Wofford - Southern Conference

Wofford
College
Wofford
Quick Facts
Dr. Benjamin Dunlap
President
Richard Johnson
Director of Athletics
Location: ..................................... Spartanburg, S.C. 29302
Founded: ...................................................................... 1854
Enrollment: .................................................................. 1,250
Nickname: ............................................................... Terriers
Colors: . .............................................. Old Gold and Black
President: . .................................. Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap
Athletics Director: .................................. Richard Johnson
Home Court (Capacity): . Benjamin Johnson Arena (3,500)
Press Row Phone: . ..................................... (864) 587-4487
Basketball Facts
2006-07 Record: ........................................................... 10-20
Conference Record (Place): . ................... 5-13 (5th South)
Home: ............................................................................... 7-5
Away: .............................................................................. 3-14
Neutral: . ........................................................................... 0-1
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .................................... 10/4
Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................. 3/2
Media Relations
Director: ...................................................Brent Williamson
E-mail: . ..................................... Williamson@wofford.edu
Office: ............................................................ (864) 597-4093
Basketball Contact: . ...............................Brent Williamson
E-mail: . ..................................... Williamson@wofford.edu
Office: ............................................................ (864) 597-4093
Fax: ............................................................... (864) 597-4129
Web-site: ............................... www.wofford.edu/athletics
Primary Media
Spartanburg Herald-Journal (843-562-7273)
Todd Shanesy (todd.shanesy@shj.com)
Greenville News (864-298-4135)
Ann Green (agreen@greenvillenews.com)
The State (803-771-8473)
Pat Obley (pobley@thestate.com)
WYFF-TV (864-240-5265)
Geoff Hart (gshart@hearst.com)
WSPA-TV (864-576-7777)
Pete Yanity (pyanity@wspa.com)
WHNS-TV (864-213-2223)
Dan Bubany (dan.bubany@foxcarolina.com)
Radio Play-by-Play (864-573-1400)
Mark Hauser (mhauser@espn1400am.com)
Dr. Jameica Hill
Faculty Athletics Rep.
Terri Lewitt
Senior Woman Admin.
Benjamin Johnson Arena
Brent Williamson
Men’s Basketball SID
82
Arena: Benjamin Johnson Arena
Capacity: 3,500
Season Opened: 1980-81
First Game: Wofford vs. The Citadel (The Citadel won 65-64)
First Wofford Win: Wofford 76, Newberry 72 (1980-81)
All-Time Benjamin Johnson Arena Record: 227-98 (.698)
Largest Crowd: 3,500 vs. South Carolina (Nov. 28, 2001)
Largest Average Attendance: 1,975 in 2000-01 (25,672 in 13 games)
2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball
Terriers
2007-08 Terriers Roster
No.
2
3
5
10
12
21
23
25
30
42
33
41
50
Name Drew Gibson
Junior Salters
Shane Nichols
Norm Nixon
Matt Estep
Drew Crowell
Marcus Jackson
Tyler Whatley
Andrew Bellebaum
Noah Dahlman
Corey Godzinski
Tim Johnson
Terry Martin
Pos. G
G
G
G
G
F
G
F/C
F
F
G
G/F
F
Ht.
6-2
6-1
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-9
6-1
6-9
6-7
6-6
6-8
6-5
6-6
Wt. 195
185
195
180
200
215
198
215
205
220
210
230
215
Class
Sr.
So.
Sr.
So.
Jr.
Fr.
Jr.
Jr.
So.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
Hometown/Last School
Los Angeles, Calif./Dorsey
Spartanburg, S.C./Broome
Radford, Va./Radford
Los Angeles, Calif./South Kent Prep
Crawley, W.Va./Greenbrier East
Charleston, S.C./West Ashley
Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman
Auburn, Ga./Apalachee
Charleston, S.C./Bishop England
Braham,Minn./Braham
Clermont, Fla./East Ridge
Memphis, Tenn./Evangelical Christian
Cincinnati, Ohio/ Moeller
2007-08 Schedule
Date.
