Men’s Basketball Contact: Jason Yaman, Associate Commissioner [email protected] Offi ce: 864.591.5100 Fax: 864.591.3448 2015-16 Southern Conference Basketball Standings February 29, 2016 Conference Overall W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Home Road Neutral Last 10 Streak Chattanooga 14-3 .824 W1 25-5 .833 12-1 10-4 3-0 8-2 W1 ETSU 14-4 .778 W5 21-10 .677 13-2 8-8 0-0 8-2 W5 Furman 11-7 .611 L3 17-14 .548 13-1 3-12 1-1 6-4 L3 Wofford 11-7 .611 L2 15-16 .484 11-2 4-14 0-0 6-4 L2 Western Carolina 10-8 .556 W4 15-16 .484 12-2 3-14 0-0 7-3 W4 UNCG 10-8 .556 W5 14-17 .452 11-4 3-13 0-0 6-4 W5 Mercer 8-10 .444 L7 18-13 .581 11-3 4-10 3-0 3-7 L7 VMI 4-13 .235 W2 9-19 .321 8-5 1-14 0-0 3-7 W2 Samford 4-14 .222 L1 13-18 .419 6-7 5-11 2-0 2-8 L1 The Citadel 3-15 .167 L9 10-21 .323 5-8 3-13 2-0 1-9 L9 Upcoming Schedule Quick Hits • UTC visits VMI Monday night in the fi nal Monday, February 29 SoCon Basketball Tournament league game of the regular season. *Chattanooga at VMI 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 4 No. 8/9 Samford vs. No. 8/9 VMI 5:00 p.m. • The Mocs have clinched the top seed in No. 7 Mercer vs. No. 10 The Citadel 7:30 p.m. next week’s conference tournament. Saturday, March 5 • The league’s top ten scorers are made up No. 1 UTC vs. No. 8/9 Winner 12:00 p.m. of players from eight different schools. No. 4 Wofford vs. No. 5 WCU 2:30 p.m. No. 2 ETSU vs. No. 7/10 Winner 6:00 p.m. • Twenty of the league’s 88 conference No. 3 Furman vs. No. 6 UNCG 8:30 p.m. games have been decided by one posses- sion or gone into overtime. Sunday, March 6 Semifi nal No. 1 5:00 p.m. • Home teams are 62-26 in league play. Semifi nal No. 2 7:30 p.m. • The 2016 Southern Conference tourna- Monday, March 7 ment will be held March 4-7 at the U.S. Cel- Championship Game 9:00 p.m. lular Center in Asheville, N.C. Player of The Week Player of the Week highs in points (24) and rebounds (12) and tied a career high with four blocked shots against the Bulldogs. The Columbus, Ga., native Torrion Brummitt, Western Carolina, Sr., F shot 57 percent from the fi eld last week and was 7-of-10 at the free- throw line. Brummitt added fi ve assists and two steals over the two Western Carolina’s Torrion Brummitt has been named games last week. the Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for all games played Feb. 16-22. Brummitt averaged a Other top performers in the Southern Conference included The double-double last week, posting 19.5 points and 11.0 rebounds Citadel’s Quayson Williams, ETSU’s Ge’Lawn Guyn, UNCG’s Di- per contest as the Catamounts picked up road wins at Mercer (72- ante Baldwin, Samford’s Wyatt Walker, Chattanooga’s Chuck Ester, 65) and The Citadel (102-97). VMI’s QJ Peterson and Wofford’s Spencer Collins. The senior led the Catamounts with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Mercer and followed that performance with game Southern Conference Basketball Weekly Release February 29, 2016 Page 1 Conference News and Notes SoCon Record Book Close Encounters Free Throw Attempts - Career Southern Conference teams are 13-7 this season in nonconference games that have been 1. 961 Joe Holup, GWU 1953-56 decided by one possession or went into overtime. 2. 906 Frank Selvy, FUR 1952-54 • SoCon teams went 7-5 in nonconference games that were decided by one possession 3. 861 Dick Wright, FUR 1956-59 4. 851 Jerry West, WVU 1958-60 or went into overtime last year. 5. 850 Ed Harrison, RICH 1953-56 • League teams went 6-13 in nonconference games that were decided by one possession 6. 846 Stephen Croone, FUR 2012-pres. or went into overtime during the 2013-14 season. 7. 786 Bill Matthews, VaTech 1953-56 8. 743 Jerry Smith, FUR 1961-63 Athletes of the Month 9. 734 John Taft, MARSH 1988-91 • November - QJ Peterson, Jr., G, VMI 10. 698 Darrell Floyd, FUR 1954-56 Peterson averaged 20.6 points per game during the month of November and scored at least 20 points in each of his last four games during the month, including a 26-point per- Blocked Shots - Career formance at Virginia Tech. Peterson averaged 5.6 rebounds per game. 1. 348 Kyle Hines, UNCG 2005-08 2. 308 Rans Brempong, WCU 2001-05 • December - Stephon Jelks, So., F, Mercer 3. 269 George Singleton, FUR 1981-84 Jelks averaged a double-double over six games in December as the Bears went 4-2. The 4. 238 Jody Lumpkin, CofC 1998-01 sophomore averaged 12.7 points and 10.2 rebounds and closed the month with three 5. 220 Jeremy Clayton, APP 2004-08 straight double-doubles at Auburn, Arkansas and Kennesaw State. Jelks pulled down 15 6. 215 Kirill Misyuchenko, CIT 1995-98 rebounds in both games against SEC opponents and scored a career-high 21 points in 7. 213 Lucas Troutman, Elon 2010-14 a win at KSU. 8. 202 Lewis Preston, VMI 1990-93 • January - Spencer Collins, Sr., G, Wofford 9. 197 Jake Cohen, DAV 2009-13 Collins averaged 19.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 10 games as the Terriers 10. 193 Ricky Nedd, APP 1991-94 169 Justin Tuoyo, UTC 2014-pres. went 7-3 during the month. Collins scored 20 points in fi ve different games and produced three games of at least 25 points, including a 30-point effort in an overtime loss at Mercer. Most Victories At SoCon School Collins connected on 44 percent of his fi eld goal attempts and was 40-of-72 (.556) from 1. 447 Bob McKillop, DAV 1992-2014 3-point range. 2. 243 Mack McCarthy, UTC 1985-97 3. 243 Burton Shipley, Maryland 1923-47 Head Coaches 4. 232 Mike Young, Wofford 2002-present Six of the 10 Southern Conference head coaches returned to the bench in the league for 5. 230 Bill Reinhart, GW 1935-42; 49-66 2015-16. The current head coaches have a combined 32 years of experience in the SoCon. 6. 226 Eddie Cameron, Duke 1928-42 Three coaches joined the league this season with the Steve Forbes (ETSU), Matt McCall 226 Bobby Cremins, APP, CofC 1975-81; 2006-12 8. 223 Lyles Alley, FUR 1945-49; 50-66 (Chattanooga) and Dan Earl (VMI). Duggar Baucom moved from VMI to The Citadel during 9. 213 Les Robinson, CIT, ETSU 1974-90 the offseason. 10. 205 Murray Greason, Wake Forest 1935-53 • Wofford head coach Mike Young is in fourth place on the league’s all-time wins list. 11. 194 Norman Shepard, UNC, DAV 1923-24; 37-49 Young has tallied 232 wins with the Terriers and needs 13 more victories to pass Burton 12. 187 Everett Case, NC State 1946-53 Shipley to move into third place. Young was named the 2015 Coach of the Year by both 13. 176 Lefty Driesell, DAV 1960-69 the league’s media and head coaches. 14. 169 Larry Hunter, WCU 2005-present • Western Carolina’s Larry Hunter has 169 victories at WCU and ranks 14th on the 15. 168 Malcolm J. Pitt, Richmond 1935-52 league’s all-time wins list. One-Possession Games Southern Conference teams have played 88 league games during the 2015-16 regular sea- son. Twenty games (23 percent) have been decided by one possession or went into overtime. • In 2015 the league had 23 of 90 (26 percent) conference games decided by one pos- session. • In 2014 the league had 17 of 88 (19 percent) conference games decided by one pos- session. • In 2013 the league had 30 of 108 (28 percent) conference games decided by one pos- session. • In 2012 the league had 32 of 108 (30 percent) conference games decided by one pos- session. Southern Conference Coaching Records Coach, School Years at School Record at School SoCon Record Career Record Career Years Duggar Baucom, The Citadel 1 10-20 10-25 161-179 11 Steve Forbes, ETSU 1 20-10 13-4 20-10 1 Niko Medved, Furman 3 37-56 19-32 37-56 3 Bob Hoffman, Mercer 8 163-111 20-16 475-265 22 Wes Miller, UNCG 5 58-91 39-46 58-91 5 Scott Padgett, Samford 2 27-35 11-24 27-35 2 Matt McCall, UTC 1 24-5 13-3 24-5 1 Dan Earl, VMI 1 8-19 3-13 8-19 1 Larry Hunter, Western Carolina 11 168-185 99-96 678-409 36 Mike Young, Wofford 14 231-208 135-109 231-208 14 Southern Conference Basketball Weekly Release February 29, 2016 Page 2 Preseason Honors Southern Conference News and Notes Preseason Player of the Year Annual Leaders Casey Jones ........................Chattanooga Wofford limited its opponents to just 59.7 points per game last season. It was the fourth straight year the Terriers led the Southern Conference in scoring defense.