FBCB - Furman University 2003

[sjshaw]

I have played some partial seasons with bigger teams, so it's time for a challenge. I'll start with my alma mater on the hardest difficulty level (100 coaching points). We'll see what happens!

This dynasty starts in 2003, with my namesake coach beginning his career. Let's look at him:

COACH DETAILS

Stephen Shaw - Head Coach - Furman
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Age: 33
High School: Eastside High
Hometown: Greenville, SC
Alma Mater: Furman

Current Level: 0
Career Record: 0 - 0

Recruiting: 30
Scouting: 25
Offense: 20
Defense: 25


I now need to hire my assistant coaches, with the following directive and budget:

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Current Goal:
Avoid last place in the conference.

Job Evaluation:
The board of trustees is currently satisfied with your performance.

Budget Data:
Total Budget: $255,000
Staff Salaries: $0
Season Recruiting Budget: $0
Monthly Recruiting Budget: $0
Training Facilities:
Current Rating: 22
Conference Rank: 10
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Avoid last place, huh? Guess the standards could be lower, like "Don't kill any of your players." The facilities could be better, but winning can help that. Since my coaching skills are minimal, hiring the right coaches are the most important current task. I can deal with a lower recruiting budget, as my options there will be limited anyway with a 22 Prestige rating.

After quite a few rounds of getting turned down by some good potential staff members, I way overspend for these guys:

COACH DETAILS

Cody Beamer - Recruiting Coordinator - Furman
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Age: 31
High School: Greenwood High School
Hometown: Greenwood, IN
Alma Mater: Marshall

Current Level: 3
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $90,000

Recruiting: 60
Scouting: 50
Offense: 10
Defense: 40

Jefferson Dell - Lead Scout - Furman
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Age: 35
High School: Smyrna High School
Hometown: Smyrna, DE
Alma Mater: Michigan State

Current Level: 0
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $50,000

Recruiting: 32
Scouting: 45
Offense: 8
Defense: 15

Andrew Kunkle - Coaching Assistant - Furman
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Age: 38
High School: Wayne County High School
Hometown: Waynesboro, TN
Alma Mater: New Hampshire

Current Level: 4
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $90,000

Recruiting: 59
Scouting: 14
Offense: 45
Defense: 62

After hiring these guys, I have $25,000 left for recruiting. Ooof. Well, let's see what kind of team I have.

Centers

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Brady Glisson (Fr) C 6'10" 225 13 15 20 15 13 24 39 41 24 30 21 8 36 30 73 35 23
D D D D D D C A C C D F
Charles Midgett (Jr) C 6'11" 283 12 39 40 12 35 17 40 26 49 8 35 68 72 25 68 30 35
F C C F C D C D B F C A
Elvin Parker (So) C 6'10" 265 31 12 46 18 18 18 47 53 12 10 23 45 15 19 70 26 78
C F C D D D C B F F D B

Glisson is obviously too raw right now, so he will get a redshirt. Parker is more of an offensive presence than Midgett, but Parker is a defensive sieve. I will play both of them, but the starter will depend on what kind of offense the rest of the team can provide.


Power Forwards

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Willie Catalan (Fr)* PF 6' 9" 247 34 10 23 0 30 13 36 29 26 23 29 21 63 30 64 34 20
C F D F C F C D C D C D
Calvin Athey (Jr) PF 6' 9" 248 30 10 39 17 42 17 51 7 30 11 23 61 33 21 72 36 40
C F D D C D B F D F C B
John Lopez (Sr) PF 6' 6" 233 46 23 34 28 18 27 45 61 31 20 10 15 86 43 61 44 62
C D D C F C C B C D F F

Catalan isn't bad for a walk-on, but he will get a redshirt. Lopez is the obvious starter, but has hands of stone. Athey will be a capable backup.

Small Forwards

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Lawerence Levi (Fr)* SF 6' 7" 226 13 23 28 23 25 16 6 16 49 6 3 19 71 69 49 72 58
F C D D C D F D A F F D
Augustus Vanatta (Jr) SF 6'11" 223 25 6 33 37 27 38 27 7 54 30 30 12 67 60 55 70 49
D F D C D C D F B D D F
Jose Collin (Sr) SF 6' 8" 226 27 19 26 46 44 29 35 36 11 27 38 23 70 65 66 62 73
D D D C C D D C F D C D

Levi is the best most athletic and accurate jumpshooter of the bunch, so he will get some playing time. Vanatta is a nice defender in the post, but can't score. He may see some time at PF. Collin will start, as he handles the ball well and is almost the shooter Levi is while rebounding well. This position is a bit of a nightmare, so recruiting a SF is a priority.

Shooting Guards

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Kevin Hartwig (Sr) SG 6' 1" 178 21 41 58 60 16 58 7 15 48 32 45 40 96 75 46 59 67
D C C B D B F D C C C C
Charles Lacombe (Sr) SG 6' 7" 222 25 37 61 62 33 25 43 20 29 27 55 21 12 75 58 63 77
D C C B D D C D C D C D
Leonel Copenhaver (Fr)SG 6' 5" 205 19 8 32 25 43 37 29 32 30 23 31 29 48 60 40 92 31
D F C C C B C C C C C C

Copenhaver is a total nightmare as a shooting guard, as he can't shoot. He will not see the floor. Lacombe is the best 3 point shooter, so he will see a little time, especially when we are behind at the end of games. Hartwig is the starter and will see a lot of PT. We have to get 1-2 SG in recruiting.

Point Guards

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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James Rigsby (Jr) PG 6' 0" 187 13 20 50 33 57 54 48 8 9 12 9 22 40 85 29 51 41
F D C C B C C F F F F D
Luke Long (So) PG 6' 3" 191 32 6 36 29 44 22 25 19 30 38 31 25 67 98 30 60 34
C F D D D D D D C C D C
Mike Rodriguez (So) PG 6' 2" 202 28 58 53 48 49 37 32 29 17 12 7 12 41 77 27 49 45
D B B B B C C D D F F F
(* = Walk-on)

Rigsby is the best ballhandler, but he might as well stay at halfcourt when we're on defense. Rodriguez isn't much better on D, but he has too much O to stay on the bench. Luke will come off the bench as the primary backup.

We don't get any tourney invites, to my surprise (sarcasm). Now it's time to schedule, so I "sim month."

Whoops, I forgot that to schedule, I have to double-click on dates and make my request. Oh well, I now have 3 schedule proposals in the inbox: at Winthrop (41), Morris Brown (2), and at Georgia State (64). I accept all those. We now have 9 openings to fill, 4 of which can be at home. We fill a few, but get turned down by many who "want a more challenging game." We now have 5 road openings, and will try to fill those. More importantly, it's recruiting time. We have 4 scholarships to give, and many needs to fill.

I have 6 players with "Very High" interest; unfortunately, 5 of them are 1 star. Surprisingly, I have 3 3-star recruits with "High" interest in me. I will go after them hard.

I only have $5,000 a month in recruiting budget. Wow. I immediately put every prospect whose interest in me is "very high" or "high" on my call list, and evaluate all of them that are 2 star or better and in the U.S. All of them have qualified academically, so that's good. I now have $641 left, so it looks like 1 more evaluation. I take a flyer on S.C.'s Mr. Basketball, the #32 SF in the US. I have 15 people on my call list and am doing 8 evaluations. Let's see what happens.

August 2003

I now have only 1 road opening left. Shouldn't be too hard to fill. I once again try to get Clemson, who rejected us earlier. Maybe now they'll want to play.

We have 2 *** SG who have very high interest. We decide to go very hard after this guy:

#21 SG Seth Rounds
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 185
High School: Dixie County High School
Hometown: Cross City, FL
GPA: 2.81
Test Score: 1160
Rating: ***

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 58 45 33 54 60 21 5 30 42 59 14 3 2 70 41 81 62
Potential: C B D C A C F D D B F F

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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12.6 0.6 2.7 1.5 3.0 0.48 0.9 0.0 3.5

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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6.0 11.2 .531 0.6 1.4 .444 0.1 0.9 .118

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Current interest in Furman: Very High
Rankings: Southeast Region #50 Overall, Southeast Region #8 SG
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: Furman, South Florida, Florida, Texas Christian, Ohio State

We offer him a campus visit and a scholarship. We now have $2100 left, and we spend that money on evaluating some more players close to home.

September 2003

Clemson accepted our schedule offer, so the season looks like this:

Furman 2003 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/16/03 Gardner Webb (0-0)
11/18/03 at Clemson (0-0)
11/20/03 at Coppin State (0-0)
11/24/03 Marist (0-0)
11/29/03 at Georgia State (0-0)
12/02/03 at Alabama State (0-0)
12/06/03 at Central Florida (0-0)
12/11/03 at Radford (0-0)
12/15/03 High Point (0-0)
12/21/03 at Winthrop (0-0)
12/25/03 Morris Brown (0-0)
12/31/03 Morgan State (0-0)
01/03/04 Wofford (0-0)
01/10/04 at The Citadel (0-0)
01/14/04 Western Carolina (0-0)
01/17/04 at Wofford (0-0)
01/21/04 at East Tennessee State (0-0)
01/24/04 VMI (0-0)
01/28/04 at College of Charleston (0-0)
01/31/04 at Appalachian State (0-0)
02/02/04 at UNC Greensboro (0-0)
02/07/04 Georgia Southern (0-0)
02/11/04 College of Charleston (0-0)
02/14/04 at Georgia Southern (0-0)
02/16/04 Davidson (0-0)
02/18/04 Chattanooga (0-0)
02/21/04 The Citadel (0-0)
02/28/04 at Chattanooga (0-0)

SG Seth Rounds is still very highly interested, so we send our assistant coach out for a visit. SG Thomas Hake is still very highly interested, so we offer him a scholie and campus visit.

#32 SG Thomas Hake
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 196
High School: Harrisburg High School
Hometown: Harrisburg, AR
GPA: 2.76
Test Score: 1140
Rating: ***

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 16 48 62 22 34 22 19 8 5 32 43 42 57 61 39 62 45
Potential: D B B B C B F D F F D B

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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14.9 1.1 4.4 2.1 2.3 0.89 2.7 1.6 2.2

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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6.3 13.6 .463 1.1 1.7 .636 1.3 4.1 .309

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Current interest in Furman: Very High
Rankings: Southeast Region #58 Overall, Southeast Region #12 SG
High School Awards: All-State, All American
Top 5 Schools: Furman, Towson, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, North Carolina State, Toledo

We now have only $900 left. Ack! Every other player who has very high or high interest in us is a * player. We need to spend the money on evaluating a couple of them, and do. One is a 6'10" C and the other is... well, we can't evalulate another because we have less than $500 left. Damn. So, we purge the call list of players with very low interest and add some players to it who have more interest. While checking it out, we see that a *** PF from the UK (#23 PF overall) has us 2nd on his list, I guess because we had him on our call list. We offer him a scholie on the spot and will spend the 2G next month to evaluate him.

October 2003

Well, no commitments yet, but SG Rounds and Hake are still very high in interest and have us #1. Remember that 6'10" * C? Here he is:

#15 C Leonel Ito
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Height: 6'10"
Weight: 222
High School: White County High School
Hometown: Cleveland, GA
GPA: 2.55
Test Score: 820
Rating: *

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 48 19 27 54 18 0 42 41 34 26 14 14 46 11 75 37 79
Potential: F F F B C D A A C F D D

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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13.3 2.3 7.5 0.2 1.8 0.08 0.8 1.0 2.7

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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5.7 10.9 .523 1.8 4.1 .439 0.1 0.9 .111

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Current interest in Furman: Very High
Rankings: Southeast Region #25 C
High School Awards: All-State
Top 5 Schools: Furman, Western Carolina, Alabama State, UNC Asheville, The Citadel

Ooof. He is a 3-point shooting, rebounding machine if nothing else. We will hold off on him for now. The PF from the UK is visiting Chattanooga this month but has us #2 on his list, so we evaluate him for $2,000. The rest of the money will be spent evaluating players.

November 2003

The PF from the UK turned out to be wasted money, as he committed to Chattanooga. Here is what we missed out on:

#35 PF Amon Charig
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 200
High School:
Hometown: Sumburgh, UK
GPA: 2.56
Test Score: 1070
Rating: ***

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 80 4 16 36 12 7 16 75 21 45 46 26 83 27 92 43 44
Potential: A F D D D F D A F F C C

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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12.9 1.5 8.9 0.6 2.6 0.24 1.7 1.4 2.5

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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5.7 12.0 .473 1.4 4.3 .326 0.2 2.4 .063

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Chattanooga
Rankings: #23 PF, Foreign #6 Overall, Foreign #2 PF
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Chattanooga, Furman, High Point, Boston University, UC Irvine

Damn. I could have used him. Oh well, we move on. the SG are still very interested, so I send an assistant out to visit SG Rounds. We clear out some guys from the call list.

This month also calls on us to set our training plan prior to our first game. I don't really care for this much, so I hit "recommend" and check it briefly.

Next on the list is setting strategy and playing our first game.

[sjshaw]

I reconsider on C Ito and offer him a scholarship. I scout our first opponent and notice that they don't have many guys who can create their own shot or handle the ball well. I plan to press and trap them relentlessly.

The depth chart ends up like this:

C Charles Midgett
PF John Lopez
SF Jose Collin
SG Charles Lacombe
PG Mike Rodriguez

Looking at these guys, Lopez is the best offensive player and will be a focus, as will Rodriguez with his JPS and 3PS. Our backcourt is very athletic and Lacombe will have lots of steals. Unfortunately, our perimeter D is very suspect, so we will need to double-team a lot outside. We have the presence of mind to avoid fouls, especially in the frontcourt, and have enough stamina to maintain a pressing/trapping game. On offense, our passing is suspect, but we handle the ball OK. I look to have a high-paced game (8) with low motion (2) and average 3 point usage (6). We will play a MtM, 2-3, and 1-3-1 zone. We will press and trap like crazy, at least against this opponent (9,9) and use little inside double teaming (3) but more outside doubling (7).

I will start out by letting the CPU coach.

Let's see what happens.

Furman 67, Gardner Webb 34

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Thomas Doucet C 33 2-6 1-2 3 11 4 3 5
Gregory Walsh PF 31 4-7 1-1 1 7 1 1 9
Charles White SF 32 4-13 0-0 1 3 1 2 8
Kurt Hash SG 27 1-7 0-0 0 2 1 3 2
Harold Boyce PG 23 1-3 0-2 1 4 0 0 2
Jimmie Torgerson PG 11 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Garry Knapp SF 19 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 2 2
Harold Brown SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
James Weinberger PG 6 1-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 2
Orlando Wilford SG 14 2-5 0-0 1 1 1 2 4

Turnovers: 25 (T.Doucet 5, G.Walsh 5, C.White 3, K.Hash
2, H.Boyce 1, J.Torgerson 2, G.Knapp 3, J.Weinberger
1, O.Wilford 3)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 5 (C.White 2, H.Boyce 2, G.Knapp 1)
3P FGs: 0-4 (C.White 0-1, K.Hash 0-3)

Furman (1-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 22 0-1 0-0 1 2 2 1 0
John Lopez PF 26 5-8 1-2 2 8 3 2 12
Jose Collin SF 29 7-11 0-2 1 6 2 0 14
Charles Lacombe SG 17 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 1 5
Mike Rodriguez PG 19 3-7 0-0 1 2 1 3 7
Kevin Hartwig SG 22 5-10 0-0 0 2 1 1 11
Augustus Vanatta SF 7 0-2 3-4 0 1 1 1 3
James Rigsby PG 13 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Elvin Parker C 21 1-6 2-2 0 7 0 2 4
Luke Long PG 8 2-3 2-4 0 0 1 0 6
Brady Glisson C 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Calvin Athey PF 9 0-1 3-4 0 1 0 0 3
Lawerence Levi SF 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2

Turnovers: 11 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 2, J.Collin 3,
M.Rodriguez 1, K.Hartwig 1, J.Rigsby 1, E.Parker 1,
B.Glisson 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 1, M.Rodriguez 1, E.Parker
1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 13 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 2, J.Collin 2,
C.Lacombe 2, M.Rodriguez 1, K.Hartwig 3, E.Parker 1,
L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 4-17 (J.Lopez 1-2, J.Collin 0-2, C.Lacombe 1-1,
M.Rodriguez 1-4, K.Hartwig 1-5, A.Vanatta 0-2,
E.Parker 0-1)

Player of Game: PF John Lopez (FRMN)
Halftime Score: FUR 43, GWEBB 16

Looks like my scouting and gameplan was right on, as we hassled them into 25 turnovers and got 13 steals. Elvin Parker was very effective, grabbing 7 boards, scoring 4 points and blocking a shot. That's what I want out of a C. PF Lopez was dominant and needs more playing time. SG Hartwig made a point that he needs to start with 11 points and 3 steals. All in all, a good opening performance against a poor team. Let's see what happens when we face some better competition.

Next game is a bit more difficult: Clemson. Their C, PF, and SF are devastating inside players. They handle the ball better than G-Webb, but not by too much. They really don't have too much of an outside game, so the plan will be to pack it in defensively and double heavy down low. On defense, they are very strong in all facets. This will be a challenge. If I had to predict the outcome, it would be Clemson beating us around 60-45. They will probably shut down our offense.

Clemson 71, Furman 56

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 25 2-3 4-5 3 6 1 2 8
John Lopez PF 18 2-6 2-3 0 1 0 4 7
Jose Collin SF 32 5-10 0-2 1 5 5 1 10
Charles Lacombe SG 19 2-5 1-1 0 2 0 1 5
Mike Rodriguez PG 23 1-6 1-2 1 2 0 0 3
Kevin Hartwig SG 20 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 2
Augustus Vanatta SF 7 0-1 0-1 0 2 1 0 0
James Rigsby PG 10 1-2 4-4 1 1 0 0 7
Elvin Parker PF 22 2-8 1-2 1 9 1 2 5
Luke Long PG 6 1-2 3-6 0 0 0 1 5
Brady Glisson C 6 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Calvin Athey PF 8 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Lawerence Levi SF 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2

Turnovers: 16 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 2, J.Collin 1,
C.Lacombe 3, M.Rodriguez 3, K.Hartwig 2, A.Vanatta 2,
E.Parker 1, L.Long 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 10 (J.Collin 2, C.Lacombe 2, K.Hartwig 2,
J.Rigsby 1, E.Parker 2, B.Glisson 1)
3P FGs: 2-19 (J.Lopez 1-3, J.Collin 0-2, C.Lacombe 0-2,
M.Rodriguez 0-4, K.Hartwig 0-5, A.Vanatta 0-1,
J.Rigsby 1-1, E.Parker 0-1)

Clemson (2-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Joseph Macquet C 31 3-13 2-4 1 12 3 3 8
Malik Naumann PF 31 4-5 2-4 0 3 0 3 10
Leslie Goolsby SF 31 6-11 2-2 3 13 4 5 14
Chris Nielson SG 18 3-8 0-2 1 2 1 2 6
Daniel Wood PG 24 2-3 0-0 1 3 5 2 5
Ramon Martinez SG 13 2-6 4-4 0 2 1 2 10
Pedro Merino SG 11 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2
Yves Ploucquet SF 10 2-4 0-0 0 2 0 0 4
Chris Schuman PG 8 2-3 1-2 2 2 2 2 6
Robert Gonzalez PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Damon Rash SF 8 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Mike Keim C 4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Warren Whittemore PF 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Clemente Rivers C 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 16 (J.Macquet 1, M.Naumann 1, L.Goolsby 4,
C.Nielson 1, D.Wood 1, R.Martinez 2, P.Merino 2,
C.Schuman 1, D.Rash 2, W.Whittemore 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Naumann 1, L.Goolsby 2)
Steals: 10 (J.Macquet 1, L.Goolsby 2, C.Nielson 1,
D.Wood 1, R.Martinez 2, Y.Ploucquet 1, D.Rash 2)
3P FGs: 4-13 (L.Goolsby 0-3, C.Nielson 0-2, D.Wood 1-1,
R.Martinez 2-5, Y.Ploucquet 0-1, C.Schuman 1-1)

Player of Game: SF Leslie Goolsby (CLMSN)

Well, I got the margin exactly right. We led at halftime by 1, thanks to Clemson's 14 1st half fouls. Clemson led in every stat at halftime except the score. This game was exactly like a Furman-Clemson real life game: close 1st half, but Clemson wears Furman down in the 2nd half. And that's what happened, as Clemson took control of the inside, outrebounding us 44-31. There was nothing we could do as we shot .352 from the field and 2-19 from 3-point land. That's .105 for those scoring at home.

Jose Collin got a few more minutes and was productive. John Lopez got in foul trouble, and that hurt us. I like our effort against a tough, deep, ACC team. The future looks good if we can just shoot better.

Coppin State 77, Furman 75


Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 27 0-5 3-6 2 5 1 2 3
John Lopez PF 15 1-2 5-8 1 5 1 4 7
Jose Collin SF 35 4-11 4-8 1 5 0 2 13
Charles Lacombe SG 15 1-4 3-3 1 1 1 4 5
Mike Rodriguez PG 19 3-9 0-0 4 5 3 4 8
Kevin Hartwig SG 23 2-4 5-6 1 1 0 2 11
Augustus Vanatta SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
James Rigsby PG 17 3-6 3-3 2 5 0 2 10
Elvin Parker C 12 0-1 2-2 0 1 0 4 2
Luke Long PG 4 1-1 0-2 0 0 0 3 2
Brady Glisson C 7 0-1 1-2 0 3 0 1 1
Leonel Copenhaver SG 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Calvin Athey PF 20 2-3 5-6 3 4 0 0 9
Lawerence Levi SF 3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 11 (C.Midgett 2, J.Lopez 2, J.Collin 2,
M.Rodriguez 3, K.Hartwig 1, B.Glisson 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Lopez 2, C.Lacombe 1, K.Hartwig 1,
J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 6-19 (C.Midgett 0-1, J.Collin 1-5, C.Lacombe
0-2, M.Rodriguez 2-3, K.Hartwig 2-3, J.Rigsby 1-3,
E.Parker 0-1, B.Glisson 0-1)

Coppin State (1-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Junior Webb C 22 3-8 0-1 6 7 1 4 6
Chris Talbott PF 33 5-9 8-9 1 5 1 2 19
Billy Hui SF 22 2-5 4-4 1 4 2 4 8
David Ayotte PG 36 4-9 8-9 0 1 0 3 17
Justin Wallace PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Josef Sparks SG 22 2-5 5-7 1 5 3 2 10
Clinton Galvan PG 15 3-4 5-6 0 1 2 4 11
Joe Williams C 16 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 2 0
Brendon Dunn SG 6 0-1 2-2 1 2 1 5 2
Rudy Rowell SF 14 1-5 0-0 1 3 2 4 2
James Matias C 12 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 3 2

Turnovers: 14 (C.Talbott 4, B.Hui 3, D.Ayotte 2,
J.Sparks 2, B.Dunn 3)
Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Webb 1, C.Talbott 1, B.Hui 1,
C.Galvan 1, J.Williams 1)
Steals: 4 (J.Webb 1, C.Talbott 1, J.Matias 2)
3P FGs: 3-7 (C.Talbott 1-2, B.Hui 0-1, D.Ayotte 1-2,
J.Sparks 1-2)

Player of Game: SF Chris Talbott (CPST)

This is one of the worst games ever played. If I had been there I would have asked for my money back. Both teams were in the penalty within 8 minutes. The halftime score was CPST 38 FUR 37, but more importantly, total fouls were CPST 19 fouls to Furman's 18. It seemed like every play had a foul called. Unfortunately, we shoot 63% on FT and they shoot 83%. Coming out in the second half, CPST is in the penalty within 5 minutes. We can't take advantage, and the game is tied with 21 seconds to go when CPST hits a jumper. There were 63 fouls total, and our bench couldn't pull it out.

Our next game is against Marist. They are 318 in RPI andhave a 52 prestige. They are a good team with a great PG.

I look at my lineup and roster and make some depth chart changes. Most notably, I bench SF Collin and let Athey start there, but his PT is at 1 and Collin is at 10. I notice that some ratings have gone up. One player 's FT rating is up by 30 pts. Is this normal?


Marist 88, Furman 58


Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Mark Ross C 19 2-3 0-2 3 4 1 2 4
John Fouts PF 24 3-6 0-0 1 4 0 4 6
Harry Garland SF 29 6-12 3-3 0 4 2 4 16
Buddy Myhre SG 31 3-7 2-2 1 7 4 3 9
Isaac Painter PG 33 13-26 5-9 2 3 3 3 41
Ambrose Padron PG 13 0-1 0-2 1 2 1 0 0
Cyril Waller SG 6 1-3 1-4 0 1 0 0 3
David Butler SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Vaughn Pitman SF 6 2-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 6
Shannon Custer PF 23 1-3 1-2 1 5 6 2 3
James Beck C 14 0-1 0-0 1 4 2 1 0

Turnovers: 8 (J.Fouts 3, H.Garland 1, I.Painter 1,
D.Butler 1, S.Custer 1, J.Beck 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (S.Custer 7)
Steals: 9 (J.Fouts 2, H.Garland 1, B.Myhre 3, I.Painter
1, A.Padron 2)
3P FGs: 12-29 (H.Garland 1-5, B.Myhre 1-3, I.Painter
10-19, C.Waller 0-1, J.Beck 0-1)

Furman (1-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 24 3-7 2-2 0 2 2 4 8
John Lopez PF 34 0-14 4-6 6 15 1 3 4
Calvin Athey SF 18 1-5 2-2 1 1 0 2 4
Charles Lacombe SG 27 1-6 1-3 0 5 0 3 3
Mike Rodriguez PG 27 6-9 3-5 2 4 3 0 16
Jose Collin SF 22 3-7 1-2 5 13 1 3 9
Augustus Vanatta PF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Hartwig SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Luke Long PG 13 1-3 2-2 1 2 0 0 4
James Rigsby PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Elvin Parker C 16 2-3 2-2 2 6 1 1 6
Brady Glisson C 5 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 9 1-3 1-1 0 0 1 1 4
Lawerence Levi SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 20 (C.Midgett 4, J.Lopez 5, C.Athey 3,
C.Lacombe 2, M.Rodriguez 2, K.Hartwig 1, L.Long 1,
E.Parker 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Athey 3, E.Parker 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Lopez 2, C.Athey 1, C.Lacombe 1, E.Parker
1)
3P FGs: 4-16 (J.Lopez 0-2, C.Lacombe 0-3, M.Rodriguez
1-3, J.Collin 2-3, A.Vanatta 0-1, K.Hartwig 0-1,
L.Long 0-1, L.Copenhaver 1-2)

Player of Game: PG Isaac Painter (MRST)

Well, we got smoked. It was 44-34 at the half, but... wow. PG Isaac Painter is an All-American if he plays like this. Look at his line! He had 25 in the 1st half and opened the 2nd half with 2 more 3's. We just can't shoot. It irritates me. We also have 20 TO's. On the good side, Athey was inspired amd blocked 2 shots to start the game and SF Collin played maybe his best game of the year.

