Week 10 | Jan. 8, 2019 | SoConSports.com PRESEASON HONORS CONFERENCE OVERALL Coaches Preseason Poll W L Pct. GB H A Stk W L Pct. H A N L10 Stk Furman 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 8 7 .533 6-3 1-4 1-0 6-4 L1 School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Mercer 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 8 7 .533 4-3 3-3 1-1 6-4 L2 T1. Mercer (4) 44 Wofford 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 8 7 .533 6-0 2-7 0-0 6-4 W1 T1. ETSU (3) 44 3. Furman 32 UNCG 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 6 9 .400 5-1 0-7 1-1 5-5 L3 4. UNCG 27 Chattanooga 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 5 10 .333 2-5 2-3 1-2 2-8 W1 5. Chattanooga 26 Samford 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 4 10 .286 2-1 2-9 0-0 3-7 L2 6. Wofford 23 Western Carolina 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 3 11 .214 2-4 1-6 0-1 3-7 L2 7. Samford (1) 21 8. Western Carolina 7 ETSU 0 0 --- --- 0-0 0-0 --- 2 14 .125 2-5 0-8 0-1 2-8 L3 Media Preseason Poll THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE School (First-Place Votes) Total Points 1. Mercer (9) 109 Tuesday, Jan. 8 2. ETSU (4) 105 Montevallo at Samford ......................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN3) 3. Chattanooga (1) 89 4. UNCG 65 Thursday, Jan. 10 5. Furman 58 Western Carolina at Wofford* .........................................................................................................................................6 p.m. (ESPN+) 6. Samford (1) 55 UNCG at Furman* ................................................................................................................................................................7 p.m. (ESPN+) 7. Wofford 42 8. Western Carolina 17 Saturday, Jan. 12 Samford at Mercer* ..............................................................................................................................................................2 p.m. (ESPN3) UNCG at Wofford* ................................................................................................................................................................2 p.m. (ESPN3) Preseason Player of the Year Western Carolina at Furman* ...........................................................................................................................................2 p.m. (ESPN3) ETSU at Chattanooga* ........................................................................................................................................................2 p.m. (ESPN3) KeKe Calloway Mercer 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 Wednesday, Jan. 2 KeKe Calloway, Sr., G Mercer Jacksonville 70, Mercer 66 Amanda Thompson, Sr., F Mercer Richmond 59, UNCG 48 Nadine Soliman, Jr., G UNCG Gardner-Webb 62, Western Carolina 52 Te’ja Twitty, Jr., G/F UNCG Furman 76, Presbyterian 68 Lakelyn Bouldin, Jr., G Chattanooga Da’Ja Green, So., G Wofford Thursday, Jan. 3 Wofford 110, Southern Wesleyan 47 Sunday, Jan. 6 North Greenville 78, Furman 74 Columbia 72, Mercer 68 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 ................. 0-6 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 ................. 0-9 • Guard Erica Haynes-Overton returns for her sophomore • Head coach Jackie Carson enters her ninth year at the Atlantic Sun .........................................4-1 ................. 2-4 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 ................. 2-1 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 ................. 0-1 ference play and finished second to only the undefeated Mercer Bears. ETSU garnered 44 points in the coaches Big Sky ...................................................0-0 ................. 0-1 preseason poll, tying Mercer at the top. Big South .........................................11-10 ............ 12-12 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 ................. 3-1 Starters Returning/Lost .....................3/2 Starters Returning/Lost .....................4/1 Conference USA .................................3-3 ................. 2-6 • 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 ................. 0-1 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 ................. 1-0 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 ................. 1-2 (44 votes) but had one more first place vote (4) than ETSU (3). the 2017-18 campaign. Mid-Eastern Athletic .........................6-3 ................. 3-4 Missouri Valley ....................................0-0 ................. 0-2 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 ................. 0-4 Starters Returning/Lost .....................4/1 Starters Returning/Lost .....................3/2 Patriot ....................................................0-0 ................. 0-0 • Head coach Mike Morris enters his 17th season at the • Katie Burrows takes over at the head of the program Pac-12 ....................................................0-2 ................. 0-1 helm of the Bulldogs. after serving on Jim Foster’s staff. Burrows also played • The Bulldogs return four starters from last season but for Chattanooga. Southeastern .......................................2-8 ................. 1-9 have to replace last season’s leading scorer, Hannah • Junior guard Lakelyn Bouldin was named to the pre- Southland .............................................0-0 ................. 0-0 Nichols. Samford was picked to finish 6th by the media season all-conference team after averaging 12.4 points and 7th by the coaches. per game last season. Southwestern Athletic .....................1-0 ................. 1-0 Summit ..................................................0-1 ................. 1-0 Sun Belt .................................................5-1 ................. 3-8 Western Carolina Wofford Western Athletic ................................0-0 ................. 0-0 Head Coach ..... Stephanie McCormick Head Coach ..................... Jimmy Garrity 2017-18 Record .......5-25 (1-13 SoCon) 2017-18 Record .... 10-20 (3-11 SoCon) West Coast ...........................................0-0 ................. 0-0 2017-18 Regular-Season Finish ......8th 2017-18 Regular-Season Finish ......7th Non DI .................................................13-1 ...............10-1 Starters Returning/Lost .....................3/2 Starters Returning/Lost .....................3/2 Overall .................................. 64-55 ......... 38-73 • Western Carolina, led by head coach Stephanie Mc- • Wofford, who touts a young roster once again, gets Cormick, returns three starters from a squad that went preseason all-conference player, Chloe Wanink, back 5-25 last season. after she missed most of last season. • Sophomore