2016 17 CHARLESTON BASKETBALL SEASON PROSPECTUS TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS IS Charleston BASKETBALL 2 Quick Facts 3 2016-17 Schedule 4 2016-17 Roster 5 Preseason By The Numbers 6 TV/Radio Chart COACHING STAFF 7-13 Coaching Staff Bios MEET THE COUGARS 14-28 Player Profiles MISCELLANEOUS 29-30 2015-16 Overall and CAA Statistics 31-36 Brief History Records, Awards & Honors 37-38 Preseason Clippings 1 2016 17 CHARLESTON BASKETBALL SEASON PROSPECTUS QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location: Charleston, S.C. 2015-16 Overall Record: 17-14 Founded: 1770 CAA Record: 8-10 (7th) - CAA Quarterfinals Enrollment: 11,531 2016 Postseason Play: None Nickname: Cougars Twitter: @CofCBasketball Colors: Maroon and White Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Letterwinners R/L: 10/6 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Newcomers: 5 Home Court (Capacity): TD Arena/John Kresse Court (5,100) Top Returners: President: Glenn F. McConnell (College of Charleston '69) (Name, Ht., Class, Pos., PPG, RPG, Honors) Director of Athletics: Joe Hull (NC State '78) • Jarrell Brantley, 6-7, So., F, 11.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg Associate AD/SWA: Laura Lageman (Buffalo '82) 2016 CAA Rookie of the Year, 2016 CAA All-Rookie Team Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Vince Benigni (IUP '83) • Cameron Johnson, 6-4, Jr., G, 12.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg Ticket Office Phone: (843) 953-COUG (2632) 2016 All-CAA Third Team, 2016 CAA All-Defensive Team • Marquise Pointer, 6-0, So., G, 11.2 ppg, 2.9 apg COACHING STAFF 2016 CAA All-Rookie Team Newcomers: Head Coach: Earl Grant (Georgia College '00) - Third Season (Name, Ht., Class, Pos., Hometown) Head Coach’s Overall Record (Years): 26-38 (Two Years) • Brevin Galloway, 6-3, Fr., G, Anderson, S.C. Head Coach’s CofC Record (Years): 26-38 (Two Years) • Erik Goldbach, 6-1, Sr., G, Lancaster, Pa. Basketball Office Phone: (843) 953-5556 • Chevez Goodwin, 6-9, Fr., F, Columbia, S.C. Assistant Coach: • Jaylen McManus, 6-7, Fr., F, Charlotte, N.C. Milan Brown (Howard '93) - Second Season • Osinachi Smart, 6-8, Fr., C/F, Umuahia, Nigeria Assistant Coach: J.D. Powell (Clemson '01) - First Season ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian '07) - Third Season Director of Athletics Communications Director of Basketball Operations: (Men's Basketball Contact): Matt Braeuer (Wichita State '08) – First Season Marlene Navor (Washington State ’00) Office Phone: (843) 953-6720 BASKETBALL HISTORY Cell Phone: (843) 647-9916 E-Mail: [email protected] Seasons of Basketball: Associate Director: 107th Season (26th as NCAA Division I) Whitney Noble (Tampa ’08) Overall All-Time Record (Since 1898): 1,197-997 (.546) Assistant Director: Overall NCAA Division I Record (Since 1991): Chris Chandler (San Jose State ’13) 533-240 (.690) Athletics Communications Phone: All-Time Home Court Record: 424-83 (.836) (843) 953-5465 Record in TD Arena (Since 2008): 82-39 (.678) Athletics Communications Fax: NCAA Appearances (Last): Four (1999) (843) 953-6534 NIT Appearances (Last): Four (2011) Press Row Phone: (843) 953-6554 CBI/CIT Appearances (Last): Three (2013) / None Website: www.CofCSports.com Last Time AP and Coaches Top 25 Rankings: Twitter: @CofCSports March 8, 1999 (No. 16) / April 1, 1997 (No. 21) Instagram: @CofCSports Mailing Address: College of Charleston Athletics Communications TD Arena, Room 109 301 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401 2 2016 17 CHARLESTON BASKETBALL SEASON PROSPECTUS 2016 17 schedule DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Nov. 4 Friday ALLEN UNIVERSITY (Exh.) Charleston, S.C. 7:00 p.m. Nov. 11 Friday THE CITADEL Charleston, S.C. 7:00 p.m. Nov. 14 Monday at Coastal Carolina Conway, S.C. 7:00 p.m. ESPN GILDAN CHARLESTON CLASSIC (Boise State, College of Charleston, Mississippi State, UCF, UTEP, Villanova, Wake Forest and Western Michigan) Nov. 17 Thursday BOISE STATE [ESPN3] Charleston, S.C. 7:00 p.m. Nov. 18 Friday MISSISSIPPI STATE/UCF [ESPNU/ESPN3] Charleston, S.C. 9:30/7:00 p.m. Nov. 20 Sunday TBA Charleston, S.C. TBA Nov. 23 Wednesday at Villanova (non-bracketed game) [FSN1] Villanova, Pa. 7:00 p.m. Nov. 27 Sunday USC UPSTATE Charleston, S.C. 4:00 p.m. Dec. 1 Thursday NAVY [MyTV] Charleston, S.C. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 Sunday DAVIDSON [MyTV] Charleston, S.C. 4:00 p.m. Dec. 11 Sunday ANDERSON UNIVERSITY # North Charleston, S.C. 2:00 p.m. Dec. 15 Thursday at East Carolina [ASN / ESPN3] Greenville, N.C. 7:00 p.m. Dec. 19 Monday at LSU [SEC Network+] Baton Rouge, La. 8:00 p.m. Dec. 22 Thursday at Western Carolina Cullowhee, N.C. 7:00 p.m. Dec. 31 Saturday at Elon* Elon, N.C. 2:00 p.m. Jan. 2 Monday at Delaware* Newark, Del. 8:00 p.m. Jan. 5 Thursday TOWSON* [MyTV] Charleston, S.C. 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 Saturday HOFSTRA* [MyTV] Charleston, S.C. 4:00 p.m. Jan. 12 Thursday at James Madison* Harrisonburg, Va. 7:00 p.m. Jan. 14 Saturday WILLIAM & MARY* [MyTV] Charleston, S.C. 4:00 p.m. Jan. 19 Thursday UNCW* [ASN] Charleston, S.C. 7:00 p.m. Jan. 21 Saturday JAMES MADISON* [MyTV] Charleston, S.C. 4:00 p.m. Jan. 26 Thursday at Towson* Towson, Md. 7:00 p.m. Jan. 28 Saturday at Drexel* [ASN] Philadelphia, Pa. 2:00 p.m. Feb. 2 Thursday at UNCW* Wilmington, N.C. 7:00 p.m. Feb. 4 Saturday ELON* (Homecoming) [MyTV] Charleston, S.C. 5:00 p.m. Feb. 9 Thursday NORTHEASTERN* Charleston, S.C. 7:00 p.m. Feb. 11 Saturday at William & Mary* [Comcast SportsNet] Williamsburg, Va. 2:00 p.m. Feb. 16 Thursday at Hofstra* [ASN] Hempstead, N.Y. 7:00 p.m. Feb. 18 Saturday at Northeastern* Boston, Mass. 1:00 p.m. Feb. 23 Thursday DELAWARE* [MyTV] Charleston, S.C. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 Saturday DREXEL* Charleston, S.C. 5:00 p.m. Mar. 3-6 Friday-Monday at CAA Championship North Charleston, S.C. TBA Mar. 14-15 Tuesday-Wednesday at NCAA First Four Dayton, Ohio TBA Mar. 16-19 Thursday-Sunday at NCAA Second/Third Rounds TBA TBA Mar. 23-26 Thursday-Sunday at NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Apr. 1 & Apr. 3 Saturday & Monday at NCAA Final Four Phoenix, Ariz. TBA * Denotes CAA game # Denotes game to be played in the North Charleston Coliseum All Times Listed In Eastern Time Zone 3 2016 17 CHARLESTON BASKETBALL SEASON PROSPECTUS 2016 17 roster NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Chevez Goodwin F 6-9 205 Fr. Columbia, S.C. (Hammond School) 1 Grant Riller G 6-3 185 RS-Fr. Ocoee, Fla. (Ocoee) 2 Brevin Galloway G 6-3 210 Fr. Anderson, S.C. (Seneca) 3 Payton Hulsey G 6-5 225 Sr. Memphis, Tenn. (Eastern Florida State College) 4 John Eck G 6-4 170 Jr. Hilton Head Island, S.C. (Hilton Head Prep) 5 Jarrell Brantley F 6-7 250 So. Columbia, S.C. (Notre Dame Prep (Mass.)) 10 Erik Goldbach G 6-1 140 Sr. Lancaster, Pa. (Lancaster Catholic) 11 Evan Bailey F 6-6 210 Jr. Canton, Ohio (Jackson) 12 Cameron Johnson G 6-4 200 Jr. Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central) 13 Joe Chealey G 6-4 195 RS-Jr. Orlando, Fla. (Apopka) 15 Terrance O’Donohue F 6-7 240 Sr. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross) 21 Marquise Pointer G 6-0 200 So. Jonesboro, Ark. (Jonesboro Senior) 23 Nick Harris F 6-10 250 So. Dacula, Ga. (St. Pius X Catholic) 24 Jaylen McManus F 6-7 215 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (North Mecklenburg) 33 Osinachi Smart C/F 6-8 235 Fr. Umuahia, Nigeria (New Garden Friends School (N.C.)) Head Coach: Earl Grant (Georgia College '00) - Third Season Assistant Coach: Milan Brown (Howard '93) - Second Season Assistant Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian '07) - Third Season Assistant Coach: J.D. Powell (Clemson '01) - First Season Director of Basketball Operations: Matt Braeuer (Wichita State '08) - First Season Video Coordinator: Ishmael Turner (Charleston Southern '15) - Second Season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Matt Braeuer BRIAR Joe CHEALEY CHEE-lee Brevin Galloway Brevin (like Kevin) Payton HULSEY HULL-see Jaylen McManus JAY-lynn MARQUISE Pointer MAR-quise (like geese) Grant RILLER RILL-lurr Osinachi Smart OH-sin-AHH-chi 4 2016 17 CHARLESTON BASKETBALL SEASON PROSPECTUS PRESEASON BY THE NUMBERS 26 Number of years the College of Charleston and the men's basketball program has competed on the NCAA Division I level. The Cougars' first season as a Division I member was 1991-92. CofC boasts a 533-240 (.690) all-time record since joining the NCAA Division I ranks. The Cougars' all-time winning percentage currently ranks sixth on the active NCAA Division I list behind the likes of Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, Duke and UNLV. 10 Number of CofC returners including the team's top returning scorer in junior Cameron Johnson (12.3 ppg), a 2016 All-CAA Third Team and CAA All-Defensive Team selection. 8 The final NCAA statistical national ranking the Cougars finished in scoring defense holding opponents to 62.0 points per game in 2015- 16. They also led the CAA in the same category. 7 CofC will face seven opponents on its schedule that advanced to postseason play a year ago including defending national champion Villanova on Nov. 23 at The Pavilion in Villanova, Pa. It will mark the fourth all-time meeting in program history for the Cougars to take on the defending national champion in their non-conference slate next to North Carolina (2009-10), Louisville (2013-14) and Connecticut (2014-15). 5 2016 17 CHARLESTON BASKETBALL SEASON PROSPECTUS TV/RADIO CHART 0 1 2 3 CHEVEZ GOODWIN GRANT RILLER BREVIN GALLOWAY PAYTON HULSEY F • 6-9 • 205 • FR.