I feel that my strategy is off. Let me post what I have and get some comments.

Pace: 8
Motion: 2
3P usage: 4
Offense: Balanced (used to be Outside)
Key Players: PG Rodriguez, PF Lopez

Defenses: M2M (73), 2-3 (73), 1-3-1 (73)

Press: 8
Trap: 8
Double inside: 7
Double outside: 3

Any ideas?

In other news, it's obvious that Lacombe can't hack it at SG, so SG Hartwig will now start. I also move PF Lopez to SF and Athey to PF.

Our last game in November is against Georgia State (3-0, 64 prestige, RPI: 324). Their front line is devastating:

Georgia State Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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James Coleman PF 6'10" 266 68 10 0 11 28 85 36 83 32 100
Ronald Hall C 7' 0" 238 64 31 0 33 30 32 25 89 33 68
Andrew Escobedo PF 6'10" 258 58 25 33 18 17 25 45 62 36 14

This could get ugly.

Georgia State 101, Furman 70


Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 25 2-2 3-4 1 7 0 2 7
Calvin Athey PF 21 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 1 0
John Lopez PF 30 3-9 3-4 1 7 1 4 9
Kevin Hartwig SG 27 0-2 1-2 0 0 4 3 1
Mike Rodriguez PG 31 7-14 7-9 2 3 3 0 22
Jose Collin SF 22 5-11 1-2 0 4 0 2 12
Charles Lacombe SG 10 0-0 3-4 0 1 0 0 3
Elvin Parker C 14 3-4 3-4 2 2 2 0 9
Augustus Vanatta PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Long PG 9 2-4 1-1 0 2 1 0 5
Brady Glisson C 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Lawerence Levi SF 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 21 (C.Midgett 2, J.Lopez 6, M.Rodriguez 5,
J.Collin 2, L.Long 5, L.Copenhaver 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 2, C.Athey 1, M.Rodriguez 1)
Steals: 4 (C.Midgett 1, K.Hartwig 1, M.Rodriguez 1,
E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 2-11 (J.Lopez 0-1, K.Hartwig 0-2, M.Rodriguez
1-5, J.Collin 1-3)

Georgia State (4-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Erik Scott C 34 3-3 1-1 1 13 2 3 7
James Coleman PF 32 9-14 2-2 3 7 4 4 20
Micheal Sanders SF 32 3-8 2-2 0 4 5 5 8
Jonathan McNeill SG 28 13-18 2-2 5 6 2 3 36
Ike Sharp PG 19 3-10 1-2 0 0 2 2 8
William Brown PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Dennis Jenkins SG 15 3-7 0-0 0 3 0 4 9
Ronald Hall C 5 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Douglas Ramirez PF 5 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0
Lanny Burnham PG 21 3-6 2-2 1 1 5 2 11
Dusty Hendren SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (E.Scott 1, J.Coleman 4, M.Sanders 2,
J.McNeill 1, I.Sharp 1, D.Ramirez 1, L.Burnham 4)
Blocked Shots: 4 (E.Scott 1, W.Brown 2, D.Ramirez 1)
Steals: 6 (E.Scott 1, J.Coleman 1, M.Sanders 1,
J.McNeill 2, I.Sharp 1)
3P FGs: 15-28 (M.Sanders 0-1, J.McNeill 8-12, I.Sharp
1-4, D.Jenkins 3-6, L.Burnham 3-5)

Player of Game: PG Jonathan McNeill (GAST)

Well, that was ugly. Once again we get toasted by a G, as McNeil was awesome. PG Luke Long is a turnover machine and will not be playing much PG anymore. The halftime score was 50-39 GST, and it was a miracle that it was that close because GST shot 64% 3-pointers. SF Collin and PG Rodriguez had great halves, but SF/PF Lopez isn't getting enough shots. At the beginning of the 2nd half, we burst out and cut the lead to 5 within 2 minutes. and then turn the ball over 3 times and their lead is back to 12 within a blink.

I'm not sure what to make of my team, We have terrible 3 point shooting and poor perimeter defense. I'm going to post the stats and see what you guys think I can do.

Furman Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Charles Midgett C 5 5 24.6 5.2 1.4 4.4 1.2 0.4 0.8 2.0 2.2
Calvin Athey PF 5 2 15.2 3.6 1.0 1.8 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.6 0.6
John Lopez PF 5 5 24.6 7.8 2.0 7.2 1.2 1.2 0.0 3.4 3.4
Kevin Hartwig SG 5 1 19.2 5.0 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.4 0.0 1.0 1.8
Mike Rodriguez PG 5 5 23.8 11.2 2.0 3.2 2.0 0.4 0.4 2.8 1.4
Jose Collin SF 5 3 28.0 11.6 1.6 6.6 1.6 0.8 0.0 1.6 1.6
Charles Lacombe SG 5 4 17.6 4.2 0.2 2.0 0.2 1.2 0.0 1.0 1.8
Elvin Parker C 5 0 17.0 5.2 1.0 5.0 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.8 1.8
Augustus Vanatta SF 5 0 4.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2
Luke Long PG 5 0 8.0 4.4 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.4 0.8
James Rigsby PG 4 0 10.3 4.3 0.8 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.5
Brady Glisson C 5 0 4.4 0.2 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2
Leonel Copenhaver SG 5 0 3.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6
Lawerence Levi SF 5 0 2.4 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Willie Catalan PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

December 2003

We have our first recruit! Thomas Hake, a *** SG has committed to play for us.

RECRUIT DETAILS

#32 SG Thomas Hake
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 196
High School: Harrisburg High School
Hometown: Harrisburg, AR
GPA: 2.76
Test Score: 1140
Rating: ***

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 16 48 62 22 34 22 19 8 5 32 43 42 57 61 39 62 45
Potential: D B B B C B F D F F D B

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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14.9 1.1 4.4 2.1 2.3 0.89 2.7 1.6 2.2

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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6.3 13.6 .463 1.1 1.7 .636 1.3 4.1 .309

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Furman
Rankings: Southeast Region #58 Overall, Southeast Region #12 SG
High School Awards: All-State, All American
Top 5 Schools: *Furman, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Toledo, North Carolina State, Texas

We are very happy to land a *** recruit, and he should help our anemic shooting. In other recruiting news, C Ito turns us down for... THE CITADEL?!?!?!?!?! Bastard!!!

Looking at what's left in recruiting, it's not good. The only players with high interest left are *. There are 3 *** recruits left who have an average interest in us. One is a PG who handles the ball very well (2.07 A/T) and 2 SG, one being Seth Rounds (above). We're still his only offer, as he is obviously holding out for Florida to offer. I go visit and try to woo him. We send the assistant out to visit the other SG and offer him. We evaluate the PG and call him. Hell, we go ahead and offer him.

OK, we search through virtually all the ** and *** recruits to see if someone is being overlooked. Then, it's game time.

We decide to change up the strategy a bit a go with a slower pace and more motion to create some shots for our shot-creating-deficient players. We'll cut back on the pressing too.

Alabama State 80, Furman 66


Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 31 0-4 1-2 4 6 3 2 1
Calvin Athey SF 26 4-9 0-0 0 3 1 1 8
John Lopez PF 35 5-13 0-1 0 7 2 2 11
Kevin Hartwig SG 24 2-4 2-2 0 2 1 3 6
Mike Rodriguez PG 30 9-12 4-7 1 1 4 1 22
Jose Collin SF 17 3-5 4-6 1 2 0 4 11
Charles Lacombe SG 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Elvin Parker C 8 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Augustus Vanatta C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 0
Luke Long PG 10 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4
Leonel Copenhaver SG 7 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 1 3

Turnovers: 11 (C.Athey 1, J.Lopez 3, K.Hartwig 1,
M.Rodriguez 3, J.Collin 1, E.Parker 1, A.Vanatta 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (K.Hartwig 1)
Steals: 9 (C.Midgett 1, C.Athey 1, K.Hartwig 1,
M.Rodriguez 1, J.Collin 1, C.Lacombe 1, A.Vanatta 1,
L.Long 1, L.Copenhaver 1)
3P FGs: 2-9 (C.Athey 0-3, J.Lopez 1-2, M.Rodriguez 0-2,
J.Collin 1-2)

Alabama State (2-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nicolas Tooley C 28 3-5 0-0 2 6 2 2 6
Domenic Hamilton PF 29 4-9 1-1 6 11 2 1 10
Randolph Croy SF 18 4-5 2-2 1 4 3 3 11
David Heim SG 35 7-13 3-5 1 3 6 3 21
John Payne PG 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 4 0
Joe Sepulveda C 6 0-2 0-0 1 4 0 0 0
Larry Sauceda SF 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Chris Williams PF 17 4-8 3-4 4 7 0 1 12
C. Standridge PG 14 3-5 0-0 0 1 2 1 6
Andrew Rupp SF 6 1-2 0-4 0 3 1 0 3
Arlie Eyler PG 16 2-4 2-2 1 1 1 2 7
Felix Rice SF 5 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 4
Gilbert Parker PG 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (N.Tooley 1, D.Hamilton 3, D.Heim 2,
J.Payne 3, J.Sepulveda 1, C.Williams 2, A.Rupp 1,
A.Eyler 3, G.Parker 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Hamilton 1, R.Croy 1)
Steals: 5 (D.Hamilton 1, R.Croy 1, D.Heim 2,
C.Standridge 1)
3P FGs: 10-21 (D.Hamilton 1-1, R.Croy 1-2, D.Heim 4-7,
C.Williams 1-4, C.Standridge 0-1, A.Rupp 1-1, A.Eyler
1-3, F.Rice 1-1, G.Parker 0-1)

Player of Game: SG David Heim (ALST)

We get torched by another guard who shot better than 50% from 3 point range. Also, they had massive inside presence and outrebounded us by 19. On the good side, PG Rodriguez had a great game and Lopez took more shots.

Central Florida 64, Furman 45


Furman (1-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 27 3-5 0-0 3 9 1 0 6
Calvin Athey SF 25 0-3 0-0 1 3 0 2 0
John Lopez PF 35 2-6 1-2 2 6 0 3 5
Kevin Hartwig SG 29 1-7 1-2 0 3 2 2 4
Mike Rodriguez PG 29 7-15 4-6 0 3 1 1 21
Jose Collin SF 16 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Charles Lacombe SG 11 0-1 2-2 0 3 1 0 2
Elvin Parker C 15 1-2 3-3 0 4 1 0 5
Augustus Vanatta PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Luke Long PG 11 0-6 0-0 0 1 2 2 0

Turnovers: 16 (C.Athey 2, J.Lopez 5, K.Hartwig 2,
M.Rodriguez 3, J.Collin 1, C.Lacombe 1, L.Long 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, M.Rodriguez 1)
Steals: 4 (C.Athey 1, M.Rodriguez 1, C.Lacombe 1,
E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 4-14 (C.Athey 0-1, K.Hartwig 1-5, M.Rodriguez
3-5, J.Collin 0-1, C.Lacombe 0-1, L.Long 0-1)

Central Florida (2-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Edward Cassady C 31 3-13 0-0 6 11 2 4 6
Mason Atkins PF 30 3-7 2-2 1 6 3 1 8
Wendell Laplante SF 29 5-11 2-2 0 3 3 1 12
Thomas Harrington SG 29 3-7 0-2 3 9 2 3 9
Brian Gomez PG 31 5-10 2-2 0 3 2 1 13
Roger Bloch C 6 2-5 0-0 3 3 1 1 4
Leo Wylie PF 14 1-5 2-3 2 6 1 1 4
Angel Martinez PG 9 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 2 4
George Hoffmann C 5 2-3 0-0 0 3 0 1 4
Herb Lines SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Floyd Kuhn SG 6 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Les Delatorre SF 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0

Turnovers: 10 (E.Cassady 3, M.Atkins 2, T.Harrington 2,
B.Gomez 1, H.Lines 1, L.Delatorre 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Atkins 3)
Steals: 9 (E.Cassady 1, M.Atkins 1, W.Laplante 3,
B.Gomez 2, L.Wylie 1, H.Lines 1)
3P FGs: 4-18 (E.Cassady 0-6, M.Atkins 0-2, T.Harrington
3-5, B.Gomez 1-4, G.Hoffmann 0-1)

Player of Game: SF Wendell Laplante (CFL)

This is disgusting. We should have destroyed this team. We led by 1 at the half, but got outrebounded by 12 and turned the ball over waaaaay too much, in addition to shooting 30 freakin' percent. The Athey experiment seems to have fizzled, so we'll put Collin back in and crank the pace back up.

Furman 83, Radford 75


Furman (2-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 3-6 2-2 3 6 1 1 9
John Lopez PF 21 1-7 0-0 4 9 3 4 2
Jose Collin SF 30 3-5 4-6 0 9 3 0 11
Kevin Hartwig SG 27 7-10 3-4 0 2 1 1 19
Mike Rodriguez PG 35 3-12 3-5 0 2 3 3 10
Calvin Athey PF 15 1-1 2-2 0 1 2 0 4
Charles Lacombe SG 13 3-7 2-5 0 3 0 1 11
Elvin Parker C 18 4-4 4-4 1 5 1 2 12
Augustus Vanatta SF 5 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 3
Luke Long PG 4 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
James Rigsby PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0

Turnovers: 21 (J.Lopez 2, J.Collin 1, K.Hartwig 1,
M.Rodriguez 7, C.Athey 3, C.Lacombe 2, E.Parker 4,
A.Vanatta 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (C.Midgett 4, M.Rodriguez 2, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 10 (C.Midgett 1, J.Collin 2, K.Hartwig 3,
C.Lacombe 2, E.Parker 2)
3P FGs: 9-22 (C.Midgett 1-1, J.Lopez 0-2, J.Collin 1-3,
K.Hartwig 2-4, M.Rodriguez 1-5, C.Lacombe 3-6,
A.Vanatta 1-1)

Radford (1-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Lorenzo Biggs C 27 2-7 0-0 2 6 2 3 5
Jacob Kuhlman PF 20 0-1 2-2 1 3 3 0 2
Anderson Steinke SF 33 6-11 1-2 0 3 3 2 15
Célestin Nuttin SG 26 5-12 0-0 0 2 1 5 12
Terry Lawlor PG 34 9-18 1-3 1 3 3 5 24
Max Garner C 7 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 0 0
Ronald Alvarado SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0
August Huneycutt PF 20 4-5 0-0 0 1 3 2 8
Rudolph Gatling SF 12 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 6
David Gregor C 6 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0
Floyd Owings SG 10 1-5 0-0 1 3 3 2 3

Turnovers: 19 (L.Biggs 4, J.Kuhlman 2, A.Steinke 3,
C.Nuttin 1, T.Lawlor 4, M.Garner 1, A.Huneycutt 1,
R.Gatling 2, F.Owings 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Kuhlman 1, T.Lawlor 2, M.Garner 1)
Steals: 8 (A.Steinke 2, C.Nuttin 1, T.Lawlor 4,
A.Huneycutt 1)
3P FGs: 13-23 (L.Biggs 1-1, A.Steinke 2-2, C.Nuttin
2-4, T.Lawlor 5-9, R.Gatling 2-3, F.Owings 1-4)

Player of Game: SG Kevin Hartwig (FRMN)

A nice win. We led 48-42 at the half despite their shooting 57% from the arc. Elvin Parker came out of nowhere for 12 pts. and SG Hartwig had a great game. Collin had another solid performance with 11 pts and 9 rebs.

Furman 72, High Point 49

High Point (2-6)
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Xavier Engler C 20 1-2 1-2 0 4 4 1 3
Joseph Nilsson PF 23 1-5 0-2 0 5 0 3 2
Clayton Serrato SF 25 1-6 3-4 0 0 1 1 5
Jack Jiles SG 31 4-11 1-2 0 1 1 3 10
Anthony Parrish PG 29 2-9 2-2 0 3 2 4 8
Larry Piatt C 18 1-3 1-5 1 7 0 1 3
James Porras PG 7 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 1 0
James Wescott SG 8 2-4 1-1 0 1 1 2 5
Joe Shuster C 12 1-4 0-0 0 1 2 3 2
Ike Adamson SF 15 2-5 0-0 1 3 1 0 4
Michael Roeder SF 7 1-1 3-4 1 1 1 1 5
Glen Richardson SG 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2

Turnovers: 14 (X.Engler 1, J.Nilsson 1, C.Serrato 2,
J.Jiles 2, A.Parrish 3, L.Piatt 1, J.Shuster 1,
I.Adamson 2, M.Roeder 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 8 (X.Engler 1, J.Jiles 3, A.Parrish 1, L.Piatt
1, J.Wescott 1, I.Adamson 1)
3P FGs: 3-18 (J.Nilsson 0-2, C.Serrato 0-1, J.Jiles
1-7, A.Parrish 2-5, J.Porras 0-1, J.Wescott 0-1,
I.Adamson 0-1)

Furman (3-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 2-3 0-2 2 8 1 2 4
John Lopez PF 30 5-7 4-6 5 15 1 4 14
Jose Collin SF 27 6-13 3-4 3 10 2 2 17
Kevin Hartwig SG 26 2-5 2-2 1 2 4 1 7
Mike Rodriguez PG 31 5-16 6-7 0 2 3 4 18
Calvin Athey PF 13 2-3 0-1 1 2 0 0 4
Charles Lacombe SG 14 0-2 4-4 0 3 0 3 4
Elvin Parker C 14 1-3 0-0 1 2 0 4 2
Augustus Vanatta C 9 0-1 2-2 0 3 2 0 2
Luke Long PG 8 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
James Rigsby PG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 18 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 2, J.Collin 4,
K.Hartwig 1, M.Rodriguez 4, C.Athey 2, C.Lacombe 1,
E.Parker 1, L.Long 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Midgett 2, J.Lopez 1, C.Athey 1,
C.Lacombe 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Collin 3, K.Hartwig 2)
3P FGs: 5-15 (J.Collin 2-4, K.Hartwig 1-3, M.Rodriguez
2-6, C.Lacombe 0-1, J.Rigsby 0-1)

Player of Game: PF John Lopez (FRMN)

Another nice win where we led 39-28 at the half. PF Lopez had a monster game with 14 pts and 15 rebs, and SF Collin had 17 pts and 10 rebs.


Winthrop 76, Furman 52

Furman (3-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 1-3 4-6 2 3 1 3 6
John Lopez PF 31 1-7 5-6 3 13 1 2 7
Jose Collin SF 30 3-9 1-2 3 7 0 2 7
Kevin Hartwig SG 28 3-6 0-0 1 2 2 0 7
Mike Rodriguez PG 13 2-4 0-0 0 2 0 4 6
Calvin Athey PF 11 2-5 0-2 0 1 0 3 4
Charles Lacombe SG 12 1-4 0-0 1 1 1 0 2
Elvin Parker C 12 4-6 0-0 2 5 0 2 8
Augustus Vanatta C 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Luke Long PG 19 1-8 1-1 0 2 4 3 3
James Rigsby PG 8 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 1 0
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 20 (J.Lopez 5, J.Collin 4, K.Hartwig 2,
M.Rodriguez 3, E.Parker 2, L.Long 4)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 2)
Steals: 7 (C.Midgett 1, J.Collin 1, K.Hartwig 2,
C.Athey 1, E.Parker 1, L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 3-18 (C.Midgett 0-1, J.Collin 0-5, K.Hartwig
1-2, M.Rodriguez 2-4, C.Athey 0-2, C.Lacombe 0-2,
L.Long 0-1, J.Rigsby 0-1)

Winthrop (4-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Garry Hawkinson C 25 4-10 3-3 4 9 3 4 11
Stuart Brisson PF 12 2-3 0-1 0 0 0 4 4
Karl Lohr SF 35 5-14 3-5 1 5 2 3 13
David Morris SG 31 3-8 6-6 3 8 4 2 14
Joe Naylor PG 20 2-4 1-2 0 0 5 0 6
James Roseboro PF 12 2-3 0-0 1 5 1 1 4
Brian Looper PF 20 5-7 2-2 1 7 1 0 12
Charles Hunt PG 15 1-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 2
Taylor Campbell PG 11 0-3 4-4 0 1 1 2 4
Hobert Cato SF 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3
Dallas Williams SG 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
A. Partridge C 11 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 2 0
Chris Hunt SF 1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
Winston Kenney SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (G.Hawkinson 3, K.Lohr 3, D.Morris 2,
J.Naylor 1, B.Looper 1, C.Hunt 2, T.Campbell 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (S.Brisson 1, J.Naylor 1, J.Roseboro
1, B.Looper 2)
Steals: 6 (K.Lohr 1, J.Naylor 1, J.Roseboro 1, B.Looper
1, T.Campbell 2)
3P FGs: 4-17 (G.Hawkinson 0-1, K.Lohr 0-6, D.Morris
2-5, J.Naylor 1-1, C.Hunt 0-2, H.Cato 1-1, D.Williams
0-1)

Player of Game: PF Brian Looper (WTHP)

We shoot 34% and get crushed. We trailed 42-30 at halftime, and were shooting 0% on 3 pointers. That's right-ZERO.

Morris Brown 58, Furman 51

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Carroll Tarter C 25 0-7 5-6 3 9 2 3 5
Jerry Knepper PF 31 2-4 2-2 3 8 1 4 6
Lamar Beck SF 26 1-3 1-2 1 4 2 2 4
Alden Brehm SG 31 4-9 6-8 1 6 0 2 15
Darren Roden PG 27 3-8 5-6 1 4 1 0 13
Zachary Cloutier SF 11 0-4 3-6 0 1 1 1 3
Lenard Park C 15 0-1 1-2 1 2 1 1 1
Robert Hughes SG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Rupert Lovato PG 8 1-2 1-2 0 0 1 0 3
Eric Ralston SG 6 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 6
Bret Sams SF 8 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Jerome Rogers PF 9 0-3 0-0 0 3 1 1 0

Turnovers: 8 (C.Tarter 2, J.Knepper 1, A.Brehm 1,
L.Park 1, R.Lovato 2, E.Ralston 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Brehm 1, L.Park 2)
Steals: 7 (C.Tarter 1, J.Knepper 2, A.Brehm 1, D.Roden
1, L.Park 2)
3P FGs: 4-18 (L.Beck 1-2, A.Brehm 1-4, D.Roden 2-4,
Z.Cloutier 0-2, R.Hughes 0-1, R.Lovato 0-1, E.Ralston
0-1, J.Rogers 0-3)

Furman (3-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 24 2-3 0-0 3 8 4 4 4
John Lopez PF 30 3-11 2-4 2 7 1 5 8
Jose Collin SF 29 3-14 1-2 4 7 2 2 7
Kevin Hartwig SG 24 2-6 4-4 0 1 1 5 10
Mike Rodriguez PG 35 4-11 1-2 1 2 2 3 11
Calvin Athey PF 10 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 0 0
Charles Lacombe SG 16 2-4 0-1 1 4 2 4 5
Elvin Parker C 24 1-6 2-4 4 12 1 1 4
Augustus Vanatta PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Long PG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
James Rigsby PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (C.Midgett 2, J.Lopez 4, J.Collin 1,
K.Hartwig 2, M.Rodriguez 4, C.Lacombe 1, E.Parker 3)
Blocked Shots: 1 (L.Long 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 1, L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 5-16 (J.Lopez 0-3, J.Collin 0-3, K.Hartwig 2-2,
M.Rodriguez 2-4, C.Lacombe 1-3, E.Parker 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Alden Brehm (MRBRN)

Terrible, terrible. We shoot 29% in the 1st half and trail 25-23, open up a double-digit lead in the 2nd, only to lose a nip-and-tuck game. We HAVE to get some better shooters in here. I even put the focus on the inside game to try and raise the shooting %, to no avail.

Furman 87, Morgan State 68

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Rodney Kunkel C 22 0-3 1-2 0 7 1 3 1
Loren Lawyer PF 22 0-1 0-0 0 2 3 5 0
Ambrose Green SF 29 4-9 2-2 4 7 0 1 10
Oscar Allen SG 28 3-9 0-0 0 4 1 1 8
Wayne Reeves PG 19 5-11 0-0 0 1 0 0 12
Marty Hurdle SG 18 4-6 6-6 0 0 1 3 16
Matthew Kirchner PG 8 3-3 2-6 0 1 1 0 8
Mark Davidson SF 11 0-1 2-6 0 1 0 1 2
John Kelly C 13 2-4 1-2 0 0 1 2 6
Claude Shill PG 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 0 2
Gerard Miles PF 24 1-3 1-3 0 4 1 5 3

Turnovers: 14 (R.Kunkel 2, L.Lawyer 1, A.Green 4,
W.Reeves 1, M.Hurdle 2, M.Kirchner 2, G.Miles 2)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 9 (R.Kunkel 1, L.Lawyer 2, A.Green 2, O.Allen
1, W.Reeves 1, M.Kirchner 1, M.Davidson 1)
3P FGs: 7-15 (A.Green 0-2, O.Allen 2-4, W.Reeves 2-4,
M.Hurdle 2-4, J.Kelly 1-1)

Furman (4-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 27 2-3 2-5 3 6 4 0 7
John Lopez PF 35 6-11 4-7 1 16 3 2 16
Jose Collin SF 29 2-7 0-0 2 4 3 3 4
Kevin Hartwig SG 18 2-3 2-2 0 0 2 4 6
Mike Rodriguez PG 34 10-20 2-2 0 1 2 4 26
Calvin Athey PF 7 2-3 0-0 3 3 2 0 4
Charles Lacombe SG 21 4-7 0-0 0 4 2 4 10
Elvin Parker C 18 3-6 2-3 2 7 0 3 8
Augustus Vanatta SF 5 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Luke Long PG 4 2-2 1-3 0 0 1 1 6
James Rigsby PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 15 (J.Lopez 1, J.Collin 3, K.Hartwig 2,
M.Rodriguez 4, C.Athey 1, C.Lacombe 1, E.Parker 2,
L.Long 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Lopez 1, J.Collin 1)
Steals: 9 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 1, J.Collin 2,
K.Hartwig 1, M.Rodriguez 1, C.Lacombe 1, L.Long 1,
J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 8-23 (C.Midgett 1-2, J.Lopez 0-1, J.Collin 0-4,
K.Hartwig 0-1, M.Rodriguez 4-10, C.Athey 0-1,
C.Lacombe 2-3, L.Long 1-1)

Player of Game: PF John Lopez (FRMN)

What a game for PF John Lopez! 16 pts and 16 rebs. PG Rodriguez took 10 3's and made 4 en route to 26 pts. A good win to end December.

January 2004

Great news, as we land another *** recruit, SG Seth Rounds that we targeted at the start of the season. He should add a lot to our team. We now look for the best player left, and do some evaluating. We offer a *** SF and *** SG with low and very low interest.

The dress rehearsal is over, as we begin conference play against Wofford (3-7) at home. Here is our record so far:

Furman 2003 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/16/03 Gardner Webb (4-12) W 67-34 1-0
11/18/03 at Clemson (7-4) L 71-56 1-1
11/20/03 at Coppin State (2-9) L 77-75 1-2
11/24/03 Marist (10-0) L 88-58 1-3
11/29/03 at Georgia State (11-2) L 101-70 1-4
12/02/03 at Alabama State (6-5) L 80-66 1-5
12/06/03 at Central Florida (3-7) L 64-45 1-6
12/11/03 at Radford (2-7) W 83-75 2-6
12/15/03 High Point (3-8) W 72-49 3-6
12/21/03 at Winthrop (4-7) L 76-52 3-7
12/25/03 Morris Brown (4-13) L 58-51 3-8
12/31/03 Morgan State (4-8) W 87-68 4-8

Georgia State is awesome. I look for them to make the tourney. That PG of theirs is leading the nation in scoring.

Our team summary is:

Furman 2003 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 22 Record Vs 1-50: 0-1
Season Record: 4-8 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0
Conference Record: 0-0 Record Vs 101-200: 0-2
Home Record: 3-2 Record Vs 200+: 4-5
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 274

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 65.2 National Rank: 190 Conference Rank: 6
Points Allowed: 70.1 National Rank: 219 Conference Rank: 7
Rebounds: 37.0 National Rank: 118 Conference Rank: 5
Assists: 11.7 National Rank: 269 Conference Rank: 11
Steals: 7.0 National Rank: 154 Conference Rank: 5
Blocks: 2.8 National Rank: 129 Conference Rank: 5
Turnovers: 16.4 National Rank: 259 Conference Rank: 11
Fouls: 18.2 National Rank: 125 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .404 National Rank: 280 Conference Rank: 10
FT%: .676 National Rank: 147 Conference Rank: 5
3P%: .271 National Rank: 284 Conference Rank: 10

Look at that crappy shooting. Ugh. Wofford is 3-7 with an RPI of 209, so let's see how we stack up.

Furman 74, Wofford 33

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robin Snelling C 28 0-5 0-0 3 6 1 3 0
Conrad Smith PF 30 4-4 1-2 2 10 3 3 9
Garret McIver SF 28 3-10 1-2 0 3 2 1 9
Anton Phan SG 28 2-13 0-0 1 4 0 4 5
Charles Legg PG 40 2-10 0-0 0 3 2 3 6
Carlton Frechette C 14 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 2 2
Emmitt Pratt PF 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
James Dyer SF 12 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 2 0
Mark Terrell SG 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Baxley PF 5 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 0
Javier Fitzgerald SG 4 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 22 (R.Snelling 2, C.Smith 6, G.McIver 3,
A.Phan 3, C.Legg 6, E.Pratt 1, M.Terrell 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 5 (C.Smith 1, G.McIver 3, C.Legg 1)
3P FGs: 5-14 (R.Snelling 0-1, G.McIver 2-4, A.Phan 1-3,
C.Legg 2-6)

Furman (5-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 4-7 2-2 1 6 2 1 10
John Lopez PF 30 5-10 1-4 1 7 3 2 12
Jose Collin SF 28 4-12 5-6 0 6 0 1 15
Kevin Hartwig SG 27 0-3 2-2 0 2 3 0 2
Mike Rodriguez PG 30 7-11 1-2 2 7 2 4 17
Calvin Athey PF 10 2-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 4
Charles Lacombe SG 13 1-2 2-2 0 2 0 0 5
Elvin Parker C 19 1-2 2-2 1 6 5 1 4
Augustus Vanatta PF 6 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 1 0
James Rigsby PG 10 2-2 1-2 0 0 3 0 5

Turnovers: 9 (J.Lopez 3, K.Hartwig 1, M.Rodriguez 3,
E.Parker 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, E.Parker 1)
Steals: 8 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 1, J.Collin 2,
C.Lacombe 1, A.Vanatta 2, J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 6-17 (J.Lopez 1-2, J.Collin 2-6, K.Hartwig 0-2,
M.Rodriguez 2-5, C.Lacombe 1-2)

Player of Game: C Charles Midgett (FRMN)

What a beatdown. This looks like a new team. We led 41-13 at the half, shooting 56% from 3. I like our play. Everyone contributed.

Now we get our arch-rival... THE CITADEL. They are 4-7 and 1-0 in the conference.

[sjshaw]

Furman 68, The Citadel 52

Furman (6-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 3-8 1-1 3 8 0 2 7
John Lopez PF 23 1-5 3-4 2 9 1 4 6
Jose Collin SF 30 3-9 2-4 2 10 3 2 8
Kevin Hartwig SG 29 3-4 3-4 0 3 2 1 11
Mike Rodriguez PG 29 3-14 2-3 0 1 1 1 10
Calvin Athey PF 17 1-5 2-4 0 3 1 3 4
Charles Lacombe SG 11 1-3 4-4 0 0 1 3 6
Elvin Parker C 14 1-1 3-4 0 4 0 2 5
Augustus Vanatta SF 6 1-2 0-1 0 1 1 0 2
James Rigsby PG 11 2-2 4-4 0 1 0 0 9

Turnovers: 13 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 3, J.Collin 4,
K.Hartwig 1, M.Rodriguez 2, A.Vanatta 1, J.Rigsby 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 3, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 7 (J.Collin 2, C.Lacombe 2, E.Parker 1,
A.Vanatta 2)
3P FGs: 6-17 (J.Lopez 1-2, J.Collin 0-3, K.Hartwig 2-2,
M.Rodriguez 2-7, C.Lacombe 0-2, J.Rigsby 1-1)

The Citadel (4-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jamie Jenkins C 10 1-3 2-4 0 5 0 5 4
Micheal Coates PF 13 0-3 3-4 0 3 2 5 3
Cameron Wood SF 30 5-17 0-0 4 6 1 2 10
Chris Flanagan SG 23 3-12 3-4 1 3 2 1 11
Marvin Rodriquez PG 24 1-5 0-0 1 2 1 1 2
William Hickey C 11 0-0 0-0 1 6 3 2 0
Leandro Gomez C 14 3-4 0-2 1 6 3 2 6
Andrew Apple PG 26 1-6 0-0 2 5 1 2 2
Eduard Hoelzle PF 16 0-1 2-2 1 5 1 1 2
Poldi Eimer PF 17 1-6 2-2 3 6 0 2 4
Michael Ruiz SF 18 2-5 3-4 1 2 0 2 8

Turnovers: 16 (J.Jenkins 6, C.Wood 1, M.Rodriquez 4,
W.Hickey 1, L.Gomez 2, E.Hoelzle 1, M.Ruiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (M.Rodriquez 1, E.Hoelzle 1)
Steals: 8 (M.Coates 1, C.Wood 1, M.Rodriquez 4, A.Apple
1, E.Hoelzle 1)
3P FGs: 3-14 (M.Coates 0-2, C.Flanagan 2-4, M.Rodriquez
0-2, A.Apple 0-3, M.Ruiz 1-3)

Player of Game: SG Kevin Hartwig (FRMN)

We lead 33-25 at the half, shooting many more 3's than I want (I have them set to 0), but we're making 33% of them at least. We have held them to 18% shooting in the half. Amazing defensive effort. They end up shooting 27% and we are never in danger. Our front line was solid, and C Midgett had 3 blocks. He really changed the game inside.

(Note: After the game, there was a mild disturbance as a naked man ran onto the court, screaming, "I'm not gay, I swear! Absinthe rules! Vegas doesn't suck, Shaw sucks! He was later identifed as "B.P." of Charleston.)

We are 2-0 in the conference and playing well. Next is Western Carolina (3-9, 0-3, #283 RPI). Our scout tells us that they are not a strong team, very weak defensively in the paint, and have problems creating shots.

Furman 79, Western Carolina 72


Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Rocco Urrutia C 27 4-16 0-3 2 7 0 1 8
Andrew Hoffman PF 23 0-2 1-2 0 5 2 5 1
Neal Larocca SF 20 4-6 0-0 1 5 1 1 9
Marlon Minor SG 31 4-10 3-5 1 1 2 3 12
Hugh Shilling PG 32 6-14 2-3 0 4 1 5 18
Jack Henke C 19 0-1 4-4 1 2 1 4 4
W. Frieholz PF 14 3-4 0-0 2 4 0 2 6
Israel Ford SG 6 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Charles Cordero PG 11 1-3 4-6 1 1 1 0 7
Kevin Jarrett PF 4 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 2
Fritz Hollister SF 11 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 2 3

Turnovers: 10 (R.Urrutia 1, A.Hoffman 1, N.Larocca 3,
H.Shilling 2, J.Henke 1, W.Frieholz 1, C.Cordero 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (A.Hoffman 1, C.Cordero 1)
Steals: 5 (A.Hoffman 2, M.Minor 1, H.Shilling 1,
J.Henke 1)
3P FGs: 8-22 (A.Hoffman 0-1, N.Larocca 1-2, M.Minor
1-4, H.Shilling 4-7, J.Henke 0-1, I.Ford 0-2,
C.Cordero 1-3, F.Hollister 1-2)

Furman (8-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 24 4-9 0-3 3 11 3 5 8
John Lopez PF 35 2-10 9-13 0 10 1 2 13
Jose Collin SF 28 6-9 0-0 4 7 1 4 16
Kevin Hartwig SG 26 0-2 0-0 0 3 1 2 0
Mike Rodriguez PG 35 3-10 9-12 4 7 3 3 15
Calvin Athey SF 8 2-2 1-2 0 1 0 1 5
Charles Lacombe SG 14 2-2 2-2 1 1 1 2 6
Elvin Parker C 16 1-2 4-4 0 4 0 0 6
Augustus Vanatta SF 5 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 4
James Rigsby PG 5 2-5 0-0 1 1 1 1 4
Brady Glisson C 2 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 2
Lawerence Levi SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (C.Midgett 4, J.Lopez 3, J.Collin 1,
K.Hartwig 1, M.Rodriguez 2, C.Athey 1, C.Lacombe 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Collin 2, M.Rodriguez 1, C.Lacombe 1,
E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 4-15 (J.Lopez 0-2, J.Collin 4-7, M.Rodriguez
0-5, J.Rigsby 0-1)

Player of Game: SF Jose Collin (FRMN)


SF Collin collects 8 pts and 4 rbs as we lead 35-24 at the half. WCU hangs around, actually closing to within 3 pts with 4 mins left, but a 3 by SF Collin stops their comeback. PF Lopez gets another double-double, and Collin has 16-7 despite foul trouble.

We now travel to Wofford with a chance to climb to .500 on the year and 4-0 in the conference.

Furman 79, Wofford 62

Furman (8-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 28 1-2 0-0 2 6 4 3 2
John Lopez PF 28 2-5 2-4 1 6 2 1 6
Jose Collin SF 30 9-13 5-10 1 8 1 0 25
Kevin Hartwig SG 29 2-7 2-4 0 2 4 4 7
Mike Rodriguez PG 30 7-16 3-3 3 4 3 0 18
Calvin Athey PF 13 0-2 1-2 1 2 1 1 1
Charles Lacombe SG 11 3-5 1-1 1 4 0 1 9
Elvin Parker C 15 1-2 1-2 0 6 1 4 3
Augustus Vanatta PF 6 0-1 5-6 1 1 0 0 5
James Rigsby PG 10 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3

Turnovers: 10 (J.Lopez 2, K.Hartwig 3, M.Rodriguez 1,
C.Athey 2, C.Lacombe 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, M.Rodriguez 1)
Steals: 7 (C.Midgett 1, J.Collin 1, K.Hartwig 1,
M.Rodriguez 2, A.Vanatta 1, J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 7-18 (C.Midgett 0-1, J.Lopez 0-1, J.Collin 2-3,
K.Hartwig 1-3, M.Rodriguez 1-7, C.Lacombe 2-2,
J.Rigsby 1-1)

Wofford (3-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robin Snelling C 26 3-6 6-6 2 6 0 4 12
Conrad Smith PF 30 2-3 0-0 0 3 0 4 5
Garret McIver SF 28 4-10 0-0 1 8 2 1 8
Gavin Huggins SG 21 2-7 2-2 0 3 4 4 7
Charles Legg PG 40 7-16 2-2 1 3 4 3 19
Carlton Frechette C 15 1-6 1-2 1 5 1 4 3
Emmitt Pratt PF 4 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2
James Dyer SF 12 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Anton Phan SG 10 1-4 0-0 0 0 2 1 2
Mark Terrell SG 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Daniel Baxley PF 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Javier Fitzgerald SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (R.Snelling 2, C.Smith 2, G.McIver 1,
G.Huggins 1, C.Legg 3, C.Frechette 4, J.Fitzgerald 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Smith 1)
Steals: 4 (R.Snelling 1, G.McIver 1, M.Terrell 2)
3P FGs: 5-19 (C.Smith 1-1, G.McIver 0-2, G.Huggins 1-5,
C.Legg 3-9, E.Pratt 0-1, A.Phan 0-1)

Player of Game: SF Jose Collin (FRMN)

The outcome is never really in doubt. SF Collin and PG Rodriguez have established themselves as the main scoring threats on the team, while PF Lopez and C Midgett control the inside.

During this winning streak, we have shot well, controlled the boards, and minimized turnovers. We're back to .500, we lead the South Division by a game, and prepare to travel to ETSU, who leads the North Division with a 13-3, 4-0 record and #183 RPI ranking. Let's get it on!

[sjshaw]

East Tennessee State 67, Furman 45

Furman (8-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 28 0-4 0-0 1 4 0 3 0
John Lopez PF 25 2-10 0-0 0 5 2 4 4
Jose Collin SF 28 1-7 5-8 2 7 1 1 8
Kevin Hartwig SG 26 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 2 4
Mike Rodriguez PG 32 3-13 4-4 1 5 3 1 10
Calvin Athey PF 14 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Charles Lacombe SG 14 2-4 0-1 2 4 1 0 6
Elvin Parker C 14 4-7 0-0 2 7 1 4 9
Augustus Vanatta SF 10 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
James Rigsby PG 8 0-1 2-2 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 13 (C.Midgett 2, J.Collin 2, K.Hartwig 3,
M.Rodriguez 3, C.Athey 1, A.Vanatta 1, J.Rigsby 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 2)
Steals: 7 (J.Collin 1, K.Hartwig 1, M.Rodriguez 3,
C.Lacombe 1, A.Vanatta 1)
3P FGs: 4-14 (J.Lopez 0-2, J.Collin 1-3, K.Hartwig 0-2,
M.Rodriguez 0-3, C.Lacombe 2-3, E.Parker 1-1)

East Tennessee State (14-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gary Vines C 31 4-10 2-4 1 12 0 0 10
John Shreve PF 30 3-4 2-2 2 10 1 1 8
Daniil Mirinov SF 16 2-6 0-0 1 5 4 1 5
Charles Powers SG 34 3-15 3-3 2 2 2 3 10
Charles Perkins PG 28 3-10 1-1 2 7 3 3 9
Armando Smith PG 18 4-7 2-2 0 2 0 4 11
Harold White SF 13 1-4 0-0 0 2 0 2 2
Jake Early C 14 1-1 0-0 3 5 0 0 2
Michael Odell SF 11 3-5 0-0 2 2 1 1 6
Andres Bromley PF 5 1-2 2-2 0 0 1 0 4

Turnovers: 9 (J.Shreve 1, D.Mirinov 1, C.Powers 2,
C.Perkins 2, H.White 1, J.Early 2)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 9 (G.Vines 2, J.Shreve 1, D.Mirinov 2,
C.Perkins 1, M.Odell 3)
3P FGs: 5-19 (G.Vines 0-2, D.Mirinov 1-2, C.Powers 1-6,
C.Perkins 2-7, A.Smith 1-2)

Player of Game: C John Shreve (ETNST)

We got served. We shot 26%, and can't expect to beat anybody with that kind of performance. I hope this isn't the beginning of another slump.

Furman 56, VMI 53

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robin Glasser C 29 1-5 0-1 1 3 0 3 2
Gary Hamilton PF 30 3-11 3-4 4 11 5 1 9
Robin Dougherty SF 23 2-8 1-1 1 9 1 3 6
Neal West SG 34 5-14 2-2 0 5 1 3 16
Granville Smith PG 32 6-12 0-3 4 8 2 2 13
Donald Saldivar PF 15 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0
Harold Waddell SF 7 1-4 0-0 1 1 1 1 2
Gerald Lewis C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Charles Mendez SF 9 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 4
Bo Sisk SG 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Gebhard Youngbeck PG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Yannick Debuisnes C 5 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 1 1

Turnovers: 16 (R.Glasser 2, G.Hamilton 1, R.Dougherty
4, N.West 4, G.Smith 3, D.Saldivar 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (Y.Debuisnes 1)
Steals: 9 (R.Glasser 1, G.Hamilton 2, N.West 1, G.Smith
4, C.Mendez 1)
3P FGs: 6-16 (G.Hamilton 0-2, R.Dougherty 1-1, N.West
4-10, G.Smith 1-2, H.Waddell 0-1)

Furman (9-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 3-4 0-1 1 7 1 1 6
John Lopez PF 27 4-11 0-0 3 13 2 4 9
Jose Collin SF 29 5-13 0-0 1 3 1 1 10
Kevin Hartwig SG 25 1-6 2-2 0 2 3 1 5
Mike Rodriguez PG 32 2-10 4-6 1 2 1 4 9
Calvin Athey PF 7 0-2 0-0 2 3 0 0 0
Charles Lacombe SG 15 3-5 3-4 2 3 0 1 11
Elvin Parker C 22 1-5 0-0 3 11 2 1 2
Augustus Vanatta PF 9 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 4
James Rigsby PG 8 0-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 0
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 14 (C.Midgett 2, J.Lopez 3, J.Collin 3,
K.Hartwig 4, E.Parker 1, J.Rigsby 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Midgett 3, E.Parker 2)
Steals: 7 (C.Midgett 3, J.Lopez 2, M.Rodriguez 1,
E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 5-21 (J.Lopez 1-2, J.Collin 0-6, K.Hartwig 1-3,
M.Rodriguez 1-3, C.Lacombe 2-4, A.Vanatta 0-1,
J.Rigsby 0-2)

Player of Game: C Charles Midgett (FRMN)

This game was much closer than it should have been. Another poor shooting night by SF Collin and PG Rodriguez almost cost us. C Midgett and C Parker controlled the inside defensively and won the game for us.

Things don't get any easier, as we now travel to College of Charleston (14-4, 5-1, #66 RPI) for probably our toughest test of the season. They have the #1 ranked scoring defense in the country, thanks to a massive frontcourt. Their perimeter D is only average, so we will play from the outside and double down on the inside. This could get ugly, though, as they have an incredible SG, and that has given us trouble all year.

College of Charleston 92, Furman 69

Furman (9-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 3-8 0-0 0 2 2 2 6
John Lopez PF 33 1-5 4-6 2 8 2 3 6
Jose Collin SF 13 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 4 0
Kevin Hartwig SG 14 5-6 2-2 0 0 1 4 16
Mike Rodriguez PG 17 1-3 2-2 2 4 4 5 4
Calvin Athey SF 17 0-2 3-4 1 1 2 3 3
Charles Lacombe SG 26 5-10 0-0 0 3 1 1 11
Elvin Parker C 20 3-5 1-2 1 5 1 3 7
Augustus Vanatta SF 7 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
James Rigsby PG 23 5-11 4-4 0 4 2 2 16
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Lawerence Levi SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 18 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 5, K.Hartwig 1,
M.Rodriguez 5, C.Lacombe 3, E.Parker 2, J.Rigsby 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Athey 1)
Steals: 3 (K.Hartwig 2, J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 7-14 (J.Lopez 0-2, K.Hartwig 4-4, M.Rodriguez
0-1, C.Lacombe 1-4, J.Rigsby 2-3)

College of Charleston (15-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chris Dempsey C 24 2-3 6-10 2 8 3 0 10
Daniel Gorski PF 21 3-5 0-0 3 6 1 3 7
Daniel Clover SF 37 5-13 9-10 0 8 1 1 20
Cory Wade SG 35 11-20 6-8 5 7 2 2 33
Joseph Brown PG 16 2-4 1-2 0 1 3 3 5
Boris Causey PF 18 1-1 0-0 2 7 2 2 2
Royal Harris C 14 0-3 0-0 0 0 2 2 0
Melvin Chidester PG 13 0-2 4-4 0 0 1 2 4
Jonah Gonzalez PG 15 1-4 2-2 0 0 1 0 5
Harvey Anderson PF 4 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 4
Dennis Terry SG 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2

Turnovers: 9 (D.Gorski 1, D.Clover 2, C.Wade 3, J.Brown
2, R.Harris 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Dempsey 3, D.Clover 1, C.Wade 1,
D.Terry 1)
Steals: 7 (C.Dempsey 1, C.Wade 2, J.Brown 3,
M.Chidester 1)
3P FGs: 8-20 (D.Gorski 1-1, D.Clover 1-5, C.Wade 5-9,
M.Chidester 0-1, J.Gonzalez 1-3, D.Terry 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Cory Wade (CLCHA)

Yep, their SG was unconscious. We had 27 fouls to their 17, so our reserves had to play way too much. PG Rigsby is our PG of the future, as he had a career-high 16. Collin was on the bench most of the game and got shut out.

[sjshaw]

Furman 68, Appalachian State 64

Furman (10-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 6-7 2-5 1 5 1 0 14
John Lopez PF 27 6-10 1-4 2 14 3 5 13
Jose Collin SF 29 5-8 1-4 2 4 2 2 12
Kevin Hartwig SG 26 3-9 2-2 0 3 2 4 9
Mike Rodriguez PG 22 3-6 2-2 1 1 3 5 8
Calvin Athey PF 13 3-6 0-2 1 2 1 2 6
Charles Lacombe SG 10 0-3 0-0 2 2 1 1 0
Elvin Parker C 19 2-2 0-0 1 5 1 2 4
Augustus Vanatta PF 3 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 1 2
James Rigsby PG 20 0-0 0-1 0 1 3 4 0
Luke Long PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 11 (C.Midgett 3, J.Lopez 5, M.Rodriguez 1,
C.Athey 1, E.Parker 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Athey 1, E.Parker 1, J.Rigsby 1)
Steals: 2 (C.Midgett 1, C.Lacombe 1)
3P FGs: 2-12 (J.Collin 1-2, K.Hartwig 1-5, M.Rodriguez
0-2, C.Athey 0-1, C.Lacombe 0-2)

Appalachian State (7-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jonathan Dover C 32 2-7 0-0 6 13 3 3 4
Ramon Johnson PF 33 3-3 2-8 0 4 2 3 8
Bryce Lindsey SF 17 0-3 4-4 0 2 0 4 4
William Pimental SG 33 7-13 2-3 1 3 0 3 18
Andrew Young PG 27 6-13 0-0 1 2 5 3 14
Elwood Santo PG 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Harold Pratt C 6 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1
David Taylor PG 10 0-4 3-4 0 1 1 0 3
Leonard Chaney SF 20 1-4 1-1 2 3 0 2 3
Dewey Hunter SF 19 2-5 3-5 1 3 1 1 7

Turnovers: 8 (J.Dover 2, B.Lindsey 1, W.Pimental 2,
A.Young 2, D.Hunter 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.Johnson 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Dover 1, W.Pimental 1, A.Young 1, D.Taylor
1, L.Chaney 1)
3P FGs: 4-17 (J.Dover 0-1, B.Lindsey 0-2, W.Pimental
2-5, A.Young 2-5, E.Santo 0-1, L.Chaney 0-1, D.Hunter
0-2)

Player of Game: C Charles Midgett (FRMN)

A good win for us, as our 2 best players foul out with 10 minutes to go. PG Rodriguez almost gave the game to them when he fouled out:

2nd Half Time Remaining: 4:00 Appalachian State 55, Furman 62
Appalachian State ball: Defense: 1-3-1 Zone

Jonathan Dover passes the ball to Bryce Lindsey (Top of the key).
Bryce Lindsey passes the ball to Andrew Young (Right wing).
Andrew Young drives to the right baseline.
Andrew Young drives to the inside.
Andrew Young drives to the right baseline.
Andrew Young passes the ball to William Pimental (Right wing).
William Pimental shoots a three-pointer from the right wing.
He is fouled by Kevin Hartwig.
The basket is good.
Andrew Young gets the assist.
He now has five assists for the game.
Team Fouls - Appalachian State: 5, Furman: 6
Mike Rodriguez is arguing the foul call.
Mike Rodriguez has fouled out of the game.
He gets charged with a technical foul.

Half: 2 Time Remaining: 3:43 Appalachian State 58, Furman 62

Bryce Lindsey will go to the line for two shots.
The first free throw is good.
The second free throw is good.

*** Media Timeout ***

2nd Half Time Remaining: 3:41 Appalachian State 60, Furman 62
Appalachian State ball: Defense: 1-3-1 Zone

William Pimental is at the free throw line.
The free throw is good.

2nd Half Time Remaining: 3:41 Appalachian State 61, Furman 62
Furman ball: Defense: Man

Furman calls a timeout.

Dumbass.

And he really is a dumbass, as I get a message that he has been suspended for a month due to poor academic performance. D'oh! Looks like PG Rigsby will get his chance a bit early.

Lots of news: the AD approved our request for a higher budget, and has made an extra $22,893 available! Strangely, the money doesn't show up in my recruiting budget for this month. Maybe it will next month.

Also, the *** PG turned us down, but the *** SF who hasn't even been evaluated accepted our offer. I hope he isn't a choad.

RECRUIT DETAILS

#24 SF Joseph Roland
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 224
High School: Prairie High School
Hometown: Brush Prairie, WA
GPA: 2.61
Test Score: 1150
Rating: ***

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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***** Player hasn't been evaluated *****


Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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11.4 1.4 7.4 0.9 2.2 0.40 1.0 1.2 2.7

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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5.0 11.4 .439 1.2 2.7 .434 0.2 2.6 .078

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Furman
Rankings: West Region #99 Overall
High School Awards: All-State
Top 5 Schools: Rutgers, *Furman, Washington, George Washington, Ball State

We have 1 more scholarship and we need a ball-handling PG or a big man. Getting 3 *** guys at a 22 prestige school in a 2 prestige conference seems like a coup. Is this too easy, or am I gonna be surprised come next season?

[SirFozzie]

well, remember they were 3* based on your scouts ;)

[sjshaw]

I thought it was half my scouts and half "actual?"

[SirFozzie]

actually full scouts and half your rating

[Desnudo]

Actually the stars rating comes from the league scout:

"Ok, here is how it works:

The players on your team use the actual numbers.

With recruits, there is a combination of the league scout and the team scout. The league scout gives the star rating and lists the overall rankings by position. So if you sort by overall rating, that is how the league scout ranks the player. The individual scouted attributes and potentials come from the team scout."

[sjshaw]

UNC Greensboro 78, Furman 74

Furman (10-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 1-3 3-3 2 5 1 4 5
John Lopez PF 35 6-15 0-0 2 9 2 4 13
Jose Collin SF 31 8-16 3-8 2 7 2 2 21
Kevin Hartwig SG 29 6-12 0-0 3 7 3 0 13
James Rigsby PG 29 0-1 0-0 2 4 7 5 0
Charles Lacombe SG 22 6-9 1-2 1 2 3 1 15
Calvin Athey PF 8 1-1 2-4 0 0 0 0 5
Elvin Parker C 13 1-5 0-0 1 5 0 2 2
Augustus Vanatta C 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 15 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 6, J.Collin 1,
K.Hartwig 1, J.Rigsby 3, C.Lacombe 1, C.Athey 1,
E.Parker 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Midgett 1, K.Hartwig 1, E.Parker 1)
Steals: 7 (J.Lopez 1, J.Collin 1, C.Lacombe 5)
3P FGs: 7-17 (J.Lopez 1-4, J.Collin 2-4, K.Hartwig 1-3,
C.Lacombe 2-4, C.Athey 1-1, E.Parker 0-1)

UNC Greensboro (7-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Stewart Haigh C 30 4-8 3-6 10 20 4 3 11
David Brinkman PF 34 5-11 2-2 1 3 1 2 12
M. Worthington SF 30 4-8 1-2 1 4 0 4 11
Zane Ratcliff SG 31 5-16 2-4 0 2 1 3 13
Brian Carbajal PG 34 5-8 5-9 1 4 5 0 18
David Durkee C 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
John Matsumoto SG 11 2-5 0-0 1 2 1 1 6
Ian Cooper SF 9 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 1 2
Gregory Patton PF 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Everette Gary PG 9 2-4 1-1 1 1 0 0 5
Kenneth Johnstone C 6 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (S.Haigh 1, D.Brinkman 2, Z.Ratcliff 3,
B.Carbajal 1, I.Cooper 1, G.Patton 1, E.Gary 3)
Blocked Shots: 1 (I.Cooper 1)
Steals: 5 (S.Haigh 1, D.Brinkman 2, Z.Ratcliff 1,
E.Gary 1)
3P FGs: 8-19 (M.Worthington 2-5, Z.Ratcliff 1-4,
B.Carbajal 3-5, J.Matsumoto 2-4, E.Gary 0-1)

Player of Game: C Stewart Haigh (NCGN)

This was a very even game. Once again, foul trouble really did us in. It could have gone either way.

Georgia Southern 78, Furman 75

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Ronnie Ortiz C 24 0-2 2-2 0 4 2 3 2
Robert McIver PF 18 2-4 0-0 1 6 0 5 4
Branislav Beran SF 28 4-11 2-2 0 6 4 4 12
Antwan Hernandez SG 20 3-10 4-4 1 2 1 2 10
Arthur Fitz PG 20 4-5 0-0 1 2 2 2 9
Malcolm Williams PG 10 1-4 3-4 0 0 3 2 5
Blair Salcido PG 20 7-14 2-2 0 2 1 2 19
Joseph Jones C 21 1-2 0-0 0 6 1 4 3
Eric Rendon PF 15 1-1 1-1 0 1 1 3 3
Calvin Kinlaw SF 11 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 4
James Keeler SG 10 2-3 1-1 0 0 2 2 5
Ramon Beach PF 3 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 10 (R.McIver 1, A.Fitz 2, B.Salcido 2,
J.Jones 1, E.Rendon 2, J.Keeler 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (R.McIver 1, E.Rendon 1)
Steals: 13 (R.Ortiz 1, B.Beran 3, A.Hernandez 3, A.Fitz
2, J.Jones 1, E.Rendon 1, C.Kinlaw 2)
3P FGs: 7-20 (B.Beran 2-5, A.Hernandez 0-4, A.Fitz 1-2,
M.Williams 0-3, B.Salcido 3-5, J.Jones 1-1)

Furman (10-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 1-2 4-4 1 5 0 0 6
John Lopez PF 26 1-3 5-9 1 7 0 4 7
Jose Collin SF 29 7-14 1-3 1 7 2 4 18
Kevin Hartwig SG 26 6-10 5-5 0 3 2 2 18
James Rigsby PG 32 2-5 1-2 2 4 4 1 5
Charles Lacombe SG 15 2-5 4-6 1 3 0 3 9
Calvin Athey PF 13 1-1 0-2 1 1 0 3 2
Elvin Parker C 19 0-4 0-0 3 8 2 1 0
Augustus Vanatta SF 8 2-2 1-2 0 1 0 0 5
Luke Long PG 2 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 1
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Lawerence Levi SF 1 1-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 17 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 3, J.Collin 2,
K.Hartwig 2, J.Rigsby 5, C.Lacombe 2, A.Vanatta 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 2)
Steals: 4 (J.Lopez 1, A.Vanatta 1, L.Long 1, L.Levi 1)
3P FGs: 5-12 (C.Midgett 0-1, J.Collin 3-4, K.Hartwig
1-2, C.Lacombe 1-4, L.Copenhaver 0-1)

Player of Game: SF Branislav Beran (GASO)

A very frustrating loss. Free throws killed us, as they had 29 fouls and we shot 63%. Now we get CoC in our house, and we anticipate a blowout.

Furman 62, College of Charleston 53

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chris Dempsey C 22 0-3 2-2 0 7 0 3 2
Daniel Gorski PF 22 1-5 1-2 1 4 0 3 4
Daniel Clover SF 19 2-2 0-0 1 3 1 5 4
Cory Wade SG 35 7-15 8-8 2 4 3 5 24
Joseph Brown PG 31 2-7 0-0 2 5 3 3 4
Boris Causey PF 19 1-5 3-4 1 3 2 3 5
Royal Harris C 12 0-3 3-6 1 5 0 3 3
Melvin Chidester PG 22 2-4 0-0 0 0 1 0 4
Harvey Anderson PF 13 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 3
Dennis Terry SG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 8 (D.Gorski 2, C.Wade 1, J.Brown 1, B.Causey
1, M.Chidester 1, H.Anderson 1, D.Terry 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 2 (J.Brown 2)
3P FGs: 4-15 (C.Dempsey 0-1, D.Gorski 1-3, C.Wade 2-3,
J.Brown 0-2, B.Causey 0-2, R.Harris 0-1, M.Chidester
0-2, H.Anderson 1-1)

Furman (11-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 0-2 1-2 2 8 2 3 1
John Lopez PF 35 2-7 2-2 1 8 0 3 6
Jose Collin SF 28 4-10 11-14 3 4 1 1 21
Kevin Hartwig SG 27 1-3 4-4 1 5 0 4 6
James Rigsby PG 29 1-7 3-6 1 2 1 0 6
Charles Lacombe SG 18 2-3 1-1 2 4 1 2 5
Calvin Athey SF 10 2-3 1-1 0 0 0 1 5
Elvin Parker C 14 1-3 3-5 0 3 2 4 5
Augustus Vanatta C 10 1-1 4-6 0 1 0 0 7
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (C.Midgett 3, J.Lopez 3, K.Hartwig 1,
J.Rigsby 2, C.Athey 1, E.Parker 1, A.Vanatta 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Lacombe 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Midgett 1, J.Rigsby 1, E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 4-18 (J.Lopez 0-2, J.Collin 2-8, K.Hartwig 0-2,
J.Rigsby 1-3, C.Lacombe 0-1, E.Parker 0-1, A.Vanatta
1-1)

Player of Game: SF Jose Collin (FRMN)


Wow! We beat the #35 team in the RPI, and the leader of the South Division! We didn't play our best, but we "held" their stud SG to 24 pts and them to 27% 3-pt. shooting. We led 37-26 at the half, and the closest they got was 5 pts. We slowed the pace down and that seems to have helped with the fouling.

Now we get a rematch with Georgia Southern, and we must avoid a letdown.

Georgia Southern 69, Furman 60

Furman (11-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 30 3-6 4-8 0 6 2 3 11
John Lopez PF 35 3-12 2-2 4 9 1 2 9
Jose Collin SF 30 4-9 1-2 2 7 3 3 10
Kevin Hartwig SG 27 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 3 5
James Rigsby PG 35 2-8 1-2 2 4 5 2 5
Charles Lacombe SG 13 4-6 0-0 0 1 0 1 10
Calvin Athey SF 9 1-2 3-4 1 1 1 0 5
Elvin Parker C 16 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 0 1
Augustus Vanatta SF 6 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 4
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 1, J.Collin 1,
K.Hartwig 1, J.Rigsby 3, C.Lacombe 3, C.Athey 1,
E.Parker 2, A.Vanatta 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, K.Hartwig 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Lopez 1, K.Hartwig 1, J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 6-17 (C.Midgett 1-1, J.Lopez 1-4, J.Collin 1-2,
K.Hartwig 1-3, J.Rigsby 0-3, C.Lacombe 2-4)

Georgia Southern (13-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Ronnie Ortiz C 24 2-3 0-0 3 5 1 2 4
Robert McIver PF 27 1-2 0-2 2 8 1 1 2
Branislav Beran SF 29 6-19 0-0 3 7 2 4 14
Antwan Hernandez SG 18 4-7 1-2 0 2 1 3 12
Arthur Fitz PG 23 4-10 1-2 3 4 3 0 10
Malcolm Williams PG 12 3-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 8
Blair Salcido PG 9 4-6 0-0 0 1 1 4 9
Joseph Jones C 16 0-1 2-2 2 6 3 4 2
Calvin Kinlaw SF 7 1-1 0-2 0 0 1 1 2
Eric Rendon PF 13 1-2 0-0 2 4 0 0 2
James Keeler SG 21 2-8 0-0 1 2 0 2 4

Turnovers: 12 (R.McIver 2, B.Beran 1, A.Hernandez 2,
A.Fitz 3, B.Salcido 1, J.Jones 1, C.Kinlaw 1, J.Keeler
1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (R.Ortiz 1, R.McIver 1)
Steals: 8 (A.Hernandez 2, A.Fitz 1, M.Williams 1,
B.Salcido 1, J.Keeler 3)
3P FGs: 9-23 (B.Beran 2-8, A.Hernandez 3-5, A.Fitz 1-4,
M.Williams 2-3, B.Salcido 1-2, J.Jones 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Malcolm Williams (GASO)


The slower pace hurt us here, as GASO had 8 steals. PF Lopez's terrible shooting didn't help either. Now we're battling for a better tournament seed, and the first hurdle is Davidson, who leads the North Division.

Furman 64, Davidson 63

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Federico C 33 3-5 1-2 1 8 3 4 7
J. Rittenhouse PF 35 5-11 1-2 1 8 1 2 11
Wendell Vowell SF 32 5-10 4-4 1 4 2 3 16
Brice Neal SG 28 5-14 1-1 1 4 2 2 13
Robert Massie PG 24 3-6 0-2 1 3 2 5 8
Chris Blocker PG 11 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3
Steven Dill SG 14 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Mark McKenzie PF 5 1-1 1-1 0 1 0 1 3
Joshua Bloom PG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Harry Francis C 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Alvaro Carson SF 5 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 16 (W.Federico 6, J.Rittenhouse 3, W.Vowell
2, B.Neal 2, R.Massie 1, S.Dill 1, A.Carson 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (W.Federico 2, C.Blocker 1)
Steals: 13 (W.Federico 1, J.Rittenhouse 2, B.Neal 3,
R.Massie 2, C.Blocker 1, S.Dill 1, M.McKenzie 2,
H.Francis 1)
3P FGs: 7-19 (W.Vowell 2-4, B.Neal 2-9, R.Massie 2-2,
C.Blocker 1-2, S.Dill 0-1, A.Carson 0-1)

Furman (12-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 28 2-5 4-4 2 4 1 2 8
John Lopez PF 34 4-9 1-2 0 9 1 3 10
Jose Collin SF 30 6-15 2-6 1 5 2 3 14
Kevin Hartwig SG 28 1-2 0-0 0 3 4 1 3
James Rigsby PG 35 3-7 2-2 4 7 5 3 8
Charles Lacombe SG 20 3-8 4-4 0 0 2 1 12
Calvin Athey PF 5 1-1 3-5 0 2 0 0 5
Elvin Parker C 16 1-2 0-0 2 8 1 0 3
Augustus Vanatta SF 4 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1
Brady Glisson C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 20 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 5, J.Collin 2,
K.Hartwig 4, J.Rigsby 5, C.Lacombe 2, E.Parker 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 8 (C.Midgett 2, J.Collin 2, K.Hartwig 1,
J.Rigsby 1, C.Lacombe 1, E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 5-18 (J.Lopez 1-4, J.Collin 0-3, K.Hartwig 1-2,
J.Rigsby 0-2, C.Lacombe 2-5, E.Parker 1-2)

Player of Game: C Charles Midgett (FRMN)

Another huge win against a very good team with a thrilling ending where we tried to give it away:

2nd Half Time Remaining: 1:02 Furman 64, Davidson 60
Davidson ball: Defense: Man

Jonathan Rittenhouse inbounds the ball to Robert Massie
Robert Massie drives to the inside.
Robert Massie passes the ball to Jonathan Rittenhouse (Right baseline).
Jonathan Rittenhouse passes the ball to Brice Neal (FT Line).
Brice Neal passes the ball to Robert Massie (Right corner).
Robert Massie drives to the right baseline.
Robert Massie passes the ball to Brice Neal (Right corner).
Brice Neal passes the ball to Jonathan Rittenhouse (Inside).
Jonathan Rittenhouse passes the ball to Brice Neal (Right wing).
Brice Neal passes the ball to Robert Massie (Right corner).
Robert Massie shoots a three-pointer from the right corner.
It's Good.
Brice Neal gets the assist.

2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:30 Furman 64, Davidson 63
Furman ball: Defense: 2-1-2 Zone

John Lopez inbounds the ball to James Rigsby.
James Rigsby passes the ball to Jose Collin (Left wing).
Robert Massie commits the foul.
Robert Massie has fouled out of the game.
Team Fouls - Furman: 8, Davidson: 7
Davidson is in the penalty.
Jose Collin will go to the line for one plus the penalty.

2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:22 Furman 64, Davidson 63
Furman ball: Defense: 2-1-2 Zone

Jose Collin is at the free throw line.
The free throw is no good.
William Federico (Davidson) gets the rebound.
William Federico now has 7 rebounds for the game.

2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:20 Furman 64, Davidson 63
Davidson ball: Defense: Man

William Federico passes the ball to Wendell Vowell (Right wing).
Jose Collin steals the pass.

2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:16 Furman 64, Davidson 63
Furman ball: Defense: 2-1-2 Zone

William Federico commits the foul.
Team Fouls - Furman: 8, Davidson: 8
Davidson is in the penalty.
Jose Collin will go to the line for one plus the penalty.

2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:14 Furman 64, Davidson 63
Furman ball: Defense: 2-1-2 Zone

Jose Collin is at the free throw line.
The free throw is no good.
William Federico (Davidson) gets the rebound.

2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:12 Furman 64, Davidson 63
Davidson ball: Defense: Man

William Federico passes the ball to Brice Neal (Left wing).
Brice Neal drives to the top of the key.
Brice Neal passes the ball to Wendell Vowell (Right corner).
Wendell Vowell shoots a three-pointer from the right corner.
No good.
John Lopez (Furman) gets the rebound.

Final Score - Furman 64, Davidson 63

Player of the Game: C Charles Midgett - Furman

Chattanooga 56, Furman 46

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Myron Taylor C 28 7-9 1-3 0 0 1 1 15
Charley Weeden PF 21 1-4 2-2 2 6 1 2 4
Mario Sanford SF 24 3-5 2-4 0 2 0 4 8
Joseph Mason SG 33 3-8 3-4 0 6 2 4 9
James Mulcahy PG 20 3-8 3-3 3 3 1 1 9
Joey Luu PF 20 1-2 0-1 1 5 3 1 2
Andrew Hamer PF 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Anthony Gilmore PG 18 1-3 1-2 0 2 3 0 3
Emanuel Joseph SG 7 1-3 0-0 1 2 0 0 2
Omer Israel PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Horace Fernandez SF 16 1-5 2-2 0 2 0 1 4
Matthew Schafer C 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Leroy Crippen SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 11 (M.Taylor 2, C.Weeden 1, J.Mason 4,
A.Hamer 1, A.Gilmore 1, O.Israel 1, H.Fernandez 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (M.Taylor 2)
Steals: 11 (M.Taylor 1, C.Weeden 1, M.Sanford 2,
J.Mason 2, J.Mulcahy 2, J.Luu 2, H.Fernandez 1)
3P FGs: 0-4 (M.Sanford 0-1, E.Joseph 0-1, H.Fernandez
0-2)

Furman (12-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 0-2 0-0 2 7 0 3 0
John Lopez PF 35 1-8 2-2 2 9 2 3 4
Jose Collin SF 29 6-13 2-2 2 4 0 2 17
Kevin Hartwig SG 27 4-7 0-0 2 4 1 2 9
James Rigsby PG 32 1-9 2-2 3 4 3 1 5
Charles Lacombe SG 12 2-5 1-2 2 2 1 4 6
Calvin Athey SF 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Elvin Parker C 19 1-4 0-0 0 5 1 2 2
Augustus Vanatta SF 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Luke Long PG 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 7 1-2 1-1 1 2 0 0 3

Turnovers: 23 (C.Midgett 3, J.Lopez 5, J.Collin 2,
K.Hartwig 5, J.Rigsby 2, C.Lacombe 3, E.Parker 1,
A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 2, C.Athey 1, E.Parker 1)
Steals: 4 (J.Lopez 2, A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver 1)
3P FGs: 6-21 (C.Midgett 0-1, J.Collin 3-7, K.Hartwig
1-4, J.Rigsby 1-5, C.Lacombe 1-2, E.Parker 0-1, L.Long
0-1)

Player of Game: C Myron Taylor (CHATT)

PF Lopez and PG Rigsby cost us this game with combined 2-17 shooting. We need to shoot better, but that's been a common refrain all year. We should be pumped up for the next game, a home rematch with our arch-rival, The Citadel.


Furman 73, The Citadel 56

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jamie Jenkins C 16 4-6 0-0 0 1 0 5 8
Micheal Coates PF 25 5-5 1-3 1 5 2 3 11
Cameron Wood SF 32 3-10 0-1 1 4 0 2 6
Chris Flanagan SG 26 4-8 0-0 1 1 3 4 9
Andrew Apple PG 35 3-9 3-3 0 2 4 3 9
William Hickey C 14 0-4 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Leandro Gomez C 7 1-2 2-2 0 2 0 0 4
Eduard Hoelzle PF 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Poldi Eimer PF 11 0-1 2-2 0 4 0 0 2
Michael Ruiz SG 27 1-2 3-6 2 5 1 2 5

Turnovers: 15 (J.Jenkins 1, M.Coates 1, C.Wood 3,
C.Flanagan 1, A.Apple 4, M.Ruiz 5)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Wood 1, E.Hoelzle 2)
Steals: 5 (C.Flanagan 1, A.Apple 2, P.Eimer 1, M.Ruiz 1)
3P FGs: 1-7 (C.Flanagan 1-2, A.Apple 0-4, W.Hickey 0-1)

Furman (13-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 28 1-3 5-6 3 10 2 2 7
John Lopez PF 29 3-6 0-0 3 10 1 3 6
Jose Collin SF 28 5-11 0-0 3 5 1 1 11
Kevin Hartwig SG 28 5-10 3-4 0 2 3 1 15
James Rigsby PG 20 2-5 0-0 3 3 5 4 4
Charles Lacombe PG 25 6-15 2-2 3 5 1 1 16
Calvin Athey PF 8 0-2 0-0 0 0 3 1 0
Elvin Parker C 19 4-6 0-1 1 4 0 3 9
Augustus Vanatta C 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Luke Long PG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Leonel Copenhaver SG 5 0-1 3-4 0 2 0 0 3

Turnovers: 14 (C.Midgett 2, J.Lopez 1, J.Collin 4,
K.Hartwig 1, J.Rigsby 2, C.Lacombe 2, E.Parker 1,
L.Long 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Athey 1, L.Copenhaver 1)
Steals: 7 (K.Hartwig 5, C.Lacombe 1, A.Vanatta 1)
3P FGs: 6-21 (J.Lopez 0-2, J.Collin 1-5, K.Hartwig 2-6,
C.Lacombe 2-6, E.Parker 1-1, A.Vanatta 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Kevin Hartwig (FRMN)

A nice game for everyone. I have messed with the depth chart in an effort to get SG Hartwig and SG Lacombe on thye court for their shooting talents, and let PF Lopez and C Midgett handle the inside. It's working well so far.

Our last game is against Chattanooga, and whoever wins will finish at .500 and 2nd place in the South Division.

Chattanooga 76, Furman 53

Furman (13-15):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 2-3 0-2 2 8 2 2 4
John Lopez PF 33 4-12 0-0 6 11 0 2 10
Jose Collin SF 30 2-7 2-3 0 1 0 1 6
Kevin Hartwig SG 30 1-7 1-2 1 2 1 3 4
James Rigsby PG 30 2-9 2-7 1 3 1 1 7
Charles Lacombe PG 18 0-0 2-2 0 2 1 3 2
Calvin Athey PF 9 0-0 1-4 0 1 1 1 1
Elvin Parker C 15 2-4 2-2 2 3 0 1 7
Augustus Vanatta PF 3 3-4 2-4 3 3 0 1 8
Leonel Copenhaver SG 3 1-1 2-3 0 0 0 0 4

Turnovers: 19 (C.Midgett 4, J.Lopez 3, K.Hartwig 4,
J.Rigsby 2, C.Lacombe 2, C.Athey 2, E.Parker 1,
L.Copenhaver 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 2, K.Hartwig 1, E.Parker 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Midgett 1, J.Collin 1, C.Athey 1)
3P FGs: 5-19 (J.Lopez 2-6, J.Collin 0-3, K.Hartwig 1-5,
J.Rigsby 1-3, E.Parker 1-2)

Chattanooga (14-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Myron Taylor C 26 4-7 3-3 2 7 4 2 11
Charley Weeden PF 22 1-4 0-0 1 6 2 0 2
Mario Sanford SF 31 1-8 2-2 0 3 2 4 5
Joseph Mason SG 30 8-12 4-4 1 4 3 4 20
James Mulcahy PG 19 4-8 0-0 0 2 0 3 8
Joey Luu PF 17 2-2 2-2 1 8 1 3 6
Andrew Hamer PF 8 2-2 2-2 1 1 2 2 6
Anthony Gilmore PG 8 1-2 2-2 0 0 1 4 4
Emanuel Joseph SG 10 1-2 2-2 1 1 0 2 4
Omer Israel PG 13 0-2 2-2 0 0 3 1 2
Horace Fernandez SF 9 4-6 0-0 1 1 1 0 8
Matthew Schafer C 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0

Turnovers: 7 (C.Weeden 1, J.Mulcahy 1, J.Luu 1, A.Hamer
1, A.Gilmore 1, H.Fernandez 1, M.Schafer 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Weeden 1)
Steals: 7 (M.Sanford 1, J.Mason 3, E.Joseph 1, O.Israel
1, H.Fernandez 1)
3P FGs: 1-9 (C.Weeden 0-1, M.Sanford 1-4, J.Mulcahy
0-1, A.Gilmore 0-1, O.Israel 0-1, H.Fernandez 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Joseph Mason (CHATT)

Tough game for us, as CHATT shot 19-19 from the line and 50% from the field. We now proceed to the tournament, and hope we don't get match up with these guys again.

March 2004

Thankfully, we get PG Rodriguez back after his suspension. We check the recruiting budget, and the extra money still hasn't shown up. I don't know how this works.

We're seeded #5 in the tourney, the highest seed without a 1st round bye. We play the #12 seed VMI.

Furman 68, VMI 60

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robin Glasser C 34 4-7 1-1 0 7 0 3 10
Gary Hamilton PF 27 1-7 4-4 0 6 1 4 7
Robin Dougherty SF 25 5-8 0-2 2 5 3 3 10
Neal West SG 34 5-14 8-8 0 5 3 3 20
Granville Smith PG 30 1-4 6-8 1 4 5 3 8
Donald Saldivar PF 16 0-0 1-2 3 5 1 1 1
Harold Waddell SF 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Charles Mendez SF 9 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Bo Sisk SG 8 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Gebhard Youngbeck PG 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Yannick Debuisnes C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 14 (G.Hamilton 1, R.Dougherty 4, N.West 2,
G.Smith 3, D.Saldivar 1, B.Sisk 2, G.Youngbeck 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.Glasser 1)
Steals: 5 (R.Glasser 1, G.Hamilton 1, R.Dougherty 2,
G.Smith 1)
3P FGs: 4-12 (R.Glasser 1-1, G.Hamilton 1-3, N.West
2-6, G.Smith 0-1, B.Sisk 0-1)

Furman (14-15):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 0-3 0-1 5 7 2 4 0
John Lopez PF 29 3-7 0-2 0 6 1 3 6
Jose Collin SF 28 3-9 5-6 0 6 1 1 11
Kevin Hartwig SG 13 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 5 5
Mike Rodriguez PG 31 8-13 4-6 0 4 4 3 25
Charles Lacombe SG 30 3-9 6-8 1 4 1 2 14
Elvin Parker C 20 1-2 3-4 2 5 1 2 5
James Rigsby PG 16 1-4 0-1 1 2 0 1 2
Calvin Athey PF 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0
Augustus Vanatta PF 2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (J.Lopez 2, J.Collin 3, M.Rodriguez 3,
C.Lacombe 4, E.Parker 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, E.Parker 1)
Steals: 6 (C.Midgett 1, J.Lopez 1, M.Rodriguez 1,
C.Lacombe 2, J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 8-23 (J.Collin 0-5, K.Hartwig 1-2, M.Rodriguez
5-9, C.Lacombe 2-6, J.Rigsby 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Mike Rodriguez (FRMN)

What a return by PG Rodriguez! He provides the difference, and we move on to play... Davidson. Ugh.

[sjshaw]

I think I figured out the additional funds issue. There must be a floor of $50,000 for recruiting, because even after the additional money, I should only have $47,893 for recruiting, but I've had $50,000 all year.

Anyway, we now face Davidson, who beat us by 1 point at their place earlier this year. We didn't have PG Rodriguez, though. Maybe he will make the difference.

Davidson 75, Furman 52

Furman (14-16):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 27 1-4 0-0 1 6 2 3 2
John Lopez PF 31 3-8 1-2 3 12 1 1 7
Jose Collin SF 27 3-9 0-0 2 6 3 2 7
Kevin Hartwig SG 28 0-7 0-0 0 2 1 4 0
Mike Rodriguez PG 28 7-13 1-2 2 2 2 4 19
Charles Lacombe SG 16 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 5
Elvin Parker C 19 3-4 4-5 2 4 1 1 10
James Rigsby PG 15 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Calvin Athey PF 5 1-1 0-0 2 3 0 0 2
Augustus Vanatta SF 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (C.Midgett 4, J.Lopez 2, J.Collin 2,
K.Hartwig 2, C.Lacombe 1, E.Parker 1, J.Rigsby 2,
C.Athey 1, A.Vanatta 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Midgett 1, J.Collin 1, E.Parker 3)
Steals: 4 (C.Midgett 1, J.Collin 1, C.Lacombe 1,
E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 6-19 (J.Lopez 0-1, J.Collin 1-5, K.Hartwig 0-3,
M.Rodriguez 4-6, C.Lacombe 1-2, E.Parker 0-1, J.Rigsby
0-1)

Davidson (19-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Federico C 30 0-3 0-0 2 6 3 1 0
J. Rittenhouse PF 34 5-15 0-0 3 7 0 2 10
Wendell Vowell SF 29 6-11 2-3 1 6 2 4 16
Brice Neal SG 27 3-5 1-2 3 6 3 0 10
Robert Massie PG 22 4-11 2-3 2 5 5 1 12
Chris Blocker PG 13 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 0 5
Frank Schwarz C 5 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Steven Dill SG 18 5-7 6-6 2 3 2 1 17
Cliff Armitage PF 6 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Joshua Bloom PG 6 1-3 2-2 0 0 0 0 4
Harry Francis C 6 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 1
Alvaro Carson SF 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 6 (W.Federico 2, J.Rittenhouse 1, W.Vowell
2, R.Massie 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (W.Federico 2, H.Francis 2)
Steals: 7 (W.Federico 2, B.Neal 1, R.Massie 1, S.Dill
2, J.Bloom 1)
3P FGs: 9-23 (J.Rittenhouse 0-1, W.Vowell 2-4, B.Neal
3-4, R.Massie 2-7, C.Blocker 1-2, S.Dill 1-3, J.Bloom
0-1, A.Carson 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Steven Dill (DAVDS)

Not much you can do when you turn the ball over 17 times and foul 19 times. We trailed at the half 35-30, but Rodriguez got his 3rd foul with 5 mins left in the half.

It was a very good year, considering our AD just wanted us to stay out of last place. Now we watch everyone else play and try to get a solid 4th recruit.

Unranked UNC beat #6 Duke in the ACC final to make the tourney, and unranked Georgia beat #19 Mississippi in the SEC final. Davidson beat CoC and ETSU to win the Southern Conference. They get a #13 seed and play Charlotte. CoC gets an at-large bid and a #9 seed. They get Oregon.

Marist lost in the semis of their tournament and get snubbed by the NCAA. They are a #1 seed in the NIT.

Davidson gets killed by Arizona, but CoC beats Oregon by 9. #11 UNC beats #6 Gonzaga.

Marist makes it to the NIT Final 4, and the NCAA final 4 is: #1 seed Stanford, #1 Ok. St., #1 Florida, and #5 IU. Marist loses to Vandy in the semis.

The PG we offered turns us down, so we concentrate on the Southeast region and evaluate as many players as we can. I just saw that PG Rodriguez is a Sophomore (I don't know how I missed that before), so we need a PG to redshirt if we can get one.

Stanford beats Florida and Ok. St. kills IU. Stanford beats Ok. St. for the Naitonal Championship!

Looking at the manual, recruiting ends in April, so I guess I'll be stuck with a walk-on if I don't pick a guy to get a scholarship. We offer PG Marlon Brown and send our assistant our to make the offer in person.

May 2004

PG Brown accepts our offer, and FBCB News rated our recruiting class as the #102 class in the nation, and 2nd best in our conference! We are shut out of any conference awards, though.

Now for coach hiring.

[sjshaw]

I have to free up some money for recruiting, so someone has to go from the staff. The best candidates are our asst. coach and scout, because I can get someone with comparable ratings a little cheaper. I fire our recruiting guy, because despite the good class, he is too expensive at $90K. His replacement is:

Chris Vue - Recruiting Coordinator - Furman
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Age: 53
High School: Amite High School
Hometown: Amite, LA
Alma Mater: Binghamton

Current Level: 2
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $50,000

Recruiting: 45
Scouting: 18
Offense: 26
Defense: 51

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2003 St. John's Assistant 25 10 9 7 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight

His recruiting rating is 15 less than the last guy, but we save $40K. I then fire the assistant coach and miss on all our cheaper targets, so I have to pony up the $90K for this guy:

Coy Warden - Coaching Assistant - Furman
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Age: 54
High School: Raytown South Senior High School
Hometown: Raytown, MO
Alma Mater: Prairie View A&M

Current Level: 2
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $90,000

Recruiting: 0
Scouting: 26
Offense: 57
Defense: 57

Coaching History:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Awards & Achievements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No awards won.

Job Movement:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Move
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004 Hired by Furman (Assistant)

He has 12 points more on offense than the last guy and only 8 points less on defense. We like him. The, my scouting director up and quits on me, which we didn't want. We miss on guy after guy after guy, and finally get this guy:

Joseph Crawford - Lead Scout - Furman
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Age: 33
High School: Seneca High School
Hometown: Seneca, MO
Alma Mater: Saint Joseph's

Current Level: 0
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $30,000

Recruiting: 16
Scouting: 30
Offense: 26
Defense: 28

Coaching History:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 Utah Assistant 21 13 10 4 Loss in NIT Round 3

Awards & Achievements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No awards won.

Job Movement:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Move
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004 Hired by Furman (Assistant)
2004 Fired by Utah
2003 Hired by Utah (Assistant)

He has 15 less points than the last guy, but he's $20K cheaper, so it may be a wash. We spent $60K less this year and ask for more money.

We don't get invited to any tourneys, so let's move forward.

[sjshaw]

June 2004

The AD gave us $22,005 more money, so this year we have over double the money to recruit: $109,505. The goal for this season is again to avoid last place, and the board is currently delighted with my performance. Our prestige increases 1 to 23. Time to schedule, and I am going to follow SkyDog's recommendations.

July 2004

We continue to fill our schedule as recruiting begins. We have to land some big men and a SF with our 4 scholarships. We definitely don't need a SG unless he can play SF. A star PG won't be turned away.

Looks like the only players who have at least a high interest in us are * guys, with 1 exception of a ** guy. Last season I had 3 3-star recruits with "High" interest in me. My work is cut our for me.

August 2004

We have our schedule set:

Furman 2004 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/14/04 at Gardner Webb (0-0)
11/17/04 at Morris Brown (0-0)
11/20/04 at Charlotte (0-0)
11/23/04 at Pepperdine (0-0)
11/26/04 at New Mexico (0-0)
11/28/04 at UNC Wilmington (0-0)
12/01/04 North Carolina A&T (0-0)
12/04/04 Middle Tennessee State (0-0)
12/07/04 Samford (0-0)
12/10/04 Valparaiso (0-0)
12/14/04 UNC Asheville (0-0)
01/01/05 Wofford (0-0)
01/05/05 at Wofford (0-0)
01/08/05 The Citadel (0-0)
01/15/05 East Tennessee State (0-0)
01/17/05 College of Charleston (0-0)
01/29/05 at Western Carolina (0-0)
01/31/05 at Appalachian State (0-0)
02/02/05 Georgia Southern (0-0)
02/05/05 at Georgia Southern (0-0)
02/09/05 Davidson (0-0)
02/12/05 at VMI (0-0)
02/14/05 at The Citadel (0-0)
02/16/05 at Chattanooga (0-0)
02/19/05 at College of Charleston (0-0)
02/23/05 Chattanooga (0-0)
02/26/05 UNC Greensboro (0-0)
03/02/05 at Marist (0-0)

Some very strong road games to get us ready at the beginning. Our recruiting continues, as we now have 3 *** players interested in us: a C, PF, and SF. Their evaluations are fairly strong. We get them to campus and send assistants out to look at some *** players who still have average interest.

[Desnudo]

I don't know if you know this, but ideally you want your assistant coach to have a decent recruiting rating if you're going to send him on visits.

[RPI-Fan]

HR hasn't made it explicitely clear, but on his own forum has indicated that the "Assistant Coach"'s recruiting rating has absolutely NO effect on recruiting.

So, IMO, don't worry about it.

[Desnudo]

"HR ... a question for you on this topic ...

If I send both my Head Coach AND my Assistant Coach to visit a recruit in the same month, do I get the combined recruiting power of both ... or just the larger of the two during that month?

Thanks!


You get the effects of both.

Quote:
Another question: If your assistant has higher recruting than the head coach, is there are reason to send the head? Does sending each of them at a certian point make any difference?


The head coach generally has more impact on the recruit since he is more important. Of course, if you really want a player you should probably just send both the head coach and the assistant."

I read that as saying recruiting skill does matter.

[sjshaw]

October 2004

We keep recruiting hard.

November 2004

One of our *** targets turns us down, so we up the pressure on the rest of them. No commitments yet. It's time for training camp, so let's look at the team. First, the career averages (which are last year's averages):


Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Charles Midgett C 30 30 26.9 5.3 2.0 6.1 1.6 0.6 1.1 1.5 2.2
Elvin Parker C 30 0 16.8 5.0 1.2 5.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 1.1 1.8
Brady Glisson C 16 0 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2
Calvin Athey PF 30 4 11.9 3.0 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.8
Willie Catalan PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Augustus Vanatta SF 30 0 5.3 1.8 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.4
Lawerence Levi SF 8 0 2.0 1.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3
Joseph Roland SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 11 0 4.0 2.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4
Seth Rounds SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thomas Hake SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
James Rigsby PG 27 8 15.7 3.6 0.9 1.9 1.7 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.2
Luke Long PG 16 0 6.8 2.6 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.1 0.6
Mike Rodriguez PG 22 22 27.8 13.9 1.3 3.0 2.3 0.6 0.3 2.8 2.6
Marlon Brown PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

We lost 3 starters and a lot of points and rebounds. Here are the shooting stats from last year:


Name Pos FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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Mike Rodriguez PG 104 244 .426 63 87 .724 34 103 .330
Charles Midgett C 55 127 .433 47 76 .618 3 9 .333
Elvin Parker C 50 111 .450 45 59 .763 4 14 .286
James Rigsby PG 30 94 .319 29 42 .690 9 32 .281
Calvin Athey PF 30 72 .417 29 51 .569 1 9 .111
Luke Long PG 14 37 .378 13 23 .565 1 5 .200
Augustus Vanatta SF 15 33 .455 22 34 .647 2 8 .250
Leonel Copenhaver SG 6 12 .500 10 13 .769 1 3 .333
Brady Glisson C 1 7 .143 1 2 .500 0 1 .000
Lawerence Levi SF 3 5 .600 2 3 .667 0 0 .000
Willie Catalan PF 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
Marlon Brown PG 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
Joseph Roland SF 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
Seth Rounds SG 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
Thomas Hake SG 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000

Centers

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Brady Glisson (So) C 6'10" 232 15 15 22 15 13 26 45 53 32 34 23 10 36 32 81 37 49
D D D D D D C A C C D F
Charles Midgett (Sr) C 6'11" 287 13 44 45 13 40 19 46 29 61 8 37 84 72 26 68 33 59
F C C F C D C D B F C A
Elvin Parker (Jr) C 6'10" 266 40 13 48 21 19 20 56 70 14 10 25 58 15 21 74 27 88
C F C D D D C B F F D B

The obvious starter is Midgett. He averaged 5.3 pts and 6.1 rebs last year. He has significantly improved his post defense and shot blocking. Parker will get playing time, as Midgett doesn't have much stamina. Glisson is only there for emergencies.


Power Forwards

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Willie Catalan (Fr)* PF 6' 9" 248 41 10 23 0 34 13 43 33 34 25 33 25 63 32 71 35 50
C F D F C F C D C D C D
Calvin Athey (Sr) PF 6' 9" 252 34 10 40 17 46 17 64 9 33 11 25 73 33 23 82 39 64
C F D D C D B F D F C B

Well, ain't this a kick in the ass. Athey was anything but impressive as a backup last year. He will perform the same function this year, as SF Vanatta will play PF. Catalan has some potential, and I expect him to take over as the primary backup later in the year.

Small Forwards

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Lawerence Levi (So)* SF 6' 7" 228 13 26 31 26 32 19 6 18 61 7 4 22 71 70 53 74 66
F C D D C D F D A F F D
Augustus Vanatta (Sr) SF 6'11" 224 27 7 37 43 29 40 29 7 64 33 32 13 67 61 55 72 63
D F D C D C D F B D D F
Joseph Rowland (Fr) SF 6' 7" 224 44 20 34 51 47 8 21 44 32 23 19 29 29 63 61 73 49
C D C C B F D C C C D C

As stated above, Vanatta will play PF, so we need a new SF. SF Rowland was a *** prospect and rated #311 overall. He was a Washington all-state player, and we like his potential. He will get the initial chance to play this crucial position with Levi backing him up.

Shooting Guards

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Thomas Hake (Fr) SG 6' 5" 196 22 67 51 38 46 23 12 24 5 34 46 36 41 77 35 64 48
D A B C C D F D F C C B
Leonel Copenhaver (So)SG 6' 5" 207 22 10 35 31 47 44 32 37 34 27 35 33 48 62 45 92 59
D F C C C B C C C C C C
Seth Rounds (Fr) SG 6' 3" 185 49 51 35 42 46 23 10 22 44 46 17 3 2 73 43 83 49
C B C C C D F D C C D F

SG Hake was a *** prospect and rated #298 overall. He was an All-American and Arkansas all-state player, and he will be redshirted. SG Rounds was a *** prospect and rated #262 overall. After his impressive training camp, he is now the starter. Copenhaver will sub, but look for PG Rodriguez to get a lot of time here.


Point Guards

Name Pos Ht Wt INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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James Rigsby (Sr) PG 6' 0" 188 14 24 57 37 65 58 53 8 9 14 10 24 40 87 35 55 69
F D C C B C C F F F F D
Luke Long (Jr) PG 6' 3" 191 38 8 38 31 44 24 28 22 34 44 34 27 67 100 33 62 55
C F D D D D D D C C D C
Mike Rodriguez (Jr) PG 6' 2" 202 30 66 61 56 58 43 34 31 19 14 9 12 41 80 31 50 59
D B B B B C C D D F F F
Marlon Brown (Fr) PG 6' 2" 202 31 23 53 32 47 79 46 22 27 12 13 8 31 76 24 76 73
C D B C C A C D C F F F
(* = Walk-on)

Rodriguez is the obvious starter, but he will shift to SG as needed, as Rigsby is a good ballhandler. Long is a turnover machine and will be a defensive backup. PG Brown was the #812 prospect in the US last year and will be redshirted.

[sjshaw]

We fool around with the training settings and run camp, and see some significant ratings increases! I didn't know it happened now. Therefore, I edited the roster details above.

[RPI-Fan]

"HR ... a question for you on this topic ...

If I send both my Head Coach AND my Assistant Coach to visit a recruit in the same month, do I get the combined recruiting power of both ... or just the larger of the two during that month?

Thanks!


You get the effects of both.

Quote:
Another question: If your assistant has higher recruting than the head coach, is there are reason to send the head? Does sending each of them at a certian point make any difference?


The head coach generally has more impact on the recruit since he is more important. Of course, if you really want a player you should probably just send both the head coach and the assistant."

I read that as saying recruiting skill does matter.
I'm not sure, but the impression I've always got is that he's taking "assistant" to mean "recruiting coordinator" - else, what would the recruiting coordinator do?

[sjshaw]

We lose another potential recruit, a *** PG. Oh well, time to start the season.

Furman 69, Gardner Webb 67

Furman (1-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 28 1-2 0-0 5 8 1 2 2
Augustus Vanatta PF 27 1-4 1-2 1 3 2 2 3
Joseph Roland SF 30 7-11 1-2 2 9 2 2 16
Seth Rounds SG 28 2-6 2-3 1 5 2 4 7
Mike Rodriguez PG 32 7-17 4-4 3 4 2 2 21
Elvin Parker PF 22 2-5 4-5 2 5 2 2 8
James Rigsby PG 19 1-2 2-3 0 0 6 1 4
Calvin Athey PF 7 3-5 0-0 1 2 0 1 6
Leonel Copenhaver SG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Catalan PF 5 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2

Turnovers: 15 (C.Midgett 1, J.Roland 5, S.Rounds 4,
M.Rodriguez 1, E.Parker 2, J.Rigsby 1, C.Athey 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 1, E.Parker 2, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 2 (M.Rodriguez 1, E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 5-20 (A.Vanatta 0-1, J.Roland 1-4, S.Rounds
1-5, M.Rodriguez 3-9, E.Parker 0-1)

Gardner Webb (0-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Whitney Delaney C 29 4-5 1-3 2 3 1 3 9
Gregory Walsh PF 31 4-8 2-3 2 8 2 1 10
Junior Wear SF 26 1-6 0-0 1 5 3 2 3
Kurt Hash SG 27 2-5 2-2 0 1 2 4 6
Harold Boyce PG 19 4-11 0-0 3 3 3 3 8
Jimmie Torgerson SG 15 1-4 1-2 0 0 3 1 3
Garry Knapp PF 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 2 0
Harold Brown SG 3 2-3 1-2 1 1 0 0 5
Daniel Vetter SF 11 3-4 3-4 0 2 1 3 9
Rubin Hardeman PG 15 3-5 0-0 1 2 0 1 6
Alexander Mohr C 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Benjamin McClung C 5 2-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 4
Marion Holloway PF 4 1-2 0-2 2 4 2 1 2

Turnovers: 9 (W.Delaney 2, G.Walsh 2, H.Boyce 1,
J.Torgerson 1, D.Vetter 1, R.Hardeman 1, M.Holloway 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (W.Delaney 1, G.Knapp 1)
Steals: 6 (W.Delaney 1, K.Hash 1, J.Torgerson 2,
H.Brown 1, R.Hardeman 1)
3P FGs: 1-12 (J.Wear 1-6, K.Hash 0-2, J.Torgerson 0-2,
G.Knapp 0-1, H.Brown 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Mike Rodriguez (FRMN)

A thriller that PF Vanatta wins for us with a jumper at the end. Except for the turnovers, my freshmen had great first games. SG Roland had 12 pts. and 7 rebs in the first half. G-W is a really crappy team, and there is no way this game should have been so close. It appears that we have no defense and turn it over too much. I hope this improves.

Morris Brown 74, Furman 61

Furman (1-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 2-5 1-2 0 2 0 2 5
Augustus Vanatta PF 27 1-4 0-0 0 2 1 4 2
Joseph Roland SF 31 4-9 3-4 1 10 3 0 12
Seth Rounds SG 22 7-15 4-4 2 3 0 5 20
Mike Rodriguez PG 20 3-9 2-2 1 3 3 5 9
Elvin Parker C 15 0-3 0-0 1 2 1 4 0
James Rigsby PG 27 2-5 2-4 3 5 3 2 6
Calvin Athey PF 9 0-4 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 10 3-5 0-0 1 2 2 1 7
Luke Long SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Catalan PF 8 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Brady Glisson C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 15 (C.Midgett 2, A.Vanatta 2, J.Roland 1,
S.Rounds 3, M.Rodriguez 2, E.Parker 1, J.Rigsby 3,
W.Catalan 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 2)
Steals: 8 (A.Vanatta 3, J.Roland 1, S.Rounds 1, C.Athey
2, L.Copenhaver 1)
3P FGs: 5-17 (A.Vanatta 0-1, J.Roland 1-4, S.Rounds
2-7, M.Rodriguez 1-2, J.Rigsby 0-1, L.Copenhaver 1-2)

Morris Brown (1-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Thurman Marin C 35 6-13 6-10 1 12 2 2 19
Jerry Knepper PF 31 0-3 2-4 1 8 2 2 2
Zachary Cloutier SF 18 3-5 2-4 0 1 3 2 8
Alden Brehm SG 31 5-9 6-6 4 5 1 3 20
Robert Hughes PG 28 3-10 5-6 1 3 1 3 11
Rupert Lovato PG 8 0-2 0-2 0 0 2 1 0
Tobias Smoot SF 10 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 1 2
Eric Ralston SG 13 1-1 0-2 1 2 1 1 2
Donnell Mackey C 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Charles Martinez C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Bret Sams SF 11 4-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 9
Jerome Rogers PF 9 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 1

Turnovers: 17 (T.Marin 4, J.Knepper 3, Z.Cloutier 1,
A.Brehm 3, R.Hughes 2, E.Ralston 3, B.Sams 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (T.Marin 1, J.Knepper 1)
Steals: 7 (T.Marin 1, A.Brehm 3, R.Hughes 1, T.Smoot 1,
B.Sams 1)
3P FGs: 6-13 (T.Marin 1-1, Z.Cloutier 0-1, A.Brehm 4-7,
R.Hughes 0-2, R.Lovato 0-1, B.Sams 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Alden Brehm (MRBRN)

It doesn't improve. One thing is that we get killed in the 2-3 zone, so that defense is gone. We're going to have bad shooting games like this, so we better get used to it. SF Roland had a double-double and SG Rounds had a great game until he fouled out. Rodriguez only played 20 mins due to foul trouble.

Charlotte 83, Furman 52

Furman (1-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 0-3 0-0 1 3 1 3 0
Augustus Vanatta PF 27 3-5 0-0 0 2 0 2 9
Joseph Roland SF 21 6-9 2-3 2 4 0 4 16
Seth Rounds SG 35 5-17 0-4 1 4 3 3 11
Mike Rodriguez PG 28 2-7 1-4 1 4 4 1 6
Elvin Parker C 21 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 3 0
James Rigsby PG 17 1-3 0-1 1 2 4 2 3
Calvin Athey SF 12 2-3 0-1 0 0 0 0 5
Willie Catalan PF 10 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 1 2

Turnovers: 13 (C.Midgett 1, A.Vanatta 3, J.Roland 1,
S.Rounds 1, M.Rodriguez 4, E.Parker 2, J.Rigsby 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (S.Rounds 1)
Steals: 6 (C.Midgett 2, A.Vanatta 1, J.Rigsby 2,
C.Athey 1)
3P FGs: 9-16 (A.Vanatta 3-3, J.Roland 2-2, S.Rounds
1-6, M.Rodriguez 1-3, J.Rigsby 1-1, C.Athey 1-1)

Charlotte (2-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
J.C. Douglas C 17 1-3 2-2 0 6 1 0 4
Scott Cooper PF 22 1-3 1-1 1 6 0 1 3
Jonas Hogg SF 28 7-9 5-5 1 3 3 1 19
Trenton Shipman SG 28 5-6 2-2 0 3 3 3 15
Thomas Hollenbeck PG 16 1-6 2-2 2 4 2 4 5
Harley Horton SG 17 3-6 0-0 2 3 2 3 6
Steven Rau C 14 2-4 1-3 0 5 1 1 5
Ronald Briggs C 18 2-2 0-1 0 4 1 1 5
Michael Jezek PG 21 4-7 2-2 0 1 6 3 10
Andrew Miller PF 8 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Richard Anders PG 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3
Jordan West SF 8 3-5 0-0 0 1 3 1 6

Turnovers: 8 (J.Douglas 2, S.Cooper 2, T.Hollenbeck 2,
S.Rau 1, R.Briggs 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (J.Douglas 3, S.Cooper 2, T.Shipman 1,
H.Horton 1, S.Rau 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Hogg 1, H.Horton 1, R.Briggs 2, M.Jezek 1)
3P FGs: 6-12 (T.Shipman 3-3, T.Hollenbeck 1-4, H.Horton
0-2, R.Briggs 1-1, M.Jezek 0-1, R.Anders 1-1)

Player of Game: SF Jonas Hogg (CHRLT)

Well, that was disappointing. A hard-core loss. It doesn't get any easier. Pepperdine is up next.

[sjshaw]

Pepperdine 94, Furman 47

Furman (1-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 0-2 0-0 1 4 1 2 0
Augustus Vanatta PF 25 3-4 2-6 3 5 1 1 9
Joseph Roland SF 31 3-7 1-3 0 4 0 5 7
Seth Rounds SG 30 2-4 2-3 0 2 0 1 6
Mike Rodriguez PG 31 3-11 8-8 1 2 0 5 15
Elvin Parker C 16 0-5 3-4 0 4 1 4 3
James Rigsby PG 12 0-1 2-2 0 0 3 2 2
Calvin Athey PF 18 1-7 2-3 1 3 1 3 4
Leonel Copenhaver PG 7 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 1
Willie Catalan PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0

Turnovers: 19 (A.Vanatta 4, J.Roland 4, S.Rounds 1,
M.Rodriguez 6, J.Rigsby 2, C.Athey 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, A.Vanatta 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Roland 1, M.Rodriguez 1, J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 2-12 (A.Vanatta 1-1, J.Roland 0-2, M.Rodriguez
1-4, E.Parker 0-3, J.Rigsby 0-1, C.Athey 0-1)

Pepperdine (2-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Rich Bishop C 30 5-12 3-5 6 12 3 2 13
Richard Wharton PF 14 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 4 0
Prince Parker SF 22 7-12 4-4 0 6 0 4 23
Todd Tomas SG 30 7-13 9-9 2 6 3 4 27
Jerry Neal PG 34 2-5 3-3 1 3 7 4 7
Landon Gonzalez SG 10 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 2 0
Mervin Alberts PF 26 3-9 3-4 2 4 1 2 10
Trevor Floyd SF 10 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 2
Chris Bastian C 6 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0
Jordan Stevens SF 6 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Léopold Waucquet PF 4 0-1 2-2 2 3 0 0 2
Alexander Sanders SG 5 1-1 3-3 0 0 0 1 5
Irwin Murray SF 3 1-2 1-3 0 0 0 0 3

Turnovers: 9 (R.Bishop 1, R.Wharton 1, P.Parker 5,
C.Bastian 1, I.Murray 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (R.Bishop 1, P.Parker 2, L.Waucquet 1)
Steals: 12 (R.Bishop 2, P.Parker 2, T.Tomas 1, J.Neal
1, L.Gonzalez 2, M.Alberts 2, T.Floyd 1, A.Sanders 1)
3P FGs: 10-22 (R.Bishop 0-2, P.Parker 5-9, T.Tomas 4-8,
J.Neal 0-2, M.Alberts 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Todd Tomas (PPRDN)

This is going to be a long year.

New Mexico 99, Furman 60

Furman (1-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 2-4 3-3 2 5 1 2 7
Augustus Vanatta PF 26 1-5 0-0 0 2 1 3 2
Joseph Roland SF 30 5-8 3-3 0 7 0 1 14
Seth Rounds SG 34 3-12 4-10 0 2 2 4 13
Mike Rodriguez PG 31 2-5 5-6 1 4 3 1 9
Elvin Parker PF 20 2-3 1-2 0 4 0 3 5
James Rigsby PG 16 2-4 3-4 1 1 4 2 7
Calvin Athey PF 7 1-4 1-2 1 3 1 2 3
Willie Catalan SF 7 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0

Turnovers: 21 (C.Midgett 3, J.Roland 9, S.Rounds 2,
M.Rodriguez 3, E.Parker 4)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Midgett 2, E.Parker 2, J.Rigsby 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Midgett 1, S.Rounds 1, E.Parker 1)
3P FGs: 4-16 (C.Midgett 0-1, A.Vanatta 0-2, J.Roland
1-3, S.Rounds 3-6, M.Rodriguez 0-3, J.Rigsby 0-1)

New Mexico (3-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jerome Botelho C 24 3-3 0-0 4 10 5 5 6
Charles Wayne PF 29 4-12 1-2 4 7 2 2 10
Terence Hernandez SF 35 2-7 4-4 1 2 5 3 8
Marcos McCourt SG 25 10-18 4-4 1 2 3 2 28
Harold Byers PG 20 2-4 3-6 2 2 6 1 7
Abraham Norman SG 22 6-14 0-0 0 3 1 1 16
Chris Anderson PG 13 2-3 0-0 1 4 4 0 6
Ivan Deaver SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Brendon Grossman C 15 2-4 1-1 4 12 1 2 5
Chris Alonzo SF 3 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Neville Campbell PF 12 4-7 1-1 0 1 1 4 9
Alonzo Smith SF 2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 6 (J.Botelho 1, C.Wayne 1, M.McCourt 1,
H.Byers 1, B.Grossman 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (M.McCourt 2)
Steals: 9 (C.Wayne 1, T.Hernandez 1, H.Byers 2,
A.Norman 2, C.Anderson 1, N.Campbell 2)
3P FGs: 11-28 (C.Wayne 1-5, M.McCourt 4-11, A.Norman
4-10, C.Anderson 2-2)

Player of Game: SG Marcos McCourt (NM)

The halftime score was NM 43, FUR 36. They came out and absolutely smoked us within 6 minutes of the second half. They hit everything, we hit nothing. One more game in the road trip.

UNC Wilmington 87, Furman 54

Furman (1-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 18 1-2 0-0 1 3 0 4 2
Elvin Parker PF 33 0-1 2-4 0 11 2 2 2
Joseph Roland SF 33 5-17 1-2 2 7 1 4 13
Seth Rounds SG 29 4-16 5-8 0 3 1 1 13
Mike Rodriguez PG 22 6-17 0-0 1 1 2 4 16
Augustus Vanatta C 22 1-3 0-1 0 4 0 1 2
James Rigsby PG 24 1-2 1-2 0 0 6 1 3
Calvin Athey PF 7 0-3 0-0 2 2 1 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 3
Luke Long PG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Catalan SF 7 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 0

Turnovers: 8 (C.Midgett 1, E.Parker 1, J.Roland 1,
S.Rounds 2, J.Rigsby 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 1, E.Parker 2, L.Copenhaver
1)
Steals: 2 (E.Parker 1, J.Roland 1)
3P FGs: 7-26 (J.Roland 2-10, S.Rounds 0-5, M.Rodriguez
4-8, J.Rigsby 0-1, L.Copenhaver 1-1, L.Long 0-1)

UNC Wilmington (2-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Ronny Kelly C 29 2-7 2-2 6 22 1 2 6
Evan McCutcheon PF 24 5-13 2-4 2 7 1 1 12
Jerry Massa SF 28 4-16 7-8 1 5 1 4 17
Myles Halsey SG 22 5-6 5-5 1 2 5 4 16
Kevin Gantz PG 19 4-7 0-0 2 3 3 1 10
William Betz C 16 2-5 0-0 0 7 2 1 4
Mark Evans PF 11 1-2 0-0 3 8 1 1 2
Raymond Soris SF 6 2-5 0-0 3 3 0 1 4
Matthew Mims PG 17 2-4 0-0 0 2 3 2 5
Jack Terry PG 12 0-3 0-0 0 0 2 0 0
Michael Marshall SG 10 1-4 2-2 0 1 0 0 5
Harold Lanza SF 7 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 6

Turnovers: 7 (R.Kelly 1, E.McCutcheon 3, J.Massa 2,
M.Evans 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (R.Kelly 1, M.Evans 1, M.Marshall 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Massa 1, K.Gantz 1, R.Soris 1)
3P FGs: 9-21 (R.Kelly 0-1, E.McCutcheon 0-1, J.Massa
2-7, M.Halsey 1-1, K.Gantz 2-3, M.Mims 1-2, J.Terry
0-2, M.Marshall 1-2, H.Lanza 2-2)

Player of Game: SG Myles Halsey (NCWM)

They were a 3-point shooting machine, and once again we don't shoot and get outrebounded by 26. I'm definitely looking for an inside presence in recruiting.

[sjshaw]

December 2004

Every one of our potential *** recruits turned us down. I guess this game isn't so easy after all.

We start our homestand, and hope that our tough start has toughened us up a bit.

North Carolina A&T 68, Furman 55

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Issac Carter C 31 2-5 1-2 3 8 3 2 5
Ben Bookout PF 31 4-9 3-6 4 6 1 3 11
Garrett Warfield SF 27 3-7 0-0 0 4 2 3 7
Chris Owen SG 30 12-18 0-1 1 3 1 3 27
Chris Ewell PG 22 3-5 3-4 0 1 5 3 9
Claud Whitfield PG 13 0-3 0-0 0 3 2 3 0
Delmar Cox PG 17 1-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 3
Ge Ren C 10 1-1 0-0 2 5 2 0 2
Albert Dickman SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Richie Gilbertson SF 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Lonny Monte PF 7 2-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 4

Turnovers: 15 (I.Carter 2, B.Bookout 2, G.Warfield 3,
C.Owen 1, C.Ewell 2, C.Whitfield 3, D.Cox 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (I.Carter 1, C.Ewell 1)
Steals: 8 (I.Carter 1, B.Bookout 1, C.Owen 2, C.Ewell
2, C.Whitfield 1, L.Monte 1)
3P FGs: 5-13 (G.Warfield 1-3, C.Owen 3-8, D.Cox 1-2)

Furman (1-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 27 0-1 4-4 1 7 0 0 4
Elvin Parker PF 33 2-9 5-6 3 8 0 3 9
Joseph Roland SF 11 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 4 0
Seth Rounds SG 31 3-12 1-3 2 7 1 1 8
Mike Rodriguez PG 32 4-16 2-4 2 4 2 0 11
Augustus Vanatta SF 29 3-5 2-2 3 5 1 2 8
James Rigsby PG 15 2-4 2-2 1 2 2 2 7
Calvin Athey PF 10 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 3 2
Leonel Copenhaver PG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Catalan SF 11 3-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 6

Turnovers: 15 (E.Parker 2, J.Roland 1, S.Rounds 4,
M.Rodriguez 3, A.Vanatta 3, J.Rigsby 1, W.Catalan 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 2)
Steals: 3 (E.Parker 1, M.Rodriguez 2)
3P FGs: 3-18 (E.Parker 0-2, S.Rounds 1-5, M.Rodriguez
1-6, A.Vanatta 0-1, J.Rigsby 1-3, L.Copenhaver 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Chris Owen (NC AT)

Nope. Shit.

Furman 80, Middle Tennessee State 47

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Edward Bordeaux C 32 1-5 1-2 2 5 0 3 3
Richard Park PF 30 1-3 1-2 2 6 0 3 3
Adrian Chambless SF 25 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 2
Gale Lawrence SG 35 4-9 2-2 1 6 4 3 11
Jeffrey Rohde PG 35 6-21 2-2 2 3 5 3 17
Eric Mantooth SG 5 0-2 1-2 0 0 0 1 1
Ed Butterworth SF 7 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Buster Pacheco PG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
John Barth C 3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Reid Wells PF 10 2-3 2-2 2 4 0 1 6
Davis Lederman SF 8 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Buford Farrell C 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2

Turnovers: 9 (E.Bordeaux 1, R.Park 2, A.Chambless 2,
G.Lawrence 2, J.Rohde 1, B.Pacheco 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.Park 1)
Steals: 3 (R.Park 1, A.Chambless 1, G.Lawrence 1)
3P FGs: 4-16 (E.Bordeaux 0-1, G.Lawrence 1-4, J.Rohde
3-9, E.Mantooth 0-1, B.Pacheco 0-1)

Furman (2-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 23 6-7 0-0 1 5 1 3 12
Elvin Parker PF 26 3-6 1-1 4 8 2 2 7
Joseph Roland SF 22 6-7 4-6 0 4 2 1 18
Seth Rounds SG 30 1-4 2-4 0 3 4 0 4
Mike Rodriguez PG 26 6-8 1-2 0 2 4 0 15
James Rigsby PG 11 0-1 0-1 0 0 2 0 0
Augustus Vanatta SF 11 2-4 0-0 1 1 2 0 4
Brady Glisson C 10 1-1 1-2 0 3 1 1 3
Leonel Copenhaver SG 8 1-3 0-1 0 2 0 4 2
Luke Long SG 9 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 0 3
Calvin Athey C 10 1-2 0-2 0 4 1 3 2
Willie Catalan PF 11 0-1 2-2 2 3 0 0 2
Lawerence Levi SF 3 3-3 1-1 0 1 0 0 8

Turnovers: 6 (C.Midgett 1, S.Rounds 2, M.Rodriguez 1,
A.Vanatta 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 3, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 6 (C.Midgett 2, S.Rounds 1, A.Vanatta 2,
C.Athey 1)
3P FGs: 5-9 (E.Parker 0-1, J.Roland 2-2, S.Rounds 0-1,
M.Rodriguez 2-3, J.Rigsby 0-1, L.Levi 1-1)

Player of Game: SF Joseph Roland (FRMN)

Now that's the kind of game we can play when we shoot well. Roland and Rounds are going to be special players, and I still have another good one redshirting.

Samford 59, Furman 55

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Frank Childers C 25 3-7 5-6 1 6 2 4 11
Jason Fall PF 31 2-5 3-4 1 9 0 2 7
Charles Neel SF 32 4-8 1-2 3 4 1 4 9
Roy Fisher SG 30 4-10 0-0 2 4 3 3 9
Frank Freed PG 31 2-7 1-2 0 1 5 2 7
Ryan Ferreira SF 9 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 5
C. Fitzpatrick PF 13 1-3 0-0 1 6 0 0 2
B. McDaniels SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
John Strain SF 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Kevin Doering PG 9 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Charles Sorensen C 9 1-1 1-2 0 0 2 2 3
Casey Soto PF 2 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 4

Turnovers: 12 (J.Fall 1, C.Neel 3, R.Fisher 2, F.Freed
2, B.McDaniels 2, K.Doering 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (F.Childers 1)
Steals: 8 (F.Childers 1, J.Fall 1, C.Neel 1, R.Fisher
2, F.Freed 1, R.Ferreira 1, C.Sorensen 1)
3P FGs: 4-14 (R.Fisher 1-3, F.Freed 2-6, R.Ferreira
1-2, K.Doering 0-3)

Furman (2-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 22 3-4 2-4 1 5 1 0 8
Elvin Parker PF 24 1-3 1-2 1 2 0 3 3
Joseph Roland SF 22 1-5 1-2 0 7 1 1 3
Seth Rounds SG 28 4-8 2-4 3 7 2 0 10
Mike Rodriguez PG 16 2-5 0-0 1 1 2 4 4
James Rigsby PG 20 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Augustus Vanatta SF 10 3-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 7
Brady Glisson C 8 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 2 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 12 3-4 0-1 0 1 1 0 6
Luke Long PG 7 1-3 2-2 0 0 3 0 4
Calvin Athey C 17 1-2 5-6 0 1 0 3 7
Willie Catalan PF 9 0-2 0-0 1 3 0 1 0
Lawerence Levi SF 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

Turnovers: 16 (C.Midgett 1, E.Parker 2, J.Roland 1,
S.Rounds 2, M.Rodriguez 3, A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver
1, L.Long 1, C.Athey 4)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Midgett 3)
Steals: 4 (C.Midgett 1, E.Parker 1, L.Long 1, C.Athey 1)
3P FGs: 2-12 (E.Parker 0-1, J.Roland 0-1, S.Rounds 0-3,
M.Rodriguez 0-2, J.Rigsby 0-1, A.Vanatta 1-1, L.Long
0-1, L.Levi 1-2)

Player of Game: C Frank Childers (SMFRD)

We let this one get away, as we led by 8 with about 6 minutes left. Rodriguez has to stay out of foul trouble. We need him on the court. Samford is no patsy, so I feel good about how we're improving.

Valparaiso 70, Furman 67

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Marlin Fuchs C 23 4-4 0-0 0 4 0 4 8
Jack Helman PF 30 1-3 2-6 1 7 2 0 4
Lubomir Sedlacek SF 31 1-6 2-8 0 6 1 1 4
Malcolm Glen SG 33 4-12 5-6 0 2 2 4 13
Michael Robinson PG 32 11-19 2-2 1 2 5 1 29
Chris Redd SF 7 3-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 8
Henry Bartley PF 10 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 2 2
Donald Livesay SG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Olen Crone PG 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Sydney Kish C 20 1-3 0-0 2 3 0 2 2

Turnovers: 10 (M.Fuchs 2, J.Helman 1, L.Sedlacek 1,
M.Glen 2, M.Robinson 2, O.Crone 1, S.Kish 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 10 (J.Helman 2, L.Sedlacek 1, M.Glen 3,
M.Robinson 2, S.Kish 2)
3P FGs: 7-17 (L.Sedlacek 0-2, M.Glen 0-4, M.Robinson
5-8, C.Redd 2-3)

Furman (2-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 22 0-1 3-4 0 6 1 1 3
Elvin Parker PF 25 2-4 0-0 4 10 1 3 4
Joseph Roland SF 23 2-3 6-8 1 2 4 0 11
Seth Rounds SG 29 8-15 0-1 0 4 2 1 18
Mike Rodriguez PG 25 4-9 2-4 1 1 0 2 12
James Rigsby PG 9 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 1 2
Augustus Vanatta SF 8 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 2 0
Brady Glisson C 7 0-1 0-0 0 3 1 1 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 11 0-4 0-0 0 4 0 1 0
Luke Long PG 6 1-4 0-0 1 1 0 2 2
Calvin Athey PF 22 3-5 1-2 2 5 2 2 7
Willie Catalan PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0
Lawerence Levi SF 8 3-4 1-1 0 0 0 0 8

Turnovers: 16 (C.Midgett 2, E.Parker 1, J.Roland 2,
S.Rounds 1, M.Rodriguez 1, J.Rigsby 1, A.Vanatta 4,
L.Copenhaver 1, L.Long 1, W.Catalan 1, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (E.Parker 1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 1 (J.Rigsby 1)
3P FGs: 6-19 (J.Roland 1-2, S.Rounds 2-7, M.Rodriguez
2-5, A.Vanatta 0-1, L.Copenhaver 0-2, L.Long 0-1,
L.Levi 1-1)

Player of Game: PG Michael Robinson (VLPO)

Or not.

Furman 72, UNC Asheville 54

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
John Troutman C 28 0-1 0-0 1 8 0 0 0
Herbert Anderson PF 31 4-9 4-4 0 1 1 4 13
Jimmy Lanza SF 30 3-8 3-4 1 6 1 1 11
Duane Joyner SG 28 3-7 6-8 0 2 3 5 13
John Bash PG 20 3-8 0-0 1 2 1 4 7
Thomas Hang C 12 1-3 2-2 0 5 0 2 4
Maxime Debuisnes SG 12 2-5 0-0 0 0 1 0 4
Joe Plummer PF 5 0-0 0-2 0 0 1 0 0
Michael Marshall PG 20 1-4 0-1 0 1 3 1 2
Charles Pugh SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Earle Tingley SF 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Chris Diamond PF 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 9 (H.Anderson 2, J.Lanza 3, J.Bash 2,
M.Debuisnes 1, C.Pugh 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 5 (J.Troutman 1, H.Anderson 1, J.Lanza 1,
M.Marshall 1, C.Diamond 1)
3P FGs: 5-16 (H.Anderson 1-1, J.Lanza 2-4, D.Joyner
1-4, J.Bash 1-2, M.Debuisnes 0-1, M.Marshall 0-2,
C.Pugh 0-1, C.Diamond 0-1)

Furman (3-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 23 1-3 2-2 3 11 1 1 4
Elvin Parker PF 24 2-3 3-4 0 4 1 4 9
Joseph Roland SF 24 3-9 0-0 1 5 1 2 7
Seth Rounds SG 26 6-14 3-3 0 3 1 2 16
Mike Rodriguez PG 18 2-5 2-2 1 2 4 4 6
James Rigsby PG 18 1-3 0-0 2 2 3 1 2
Augustus Vanatta SF 9 3-4 0-0 0 1 0 2 8
Brady Glisson C 7 1-1 0-0 1 4 1 1 2
Leonel Copenhaver SG 13 3-3 1-3 0 3 1 0 8
Luke Long SG 8 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 1 2
Calvin Athey C 16 3-5 0-2 1 2 1 2 6
Willie Catalan PF 10 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Lawerence Levi SF 4 1-1 0-0 1 4 1 0 2

Turnovers: 11 (E.Parker 4, J.Roland 2, S.Rounds 1,
J.Rigsby 1, L.Long 2, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 1)
Steals: 2 (E.Parker 1, L.Levi 1)
3P FGs: 7-17 (C.Midgett 0-1, E.Parker 2-2, J.Roland
1-4, S.Rounds 1-3, M.Rodriguez 0-1, A.Vanatta 2-3,
L.Copenhaver 1-1, L.Long 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Seth Rounds (FRMN)

A good win, but SG Rounds broke his nose. He's out for 9 days. Thankfully, we don't play again until January.

[C-Bailey]

Just to clear up the recruiting issue of who actually goes on the Assistant Visit...it's the Recruiting coordinator, and not the actual Assistant Coach. Just read it on the FBCB forum a few seconds ago. I always thought it was the Coaching Assistant so this is good to know.

[sjshaw]

January 2004

We get our first recruit, a * PF.

#5 PF Charles Stillwell
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 231
High School: Myrtle Beach High School
Hometown: Myrtle Beach, SC
GPA: 2.41
Test Score: 1080
Rating: *

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 57 63 55 32 0 10 39 21 42 37 4 14 93 25 59 47 58
Potential: C A D D F F A D D D F D

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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18.4 2.1 5.9 1.0 2.6 0.37 0.2 0.6 1.6

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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8.0 15.9 .505 2.4 4.2 .578 0.0 0.0 .000

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Furman
Rankings: None
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Furman, James Madison, Drexel, IUPUI, Central Florida

We think he has a great deal of potential to be a scoring PF, if his ratings are true.

We begin the conference schedule with 2 games against (1-7) Wofford.

Wofford 71, Furman 55

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Carlton Frechette C 29 1-5 3-6 1 7 3 0 5
Robin Snelling PF 30 2-3 2-2 1 3 0 2 6
Garret McIver SF 31 3-9 4-4 0 2 1 3 10
Anton Phan SG 21 5-10 3-4 0 5 1 0 13
Dudley Roche PG 22 4-7 2-2 1 4 3 1 10
Emmitt Pratt PF 5 1-1 2-2 2 2 0 1 4
James Dyer SF 5 0-2 0-1 0 0 1 0 0
Charles Bilodeau C 14 3-5 7-7 3 3 0 1 13
Mark Terrell SG 19 0-4 0-0 1 2 1 1 0
Bryan Lamb PG 18 3-5 0-0 1 4 0 2 8
Daniel Baxley PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Javier Fitzgerald SG 5 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 2

Turnovers: 12 (C.Frechette 1, G.McIver 2, A.Phan 1,
J.Dyer 1, C.Bilodeau 1, M.Terrell 1, B.Lamb 4,
J.Fitzgerald 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Bilodeau 1)
Steals: 7 (C.Frechette 3, A.Phan 2, M.Terrell 2)
3P FGs: 2-9 (G.McIver 0-3, M.Terrell 0-3, B.Lamb 2-3)

Furman (3-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 23 4-4 1-2 3 6 1 1 9
Elvin Parker PF 24 3-5 0-0 1 6 0 2 6
Joseph Roland SF 24 1-10 0-2 1 9 2 3 2
Seth Rounds SG 31 5-9 0-0 1 2 3 2 12
Mike Rodriguez PG 32 1-7 1-1 0 2 2 3 3
James Rigsby PG 5 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 6
Augustus Vanatta SF 9 1-1 0-1 0 0 0 2 2
Brady Glisson C 10 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 4
Leonel Copenhaver SG 10 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Luke Long SG 6 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 1 2
Calvin Athey PF 21 2-5 5-6 3 4 2 2 9
Willie Catalan PF 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Lawerence Levi SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 19 (C.Midgett 2, E.Parker 3, J.Roland 2,
S.Rounds 2, M.Rodriguez 4, J.Rigsby 1, A.Vanatta 1,
L.Long 2, C.Athey 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 6 (E.Parker 1, A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver 1,
L.Long 1, C.Athey 2)
3P FGs: 4-12 (J.Roland 0-1, S.Rounds 2-4, M.Rodriguez
0-4, J.Rigsby 2-2, L.Copenhaver 0-1)

Player of Game: C Charles Bilodeau (WFFD)

Jeez.

Wofford 67, Furman 54

Furman (3-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 0-1 0-0 1 7 0 3 0
Elvin Parker PF 27 0-3 1-2 3 7 0 4 1
Joseph Roland SF 26 3-8 4-6 0 4 0 0 12
Seth Rounds SG 29 1-8 3-5 0 2 3 2 5
Mike Rodriguez PG 17 6-10 1-1 0 1 1 4 16
James Rigsby PG 18 2-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 5
Augustus Vanatta SF 6 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Brady Glisson C 4 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 1 2
Leonel Copenhaver SG 11 2-4 0-0 0 2 1 1 4
Luke Long SG 9 1-3 0-0 2 3 3 0 2
Calvin Athey C 13 2-2 1-2 1 2 0 0 5
Willie Catalan PF 10 1-1 0-2 0 3 1 2 2
Lawerence Levi SF 3 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 21 (C.Midgett 3, E.Parker 3, J.Roland 3,
S.Rounds 3, M.Rodriguez 1, J.Rigsby 1, A.Vanatta 1,
L.Copenhaver 1, C.Athey 3, W.Catalan 2)
Blocked Shots: 8 (C.Midgett 3, E.Parker 2, C.Athey 3)
Steals: 5 (C.Midgett 1, J.Roland 1, S.Rounds 1,
L.Copenhaver 1, L.Levi 1)
3P FGs: 6-22 (E.Parker 0-1, J.Roland 2-5, S.Rounds 0-4,
M.Rodriguez 3-4, J.Rigsby 1-2, A.Vanatta 0-2,
L.Copenhaver 0-2, L.Long 0-2)

Wofford (3-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Carlton Frechette C 30 2-10 1-2 4 15 3 2 5
Robin Snelling PF 33 2-6 2-2 1 2 1 4 7
Garret McIver SF 30 4-9 1-2 3 7 2 1 9
Anton Phan SG 18 2-9 0-0 2 4 2 1 4
Dudley Roche PG 19 4-6 5-6 1 3 1 3 14
James Dyer SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Bilodeau C 10 2-2 0-1 0 1 2 0 4
Mark Terrell SG 22 4-8 1-4 0 1 2 2 10
Bryan Lamb PG 21 3-7 4-5 2 4 1 2 10
Daniel Baxley PF 7 1-3 0-0 2 2 0 2 2
Javier Fitzgerald SG 8 1-4 0-0 2 3 0 1 2

Turnovers: 11 (C.Frechette 2, R.Snelling 1, G.McIver 2,
C.Bilodeau 1, M.Terrell 2, B.Lamb 2, D.Baxley 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Frechette 1, B.Lamb 2)
Steals: 9 (G.McIver 1, A.Phan 1, D.Roche 1, C.Bilodeau
1, M.Terrell 1, B.Lamb 1, D.Baxley 2, J.Fitzgerald 1)
3P FGs: 3-14 (R.Snelling 1-3, G.McIver 0-3, A.Phan 0-2,
D.Roche 1-2, M.Terrell 1-2, B.Lamb 0-2)

Player of Game: PG Dudley Roche (WFFD)

Even worse. The only difference in the stats is turnovers. We had 21 to their 11. Sad. I don't know what to do.

Now we get our arch-rival Citadel at our place.

Furman 70, The Citadel 57

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Poldi Eimer C 20 1-6 0-0 1 4 1 4 2
Micheal Coates PF 27 1-6 1-1 1 4 1 0 3
Cameron Wood SF 24 4-9 2-5 0 0 0 3 10
Chris Flanagan SG 32 4-8 0-0 1 3 3 1 8
Andrew Apple PG 23 7-13 1-2 1 3 0 1 15
Leandro Gomez C 12 0-0 0-0 0 5 3 0 0
Quentin Trammell PG 14 2-5 0-0 1 2 3 0 4
Eduard Hoelzle PF 15 3-5 0-0 4 9 2 1 6
Leonel Ito C 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Tyson Anthony SG 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew Boykin SF 4 0-1 2-2 0 3 0 0 2
Don Mascarenas SF 13 2-5 0-4 1 7 2 2 5
Morris Delarosa PG 9 1-4 0-0 1 2 1 1 2

Turnovers: 13 (P.Eimer 1, M.Coates 2, C.Flanagan 2,
A.Apple 4, E.Hoelzle 2, L.Ito 1, D.Mascarenas 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (E.Hoelzle 2)
Steals: 6 (M.Coates 1, C.Flanagan 2, A.Apple 2,
D.Mascarenas 1)
3P FGs: 1-12 (A.Apple 0-5, Q.Trammell 0-2, E.Hoelzle
0-1, L.Ito 0-1, D.Mascarenas 1-3)

Furman (4-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 31 2-3 0-0 1 5 1 1 4
Elvin Parker PF 27 1-4 0-1 1 10 2 2 2
Joseph Roland SF 21 5-10 2-2 1 10 4 3 14
Seth Rounds SG 27 4-14 0-0 1 3 3 1 10
Mike Rodriguez PG 31 6-12 6-8 0 2 4 2 23
James Rigsby PG 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Augustus Vanatta SF 12 0-1 4-4 0 0 0 3 4
Brady Glisson C 5 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 13 1-3 0-0 0 3 1 1 3
Luke Long PG 7 1-4 3-4 0 0 1 0 6
Calvin Athey PF 13 0-0 0-2 1 2 1 0 0
Willie Catalan PF 5 2-3 0-0 2 3 0 0 4
Lawerence Levi SF 5 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (C.Midgett 2, E.Parker 4, J.Roland 4,
S.Rounds 2, L.Copenhaver 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Midgett 2, C.Athey 3, W.Catalan 1)
Steals: 4 (C.Midgett 1, M.Rodriguez 1, L.Long 1,
C.Athey 1)
3P FGs: 11-25 (J.Roland 2-5, S.Rounds 2-8, M.Rodriguez
5-8, L.Copenhaver 1-2, L.Long 1-2)

Player of Game: PG Mike Rodriguez (FRMN)

So this is what winning feels like! We only shot 39%, but kept turnovers down and shot 11-25 from the arc. We need more games like this from Rodriguez.

East Tennessee State 63, Furman 59

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gary Vines C 35 5-11 5-5 3 13 1 3 16
Jake Early PF 25 5-8 0-0 5 8 0 5 10
Harold White SF 21 4-11 0-0 0 6 2 1 8
Rodrick Douglas SG 20 3-6 4-6 0 2 1 4 11
Armando Smith PG 26 1-7 1-2 1 1 3 1 3
Whitney East SG 16 2-12 0-0 1 1 0 1 4
John Shreve PG 16 0-1 2-2 2 3 1 4 2
Brian Wren SF 10 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 4
Cornell Kellar PF 4 0-0 3-4 0 1 0 1 3
Irvin Sanders SF 13 0-4 0-0 0 2 1 1 0
Andres Bromley PF 7 0-2 0-0 1 3 1 1 0
Jack Ring PG 7 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 10 (J.Early 1, H.White 3, W.East 2, J.Shreve
2, I.Sanders 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (G.Vines 2)
Steals: 8 (G.Vines 1, H.White 1, R.Douglas 1, A.Smith
3, I.Sanders 1, J.Ring 1)
3P FGs: 2-13 (G.Vines 1-1, H.White 0-3, R.Douglas 1-2,
A.Smith 0-2, W.East 0-1, I.Sanders 0-4)

Furman (4-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 30 4-5 6-7 2 8 0 5 14
Elvin Parker PF 25 1-4 1-2 1 11 2 1 3
Joseph Roland SF 24 3-9 3-7 1 7 0 0 9
Seth Rounds SG 26 2-9 0-1 1 2 1 5 4
Mike Rodriguez PG 24 3-9 2-3 1 1 3 4 10
James Rigsby PG 9 1-1 4-4 0 0 0 0 6
Augustus Vanatta SF 9 1-2 0-0 1 3 2 1 2
Brady Glisson C 5 1-1 0-1 1 2 1 1 2
Leonel Copenhaver SG 16 0-3 2-2 0 2 0 1 2
Luke Long PG 10 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 4
Calvin Athey PF 15 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 2
Willie Catalan PF 6 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 1
Lawerence Levi SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 19 (C.Midgett 5, E.Parker 1, S.Rounds 1,
M.Rodriguez 4, J.Rigsby 2, A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver
2, L.Long 1, C.Athey 1, W.Catalan 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 3 (E.Parker 1, J.Roland 1, L.Copenhaver 1)
3P FGs: 2-15 (J.Roland 0-3, S.Rounds 0-3, M.Rodriguez
2-5, A.Vanatta 0-1, L.Copenhaver 0-2, L.Long 0-1)

Player of Game: C Gary Vines (ETNST)

Rodriguez gets his 2nd foul in the first minute, and we pretty much are screwed. Add in 19 turnovers and we definitely screwed.

College of Charleston 63, Furman 48

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chris Dempsey C 24 4-5 5-5 0 10 1 1 13
Daniel Gorski PF 29 5-13 1-4 3 7 0 3 11
Charles Specht SF 27 3-11 0-1 1 2 0 2 6
Gerald Gleeson SG 21 3-7 2-3 0 1 1 2 10
Jonah Gonzalez PG 32 2-6 0-0 5 7 6 2 6
Boris Causey SF 18 2-8 0-0 3 6 5 1 4
Royal Harris C 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Jon Joiner C 11 2-3 0-3 3 4 0 0 4
Melvin Chidester SG 14 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 5
Gary Altamirano PF 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Kenneth Leclerc PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0
Dennis Terry SG 10 2-6 0-0 0 0 1 1 4

Turnovers: 6 (C.Specht 1, G.Gleeson 1, J.Gonzalez 1,
J.Joiner 1, D.Terry 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Dempsey 1, B.Causey 1, J.Joiner 1,
G.Altamirano 1)
Steals: 7 (C.Specht 1, G.Gleeson 1, J.Gonzalez 2,
B.Causey 1, J.Joiner 2)
3P FGs: 5-18 (D.Gorski 0-2, C.Specht 0-4, G.Gleeson
2-3, J.Gonzalez 2-3, B.Causey 0-1, M.Chidester 1-2,
D.Terry 0-3)

Furman (4-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 34 4-7 1-2 3 10 0 3 9
Elvin Parker PF 24 1-1 2-2 1 6 0 3 4
Joseph Roland SF 24 2-10 0-0 1 6 0 2 4
Seth Rounds SG 31 5-16 4-4 0 5 5 3 16
Mike Rodriguez PG 29 0-4 0-2 1 2 2 0 0
James Rigsby PG 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Augustus Vanatta SF 8 1-1 2-2 0 1 0 0 4
Leonel Copenhaver SG 11 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 4
Luke Long PG 6 1-2 1-2 1 1 0 0 4
Calvin Athey PF 16 0-1 0-0 1 4 1 3 0
Willie Catalan PF 6 0-0 1-2 1 2 2 0 1
Lawerence Levi SF 5 0-3 2-2 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 14 (C.Midgett 2, J.Roland 5, S.Rounds 3,
M.Rodriguez 1, L.Long 2, W.Catalan 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Midgett 1, E.Parker 1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 2 (S.Rounds 1, L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 3-12 (J.Roland 0-4, S.Rounds 2-5, M.Rodriguez
0-1, L.Long 1-1, L.Levi 0-1)

Player of Game: C Chris Dempsey (CLCHA)

Rodriguez has 0 points. 'Nuff said.

We get a message that tells us why.

Mike Rodriguez was forced to leave our last game due to a Fractured Skull. We expect him to be out for around 54 days.

54 days? For a skull fracture? What a pussy.

Furman 52, Western Carolina 40

Furman (5-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 24 3-5 1-2 1 6 2 1 7
Willie Catalan PF 31 7-10 1-1 0 7 1 3 15
Joseph Roland SF 24 4-5 1-2 1 5 2 2 9
Seth Rounds SG 31 1-10 2-2 0 3 2 2 4
James Rigsby PG 29 1-4 2-2 1 2 4 1 4
Elvin Parker C 16 1-5 0-0 1 4 1 2 2
Augustus Vanatta SF 10 0-4 0-0 0 1 0 2 0
Brady Glisson C 2 1-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 2
Leonel Copenhaver PG 15 1-4 0-0 2 4 1 0 2
Luke Long PG 5 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 5
Calvin Athey PF 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Lawerence Levi SF 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 13 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 1, J.Roland 3,
S.Rounds 3, J.Rigsby 2, L.Copenhaver 2, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Midgett 1, J.Rigsby 1, E.Parker 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Roland 3, J.Rigsby 1, L.Copenhaver 1)
3P FGs: 1-12 (S.Rounds 0-3, J.Rigsby 0-2, E.Parker 0-1,
A.Vanatta 0-4, L.Copenhaver 0-1, L.Long 1-1)

Western Carolina (5-15):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Jarrett C 30 1-3 0-0 8 13 1 3 2
W. Frieholz PF 26 1-7 1-4 2 9 0 1 3
Jack Henke SF 29 3-15 0-1 5 9 1 1 6
Quentin Marks SG 26 4-9 2-3 4 5 1 1 12
Hugh Shilling PG 31 3-16 2-2 3 6 1 3 9
Israel Ford SG 11 0-1 1-2 2 4 1 2 1
Richard Brown PF 15 1-5 1-2 0 1 1 2 3
Charles Cordero PG 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonas Hamilton PF 7 0-0 1-4 1 4 0 0 1
Henry Hanna SG 6 0-2 0-2 1 1 0 0 0
Del Muniz C 6 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
Fritz Hollister SF 7 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 17 (K.Jarrett 1, W.Frieholz 3, J.Henke 4,
Q.Marks 1, H.Shilling 2, R.Brown 3, H.Hanna 1, D.Muniz
2)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 5 (K.Jarrett 1, W.Frieholz 2, H.Shilling 1,
F.Hollister 1)
3P FGs: 3-12 (J.Henke 0-2, Q.Marks 2-3, H.Shilling 1-6,
I.Ford 0-1)

Player of Game: PF Willie Catalan (FRMN)

Willie Catalan comes out of nowhere to lead the team to victory. I knew he had potential, but I didn't think he could play this well.

Furman 74, Appalachian State 69

Furman (6-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 27 4-6 3-5 1 6 0 2 11
Willie Catalan PF 31 2-7 2-5 2 6 1 4 6
Joseph Roland SF 22 2-7 2-3 1 6 1 3 6
Seth Rounds SG 22 6-12 2-3 0 1 0 4 16
James Rigsby PG 30 1-5 8-10 0 2 5 3 11
Elvin Parker C 13 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 3 0
Augustus Vanatta SF 11 1-5 4-4 1 2 2 0 6
Leonel Copenhaver SG 19 4-5 3-4 0 1 1 0 11
Luke Long PG 9 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Calvin Athey PF 9 1-1 1-1 1 2 2 1 3
Lawerence Levi SF 7 1-1 0-1 1 5 0 0 2

Turnovers: 9 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 1, S.Rounds 1,
J.Rigsby 1, E.Parker 4, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 2)
Steals: 4 (A.Vanatta 3, L.Copenhaver 1)
3P FGs: 3-10 (J.Roland 0-2, S.Rounds 2-5, J.Rigsby 1-1,
A.Vanatta 0-2)

Appalachian State (8-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Harold Pratt C 30 5-8 2-6 0 9 2 2 13
Francis Troy PF 23 2-4 1-2 1 5 3 4 5
Frederick Unknow SF 19 2-5 0-0 1 3 0 4 5
Dewey Hunter SG 31 5-13 0-2 0 2 0 5 11
David Taylor PG 22 2-3 3-4 0 2 7 2 8
Elwood Santo SG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 4 0
Leonard Chaney SF 11 2-2 1-2 0 4 0 3 5
Clark Byler C 11 1-4 0-0 1 3 1 2 2
David Eckstein PG 23 2-4 4-6 0 1 1 2 10
Chris Kirkpatrick PF 10 0-2 4-6 3 5 0 0 4
Robert Walton SF 15 2-5 2-3 2 4 1 2 6

Turnovers: 12 (H.Pratt 2, F.Troy 1, F.Unknow 1,
D.Hunter 2, D.Taylor 1, E.Santo 2, L.Chaney 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (H.Pratt 1, F.Unknow 1, C.Byler 2)
Steals: 2 (D.Taylor 1, D.Eckstein 1)
3P FGs: 6-19 (H.Pratt 1-2, F.Unknow 1-3, D.Hunter 1-8,
D.Taylor 1-2, D.Eckstein 2-4)

Player of Game: SG Leonel Copenhaver (FRMN)

Wow. We're a better team without Rodriguez! Ewing theory in full effect, yo!

[Desnudo]

I'm not sure, but the impression I've always got is that he's taking "assistant" to mean "recruiting coordinator" - else, what would the recruiting coordinator do?

You are right, HR confirmed that it's the RC's skill that is used when you send the assistant coach on trips.

[sjshaw]

February 2005

We miss out on another *** PG we had recruited hard. Things are looking very bleak. We offer 2 more good PG and a SF from Germany.

We now get Georgia Southern, who is 2nd in the division right now. We hope the hot streak keeps rolling.

Furman 72, Georgia Southern 71

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robert McIver C 20 3-5 2-4 0 2 0 1 8
Joseph Jones PF 21 2-6 6-8 0 5 2 3 10
Antwan Hernandez SF 31 7-14 2-3 2 6 3 2 17
Malcolm Williams SG 27 1-4 0-0 0 1 3 4 2
Blair Salcido PG 31 1-6 3-4 1 6 3 3 5
Eric Rendon C 12 1-1 0-0 1 3 1 2 2
Calvin Kinlaw SF 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Hoelscher SG 14 3-4 0-0 0 0 2 3 8
Ronnie Ortiz C 20 2-4 6-6 2 5 0 1 10
Buck Jardine SF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Heinrich Scheidel PF 6 1-1 3-4 0 3 1 2 5
Wallace Joseph SG 5 1-1 2-3 0 0 0 2 4
Ramon Beach PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0

Turnovers: 15 (R.McIver 2, J.Jones 1, A.Hernandez 2,
B.Salcido 4, E.Rendon 1, C.Kinlaw 1, D.Hoelscher 2,
R.Ortiz 1, H.Scheidel 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (R.McIver 1, E.Rendon 1, R.Ortiz 1)
Steals: 5 (R.McIver 1, J.Jones 1, A.Hernandez 1,
M.Williams 1, E.Rendon 1)
3P FGs: 3-15 (A.Hernandez 1-6, M.Williams 0-2,
B.Salcido 0-3, C.Kinlaw 0-1, D.Hoelscher 2-3)

Furman (7-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 23 0-1 2-3 1 1 0 4 2
Willie Catalan PF 19 5-7 2-4 2 6 1 4 12
Joseph Roland SF 23 3-13 1-2 1 8 1 2 8
Seth Rounds SG 29 6-10 2-2 0 1 2 1 14
James Rigsby PG 27 2-8 3-4 0 2 5 1 8
Elvin Parker PF 15 2-2 4-4 1 6 1 4 8
Augustus Vanatta PF 14 2-5 0-0 0 0 1 3 4
Brady Glisson C 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Leonel Copenhaver SF 16 1-2 1-1 2 2 2 1 3
Luke Long PG 14 2-4 4-4 0 3 2 1 9
Calvin Athey C 10 0-2 0-2 2 3 0 2 0
Lawerence Levi SF 7 0-0 2-4 1 1 1 0 2

Turnovers: 12 (C.Midgett 2, W.Catalan 1, J.Roland 3,
S.Rounds 2, E.Parker 1, A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Midgett 2)
Steals: 8 (W.Catalan 1, J.Roland 1, S.Rounds 2,
A.Vanatta 2, B.Glisson 1, L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 3-13 (J.Roland 1-6, S.Rounds 0-3, J.Rigsby 1-2,
L.Long 1-2)

Player of Game: SG Seth Rounds (FRMN)

What a game! Who else but Willie Catalan hits the go-ahead basket with 20 seconds left to get the win. Now we get Georgia Southern at their place (this scheduling is a bit unrealistic) and they're out for revenge.

Georgia Southern 55, Furman 54

Furman (7-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 27 2-6 1-2 0 2 0 1 5
Willie Catalan PF 26 1-9 0-2 1 7 1 2 2
Joseph Roland SF 23 4-6 0-0 1 2 0 5 10
Seth Rounds SG 29 4-7 6-8 1 6 2 4 15
James Rigsby PG 27 1-3 0-0 1 2 5 2 2
Elvin Parker C 15 2-3 0-0 1 3 2 0 4
Augustus Vanatta SF 13 1-2 0-1 0 1 0 0 2
Brady Glisson C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver PG 13 2-2 0-0 1 4 1 0 5
Luke Long PG 13 2-7 0-0 0 1 1 1 4
Calvin Athey PF 5 2-3 1-1 0 1 0 0 5
Lawerence Levi SF 6 0-1 0-1 0 1 0 2 0

Turnovers: 12 (C.Midgett 2, J.Roland 2, S.Rounds 4,
J.Rigsby 1, L.Copenhaver 2, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 2, E.Parker 1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 6 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 2, E.Parker 1,
L.Copenhaver 1, L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 4-6 (J.Roland 2-2, S.Rounds 1-1, J.Rigsby 0-1,
L.Copenhaver 1-1, L.Long 0-1)

Georgia Southern (13-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robert McIver C 18 0-1 0-0 4 10 0 1 0
Joseph Jones PF 18 1-8 0-1 3 7 0 0 2
Antwan Hernandez SF 31 6-19 1-2 3 7 2 3 15
Malcolm Williams SG 28 3-6 1-4 4 6 1 2 7
Blair Salcido PG 27 4-8 1-2 2 4 2 5 10
Eric Rendon C 15 0-1 2-2 2 3 1 0 2
Calvin Kinlaw SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Hoelscher PG 16 1-2 0-1 0 2 3 2 3
Ronnie Ortiz C 22 0-5 1-2 1 4 2 1 1
Buck Jardine SF 4 3-4 1-1 0 1 0 0 9
Heinrich Scheidel PF 8 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Wallace Joseph SG 8 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 2 2
Ramon Beach PF 3 1-2 0-0 2 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 12 (R.McIver 1, A.Hernandez 3, M.Williams 2,
B.Salcido 3, H.Scheidel 2, W.Joseph 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (R.Ortiz 1, H.Scheidel 1, W.Joseph 1)
Steals: 5 (M.Williams 1, B.Salcido 1, D.Hoelscher 1,
R.Ortiz 1, W.Joseph 1)
3P FGs: 6-23 (J.Jones 0-3, A.Hernandez 2-10, M.Williams
0-2, B.Salcido 1-3, D.Hoelscher 1-1, B.Jardine 2-2,
W.Joseph 0-2)

Player of Game: SF Buck Jardine (GASO)

We should have won this game, but we missed a lot of shots early, and then this:

2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:05 Georgia Southern 55, Furman 54
Georgia Southern ball: Defense: Man

Daniel Hoelscher is at the free throw line.
The free throw is no good.
Seth Rounds (Furman) gets the rebound.

2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:03 Georgia Southern 55, Furman 54
Furman ball: Defense: Man

Seth Rounds brings the ball over the timeline.

Final Score - Georgia Southern 55, Furman 54

Didn't use 1 of our 4 remaining TOs, didn't even get off a desperation shot. Oh well.

Davidson 77, Furman 66

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Harry Francis C 22 2-5 2-4 0 5 0 2 6
Mark McKenzie PF 22 2-4 1-2 2 5 2 3 6
Robert Massie SF 29 3-8 8-8 2 6 2 4 14
Brice Neal SG 31 7-19 6-6 2 6 5 1 22
Chris Blocker PG 30 5-5 0-3 0 2 3 4 12
Frank Schwarz C 18 3-3 0-0 1 9 1 1 6
Don Schenk SG 16 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Joshua Bloom PG 4 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 0 0
Steven Rivard SF 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Dalton PG 6 3-3 1-1 0 1 0 0 7
Steven Cargill PF 18 2-5 0-0 1 2 2 1 4

Turnovers: 17 (H.Francis 3, M.McKenzie 1, R.Massie 2,
B.Neal 5, C.Blocker 3, D.Schenk 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (H.Francis 3, M.McKenzie 1)
Steals: 7 (H.Francis 1, M.McKenzie 1, B.Neal 1,
C.Blocker 2, D.Schenk 1, S.Cargill 1)
3P FGs: 5-16 (M.McKenzie 1-2, R.Massie 0-2, B.Neal 2-7,
C.Blocker 2-2, D.Schenk 0-2, J.Bloom 0-1)

Furman (7-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 21 2-7 0-0 0 2 1 1 4
Willie Catalan PF 30 4-11 1-2 1 7 4 3 9
Joseph Roland SF 21 6-9 2-2 0 1 1 4 17
Seth Rounds SG 29 6-17 0-2 0 2 0 1 13
James Rigsby PG 25 2-4 7-8 2 4 5 1 11
Elvin Parker C 18 1-3 0-1 2 6 0 2 2
Augustus Vanatta SF 13 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Brady Glisson C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver PG 19 2-3 0-0 0 3 1 3 4
Luke Long PG 8 2-2 1-1 1 2 2 3 6
Calvin Athey PF 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Lawerence Levi SF 8 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 3, J.Roland 2,
S.Rounds 1, J.Rigsby 2, E.Parker 3, A.Vanatta 1,
L.Long 3, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Midgett 1)
Steals: 9 (W.Catalan 1, J.Roland 1, S.Rounds 2,
E.Parker 1, A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver 3)
3P FGs: 5-11 (J.Roland 3-5, S.Rounds 1-4, J.Rigsby 0-1,
L.Long 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Brice Neal (DAVDS)

We were totally outclassed here. No big surprise.

Furman 78, VMI 74

Furman (8-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 2-7 2-2 4 8 2 2 6
Willie Catalan PF 30 8-9 2-5 2 9 2 2 18
Joseph Roland SF 24 1-8 4-7 0 6 2 1 6
Seth Rounds SG 23 5-11 1-2 1 3 2 4 12
James Rigsby PG 29 6-10 4-4 2 7 3 2 18
Elvin Parker C 16 3-4 1-1 0 1 1 1 7
Augustus Vanatta SF 10 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 3 2
Leonel Copenhaver SG 21 2-7 2-2 0 1 2 1 6
Luke Long PG 9 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 3
Calvin Athey PF 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Lawerence Levi SF 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0

Turnovers: 13 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 1, J.Roland 2,
S.Rounds 2, J.Rigsby 3, E.Parker 1, L.Copenhaver 2,
L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (E.Parker 1, L.Copenhaver 1)
Steals: 9 (J.Roland 1, S.Rounds 1, J.Rigsby 1,
A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver 4, L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 4-14 (C.Midgett 0-1, J.Roland 0-3, S.Rounds
1-2, J.Rigsby 2-3, A.Vanatta 0-1, L.Copenhaver 0-1,
L.Long 1-3)

VMI (8-16):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
John Burmeister C 29 7-11 3-3 0 6 4 3 17
Harold Waddell PF 24 1-4 2-2 1 1 1 5 4
Charles Mendez SF 26 5-8 2-3 0 1 0 1 12
Neal West SG 29 4-7 4-4 1 6 3 4 12
Granville Smith PG 32 6-15 2-2 3 9 4 2 16
Marshall Wesson C 20 2-8 0-1 0 11 2 2 4
Darrin Westbrooks SF 21 0-7 1-2 3 4 1 0 1
Bo Sisk SG 7 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 1 2
Andrew Townley SG 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Gebhard Youngbeck PG 4 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 2
John Tate SG 7 2-2 0-0 1 2 0 3 4

Turnovers: 17 (J.Burmeister 3, H.Waddell 2, N.West 3,
G.Smith 3, M.Wesson 3, D.Westbrooks 2, J.Tate 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Mendez 1, B.Sisk 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Mendez 1, G.Smith 1, J.Tate 1)
3P FGs: 2-13 (H.Waddell 0-2, N.West 0-2, G.Smith 2-6,
D.Westbrooks 0-1, B.Sisk 0-2)

Player of Game: PF Willie Catalan (FRMN)

I am really liking PF Catalan. He is the leader of the team right now, and PG Rigsby is distributing the ball well.

[sjshaw]

The Citadel 74, Furman 41

Furman (8-15):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 35 5-12 0-0 0 5 1 2 10
Willie Catalan PF 18 0-1 2-2 0 2 0 4 2
Joseph Roland SF 26 2-9 2-2 0 4 2 3 7
Seth Rounds SG 27 1-9 3-6 0 5 0 0 6
James Rigsby PG 29 2-5 5-6 2 3 2 1 9
Elvin Parker PF 17 0-1 0-0 1 4 0 1 0
Augustus Vanatta SF 12 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 1 0
Brady Glisson C 1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver SG 16 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 3 4
Luke Long PG 9 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 1 3
Calvin Athey PF 4 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 2 0
Lawerence Levi SF 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 24 (C.Midgett 5, W.Catalan 3, J.Roland 2,
S.Rounds 3, J.Rigsby 4, E.Parker 1, A.Vanatta 1,
B.Glisson 1, L.Copenhaver 2, L.Long 1, C.Athey 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 1, E.Parker 2,
L.Copenhaver 1)
Steals: 4 (C.Midgett 1, S.Rounds 1, J.Rigsby 1,
L.Copenhaver 1)
3P FGs: 3-12 (C.Midgett 0-1, J.Roland 1-3, S.Rounds
1-3, J.Rigsby 0-2, A.Vanatta 0-1, L.Long 1-1, L.Levi
0-1)

The Citadel (13-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Poldi Eimer C 25 1-3 2-2 4 8 4 4 4
Micheal Coates PF 29 8-14 2-8 3 13 3 2 19
Cameron Wood SF 19 2-6 2-4 0 1 1 4 6
Chris Flanagan SG 31 5-10 2-2 0 4 2 1 13
Andrew Apple PG 23 2-7 1-2 1 2 3 2 6
Leandro Gomez C 10 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 2 2
Quentin Trammell PG 11 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0
Eduard Hoelzle PF 11 0-0 2-4 2 3 0 0 2
Leonel Ito C 5 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0
Tyson Anthony SG 4 1-1 0-0 0 2 1 0 3
Andrew Boykin SF 14 4-5 0-0 1 1 0 0 11
Bob Large PF 1 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Don Mascarenas SF 9 2-6 1-2 1 2 0 2 6
Morris Delarosa PG 10 0-6 0-0 3 3 2 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (P.Eimer 3, M.Coates 2, C.Wood 1, A.Apple
3, Q.Trammell 2, D.Mascarenas 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Coates 1)
Steals: 14 (P.Eimer 1, C.Wood 3, C.Flanagan 4, A.Apple
3, Q.Trammell 1, T.Anthony 1, M.Delarosa 1)
3P FGs: 8-19 (M.Coates 1-1, C.Flanagan 1-3, A.Apple
1-5, T.Anthony 1-1, A.Boykin 3-4, D.Mascarenas 1-2,
M.Delarosa 0-3)

Player of Game: PF Micheal Coates (CIT)

We can't expect much when Catalan gets his 4th foul in the first half and we shoot 28%.

Chattanooga 73, Furman 44

Furman (8-16):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 31 2-5 2-2 4 7 1 1 6
Willie Catalan PF 31 2-7 2-2 2 4 1 5 6
Joseph Roland SF 24 4-10 1-2 0 8 0 3 9
Seth Rounds SG 31 5-16 3-3 0 2 0 2 14
James Rigsby PG 29 1-3 0-0 0 0 4 3 3
Elvin Parker C 13 0-2 0-0 0 4 0 2 0
Augustus Vanatta SF 9 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Leonel Copenhaver PG 8 1-1 0-0 0 2 1 2 2
Luke Long SG 12 0-8 0-3 0 0 1 1 0
Calvin Athey PF 5 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Lawerence Levi SF 7 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 2

Turnovers: 13 (C.Midgett 3, J.Roland 2, J.Rigsby 3,
E.Parker 1, L.Copenhaver 2, L.Levi 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Midgett 3)
Steals: 7 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 1, J.Roland 2,
S.Rounds 2, L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 2-11 (J.Roland 0-4, S.Rounds 1-2, J.Rigsby 1-1,
E.Parker 0-1, L.Long 0-3)

Chattanooga (11-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Joey Luu C 35 5-8 1-1 5 22 3 3 11
Amon Charig PF 28 5-11 4-6 1 11 1 1 14
James Poynter SF 20 3-9 1-4 1 1 1 2 7
Anthony Gilmore SG 34 3-6 2-3 1 3 3 2 8
James Mulcahy PG 31 6-14 5-6 2 2 5 2 18
David Minton SF 14 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 5
Andrew Hamer PF 8 1-1 0-0 2 3 1 0 2
Emanuel Joseph SG 5 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 3 2
Tony McLeod PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Omer Israel PG 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3
Matthew Sanchez SF 8 1-1 0-0 1 4 2 0 2
Matthew Schafer C 3 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
Leroy Crippen SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (A.Charig 2, J.Poynter 4, A.Gilmore 3,
J.Mulcahy 2, T.McLeod 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Luu 2, A.Gilmore 1)
Steals: 5 (A.Charig 2, J.Mulcahy 1, E.Joseph 1,
O.Israel 1)
3P FGs: 3-7 (J.Luu 0-1, J.Poynter 0-1, A.Gilmore 0-2,
J.Mulcahy 1-1, D.Minton 1-1, O.Israel 1-1)

Player of Game: C Joey Luu (CHATT)

We shoot 31%. Nothing else to say.

College of Charleston 76, Furman 56

Furman (8-17):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 30 3-4 0-0 1 5 0 4 6
Willie Catalan PF 30 3-8 0-0 2 5 1 3 6
Joseph Roland SF 22 4-5 3-3 0 2 0 4 14
Seth Rounds SG 29 5-16 3-5 0 2 1 1 13
James Rigsby PG 30 0-2 0-0 0 0 5 2 0
Elvin Parker C 13 2-4 0-2 0 5 0 2 4
Augustus Vanatta SF 12 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 3
Leonel Copenhaver SG 13 2-3 2-2 1 3 1 3 6
Luke Long PG 8 0-1 2-2 0 0 1 0 2
Calvin Athey PF 7 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 2
Lawerence Levi SF 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0

Turnovers: 11 (C.Midgett 3, J.Roland 3, E.Parker 2,
A.Vanatta 1, L.Long 1, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Midgett 3, E.Parker 1, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 4 (C.Midgett 1, S.Rounds 1, L.Long 1, L.Levi 1)
3P FGs: 4-17 (J.Roland 3-3, S.Rounds 0-8, A.Vanatta
1-3, L.Copenhaver 0-1, L.Long 0-1, L.Levi 0-1)

College of Charleston (15-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chris Dempsey C 24 1-3 0-0 0 3 1 4 2
Daniel Gorski PF 25 4-10 4-5 4 10 2 1 12
Charles Specht SF 24 2-6 2-3 1 6 1 1 6
Melvin Chidester SG 20 6-7 3-4 5 8 7 0 18
Jonah Gonzalez PG 30 6-12 5-5 2 4 0 2 20
Boris Causey SF 24 3-9 1-2 5 11 1 4 7
Royal Harris C 4 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Jon Joiner PF 11 2-6 0-0 5 5 0 0 4
Gerald Gleeson SG 25 2-12 2-4 0 0 3 0 7
Gary Altamirano PF 5 0-0 0-3 1 1 0 0 0
Kenneth Leclerc SG 9 0-0 0-0 1 3 2 1 0

Turnovers: 8 (D.Gorski 1, C.Specht 1, J.Joiner 1,
G.Gleeson 5)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Gorski 1, J.Gonzalez 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Dempsey 1, M.Chidester 2)
3P FGs: 7-19 (D.Gorski 0-1, M.Chidester 3-3, J.Gonzalez
3-7, B.Causey 0-3, G.Gleeson 1-5)

Player of Game: PG Melvin Chidester (CLCHA)

This is getting ponderous.

Chattanooga 62, Furman 61

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Joey Luu C 33 0-2 0-0 3 8 2 2 0
Amon Charig PF 32 7-14 4-9 4 8 2 3 18
James Poynter SF 23 5-10 0-0 1 2 2 2 11
Anthony Gilmore SG 34 1-4 0-0 0 4 3 3 2
James Mulcahy PG 18 4-10 0-0 0 1 3 4 8
David Minton PG 11 2-6 0-0 0 3 1 0 5
Andrew Hamer C 7 1-3 1-2 0 0 0 0 3
Emanuel Joseph SG 9 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 2
Tony McLeod PF 6 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 0
Omer Israel PG 15 2-2 3-4 0 1 0 0 7
Matthew Sanchez SF 8 2-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 4
Matthew Schafer C 2 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Leroy Crippen SF 2 1-1 0-0 2 3 0 0 2

Turnovers: 10 (A.Charig 4, J.Poynter 2, A.Gilmore 1,
J.Mulcahy 1, O.Israel 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (A.Gilmore 1)
Steals: 3 (A.Gilmore 2, J.Mulcahy 1)
3P FGs: 2-7 (J.Poynter 1-2, A.Gilmore 0-1, J.Mulcahy
0-1, D.Minton 1-3)

Furman (8-18):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 0-3 0-0 4 6 4 2 0
Willie Catalan PF 18 3-4 1-2 2 3 1 5 7
Joseph Roland SF 23 7-17 3-4 2 8 1 1 18
Seth Rounds SG 30 5-6 0-1 1 3 1 2 10
James Rigsby PG 27 2-9 0-0 1 3 2 0 4
Elvin Parker C 18 1-4 0-1 1 8 1 1 2
Augustus Vanatta SF 16 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 3 3
Leonel Copenhaver PG 13 1-2 0-0 1 2 2 0 3
Brady Glisson C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Long SG 10 3-5 0-1 0 1 0 1 7
Calvin Athey PF 7 2-4 3-3 1 2 0 2 7
Lawerence Levi SF 8 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 11 (C.Midgett 2, W.Catalan 1, J.Roland 1,
S.Rounds 1, J.Rigsby 2, E.Parker 3, A.Vanatta 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Midgett 2, E.Parker 2, C.Athey 1)
Steals: 4 (C.Midgett 1, J.Roland 1, J.Rigsby 1,
L.Copenhaver 1)
3P FGs: 4-19 (J.Roland 1-5, S.Rounds 0-1, J.Rigsby 0-5,
E.Parker 0-2, A.Vanatta 1-2, L.Copenhaver 1-1, L.Long
1-3)

Player of Game: PF Amon Charig (CHATT)

Furman 80, UNC Greensboro 79

Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
David Durkee C 32 5-15 7-9 0 14 2 3 17
David Brinkman PF 13 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 5 0
Mervin Kurth SF 33 5-10 2-2 3 9 1 3 15
Kraig Cohen SG 31 3-8 3-4 4 6 3 1 11
Chuck Washington PG 22 5-14 4-6 1 3 3 0 15
Brian Carbajal PG 11 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 1 3
Josh Rubino PG 11 1-4 0-0 2 2 1 3 2
John Matsumoto SG 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
M. Worthington SG 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregory Patton PF 12 3-4 0-0 1 2 1 5 6
Everette Gary SF 3 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 0 0
Robert Niles PF 17 3-5 2-2 4 5 2 2 8
Kenneth Johnstone C 6 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Bryant Medina SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 9 (D.Durkee 3, D.Brinkman 1, B.Carbajal 1,
J.Rubino 1, G.Patton 1, E.Gary 1, K.Johnstone 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Brinkman 1, M.Kurth 1)
Steals: 6 (M.Kurth 1, K.Cohen 3, J.Matsumoto 1, R.Niles
1)
3P FGs: 7-16 (M.Kurth 3-5, K.Cohen 2-5, C.Washington
1-3, B.Carbajal 1-1, J.Rubino 0-1, M.Worthington 0-1)

Furman (9-18):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 29 2-3 2-5 1 6 1 2 6
Willie Catalan PF 29 3-4 3-9 4 11 2 3 9
Joseph Roland SF 23 4-10 0-1 2 4 3 1 10
Seth Rounds SG 31 9-20 6-9 0 5 1 2 28
James Rigsby PG 27 2-4 2-2 1 4 2 2 7
Elvin Parker C 10 2-3 1-2 1 4 0 2 5
Augustus Vanatta SF 10 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 4
Leonel Copenhaver PG 11 1-2 4-4 0 0 0 1 7
Luke Long SG 12 0-1 1-2 0 0 2 0 1
Calvin Athey PF 7 0-2 3-4 1 1 0 3 3
Lawerence Levi SF 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 9 (C.Midgett 1, W.Catalan 2, S.Rounds 1,
J.Rigsby 2, E.Parker 1, L.Long 1, C.Athey 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (C.Midgett 3)
Steals: 7 (W.Catalan 1, J.Roland 2, S.Rounds 1,
J.Rigsby 1, L.Copenhaver 1, L.Long 1)
3P FGs: 8-16 (J.Roland 2-5, S.Rounds 4-5, J.Rigsby 1-2,
A.Vanatta 0-1, L.Copenhaver 1-2, C.Athey 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Seth Rounds (FRMN)

Nice win, but still ponderous. Great game for SG Rounds.

March 2005

Well, that great game for SG Rounds was his last of the year. He's suspended for poor academic performance. In other great news, we lose the 2 *** recruits we offered. Our entire class will be * guys. The future looks bleak.

And recruiting ends in April, so I can't even evaluate more guys. This sucks.

I lose to Marist. I'm sick of simming. We get App St. in the 1st round of the tourney.

Furman 63, Appalachian State 47

Furman (10-19):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 26 0-1 2-2 2 8 1 1 2
Elvin Parker PF 25 3-7 1-2 2 10 0 3 7
Joseph Roland SF 26 2-8 4-5 0 3 3 2 9
Luke Long SG 26 4-10 2-3 0 2 0 1 11
James Rigsby PG 31 3-6 6-6 3 5 6 0 12
Augustus Vanatta SG 15 2-2 2-2 1 2 0 3 6
Brady Glisson C 6 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 2 2
Leonel Copenhaver PG 15 2-5 2-4 1 2 0 1 6
Calvin Athey C 12 2-3 1-1 0 1 1 3 6
Willie Catalan PF 11 0-1 2-4 0 3 0 1 2
Lawerence Levi SF 7 0-2 0-1 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 13 (E.Parker 1, J.Roland 2, L.Long 1,
J.Rigsby 3, L.Copenhaver 4, C.Athey 1, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 11 (C.Midgett 5, E.Parker 1, L.Long 1,
C.Athey 2, W.Catalan 1, L.Levi 1)
Steals: 7 (C.Midgett 3, E.Parker 1, J.Roland 1, L.Long
1, A.Vanatta 1)
3P FGs: 3-9 (J.Roland 1-4, L.Long 1-3, C.Athey 1-1,
L.Levi 0-1)

Appalachian State (11-18):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Harold Pratt C 31 2-11 2-4 3 9 1 3 6
Francis Troy PF 26 2-5 2-4 1 1 1 4 6
Frederick Unknow SF 18 2-2 2-2 1 4 0 2 8
William Pimental SG 14 0-2 1-3 0 2 2 4 1
David Taylor PG 24 5-6 2-4 0 1 2 0 12
Elwood Santo SG 13 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 3 0
Leonard Chaney SF 13 1-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 2
Dewey Hunter SF 17 0-7 2-2 1 3 0 1 2
Clark Byler C 11 0-1 2-2 2 7 1 2 2
David Eckstein SG 21 2-6 0-0 2 3 0 3 5
Chris Kirkpatrick PF 8 0-3 2-2 0 1 0 0 2
Robert Walton SF 6 0-3 1-2 0 0 0 1 1

Turnovers: 14 (H.Pratt 3, F.Troy 5, F.Unknow 1,
W.Pimental 1, C.Byler 3, D.Eckstein 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Pratt 1, D.Eckstein 1)
Steals: 4 (D.Taylor 2, C.Kirkpatrick 1, R.Walton 1)
3P FGs: 3-13 (F.Unknow 2-2, W.Pimental 0-2, D.Taylor
0-1, E.Santo 0-1, D.Hunter 0-4, D.Eckstein 1-3)

Player of Game: PG James Rigsby (FRMN)

This makes me feel a little better. We now get the #1 seed CoC, so my happiness is short-lived.

College of Charleston 54, Furman 53

Furman (10-20):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Midgett C 24 0-0 0-0 0 4 1 4 0
Elvin Parker PF 22 1-2 4-6 0 6 1 4 6
Joseph Roland SF 25 5-8 2-4 2 8 1 0 12
Luke Long SG 26 4-8 2-4 0 4 0 2 12
James Rigsby PG 32 2-9 0-0 2 2 3 1 5
Augustus Vanatta SG 17 0-5 2-4 0 1 1 3 2
Brady Glisson C 8 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 2 0
Leonel Copenhaver PG 12 2-3 1-2 0 3 0 0 5
Calvin Athey PF 18 2-4 1-2 2 5 1 4 6
Willie Catalan PF 8 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Lawerence Levi SF 8 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 5

Turnovers: 11 (C.Midgett 2, E.Parker 4, J.Roland 1,
J.Rigsby 1, A.Vanatta 1, L.Copenhaver 1, L.Levi 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Midgett 2, L.Long 1, J.Rigsby 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Roland 1, J.Rigsby 1, W.Catalan 1)
3P FGs: 5-11 (J.Roland 0-2, L.Long 2-4, J.Rigsby 1-1,
A.Vanatta 0-1, L.Copenhaver 0-1, C.Athey 1-1, L.Levi
1-1)

College of Charleston (18-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chris Dempsey C 29 1-8 6-8 3 9 2 2 8
Daniel Gorski PF 18 1-5 1-3 1 2 0 5 3
Charles Specht SF 25 5-7 0-1 0 8 0 3 10
Melvin Chidester SG 18 0-3 1-2 1 1 2 1 1
Jonah Gonzalez PG 34 2-8 2-4 3 4 1 4 6
Royal Harris PF 12 1-3 3-7 1 1 1 0 5
Jon Joiner C 13 2-4 6-6 1 3 2 1 10
Gerald Gleeson SF 20 3-8 1-2 0 1 2 1 7
Gary Altamirano PF 7 1-2 0-0 1 3 0 0 2
Kenneth Leclerc SG 14 0-1 0-0 2 5 0 2 0
Dennis Terry SG 10 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 8 (C.Dempsey 1, M.Chidester 1, J.Gonzalez 4,
G.Gleeson 1, K.Leclerc 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Dempsey 2, J.Joiner 2, D.Terry 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Dempsey 1, C.Specht 1, J.Joiner 1)
3P FGs: 0-10 (D.Gorski 0-1, M.Chidester 0-1, J.Gonzalez
0-4, G.Gleeson 0-3, D.Terry 0-1)

Player of Game: PF Jon Joiner (CLCHA)

We led the whole game, except for the last 3 seconds. Bummer.

April 2005

I quicksim through the month, as the tournament doesn'e interest me at this point. We get turned down by the other *** recruits, of course, but we get 2 * guys.

#24 PF Tom Western
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 230
JC: Florida CC
High School: Dunnellon High School
Hometown: Dunnellon, FL
GPA: 2.34
Test Score: 890
Rating: *

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 32 25 40 6 6 39 61 45 45 31 21 58 86 45 56 34 44
Potential: C C B F F C C B C C D B

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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10.7 2.5 6.2 1.2 3.6 0.33 0.4 2.1 2.0

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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4.7 9.2 .511 1.3 2.0 .641 0.0 0.2 .000

Recruiting Notes:
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JC Player: Yes
Committed to Furman
Rankings: None
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Furman, Maryland-East Shore, Evansville, Liberty, Delaware State

#45 PG Jerrell Goodwin
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 180
High School: West Shore Senior High School
Hometown: Melbourne, FL
GPA: 2.42
Test Score: 930
Rating: *

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 24 20 52 36 29 26 48 11 2 42 59 13 88 89 40 82 59
Potential: B F B D B B A B F C A F

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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7.9 2.3 4.5 3.5 2.2 1.63 4.8 0.8 1.6

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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3.3 11.4 .289 1.0 1.5 .633 0.4 4.5 .078

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Furman
Rankings: None
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Furman, Lamar, Coastal Carolina, Morris Brown, Howard

Now I realize that recruiting ends after this month, so I should have evaluated a lot more people. I will try and do the best I can.

SF Roland was named to the Freshman All-Conference Team!

May 2005

Our recruiting class has been rated the #252 class in the nation. Our last recruit is a C.

#22 C Lacy Libby - Furman - Freshman
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 220
High School: Wilson High School
Hometown: Washington, DC

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 35 39 34 8 13 15 44 26 33 29 10 20 67 15 67 21 48
Potential: C C D F F D B D C D F D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 70

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 A/T 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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Career 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.00 0.00

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2004 High School: Rated * and #1030 overall by the FBCB scouting service.

I just now realized that PF Tom Western is a Juco guy. I'm not overly thrilled about that.

[C-Bailey]

Although the guys you recruited are rated only * it doesn't mean they can't be productive players. I've even seen * players be conference player of the year in small conferences before, so don't hang your head just yet. Look at your first two recruits closely, the PF Western has decent ratings and potential in the key areas of rebounding, post defense, blocks and inside scoring. Same thing with the PG Goodwin as far as handling, passing, perimeter defense, and steals which is always a plus. Train those guys properly and you might be pleasantly suprised by their performance once they step on the court.

[sjshaw]

Thanks for the reassurance! :)