Men’s Basketball Contact: Jason Yaman, Associate Commissioner [email protected] Offi ce: 864.591.5100 Fax: 864.591.3448 2014-15 Southern Conference Basketball Standings February 17, 2015 Conference Overall W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Home Road Neutral Last 10 Streak Wofford 12-2 .857 W1 21-6 .778 11-1 8-5 2-0 8-2 W1 Chattanooga 11-3 .786 W2 18-9 .667 13-2 5-7 0-0 8-2 W2 Mercer 10-4 .714 W1 15-12 .556 10-2 4-8 1-2 7-3 W1 ETSU 8-7 .533 W2 16-10 .615 10-4 6-6 0-0 6-3 W3 Western Carolina 8-7 .533 L1 13-14 .481 7-4 5-9 1-1 5-5 L1 VMI 6-9 .400 W2 10-16 .385 6-5 3-10 1-1 5-5 W2 Samford 5-10 .333 L2 12-16 .429 8-5 3-10 1-1 5-5 L2 The Citadel 4-10 .286 L1 9-16 .360 7-5 2-9 0-2 2-8 L1 UNCG 4-10 .286 L2 8-19 .296 4-9 4-8 0-2 3-7 L2 Furman 4-10 .286 L5 7-18 .280 6-5 1-13 0-0 3-7 L5 Upcoming Schedule Quick Hits • Southern Conference teams are 42-10 at Thursday, February 19 Saturday, February 28 home in nonconference play and 7-7 in neu- *Mercer at Chattanooga 7:00 p.m. *Samford at VMI 1:00 p.m. tral court contests. *The Citadel at Furman 7:00 p.m. *Western Carolina at The Citadel 1:00 p.m. *UNCG at Wofford 7:00 p.m. *ETSU at Mercer 4:00 p.m. • The 2015 Southern Conference tourna- *Wofford at Furman 4:00 p.m. ment will be held March 6-9 at the U.S. Cel- Saturday, February 21 *Chattanooga at UNCG 5:00 p.m. lular Center in Asheville, N.C. *VMI at Western Carolina 4:30 p.m. *The Citadel at Wofford 7:00 p.m. • The league’s men’s basketball programs *Mercer at Samford 7:00 p.m. combined for a Graduation Success Rate *ETSU at Chattanooga 8:00 p.m. score of 83, topping the national average of 73 by 10 points. Sunday, February 22 *Furman at UNCG 1:00 p.m. • Home teams are 39-33 in league play. Thursday, February 26 • VMI leads the league with 80.4 points per *ETSU at The Citadel 6:00 p.m. game. The last SoCon team to lead the *Wofford at Mercer 7:00 p.m. league in scoring with at least 80 points per *Western Carolina at Furman 7:00 p.m. contest was the 2007 Davidson Wildcats *Chattanooga at VMI 7:00 p.m. (81.3 ppg). *Samford at UNCG 7:00 p.m. • Three league games are on the schedule for Thursday night. Weekly Awards Player of the Week CRONS Freshman of the Week Casey Jones, Chattanooga, Jr., F Devin Sibley, Furman, G Chattanooga’s Casey Jones has been named the Furman’s Devin Sibley averaged 20.0 points and 3.0 league’s Player of the Week for the second time in rebounds and shot 50 percent from the fi eld last week. three weeks. Jones averaged 22.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.0 Sibley opened the week with 11 points and six rebounds on the assists and shot 61 percent from the fi eld as the Mocs earned wins road at VMI. He followed that performance with a season-high 29 over Wofford (56-46) and Samford (79-72). The junior scored at points in a seven-point loss at ETSU. Sibley was 12-of-24 from least 20 points for the seventh and eighth times, respectively, this the fi eld and was 4-of-8 from 3-point range. The Knoxville, Tenn., season. Jones poured in a game-high 23 points and pulled down native leads all Southern Conference freshmen with 10.2 points eight rebounds in a road win at Wofford before following that perfor- per game and ranks third among all players in 3-point percentage mance with 21 points and 10 rebounds against Samford to give him (.418). Southern Conference Basketball Weekly Release February 17, 2015 Page 1 Conference News and Notes SoCon Record Book One-Possession Games 3-Point Field Goas Made - Career Southern Conference teams have played 72 league games to date. Sixteen games (22 per- 1. 414 Stephen Curry, DAV 2007-09 cent) have been decided by one possession or went into overtime. 2. 396 Andrew Goudelock, CofC 2007-11 • In 2014 the league had 17 of 88 (19 percent) conference games decided by one pos- 3. 358 Donald Sims, APP 2007-11 4. 299 Ian Chadwick, WOF 1997-01 session. 5. 295 Zach Urbanus, CIT 2007-11 • In 2013 the league had 30 of 108 (28 percent) conference games decided by one pos- 6. 