Week 4 | Nov. 27, 2018 | SoConSports.com PRESEASON HONORS CONFERENCE OVERALL Coaches Preseason Poll W L Pct. GB H A Stk W L Pct. H A N L10 Stk UNCG 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 3 2 .600 3-0 0-2 0-0 3-2 W2 School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Chattanooga 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 4 3 .571 2-1 1-1 1-1 4-3 L1 T1. Mercer (4) 44 Furman 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 3 3 .500 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-3 W1 T1. ETSU (3) 44 3. Furman 32 Mercer 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 3 3 .500 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-3 W1 4. UNCG 27 Wofford 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 3 4 .429 2-0 1-4 0-0 3-4 L1 5. Chattanooga 26 Samford 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 2 4 .333 1-0 1-4 0-0 2-4 L2 6. Wofford 23 Western Carolina 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 1 7 125 1-1 0-5 0-1 1-8 L5 7. Samford (1) 21 8. Western Carolina 7 ETSU 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 0 8 .000 0-2 0-5 0-1 0-4 L8 Media Preseason Poll UPCOMING SCHEDULE School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Wednesday, Nov. 28 1. Mercer (9) 109 Mercer at Georgia ...................................................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (SEC+) Samford at Hampton .........................................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN+) 2. ETSU (4) 105 UNCG at Campbell ..............................................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN+) 3. Chattanooga (1) 89 UT Martin at Chattanooga ...............................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN+) 4. UNCG 65 Thursday, Nov. 29 5. Furman 58 North Carolina A&T at Western Carolina .....................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN+) Gardner-Webb at Wofford ................................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN+) 6. Samford (1) 55 Appalachian State at ETSU ................................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN+) 7. Wofford 42 Friday, Nov. 30 8. Western Carolina 17 Chattanooga at UCF ............................................................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. UNC Asheville at Furman ..................................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN+) Saturday, Dec. 1 Preseason Player of the Year Houston at ETSU ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................2 p.m. Kennesaw State at Mercer ................................................................................................................................................................................2 p.m. (ESPN+) UNCG at High Point .............................................................................................................................................................................................................5 p.m. KeKe Calloway Mercer Sunday, Dec. 2 Presbyterian at Samford....................................................................................................................................................................................3 p.m. (ESPN+) Preseason All-SoCon Team Name School Erica Haynes-Overton, So., G ETSU Le’Jzae Davidson, Jr., G Furman LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Celena Taborn, So., C Furman Tuesday, Nov. 20 Saturday, Nov. 24 KeKe Calloway, Sr., G Mercer UNCG 62, Young Harris 29 New Jersey Institute of Technology 79, Amanda Thompson, Sr., F Mercer Wofford 70, Winthrop 53 Western Carolina 71 Nadine Soliman, Jr., G UNCG Furman 70, College of Charleston 67 Wednesday, Nov. 21 Chattanooga 71, Saint Louis 61 Te’ja Twitty, Jr., G/F UNCG Oklahoma State 82, Samford 62 Lakelyn Bouldin, Jr., G Chattanooga Mississippi State 106, Furman 41 Sunday, Nov. 25 Chattanooga 75, Liberty 60 Mercer 76, Bowling Green 63 Da’Ja Green, So., G Wofford North Alabama 89, Western Carolina 66 Thursday, Nov. 22 Central Michigan 73, Chattanooga 50 South Carolina 101, ETSU 55 UNC Asheville 60, Wofford 46 UNCG 72, UNC Pembroke 32 Friday, Nov. 23 Memphis 59, Mercer 53 Monday, Nov. 26 South Alabama 81, ETSU 74 soconsports.com Facebook.com/SouthernConference @soconsports Instagram.com/SouthernConference #SoConHoops NOTES AND NUMBERS TEAM BREAKDOWNS Against Other Conferences Conference ....................... 2017-18 .....2018-19 ETSU Furman Head Coach ....................... Brittney Ezell Head Coach ...................... Jackie Carson America East ........................................0-0 ................. 0-0 2017-18 Record .... 20-13 (11-3 SoCon) 2017-18 Record .......18-14 (7-7 SoCon) American ..............................................3-2 ................. 0-3 2017-18 Regular-Season Finish .....2nd 2017-18 Regular-Season Finish ......4th Starters Returning/Lost .....................3/2 Starters Returning/Lost .....................2/3 Atlantic Coast ......................................1-7 ................. 0-5 • Guard Erica Haynes-Overton returns for her sophomore • Head coach Jackie Carson enters her ninth year at the Atlantic Sun .........................................4-1 ................. 0-2 season after a fantastic freshman campaign in which she helm of her alma mater. was named the SoCon Defensive Player of the Year and • The Paladins return two starters from a team that fin- Atlantic 10 ............................................7-1 ................. 1-0 the SoCon Freshman of the Year after averaging 14.5 PPG. ished 7-7 in conference play last season. Junior Le’Jzae Big 12 .....................................................0-0 ................. 0-1 • The Bucs lost two starters, including leading scorer Ti- Davidson and sophomore Celena Taborn were presea- anna Tarter, from last year’s squad that went 11-3 in con- son all-conference selections. Big East ..................................................1-1 ................. 0-0 ference play and finished second to only the undefeated Mercer Bears. ETSU garnered 44 points in the coaches Big Sky ...................................................0-0 ................. 0-0 preseason poll, tying Mercer at the top. Big South .........................................11-10 ................. 3-6 Mercer UNCG Big Ten ...................................................2-2 ................. 0-2 Head Coach ..................... Susie Gardner Head Coach ................... Trina Patterson Big West ................................................0-0 ................. 0-0 2017-18 Record .......30-3 (14-0 SoCon) 2017-18 Record .......13-18 (6-8 SoCon) 2017-18 Regular-Season Finish ...... 1st 2017-18 Regular-Season Finish ..T-5th Colonial .................................................2-2 ................. 2-0 Starters Returning/Lost .....................3/2 Starters Returning/Lost .....................4/1 Conference USA .................................3-3 ................. 0-4 • Defending regular-season and tournament champion • Head coach Trina Patterson enters her third year at Horizon ..................................................0-2 ................. 0-0 Mercer lost three-time SoCon POTY Kahlia Lawrence but UNCG after leading the Spartans to a 13-18 record and returns KeKe Calloway, the preseason POTY and Amanda an appearance in the Women’s Basketball Invitational Ivy League ............................................0-1 ................. 0-0 Thompson, a preseason selection. for the second consecutive season. • The Bears, led by the 2017-18 SoCon Coach of the Year, Metro-Atlantic ....................................0-0 ................. 0-0 Susie Gardner, tied for first with ETSU in the preseason poll • Preseason all-conference selection Nadine Soliman returns for the Spartans after averaging 3.5 points in Mid-American .....................................1-1 ................. 0-2 (44 votes) but had one more first place vote (4) than ETSU (3). the 2017-18 campaign. Mid-Eastern Athletic .........................6-3 ................. 1-0 Missouri Valley ....................................0-0 ................. 0-0 Samford Chattanooga Mountain West ...................................0-0 ................. 0-0 Head Coach ...........................Mike Morris Head Coach ......................Katie Burrows Northeast .............................................0-0 ................. 0-0 2017-18 Record ........15-16 (6-8 SoCon) 2017-18 Record .......17-13 (8-6 SoCon) 2017-18 Regular-Season Finish ..T-5th 2017-18 Regular-Season Finish ......3rd Ohio Valley ...........................................2-6 ................. 0-2 Starters Returning/Lost .....................4/1 Starters Returning/Lost .....................3/2 Patriot ....................................................0-0 ................. 0-0