Opponent
Time
Nov. 9
at Arkansas
8:00
Nov. 13
LEES-McRAE
6:00
Nov. 24
VIRGINIA-WISE
2:00
Nov. 26
TOCCOA FALLS
6:00
Dec. 3
at Wisconsin
9:00
Dec. 8
UNC GREENSBORO*
7:00
Dec. 15
at Elon*
7:00
Dec. 17
at Alabama
8:00
(at Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic)
Dec. 19
at Purdue
7:00
(at Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic)
Dec. 22
vs. Texas Southern
3:00
(at Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic)
Dec. 23
vs. TBD
3:00/5:30
(at Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic)
Jan. 3
CHATTANOOGA*
7:00
Jan. 5
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
3:00
Jan. 10
APPALACHIAN STATE*
7:00
Jan. 12
DAVIDSON*
7:00
Jan. 17
at College of Charleston*
7:00
Jan. 19
at The Citadel*
2:00
Jan. 24
at Georgia Southern*
7:30
Jan. 26
WESTERN CAROLINA*
7:00
Jan. 28
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON* 7:00
Jan. 30
at Davidson*
7:00
Feb. 2
FURMAN*
3:00
Feb. 7
at UNC Greensboro*
7:00
Feb. 9
ELON*
7:00
Feb. 11
at Appalachian State*
7:00
Feb. 14
GEORGIA SOUTHERN*
7:00
Feb. 18
at Furman*
7:00
Feb. 23
at Chattanooga*
7:00
Feb. 28
at Western Carolina*
7:00
March 1 THE CITADEL*
7:00
March 7-10 at Southern Conference Tournament
(at North Charleston, S.C.)
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Senior guard Shane Nichols
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Wofford
2006-07 Results (10-20, 5-13)
Date
Opponent
Result
Score
Leading Scorer
Nov. 10
at North Carolina State
L
88-92
18, Eric Marshall
18, Drew Gibson
Nov. 14
ERSKINE
W
74-58
19, Eric Marshall
Nov. 16
UNION
W
96-84
22, Shane Nichols
Nov. 18
at Jacksonville State
W
82-80
24, Shane Nichols
Nov. 21
at Cincinnati
W
91-90
27, Eric Marshall
Nov. 25
at James Madison
L
74-78
18, Shane Nichols
Nov. 27
at UNC Greensboro
L
54-77
11, Tyler Whatley
11, Eric Marshall
Nov. 29
WESTERN CAROLINA
L
75-81
24, Shane Nichols
Dec. 2
at Michigan
L
49-83
17, Matt Estep
Dec. 5
at Clemson
L
66-90
20, Eric Marshall
20, Junior Salters
Dec. 16
at Auburn
L
76-86
17, Eric Marshall
Dec. 20
at Elon
L
69-79
18, Shane Nichols
Dec. 31
at Charlotte
L
62-83
23, Shane Nichols
Jan. 3
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
W
94-60
28, Shane Nichols
Jan. 6
THE CITADEL
L
71-74
24, Eric Marshall
Jan. 8
at Georgia Southern
L
78-83
33, Eric Marshall
Jan. 13
DAVIDSON
L
78-83
16, Drew Gibson
Jan. 15
at Furman
L
65-68
19, Shane Nichols
Jan. 20
CHATTANOOGA
W
66-63
21, Drew Gibson
Jan. 22
at College of Charleston
L
75-77
16, Junior Salters
Jan. 29
at Western Carolina
L (OT)
74-77
23, Shane Nichols
Feb. 3
ELON
W
71-64
20, Shane Nichols
Feb. 5
UNC GREENSBORO
W (OT)
80-75
20, Shane Nichols
Feb. 10
at Appalachian State
L
52-72
15, Drew Gibson
15, Shane Nichols
Feb. 12
at The Citadel
W
61-49
16, Matt Estep
16, Drew Gibson
Feb. 17
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
L
58-71
12, Shane Nichols
Feb. 19
at Davidson
L
73-80
27, Shane Nichols
Feb. 22
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
L
46-68
16, Junior Salters
Feb. 25
FURMAN
W
76-67
19, Junior Salters
Feb. 28
vs. Chattanooga (SC)
L
55-64
17, Junior Salters
Leading Rebounder
7, Eric Marshall
7, Tyler Whatley
13, Eric Marshall
9, Matt O’Connor
9, Eric Marshall
8, Tyler Whatley
8, Eric Marshall
7, Tyler Whatley
8, Matt O’Connor
8, Tyler Whatley
8, Tyler Whatley
3, Matt Estep
