Men’s Basketball Contact: Jason Yaman, Assistant Commissioner [email protected] Offi ce: 864.591.5100 Fax: 864.591.3448 2013-14 Southern Conference Basketball Standings January 3, 2014 Conference Overall North Division W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Home Road Neutral Last 10 Streak Western Carolina 1-0 1.000 W1 8-8 .500 6-0 1-7 1-1 5-5 W2 Wofford 1-0 1.000 W1 6-7 .462 3-1 3-6 0-0 5-5 W3 Elon 0-0 .000 - 7-7 .500 5-1 2-3 0-3 5-5 L1 Georgia Southern 0-0 .000 - 7-8 .467 4-1 2-6 1-1 5-5 L1 Furman 0-0 .000 - 6-7 .462 4-2 2-5 0-0 4-6 W1 Chattanooga 0-0 .000 - 6-8 .429 5-1 0-6 1-1 4-6 W2 Appalachian State 0-0 .000 - 4-9 .308 4-2 0-7 0-0 4-6 L1 The Citadel 0-0 .000 - 4-11 .267 4-2 0-7 0-2 2-8 L3 Davidson 0-0 .000 - 4-10 .286 1-4 2-4 1-2 3-7 L5 UNCG 0-1 .000 L1 7-9 .438 5-3 1-4 1-2 4-6 L2 Samford 0-1 .000 L1 6-10 .375 5-2 1-8 0-0 5-5 L1 Upcoming Schedule Quick Hits Saturday, January 4 Thursday, January 16 • Four league games highlight Saturday’s *Elon at Western Carolina 2:00 p.m. *The Citadel at UNCG 7:00 p.m. action in the Southern Conference. *Samford at Georgia Southern 2:00 p.m. *Furman at Georgia Southern 7:00 p.m. *Chattanooga at Furman 4:00 p.m. *Elon at Davidson 7:00 p.m. • SoCon teams are 45-18 at home in non- *Davidson at Wofford 7:00 p.m. *Chattanooga at Appalachian St. 7:00 p.m. conference play this season. Monday, January 6 Saturday, January 18 • Elon leads the SoCon and ranks tenth na- *Chattanooga at The Citadel 7:00 p.m. *Appalachian St. at Georgia Southern 2:00 p.m. tionally, shooting 41.3 percent from 3-point *Appalachian State at Elon 7:00 p.m. *Samford at Western Carolina 2:00 p.m. range. *Furman at UNCG 7:00 p.m. *Davidson at UNCG 5:00 p.m. *Chattanooga at Wofford 7:00 p.m. • Wofford’s Mike Young needs one win to tie Thursday, January 9 *Furman at The Citadel 7:00 p.m. Lefty Driesell of Davidson for 12th place on *The Citadel at Wofford 7:00 p.m. UMass at Elon 7:00 p.m. the league’s all-time wins list (176). *UNCG at Appalachian State 7:00 p.m. *Davidson at Furman 7:00 p.m. • Lucas Troutman (Elon), Kyle Cain (UNCG), *Samford at Chattanooga 7:00 p.m. Tim Williams (SAM) and Z. Mason (UTC) all rank among the league’s top 10 in both Saturday, January 11 scoring and rebounding. *W. Carolina at Georgia Southern 7:00 p.m. *Furman at Samford 7:00 p.m. • The 2014 Southern Conference tourna- *Wofford at Chattanooga 7:00 p.m. ment will be held March 7-10 at the U.S. *The Citadel at Elon 7:00 p.m. Cellular Center in Asheville, N.C. *Appalachian State at Davidson 7:00 p.m. Weekly Awards Player of the Week CRONS Freshman of the Week Trey Sumler, Western Carolina, Sr., G William Gates Jr., Furman, G Western Carolina’s Trey Sumler averaged 26.3 points, Furman’s William Gates Jr., averaged 13.0 points and 6.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists over a three-game 3.0 rebounds as the Paladins went 2-1 over their last stretch. Sumler tallied 18 points in WCU’s win over Charleston three games. Gates scored 16 points off the bench in Furman’s win Southern (92-84) on Dec. 18 before scoring a game-high 21 points over Liberty (Dec. 20) before leading the Paladins with 13 points in in 65-63 loss at Georgia (Dec. 21). The senior then scored 40 a loss at California (Dec. 28). The Schertz, Texas native recorded points in the Catamounts’ 106-72 win over Milligan Monday night. 10 points in Monday’s win over UC Davis (Dec. 30). Gates shot 61 Sumler shot 62 percent from the fl oor over the three games, con- percent from the fi eld over the three games and was 5-for-10 from nected on 65 percent of his 3-point attempts (13-of-20) and was three-point range. The guard has now scored in double fi gures in 14-of-15 from the free throw line. nine of his last 13 games. Southern Conference Basketball Release January 3, 2014 Page 1 Conference News and Notes SoCon Record Book Nonconference Scheduling Blocked Shots - Career Nine of the 11 SoCon teams are scheduled to participate in an exempt tournament this year. 1. 308 Rans Brempong, WCU 2001-05 SoCon teams will take part in the Battle 4 Atlantis (The Citadel), Charleston Classic (Da- 2. 269 George Singleton, FUR 1981-84 vidson), Global Sports Shootout (Appalachian State), Las Vegas Invitational (Chattanooga), 3. 238 Jody Lumpkin, CofC 1998-01 4. 220 Jeremy Clayton, APP 2004-08 NIT Season Tip-Off (Elon), Cancun Challenge (Georgia Southern), Gulf Coast Showcase 5. 215 Kirill Misyuchenko, CIT 1995-98 (UNCG), Roundball Classic (Samford) and Coaches vs. Cancer (Western Carolina). 6. 202 Lewis Preston, VMI 1990-93 7. 197 Jake Cohen, DAV 2009-13 Head Coaches 8. 193 Ricky Nedd, APP 1991-94 Eight of the 11 Southern Conference head coaches returned to the bench in 2013-14. The 9. 190 Kyle Hines, UNCG 2004-08 current head coaches have a combined 67 years of experience in the SoCon. Three new 10. 184 Eric Mann, VMI 1997-01 coaches joined the league this season as Niko Medved took over at Furman, while Will Wade 180 Lucas Troutman, Elon 2010-pres. is in his fi rst season at Chattanooga. After serving as the interim coach to close the 2011-12 season, Mark Byington is now the head coach at Georgia Southern 3-Point Field Goas Made - Career 1. 414 Stephen Curry, DAV 2007-09 2. 396 Andrew Goudelock, CofC 2007-11 Close Encounters 3. 358 Donald Sims, APP 2007-11 Southern Conference teams have lost 13 nonconference games during the 2013-14 season 4. 299 Ian Chadwick, WOF 1997-01 that have been decided by one possession or gone into overtime. Conversely, league teams 5. 295 Zach Urbanus, CIT 2007-11 have won just six contests that were decided by a single possession or went into an extra 6. 278 Jake Robinson, WCU 2006-10 frame. 7. 273 Eric Webb, FUR 2004-07 8. 270 D.J. Thompson, APP 2003-06 One-Possession Games 9. 268 Brendan Winters, DAV 2003-06 10. 264 Junior Salters, WOF 2006-10 The Southern Conference played 108 league games during the regular season in 2012-13. A 229 Jack Isenbarger, Elon 2010-pres. total of 30 games (28 percent) were decided by one possession or went into overtime. • In 2012 the league had 32 of 108 (30 percent) conference games be decided by one Most Victories At SoCon School possession. 1. 429 Bob McKillop, DAV 1992-present 2. 243 Mack McCarthy, UTC 1985-97 Annual Leaders 3. 243 Burton Shipley, Maryland 1923-47 Wofford limited its opponents to just 59.1 points per game last season, the second-best mark 4. 230 Bill Reinhart, GW 1935-42; 49-66 in Southern Conference history. 5. 226 Eddie Cameron, Duke 1928-42 • The Terriers lead the league in scoring defense against this season. Wofford is holding 226 Bobby Cremins, APP, CofC 1975-81; 2006-12 7. 223 Lyles Alley, FUR 1945-49; 50-66 its opponents to just 64.0 points per game. 8. 213 Les Robinson, CIT, ETSU 1974-90 • College of Charleston’s 1999-2000 team had the best scoring defense in league history, 9. 205 Murray Greason, Wake Forest 1935-53 holding opponents to just 58.6 points per game. 10. 194 Norman Shepard, UNC, DAV 1923-24; 37-49 11. 187 Everett Case, NC State 1946-53 The Citadel’s Marshal Harris III led the SoCon with 5.2 assists per game last season, becom- 12. 176 Lefty Driesell, DAV 1960-69 ing the fi rst Bulldog to lead the league in helpers since Jimmy Tharpe averaged 6.4 assists 13. 175 Mike Young, Wofford 2002-present for The Citadel in 1985-86. 14. 168 Malcolm J. Pitt, Richmond 1935-52 15. 148 Herman J. Stegeman, Georgia 1921-31 Wofford’s Karl Cochran topped the league with 2.0 steals per game a season ago. It was the fi rst time a Terrier led the league in steals since Wofford joined the conference in 1997-98. Point Production Davidson led the Southern Conference with 73.2 points per game last season. • It was the sixth time in the last eight years that the Wildcats led the SoCon in scoring. Southern Conference Coaching Records Coach, School Years at School Record at School SoCon Record Career Record Career Years Jason Capel, Appalachian State 4 48-58 27-27 48-58 4 Chuck Driesell, The Citadel 4 28-79 14-40 28-79 4 Bob McKillop, Davidson 25 456-289 263-87 456-289 25 Matt Matheny, Elon 5 65-76 34-38 65-76 5 Niko Medved, Furman 1 6-7 0-0 6-7 1 Mark Byington, Georgia Southern 1 7-8 0-0 14-12 1 Wes Miller, UNCG 3 26-42 16-18 26-42 3 Bennie Seltzer, Samford 2 17-31 9-10 17-31 2 Will Wade, Chattanooga 1 6-8 0-0 6-8 1 Larry Hunter, Western Carolina 9 128-145 72-73 367-369 33 Mike Young, Wofford 12 175-179 99-95 175-179 12 Southern Conference Basketball Release January 3, 2014 Page 2 Preseason Honors Southern Conference News and Notes Preseason Player of the Year Tournament Crown De’Mon Brooks ..........................Davidson Davidson has won the last two Southern Conference tournaments.