294 Karl Cochran, WOF 2011-pres. session. 7. 278 Jake Robinson, WCU 2006-10 • In 2012 the league had 32 of 108 (30 percent) conference games decided by one pos- 8. 273 Eric Webb, FUR 2004-07 session. 9. 270 D.J. Thompson, APP 2003-06 10. 268 Brendan Winters, DAV 2003-06 Athletes of the Month Western Carolina guard James Sinclair averaged 19.3 points and 5.7 rebounds in six No- Steals - Career vember games to help the Catamounts to a 3-3 mark. Sinclair opened the season with four 1. 334 Keith Jennings, ETSU 1988-91 2. 293 D.J. Thompson, APP 2003-06 straight 20-plus games, scoring 20 in a 10-point loss at Mississippi State to open the season. 3. 285 Brigham Waginger, WCU 2006-10 He followed that up with a career night in another close loss at an SEC opponent, scoring 31 4. 250 Derek Rucker, DAV 1985-88 points in an 80-74 setback at Alabama. The senior from Savannah, Ga., then led WCU to its 5. 247 Tyson Patterson, APP 1996-00 fi rst win of the season with 25 points and nine rebounds against Hiwassee before capping his 6. 246 Zakee Wadood, ETSU 2001-04 20-point spurt with an even 20 and another nine boards in a double-overtime win at Oakland 7. 240 Jason Bell, VMI 1995-98 in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic. For the month, Sinclair was second in the SoCon in scoring 8. 236 Ricky Hickman, UNCG 2003-07 and steals per game (2.2). He was the SoCon Player of the Week on Nov. 18. 236 Rodney Peel, APP 1988-92 10. 223 Courtney Eldridge, UNCG 1999-01 216 Karl Cochran, WOF 2011-pres. Furman guard Stephen Croone averaged 20.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game for the Paladins in December, highlighted by a season-high 33 points in a Dec. 6 Blocked Shots - Season win over Samford. The Covington, Ga., junior scored in double digits in all seven games, 1. 106 Kyle Hines, UNCG 2004-05 eclipsing 20 points three times. In addition to the 33 points against the Bulldogs, Croone also 2. 101 Omar Roland, MAR 1989-90 notched 25 and 23 in road losses to Minnesota and TCU, respectively. He had a team-high 3. 95 Kyle Hines, UNCG 2007-08 eight rebounds in contests against Liberty and Florida Gulf Coast and added six boards and 4. 93 George Singleton, FUR 2980-81 fi ve steals against Samford. Croone had at least three steals in fi ve games in the month. For 93 Jody Lumpkin, CofC 1999-00 the month, he shot an even 50 percent from the fl oor, going 39-for-78, and was 15-for-37 93 Rans Brempong, WCU 2000-01 (40.5 percent) from 3-point range. 7. 92 Z. Mason, UTC 2013-14 8. 84 Kyle Hines, UNCG 2005-06 84 Justin Tuoyo, UTC 2014-15 Chattanooga guard Casey Jones averaged 16.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in Janu- 10. 83 Kirill Misyuchenkio, CIT 1996-97 ary, helping the Mocs to a 7-2 record, all in SoCon play. The junior from New Orleans, La., turned in four 20-point outings in the month and had 11 or more rebounds four times, as well. Most Victories At SoCon School Jones opened the month with consecutive 20-plus efforts, scoring 20 points and pulling down 1. 447 Bob McKillop, DAV 1992-2014 11 rebounds in a win over Furman before dropping 21 points with seven boards in a four- 2. 243 Mack McCarthy, UTC 1985-97 point loss to Wofford. He followed that with 18 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Western 3. 243 Burton Shipley, Maryland 1923-47 Carolina that started a fi ve-game winning streak for the Mocs. He narrowly missed another 4. 230 Bill Reinhart, GW 1935-42; 49-66 double-double with nine points and 11 boards in a win over ETSU but hit the game-winning 5. 226 Eddie Cameron, Duke 1928-42 3-pointer from 25 feet to stun the Bucs in overtime. The junior had a monster game against 226 Bobby Cremins, APP, CofC 1975-81; 2006-12 7. 223 Lyles Alley, FUR 1945-49; 50-66 Mercer, scoring a career-best 24 points and pulling down a career-high 15 rebounds in an 8. 213 Les Robinson, CIT, ETSU 1974-90 overtime loss. He capped his month with 23 points and three blocked shots in a win over The 9. 210 Mike Young, Wofford 2002-present Citadel.