3, Emilio Lebolo
6, Eric Marshall
5, Norm Nixon
6, Eric Marshall
6, Tyler Whatley
6, Drew Gibson
9, Drew Gibson
7, Tyler Whatley
6, Eric Marshall
6, Junior Salters
6, Eric Marshall
8, Eric Marshall
8, Tyler Whatley
7, Eric Marshall
7, Tyler Whatley
9, Drew Gibson
9, Tyler Whatley
9, Drew Gibson
9, Tyler Whatley
8, Tyler Whatley
11, Tyler Whatley
8, Tyler Whatley
4, Shane Nichols
8, Tyler Whatley
6, Corey Godzinski
6, Tyler Whatley
6, Matt O’Connor
6, Junior Salters
6, Matt O’Connor
8, Tyler Whatley
2006-07 Statistics
Overall Statistics
Player
GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA
Pct. 3FGM-FGAPct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off.R-Def.Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points
Shane Nichols
29-29
926-31.9 140-327
.428
85-201 .423 87-106 .821
14 51
65
2.2 58
1 52 49
3
15
452
Eric Marshall
20-20
566-28.3 106-220
.482
29-69
.420
70-81 .864
32 81
113
5.7 54
4 39 49
1
24
311
Drew Gibson
25-25
833-33.3 108-274
.394
22-81
.272 82-117 .701
16 96
112
4.5 63
1 136 75
4
56
320
Junior Salters
30-16
725-24.2
86-218
.394
57-144 .396
16-24 .667
22 65
87
2.9 56
0 49 37
2
20
245
Tyler Whatley 30-30
806-26.9
85-169
.503
0-1
.000
47-73 .644
74 96
170
5.7 86
3 12 44 32 14
217
Matt O’Connor
30-14
674-22.5
71-153
.464
26-79
.329
17-28 .607
32 72
104
3.5 88
4 25 30 12 12
185
Matt Estep
30-6
531-17.7
58-159
.365
45-126 .357
14-20 .700
4
37
41
1.4 30
0 26 25
1
15
175
Corey Godzinski
30-9
575-19.2
56-135
.415
24-82
.293
20-24 .833
18 56
74
2.5 49
0 26 25 21 17
156
Ralph Hegamin
4-0
13-3.3
2-5
.400
0-0
.000
2-2
1.000
1
2
3
0.8 3
0
0
0
0
2
6
Adam Sheehan
19-1
107-5.6
7-21
.333
5-19
.263
0-0
.000
2
9
11
0.6 3
0
5
3
0
3
19
Norm Nixon
22-0
114-5.2
9-34
.265
1-6
.167
2-4
.500
6
16
22
1.0 13
0 18 14
0
2
21
Andrew Bellebaum 9-0
21-2.3
3-6
.500
1-2
.500
0-0
.000
2
1
3
0.3 6
0
0
2
0
0
7
Marcus Jackson
11-0
26-2.4
2-8
.250
2-6
.333
0-0
.000
1
2
3
0.3 1
0
3
3
0
0
6
Emilio Lebolo
24-0
134-5.6
3-6
.500
0-0
.000
3-10
.300
12 18
30
1.3 23
0
1
4
2
5
9
Team
43 59
102
3.4
5
Total
30
736-1,735
.424
297-816 .364 360-489 .736 279 661 940 31.3 533 13 392 365 78 185 2,129
Opponents 30
835-1,761
.474
204-564 .362 382-552 .692 360 793 1,153 38.4 484
- 457 397 77 175 2,256
Conference Statistics
Player
GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA
Pct. 3FGM-FGAPct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off.R-Def.Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points
Eric Marshall 9-9
263-29.2
52-103
.505
17-33
.515
34-37 .919
10 39
49
5.4 26
2 17 18
0
13
155
Shane Nichols 18-18
601-33.4
83-201
.413
48-123 .390
54-66 .818
8
32
40
2.2 42
1 33 28
2
7
268
Drew Gibson 17-17
578-34.0
68-178
.382
14-53
.264
50-76 .658
10 65
75
4.4 44
0 90 49
4
42
200
Junior Salters 18-13
497-27.6
56-145
.386
35-97
.361
11-17 .647
14 46
60
3.3 37
0 34 30
1
14
158
Tyler Whatley 18-18
518-28.8
54-105
.514
0-0
.000
29-43 .674
49 61
110
6.1 47
2
9
30 21
7
137
Matt Estep 18-2
324-18.0
35-92
.380
27-77
.351
7-10
.700
1
22
23
1.3 16
0 17 13
1
9
104
Corey Godzinski 18-8
330-18.3
33-77
.429
14-47
.298
11-13 .846
8
27
35
1.9 26
0
9
15 15
9
91
Matt O’Connor 18-4
368-20.4
34-70
.486
13-37
.351
9-17
.529
12 47
59
3.3 54
3 11 18
8
8
90
Ralph Hegamin 2-0
7-3.5
2-4
.500
0-0
.000
0-0
.000
1
2
3
1.5 2
0
0
0
0
1
4
Norm Nixon 12-0
44-3.7
2-9
.222
0-1
.000
2-4
.500
1
6
7
0.6 6
0
5
8
0
1
6
Marcus Jackson 6-0
11-1.8
1-3
.333
1-2
.500
0-0
.000
1
1
2
0.3 0
0
0
1
0
0
3
Andrew Bellebaum 4-0
10-2.5
1-3
.333
0-0
.000
0-0
.000
1
0
1
0.3 3
0
0
0
0
0
2
Adam Sheehan 10-1
41-4.1
1-4
.250
0-3
.000
0-0
.000
0
3
3
0.3 2
0
1
0
0
1
2
Emilio Lebolo 15-0
58-3.9
1-4
.250
0-0
.000
0-2
.000
5
7
12
0.8 14
0
0
1
1
4
2
Team
28 35
63
3.5
5
Total
18
423-998
.424
169-473 .357 207-285 .726 149 393 542 30.1 319 8 226 216 53 116 1,222
Opponents 18
483-1,039
.465
121-318 .381 221-330 .670 228 475 703 39.1 279 3 240 239 40 102 1,308
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2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball
Avg.
15.6
15.6
12.8
8.2
7.2
6.2
5.8
5.2
1.5
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.5
0.4
71.0
75.2
Avg.
17.2
14.9
11.8
8.8
7.6
5.8
5.1
5.0
2.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.2
0.1
67.9
72.7
Terriers
Mike Young
Head Coach
Hometown:
Birth Date:
Education:
Radford, Va.
May 1, 1963
B.S., Emory & Henry, 1986
Coaching
Assistant, Emory & Henry, 1986-88
Graduate Assistant, Radford, 1988-89
Assistant, Wofford, 1989-02
Head Coach, Wofford, 2002-present
PERSONAL DATA
Full name is Michael Kent Young. Born May 1, 1963 in Radford, Va. Married
to the former Margaret Green of Camden, S.C. The couple has a daughter,
Cooper, and a son, Davis.
EDUCATION
Graduated from Radford High in Radford, Va. Where he was a member of the
Bobcat basketball team. Received a bachelor’s of science degree in physical
education from Emory & Henry in 1986.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Four-year letterman in basketball at Emory & Henry for head coach Bob Johnson. Served as team captain as a junior and senior.
AT WOFFORD
Now in his 19th season with the Terriers and in his sixth season as a head
coach. Spent 13 years as an assistant on coach Richard Johnson’s staff. Was
elevated to head coach when Johnson assumed the athletics director’s duties
in 2002.
PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE
Joined the Emory & Henry coaching staff immediately following graduation.
After tow years with the Wasps, he spent a year on the Radford coaching
staff as an assistant. Spent 13 seasons as an assistant under Bob Johnson. Was
promoted to associate head coach in 1998. Assumed the head coaching duties
in 2002.
YOUNG’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
School
2002-03
Wofford
2003-04
Wofford
2004-05
Wofford
2005-06
Wofford
2006-07
Wofford
Wofford Total
Coaching Staff
Assistant Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Assistant Coach:
All-Time Wofford Coaches
Record
14-15
9-20
14-14
11-18
10-20
58-86
SoCon
8-8
4-12
7-9
6-9
5-13
30-41
Geoff Shyatt (Clemson’06)
Michael Boyton (USC ’04)
Paul Harrison (Washington and Lee ’93)
Coach
L.J. Denning
Leslie Moser
J.P. Major
John F. Gorsuch
Capt. Lindsay
Charles Lutz
Jack Frost
Roy Robertson
Phil Dickens
Ted Petoskey
Joel Robertson
Gene Alexander
Wayne Earhardt
Richard Johnson
Mike Young
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Seasons
Years
1915-16
1
1916-19
3
1919-20, ‘21-26 6
1920-21
1
1926-27
1
1927-30
3
1930-35
5
1935-41
6
1941-42
1
1942-46
4
1946-58
12
1958-77
19
1977-85
8
1985-02
17
2002-present
5
W
8
3
15
8
8
10
46
66
10
21
157
283
106
236
58
L
4
5
12
8
5
35
21
58
14
24
124
265
139
230
86
Pct.
.667
.375
.556
.500
.615
.222
.687
.516
.417
.467
.559
.516
.433
.506
.403
85
Wofford
Wofford Year-By-Year
Year Overall SoCon
Place
1915-16 8 4
1916-17 5 3
1917-18No records available 1918-19No records available 1919-20 4 3
1920-21 8 8
1921-22No records available
1922-24No team
1924-25No records available
1925-26 11 9
1926-27 8 5
1927-28No records available
1928-29 5 16
1929-30 5 19
1930-31No records available
1931-32 10 6
1932-33 12 4
1933-34 11 5
1934-35 13 6
1935-36 12 9
1936-37 8 12
1937-38 11 9
1938-39 7 13
1939-40 13 6
1940-41 15 9
1941-42 10 14
1942-43 9 5
1943-44No records available 1944-45 4 9
1945-46 8 10
1946-47 15 7
1947-48 18 6
1948-49 11 8
1949-50 10 13
1950-51 14 8
1951-52 17 7
1952-53 14 9
1953-54 8 16
1954-55 15 12
1955-56 13 13
1956-57 10 15
1957-58 13 10
1958-59 10 14
1959-60 25 6
1960-61 9 18
1961-62 11 15
1962-63 14 14
1963-64 24 9
1964-65 22 8
1965-66 17 8
1966-67 21 10
1967-68 12 17
1968-69 2 28
1969-70 10 18
1970-71 18 13
86
Coach
L.J. Denning
Leslie Moser
Leslie Moser
Leslie Moser
J.P. Major
John F. Gorsuch
J.P. Major
J.P. Major
J.P. Major
Capt. Lindsay
Charles Lutz
Charles Lutz
Charles Lutz
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Roy Robertson
Roy Robertson
Roy Robertson
Roy Robertson
Roy Robertson
Roy Robertson
Phil Dickens
Ted Petoskey
Ted Petoskey
Ted Petoskey
Ted Petoskey
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Joel Robertson
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
Gene Alexander
1971-72 14 16
Gene Alexander
1972-73 12 15
Gene Alexander
1973-74 19 14
Gene Alexander
1974-75 22 11
Gene Alexander
1975-76 15 13
Gene Alexander
1976-77 6 21
Gene Alexander
1977-78 8 24
Wayne Earhardt
1978-79 14 17
Wayne Earhardt
1979-80 7 25
Wayne Earhardt
1980-81 19 12
Wayne Earhardt
1981-82 12 18
Wayne Earhardt
1982-83 14 15
Wayne Earhardt
1983-84 11 17
Wayne Earhardt
1984-85 21 11
Wayne Earhardt
1985-86 15 12
Richard Johnson
1986-87 17 10
Richard Johnson
1987-88 10 17
Richard Johnson
1988-89 17 11
Richard Johnson
1989-90 17 11
Richard Johnson
1990-91 16 12
Richard Johnson
1991-92 21 7
Richard Johnson
1992-93 17 9
Richard Johnson
1993-94 21 6
Richard Johnson
1994-95 17 9
Richard Johnson
1995-96 4 22
Richard Johnson
1996-97 7 20
Richard Johnson
1997-98 9 18
6 82nd, tie, South Richard Johnson
1998-99 11 16
8 8 3rd, South Richard Johnson
1999-00 14 16
8 8 3rd, South Richard Johnson
2000-01 12 16
7 9 5th, South Richard Johnson
2001-02 11 18
5 11 6th, South Richard Johnson
2002-03 14 15
8 83rd, tie, South Mike Young
2003-04 9 20
4 12 5th, South Mike Young
2004-05 14 14
7 9 5th, South Mike Young
2005-06 11 18
6 9 5th, South Mike Young
2006-07 10 20
5 13 5th, South Mike Young
Total 1,1711,025 64 95
2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball