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Wofford Wo f f o r d

Quick Facts Location: ...... Spartanburg, S.C. 29302 Primary Media Founded: ...... 1854 Spartanburg Herald-Journal (843-562-7273) Enrollment: ...... 1,250 Dr. Benjamin Dunlap Nickname: ...... Terriers Todd Shanesy ([email protected]) President Colors: ...... Old Gold and Black President: ...... Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap Greenville News (864-298-4135) Athletics Director: ...... Richard Johnson Ann Green ([email protected]) Home Court (Capacity): . Benjamin Johnson Arena (3,500) Press Row Phone: ...... (864) 587-4487 The State (803-771-8473) Facts Pat Obley ([email protected]) 2006-07 Record: ...... 10-20 Conference Record (Place): ...... 5-13 (5th South) WYFF-TV (864-240-5265) Home: ...... 7-5 Geoff Hart ([email protected]) Away: ...... 3-14 Neutral: ...... 0-1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:...... 10/4 WSPA-TV (864-576-7777) Starters Returning/Lost: ...... 3/2 Pete Yanity ([email protected]) Richard Johnson Director of Athletics Media Relations WHNS-TV (864-213-2223) Director: ...... Brent Williamson E-mail: ...... [email protected] Dan Bubany ([email protected]) Office:...... (864) 597-4093 Basketball Contact: ...... Brent Williamson Radio Play-by-Play (864-573-1400) E-mail: ...... [email protected] Mark Hauser ([email protected]) Office:...... (864) 597-4093 Fax: ...... (864) 597-4129 Web-site: ...... www.wofford.edu/athletics

Dr. Jameica Hill Faculty Athletics Rep.

Terri Lewitt Senior Woman Admin.

Benjamin Johnson Arena Arena: Benjamin Johnson Arena Capacity: 3,500 Season Opened: 1980-81 First Game: Wofford vs. (The Citadel won 65-64) Brent Williamson First Wofford Win: Wofford 76, Newberry 72 (1980-81) Men’s Basketball SID All-Time Benjamin Johnson Arena Record: 227-98 (.698) Largest Crowd: 3,500 vs. (Nov. 28, 2001) Largest Average Attendance: 1,975 in 2000-01 (25,672 in 13 games) 82 2007-08 Men’s Basketball Te r r i e r s

2007-08 Terriers Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/Last School 2 Drew Gibson G 6-2 195 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif./Dorsey 3 Junior Salters G 6-1 185 So. Spartanburg, S.C./Broome 5 Shane Nichols G 6-0 195 Sr. Radford, Va./Radford 10 Norm Nixon G 6-0 180 So. Los Angeles, Calif./South Kent Prep 12 Matt Estep G 6-3 200 Jr. Crawley, W.Va./Greenbrier East 21 Drew Crowell F 6-9 215 Fr. Charleston, S.C./ 23 Marcus Jackson G 6-1 198 Jr. Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman 25 Tyler Whatley F/C 6-9 215 Jr. Auburn, Ga./Apalachee 30 Andrew Bellebaum F 6-7 205 So. Charleston, S.C./Bishop England 42 Noah Dahlman F 6-6 220 Fr. Braham,Minn./Braham 33 Corey Godzinski G 6-8 210 So. Clermont, Fla./East Ridge 41 Tim Johnson G/F 6-5 230 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./Evangelical Christian 50 Terry Martin F 6-6 215 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/ Moeller

2007-08 Schedule Date. Opponent Time Nov. 9 at Arkansas 8:00 Nov. 13 LEES-McRAE 6:00 Nov. 24 VIRGINIA-WISE 2:00 Nov. 26 TOCCOA FALLS 6:00 Dec. 3 at Wisconsin 9:00 Dec. 8 UNC GREENSBORO* 7:00 Dec. 15 at Elon* 7:00 Dec. 17 at Alabama 8:00 (at Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic) Dec. 19 at Purdue 7:00 (at Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic) Dec. 22 vs. Texas Southern 3:00 (at Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic) Dec. 23 vs. TBD 3:00/5:30 (at Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic) Jan. 3 CHATTANOOGA* 7:00 Jan. 5 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN 3:00 Jan. 10 APPALACHIAN STATE* 7:00 Jan. 12 DAVIDSON* 7:00 Jan. 17 at * 7:00 Jan. 19 at The Citadel* 2:00 Jan. 24 at Southern* 7:30 Jan. 26 WESTERN CAROLINA* 7:00 Jan. 28 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON* 7:00 Jan. 30 at Davidson* 7:00 Feb. 2 FURMAN* 3:00 Feb. 7 at UNC Greensboro* 7:00 Feb. 9 ELON* 7:00 Feb. 11 at Appalachian State* 7:00 Feb. 14 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 7:00 Feb. 18 at Furman* 7:00 Feb. 23 at Chattanooga* 7:00 Feb. 28 at Western Carolina* 7:00 March 1 THE CITADEL* 7:00 March 7-10 at Southern Conference Tournament (at North Charleston, S.C.) Senior guard Shane Nichols

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2006-07 Results (10-20, 5-13) Date Opponent Result Score Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder Nov. 10 at State L 88-92 18, Eric Marshall 7, Eric Marshall 18, Drew Gibson 7, Tyler Whatley Nov. 14 ERSKINE W 74-58 19, Eric Marshall 13, Eric Marshall Nov. 16 UNION W 96-84 22, Shane Nichols 9, Matt O’Connor 9, Eric Marshall Nov. 18 at Jacksonville State W 82-80 24, Shane Nichols 8, Tyler Whatley Nov. 21 at Cincinnati W 91-90 27, Eric Marshall 8, Eric Marshall Nov. 25 at James Madison L 74-78 18, Shane Nichols 7, Tyler Whatley Nov. 27 at UNC Greensboro L 54-77 11, Tyler Whatley 8, Matt O’Connor 11, Eric Marshall 8, Tyler Whatley Nov. 29 WESTERN CAROLINA L 75-81 24, Shane Nichols 8, Tyler Whatley Dec. 2 at Michigan L 49-83 17, Matt Estep 3, Matt Estep 3, Emilio Lebolo Dec. 5 at Clemson L 66-90 20, Eric Marshall 6, Eric Marshall 20, Junior Salters Dec. 16 at Auburn L 76-86 17, Eric Marshall 5, Norm Nixon Dec. 20 at Elon L 69-79 18, Shane Nichols 6, Eric Marshall 6, Tyler Whatley 6, Drew Gibson Dec. 31 at Charlotte L 62-83 23, Shane Nichols 9, Drew Gibson Jan. 3 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN W 94-60 28, Shane Nichols 7, Tyler Whatley Jan. 6 THE CITADEL L 71-74 24, Eric Marshall 6, Eric Marshall 6, Junior Salters Jan. 8 at Georgia Southern L 78-83 33, Eric Marshall 6, Eric Marshall Jan. 13 DAVIDSON L 78-83 16, Drew Gibson 8, Eric Marshall 8, Tyler Whatley Jan. 15 at Furman L 65-68 19, Shane Nichols 7, Eric Marshall Jan. 20 CHATTANOOGA W 66-63 21, Drew Gibson 7, Tyler Whatley Jan. 22 at College of Charleston L 75-77 16, Junior Salters 9, Drew Gibson 9, Tyler Whatley Jan. 29 at Western Carolina L (OT) 74-77 23, Shane Nichols 9, Drew Gibson 9, Tyler Whatley Feb. 3 ELON W 71-64 20, Shane Nichols 8, Tyler Whatley Feb. 5 UNC GREENSBORO W (OT) 80-75 20, Shane Nichols 11, Tyler Whatley Feb. 10 at Appalachian State L 52-72 15, Drew Gibson 8, Tyler Whatley 15, Shane Nichols Feb. 12 at The Citadel W 61-49 16, Matt Estep 4, Shane Nichols 16, Drew Gibson Feb. 17 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON L 58-71 12, Shane Nichols 8, Tyler Whatley Feb. 19 at Davidson L 73-80 27, Shane Nichols 6, Corey Godzinski 6, Tyler Whatley Feb. 22 GEORGIA SOUTHERN L 46-68 16, Junior Salters 6, Matt O’Connor Feb. 25 FURMAN W 76-67 19, Junior Salters 6, Junior Salters 6, Matt O’Connor Feb. 28 vs. Chattanooga (SC) L 55-64 17, Junior Salters 8, Tyler Whatley 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. Shane Nichols 29-29 926-31.9 140-327 .428 85-201 .423 87-106 .821 14 51 65 2.2 58 1 52 49 3 15 452 15.6 Eric Marshall 20-20 566-28.3 106-220 .482 29-69 .420 70-81 .864 32 81 113 5.7 54 4 39 49 1 24 311 15.6 Drew Gibson 25-25 833-33.3 108-274 .394 22-81 .272 82-117 .701 16 96 112 4.5 63 1 136 75 4 56 320 12.8 Junior Salters 30-16 725-24.2 86-218 .394 57-144 .396 16-24 .667 22 65 87 2.9 56 0 49 37 2 20 245 8.2 Tyler Whatley 30-30 806-26.9 85-169 .503 0-1 .000 47-73 .644 74 96 170 5.7 86 3 12 44 32 14 217 7.2 Matt O’Connor 30-14 674-22.5 71-153 .464 26-79 .329 17-28 .607 32 72 104 3.5 88 4 25 30 12 12 185 6.2 Matt Estep 30-6 531-17.7 58-159 .365 45-126 .357 14-20 .700 4 37 41 1.4 30 0 26 25 1 15 175 5.8 Corey Godzinski 30-9 575-19.2 56-135 .415 24-82 .293 20-24 .833 18 56 74 2.5 49 0 26 25 21 17 156 5.2 Ralph Hegamin 4-0 13-3.3 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 0.8 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 1.5 Adam Sheehan 19-1 107-5.6 7-21 .333 5-19 .263 0-0 .000 2 9 11 0.6 3 0 5 3 0 3 19 1.0 Norm Nixon 22-0 114-5.2 9-34 .265 1-6 .167 2-4 .500 6 16 22 1.0 13 0 18 14 0 2 21 1.0 Andrew Bellebaum 9-0 21-2.3 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2 1 3 0.3 6 0 0 2 0 0 7 0.8 Marcus Jackson 11-0 26-2.4 2-8 .250 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1 2 3 0.3 1 0 3 3 0 0 6 0.5 Emilio Lebolo 24-0 134-5.6 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 3-10 .300 12 18 30 1.3 23 0 1 4 2 5 9 0.4 Team 43 59 102 3.4 5 Total 30 736-1,735 .424 297-816 .364 360-489 .736 279 661 940 31.3 533 13 392 365 78 185 2,129 71.0 Opponents 30 835-1,761 .474 204-564 .362 382-552 .692 360 793 1,153 38.4 484 - 457 397 77 175 2,256 75.2

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. Eric Marshall 9-9 263-29.2 52-103 .505 17-33 .515 34-37 .919 10 39 49 5.4 26 2 17 18 0 13 155 17.2 Shane Nichols 18-18 601-33.4 83-201 .413 48-123 .390 54-66 .818 8 32 40 2.2 42 1 33 28 2 7 268 14.9 Drew Gibson 17-17 578-34.0 68-178 .382 14-53 .264 50-76 .658 10 65 75 4.4 44 0 90 49 4 42 200 11.8 Junior Salters 18-13 497-27.6 56-145 .386 35-97 .361 11-17 .647 14 46 60 3.3 37 0 34 30 1 14 158 8.8 Tyler Whatley 18-18 518-28.8 54-105 .514 0-0 .000 29-43 .674 49 61 110 6.1 47 2 9 30 21 7 137 7.6 Matt Estep 18-2 324-18.0 35-92 .380 27-77 .351 7-10 .700 1 22 23 1.3 16 0 17 13 1 9 104 5.8 Corey Godzinski 18-8 330-18.3 33-77 .429 14-47 .298 11-13 .846 8 27 35 1.9 26 0 9 15 15 9 91 5.1 Matt O’Connor 18-4 368-20.4 34-70 .486 13-37 .351 9-17 .529 12 47 59 3.3 54 3 11 18 8 8 90 5.0 Ralph Hegamin 2-0 7-3.5 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 1.5 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 2.0 Norm Nixon 12-0 44-3.7 2-9 .222 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 1 6 7 0.6 6 0 5 8 0 1 6 0.5 Marcus Jackson 6-0 11-1.8 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.5 Andrew Bellebaum 4-0 10-2.5 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5 Adam Sheehan 10-1 41-4.1 1-4 .250 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 0.3 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.2 Emilio Lebolo 15-0 58-3.9 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 5 7 12 0.8 14 0 0 1 1 4 2 0.1 Team 28 35 63 3.5 5 Total 18 423-998 .424 169-473 .357 207-285 .726 149 393 542 30.1 319 8 226 216 53 116 1,222 67.9 Opponents 18 483-1,039 .465 121-318 .381 221-330 .670 228 475 703 39.1 279 3 240 239 40 102 1,308 72.7

84 2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Te r r i e r s Head Coach

Hometown: Radford, Va. Birth Date: May 1, 1963 Education: B.S., Emory & Henry, 1986

Coaching Assistant, Emory & Henry, 1986-88 Graduate Assistant, Radford, 1988-89 Assistant, Wofford, 1989-02 Head Coach, Wofford, 2002-present

PERSONAL DATA Full name is Michael Kent Young. Born May 1, 1963 in Radford, Va. Married to the former Margaret Green of Camden, S.C. The couple has a daughter, Cooper, and a son, Davis.

EDUCATION Graduated from Radford High in Radford, Va. Where he was a member of the Bobcat basketball team. Received a bachelor’s of science degree in physical education from Emory & Henry in 1986.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE Four-year letterman in basketball at Emory & Henry for head coach Bob John- son. Served as team captain as a junior and senior.

AT WOFFORD Now in his 19th season with the Terriers and in his sixth season as a head coach. Spent 13 years as an assistant on coach Richard Johnson’s staff. Was elevated to head coach when Johnson assumed the athletics director’s duties in 2002.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE Joined the Emory & Henry coaching staff immediately following graduation. After tow years with the Wasps, he spent a year on the Radford coaching staff as an assistant. Spent 13 seasons as an assistant under Bob Johnson. asW promoted to associate head coach in 1998. Assumed the head coaching duties in 2002. All-Time Wofford Coaches YOUNG’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Coach Seasons Years W L Pct. Year School Record SoCon L.J. Denning 1915-16 1 8 4 .667 2002-03 Wofford 14-15 8-8 Leslie Moser 1916-19 3 3 5 .375 2003-04 Wofford 9-20 4-12 J.P. Major 1919-20, ‘21-26 6 15 12 .556 2004-05 Wofford 14-14 7-9 2005-06 Wofford 11-18 6-9 John F. Gorsuch 1920-21 1 8 8 .500 2006-07 Wofford 10-20 5-13 Capt. Lindsay 1926-27 1 8 5 .615 Wofford Total 58-86 30-41 Charles Lutz 1927-30 3 10 35 .222 Jack Frost 1930-35 5 46 21 .687 Roy Robertson 1935-41 6 66 58 .516 Coaching Staff 1941-42 1 10 14 .417 Assistant Coach: Geoff Shyatt (Clemson’06) 1942-46 4 21 24 .467 Assistant Coach: Michael Boyton (USC ’04) Joel Robertson 1946-58 12 157 124 .559 Assistant Coach: Paul Harrison (Washington and Lee ’93) Gene Alexander 1958-77 19 283 265 .516 Wayne Earhardt 1977-85 8 106 139 .433 Richard Johnson 1985-02 17 236 230 .506 Mike Young 2002-present 5 58 86 .403

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Wofford Year-By-Year Year Overall SoCon Place Coach 1971-72 14 16 Gene Alexander 1915-16 8 4 L.J. Denning 1972-73 12 15 Gene Alexander 1916-17 5 3 Leslie Moser 1973-74 19 14 Gene Alexander 1917-18 No records available Leslie Moser 1974-75 22 11 Gene Alexander 1918-19 No records available Leslie Moser 1975-76 15 13 Gene Alexander 1919-20 4 3 J.P. Major 1976-77 6 21 Gene Alexander 1920-21 8 8 John F. Gorsuch 1977-78 8 24 Wayne Earhardt 1921-22 No records available J.P. Major 1978-79 14 17 Wayne Earhardt 1922-24 No team 1979-80 7 25 Wayne Earhardt 1924-25 No records available J.P. Major 1980-81 19 12 Wayne Earhardt 1925-26 11 9 J.P. Major 1981-82 12 18 Wayne Earhardt 1926-27 8 5 Capt. Lindsay 1982-83 14 15 Wayne Earhardt 1927-28 No records available Charles Lutz 1983-84 11 17 Wayne Earhardt 1928-29 5 16 Charles Lutz 1984-85 21 11 Wayne Earhardt 1929-30 5 19 Charles Lutz 1985-86 15 12 Richard Johnson 1930-31 No records available Jack Frost 1986-87 17 10 Richard Johnson 1931-32 10 6 Jack Frost 1987-88 10 17 Richard Johnson 1932-33 12 4 Jack Frost 1988-89 17 11 Richard Johnson 1933-34 11 5 Jack Frost 1989-90 17 11 Richard Johnson 1934-35 13 6 Jack Frost 1990-91 16 12 Richard Johnson 1935-36 12 9 Roy Robertson 1991-92 21 7 Richard Johnson 1936-37 8 12 Roy Robertson 1992-93 17 9 Richard Johnson 1937-38 11 9 Roy Robertson 1993-94 21 6 Richard Johnson 1938-39 7 13 Roy Robertson 1994-95 17 9 Richard Johnson 1939-40 13 6 Roy Robertson 1995-96 4 22 Richard Johnson 1940-41 15 9 Roy Robertson 1996-97 7 20 Richard Johnson 1941-42 10 14 Phil Dickens 1997-98 9 18 6 8 2nd, tie, South Richard Johnson 1942-43 9 5 Ted Petoskey 1998-99 11 16 8 8 3rd, South Richard Johnson 1943-44 No records available Ted Petoskey 1999-00 14 16 8 8 3rd, South Richard Johnson 1944-45 4 9 Ted Petoskey 2000-01 12 16 7 9 5th, South Richard Johnson 1945-46 8 10 Ted Petoskey 2001-02 11 18 5 11 6th, South Richard Johnson 1946-47 15 7 Joel Robertson 2002-03 14 15 8 8 3rd, tie, South Mike Young 1947-48 18 6 Joel Robertson 2003-04 9 20 4 12 5th, South Mike Young 1948-49 11 8 Joel Robertson 2004-05 14 14 7 9 5th, South Mike Young 1949-50 10 13 Joel Robertson 2005-06 11 18 6 9 5th, South Mike Young 1950-51 14 8 Joel Robertson 2006-07 10 20 5 13 5th, South Mike Young 1951-52 17 7 Joel Robertson Total 1,171 1,025 64 95 1952-53 14 9 Joel Robertson 1953-54 8 16 Joel Robertson 1954-55 15 12 Joel Robertson 1955-56 13 13 Joel Robertson 1956-57 10 15 Joel Robertson 1957-58 13 10 Joel Robertson 1958-59 10 14 Gene Alexander 1959-60 25 6 Gene Alexander 1960-61 9 18 Gene Alexander 1961-62 11 15 Gene Alexander 1962-63 14 14 Gene Alexander 1963-64 24 9 Gene Alexander 1964-65 22 8 Gene Alexander 1965-66 17 8 Gene Alexander 1966-67 21 10 Gene Alexander 1967-68 12 17 Gene Alexander 1968-69 2 28 Gene Alexander 1969-70 10 18 Gene Alexander 1970-71 18 13 Gene Alexander 86 2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball