Men’s Basketball Contact: Jason Yaman, Associate Commissioner [email protected] Offi ce: 864.591.5100 Fax: 864.591.3448 2016-17 Southern Conference Basketball Standings January 31, 2017 Conference Overall W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Home Road Neutral Last 10 Streak ETSU 7-2 .778 W3 17-5 .773 9-2 5-3 3-0 8-2 W3 Furman 7-2 .778 W4 14-8 .636 8-2 6-6 0-0 7-3 W4 UNCG 7-3 .700 L2 16-7 .696 10-4 4-3 1-1 7-3 L2 Chattanooga 6-3 .667 L2 15-6 .714 9-1 5-4 1-1 7-3 L2 Samford 5-4 .556 W1 14-8 .636 6-4 8-4 0-0 6-4 W1 Mercer 5-5 .500 W3 11-12 .478 7-4 3-6 1-2 5-5 W3 Wofford 4-5 .444 L1 9-13 .409 8-1 1-8 0-4 4-6 L1 VMI 2-7 .222 L1 5-15 .250 4-4 1-11 0-0 2-8 L1 The Citadel 2-8 .200 L5 9-14 .391 7-4 2-10 0-0 2-8 L5 Western Carolina 2-8 .200 L1 7-16 .304 5-5 2-11 0-0 2-8 L1 Upcoming Schedule Quick Hits • The Southern Conference ranks 14th in Thursday, February 2 Saturday, February 11 the latest RPI rankings. *Furman at Mercer 7:00 p.m. *The Citadel at VMI 1:00 p.m. *ETSU at VMI 7:00 p.m. *UNCG at Western Carolina 2:00 p.m. • Home teams are 29-18 during league play *Wofford at The Citadel 7:00 p.m. *Mercer at ETSU 4:00 p.m. this season. *UNCG at Chattanooga 7:00 p.m. *Samford at Furman 4:00 p.m. *Western Carolina at Samford 8:00 p.m. *Chattanooga at Wofford 7:00 p.m. • League teams have combined for 19 non- conference road wins this year the most Saturday, February 4 Monday, February 13 since the 2007-08 season. *Furman at The Citadel 1:00 p.m. *Furman at VMI 7:00 p.m. *UNCG at Samford 4:00 p.m. • Southern Conference teams are 44-13 in *Wofford at Mercer 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 15 nonconference home games. *Western Carolina at Chattanooga 5:00 p.m. *Furman at Western Carolina 7:00 p.m. *Samford at ETSU 7:00 p.m. • Western Carolina’s Larry Hunter and Wof- Monday, February 6 *Chattanooga at VMI 7:00 p.m. ford’s Mike Young both rank among the top *ETSU at Wofford 7:00 p.m. *Wofford at UNCG 7:00 p.m. 15 winningest coaches in league history. Thursday, February 9 • The 2017 Southern Conference tourna- *Samford at Wofford 7:00 p.m. ment will be held March 3-6 at the U.S. Cel- *Chattanooga at Furman 7:00 p.m. lular Center in Asheville, N.C. *Mercer at VMI 7:00 p.m. *The Citadel at ETSU 7:00 p.m. Player of the Week 15-of-19 from the fi eld and made 7-of-9 3-point fi eld goals in the win over the Mocs. He became just the second player in school history QJ Peterson, VMI, Sr., G to record two 40-point games in his career, joining Reggie Williams (2005-08). VMI’s QJ Peterson has been named the Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for all In Saturday’s two-point loss to Samford (69-67), Peterson scored a games played Jan. 24-30. Peterson averaged 30.5 points, grabbed game-high 21 points and grabbed four rebounds. 5.0 rebounds per game and shot 63 percent from the fi eld last week as the Keydets split a pair of games against Chattanooga and Other top performers in the Southern Conference included ETSU’s Samford. Desonta Bradford, Furman’s Devin Sibley, Mercer’s Ria’n Holland, UNCG’s R.J. White, Samford’s Demetrius Denzel-Dyson, Chatta- Peterson scored a season-high 40 points and added six rebounds nooga’s Greg Pryor and Wofford’s Eric Garcia. in an 80-64 win at Chattanooga last Wednesday (Jan. 25). He was Southern Conference Basketball Weekly Release January 31, 2017 Page 1 Conference News and Notes SoCon Record Book Close Encounters Free Throw Percentage - Career Southern Conference teams are 6-13 this season in nonconference games that have been 1. 89.3 Nik Cochran, DAV 2009-13 decided by one possession or went into overtime. League teams were 14-7 last year in one- 2. 89.2 Donald Sims, APP 2007-11 possession games and have gone 33-38 since the start of the 2013-14 season. 3. 88.9 Chad Copeland, UTC 1993-94 4. 87.6 Stephen Curry, DAV 2007-09 5. 86.6 Johnny Mitchell, VMI 1967-69 One-Possession Games 6. 86.4 Greg White, MAR 1978-81 Southern Conference teams have played 47 league games during the 2016-17 regular sea- 86.4 QJ Peterson, VMI 2014-pres. son. Nine games (19 percent) were decided by one possession or went into overtime. 8. 86.1 Keith Jennings, ETSU 1988-91 • In 2016, the league had 21 of 90 (23 percent) conference games decided by one pos- 9. 85.6 Greg Dennis, WCU 1979-82 session. 85.6 Nathan Jameson, UNCG 1998-01 • In 2015, the league had 23 of 90 (26 percent) conference games decided by one pos- session. Blocked Shots - Career • In 2014, the league had 17 of 88 (19 percent) conference games decided by one pos- 1. 348 Kyle Hines, UNCG 2005-08 2. 308 Rans Brempong, WCU 2001-05 session. 3. 269 George Singleton, FUR 1981-84 • In 2013, the league had 30 of 108 (28 percent) conference games decided by one pos- 4. 249 Justin Tuoyo, UTC 2014-pres. session. 4. 238 Jody Lumpkin, CofC 1998-01 • In 2012, the league had 32 of 108 (30 percent) conference games decided by one pos- 6. 220 Jeremy Clayton, APP 2004-08 session. 7. 215 Kirill Misyuchenko, CIT 1995-98 8. 213 Lucas Troutman, Elon 2010-14 Familiar Faces 9. 202 Lewis Preston, VMI 1990-93 Southern Conference teams returned 84 lettermen for the 2015-16 season. Eight of 10 10. 197 Jake Cohen, DAV 2009-13 schools boast at least eight returnees from last season. League teams averaged 8.4 return- Most Victories At SoCon School ers from 2015-16. 1. 447 Bob McKillop, DAV 1992-2014 • Conference teams return 28 starters from last year, an average of 2.8 per team. 2. 243 Mack McCarthy, UTC 1985-97 Furman, UNCG and Chattanooga each return four starters from last season. 243 Burton Shipley, Maryland 1923-47 • Six of the 10 members from the 2016 Coaches All-Southern Conference team return 4. 241 Mike Young, Wofford 2002-present for 2016-17. 5. 230 Bill Reinhart, GW 1935-42; 49-66 6. 226 Eddie Cameron, Duke 1928-42 Head Coaches 226 Bobby Cremins, APP, CofC 1975-81; 2006-12 All 10 Southern Conference head coaches return to the bench in the league for 2016-17. The 8. 223 Lyles Alley, FUR 1945-49; 50-66 9. 213 Les Robinson, CIT, ETSU 1974-90 current head coaches have a combined 42 years of experience in the SoCon. 10. 205 Murray Greason, Wake Forest 1935-53 • Wofford head coach Mike Young ranks fourth on the league’s all-time wins list. Young 11. 194 Norman Shepard, UNC, DAV 1923-24; 37-49 has tallied 241 wins with the Terriers and needs just three victories to move into third 12. 187 Everett Case, NC State 1946-53 place. Young was named the 2015 Coach of the Year by both the league’s media and 13. 178 Larry Hunter, WCU 2005-present head coaches. 14. 176 Lefty Driesell, DAV 1960-69 • Western Carolina’s Larry Hunter has 178 victories at WCU and is 13th on the league’s 15. 168 Malcolm J. Pitt, Richmond 1935-52 all-time wins list. Sudden Impact Wofford’s Fletcher Magee was named the league’s Freshman of the Year by the league’s coaches in 2016. Magee joined Ian Chadwick (1998) and Karl Cochran (2012) as the only Terriers to win the award. Defensive Presence Chattanooga’s Justin Tuoyo was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. He is the only player to earn the award twice since it began in 2009. Z. Mason earned the nod in 2014, giving the Mocs three straight winners. Southern Conference Coaching Records Coach, School Years at School Record at School SoCon Record Career Record Career Years Duggar Baucom, The Citadel 2 19-36 12-34 170-195 12 Steve Forbes, ETSU 2 41-17 21-6 41-17 2 Niko Medved, Furman 4 53-67 26-34 53-67 4 Bob Hoffman, Mercer 9 175-125 25-21 487-279 23 Wes Miller, UNCG 6 74-99 46-49 74-99 6 Scott Padgett, Samford 3 41-46 15-30 41-46 3 Matt McCall, UTC 2 43-12 21-6 43-12 2 Dan Earl, VMI 2 14-36 6-21 14-36 2 Larry Hunter, Western Carolina 12 178-203 102-104 687-427 37 Mike Young, Wofford 15 241-222 139-114 241-222 15 Southern Conference Basketball Weekly Release January 31, 2017 Page 2 Preseason Honors Southern Conference News and Notes Preseason Player of the Year Nonconference Scheduling Tre’ McLean..........................Chattanooga Nine of the 10 SoCon teams are scheduled to participate in exempt tournaments this year.