 VS Fri. Nov. 21 at Fairfield $ W, 54-36 Sat. Nov. 22 vs. South Dakota $ W, 72-68 FURMAN (5-12, 3-4) Sun. Nov. 23 vs. Sam Houston St. $ W, 64-53 Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 7 p.m. Tues. Nov. 25 OHIO VALLEY W, 82-54 Benjamin Johnson Arena • Spartanburg, S.C. Sat. Nov. 29 at William & Mary L, 66-62 Video: Southern Conference Digital Network (Mark Hauser, Thom Henson) (Mark Hauser, Thom Henson) Wed. Dec. 3 PRESBYTERIAN W, 66-45 Radio: Wofford IMG Sports Network Flagships: The Source - WOLI-AM (105.7 FM & 910 AM) - Listen online at WOLI-AM.com Sat. Dec. 6 FLA. NATIONAL W, 88-57 Sun. Dec. 14 at NC State W, 55-54 STORYLINES Wed. Dec. 17 CHARLESTON SO. W, 64-58 Opening Tip Mon. Dec. 22 at (18/17) West Virginia L, 77-44 • Wofford begins a home week of Southern Conference play with its first of two regular season meetings against Furman, as the Wed. Dec. 31 at (2/2) Duke L, 84-55 Paladins visit Benjamin Johnson Arena Thursday at 7 p.m. ... The Terriers enter the game tied for second in the Southern Con- ference standings (5-1) with Chattanooga, just a half game behind first place Mercer (6-1) ... Furman comes in at 3-4 in SoCon Sat. Jan. 3 at Samford * W, 68-65 play, which is tied for fifth with The Citadel and Western Carolina ... Wofford is 8-0 at home, while Furman is 1-9 on the road. Mon. Jan. 5 at Chattanooga * W, 68-64 Thurs. Jan. 8 VMI * W, 75-70 The Series Sat. Jan. 10 SAMFORD * W, 72-62 • Wofford is 10-2 in its last 12 series meetings with Furman, as well as 12-3 in the last 15 contests ... In the last eight series matchups contested at Benjamin Johnson Arena, the Terriers are 7-1, outscoring Furman 556-435 and winning by an average Thurs. Jan. 15 at The Citadel * L, 69-66 margin of 69.5-54.4 (15.1 pts) ... The lone loss over those last eight series contests came in overtime, 73-68, in January of 2011 ... Sat. Jan. 17 W. CAROLINA* W, 62-43 Overall, Furman leads the series 83-50, with today marking the 134th all-time meeting. Thurs. Jan. 22 FURMAN * 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 24 ETSU * 7 p.m. Cochran Goes for 200 Steals • Thurs. Jan. 29 at UNCG * 7 p.m. Senior Karl Cochran enters Thursday's game with 199 career steals, looking to become just the fourth Terrier in history and only the second in the Division I era to reach 200 ... This season, he leads the SoCon with 36 total steals, and is second in steals Sat. Jan. 31 MERCER * 7 p.m. per game at 1.89 ... Current Director of Basketball Operations Drew Gibson (2004-08) is the school's Division I leader with 213 Thurs. Feb. 5 at ETSU * 7 p.m. ... The program's all-time leader is Wayne Rice (1984-87) who swiped 289. Sat. Feb. 7 at VMI * 1 p.m. Steals Name Years Thurs. Feb. 12 CHATTANOOGA * 7 p.m. 289 .................Wayne Rice .............................1984-87 274 .................James Blair ..............................1980-83 Sat. Feb. 14 at Western Carolina * 5 p.m. 213 .................Drew Gibson ..........................2004-08 Thurs. Feb. 19 UNCG * 7 p.m. 199 ...............Karl Cochran .............2011-Present Sat. Feb. 21 THE CITADEL * 7 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 26 at Mercer * 7 p.m. Protecting the BenJo • Woffford enters today's game 8-0 at Benjamin Johnson Arena for just the second time since the building opened in 1981 ... The Sat. Feb. 28 at Furman * 4 p.m. last time the Terriers won their first eight home games was the 1991-92 season, going on to finish a perfect 12-0 ... Over the last Fri-Mon March 6-9 SoCon Tournament six seasons, the Terriers are 56-14 (.800) at the BenJo, which is the best home record over that time span among current South- ern Conference schools ... Mercer is a close second at 75-19 (.798), followed by Western Carolina at 57-17 (.770). $ Coaches vs. Cancer Classic ^ ESPN 24-College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon A Wofford Win Would... * Southern Conference Game • Improve the Terriers to 9-0 at home for the first time since 1991-92 ... Improve the Terriers to 15-5, marking their best 20- Home games in Bold and CAPS game start of the Division I era, and best since going 16-4 in 1993-94 ... Get the Terriers to 6-1 in SoCon play for the first time All Times Eastern (ET) unless specified since the 2010-11 championship season ... Make Wofford 11-2 in its last 13 against Furman and 13-3 in its last 16 ... Improve Natinoal rankings in parentheses (AP/Coaches) Wofford to 54-80 in the all-time series. Wofford Athletic PROJECTED WOFFORD STARTERS Media Relations Assistant Director / MBB Contact .............Kyle Mattracion Office ..................................................................864-597-4092 Cell .....................................................................845-416-4372 Email ....................................... [email protected] Assistant AD for Media Relations ...........Brent Williamson Office ..................................................................864-597-4093 SPENCER JUSTIN LEE Email [email protected] KARL JOHN 2 COCHRAN 3 SWINTON 14 COLLINS 24 GORDON 34 SKINNER Media Relations Intern ...................................Steve Sommer 6-1 • Sr. • G 6-2 • Sr. • G 6-4 • Jr. • G 6-6 • Jr. • F 6-6 • Sr. • F Office ..................................................................864-597-4098 GP: 19 • GS: 19 GP: 17 • GS: 3 GP: 19 • GS: 19 GP: 19 • GS: 16 GP: 19 • GS: 19 Email .............................................. [email protected] PTS: 15.2 • REB: 6.0 PTS: 2.0 • REB: 0.8 PTS: 10.5 • REB: 2.7 PTS: 8.1 • REB: 3.9 PTS: 8.4 • REB: 5.4 AST: 2.8 • STL: 1.9 AST: 1.3 • STL: 0.3 AST: 1.4 • STL: 0.9 AST: 1.5 • STL: 0.5 AST: 2.2 • STL: 0.6 Athletic Website ................................... WoffordTerriers.com BLK: 0.9 • MIN: 31.5 BLK: 0.1 • MIN: 11.2 BLK: 0.0 • MIN: 26.8 BLK: 0.5 • MIN: 21.7 BLK: 0.2 • MIN: 28.5 Wofford Men’s Basketball WoffordTerriers.com SoCon Champions 2010, 2011, 2014 NCAA Tournament 2010, 2011, 2014 QUICK FACTS 2014-15 WOFFORD ROSTER General Information No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous Shool Location ................................................. Spartanburg, S.C. 1. .......Derrick Brooks .................. G ...............6-2 .............190 ..............Fr. ..........................Hinesville, Ga. / Bartow (Fla.) Founded ........................................................................1854 2. .......Karl Cochran ..................... G ...............6-1 .............175 ..............Sr. .......................................Marietta, Ga. / Walton Enrollment...................................................................1,600 3. .......John Swinton ..................... G ...............6-2 .............190 ..............Sr. ..........................Mount Pleasant, S.C. / Wando Nickname ............................................................... Terriers 4. .......Zach Korkowski .................F ...............6-6 .............205 .............. Jr. ................... Williamsburg, Va. / Christ School Colors .....................................................Old Gold & Black Conference ...........................................Southern (SoCon) 5. .......Eric Garcia ......................... G ...............6-0 .............180 ............. So................................ Aurora, Colo. / Grandview Home Arena ............................. Benjamin Johnson Arena 10. .....Larry McKnight, Jr. ........... G ...............6-4 .............215 ..............Fr. ........................................Miami, Fla. / Norland Capacity ....................................................................... 3,500 11. .....Bobby Perez ....................... G ..............5-11 ............165 ..............Fr. ....................................Atlanta, Ga. / Marist HS Opened ........................................................... Jan. 22, 1981 12. .....Jeremiah Tate ..................... G ...............6-1 .............180 ............. So..................... Columbia, S.C. / Lower Richland Record in Facility ........................................ 297-116 (.720) 14. .....Spencer Collins.................. G ...............6-4 .............195 .............. Jr. ............................................Easley, S.C. / Easley All-Time Program Record...................1,166-1,124 (.509) 20. .....Jaylen Allen ........................ G ...............6-3 .............180 ............. So.....Johnson City, Tenn. / Christ School (N.C.) SoCon Tournament Championships ... 2010, 2011, 2014 24. .....Justin Gordon .....................F ...............6-6 .............205 .............. Jr. .............Charlotte, N.C. / Northside Christian NCAA Tournament Appearances ........ 2010, 2011, 2014 31. ....C.J. Neumann .....................F ...............6-7 .............230 .............. Jr. ......... St. Paul, Minn. / Cretin-Derhmam Hall 33. .....Cameron Jackson ...............F ...............6-8 .............255 ..............Fr. ........................... Winchester, Va. / Winchester Campus Administration 34. .....Lee Skinner .........................F ...............6-6 .............220 ..............Sr. ............................... Lombard, Ill. / Fork Union President ...........................................Dr. Nayef H. Samhat Faculty Athletic Rep.