Pfeifere1's Coaching Legacy (Ch2k8)

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Charleston Southern (10-12, 4-5) @ Virginia Military Institute (13-8, 6-3)
Cameron Hall
February 11, 2008

After a promising first half that saw Charleston Southern (10-12, 4-5) hold a 36-35 halftime advantage, a disastrous second half saw hosts VMI (13-8, 6-3) coast to an 81-61 victory.

For the last few games, CSU has been able to spread the ball around and move it to find the open shot. Tonight, they could do no such thing as VMI doubled them up in assists (20-10). Jeremy Sexton continued his scoring as he led the team with 17 points and Paul Gombwer had a solid game with 8 points and 11 assists.

Michael Sparks was able to redeem himself after his last game against CSU as he dropped 19 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and added 2 steals to lead the Keydets. D.J. Covington also had himself a nice game with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

It was a tough loss for the Buccaneers after the first half showed so much promise. They will next find themselves back at CSU Fieldhouse to host High Point (9-11, 2-8) after beating them 80-67 at Millis Athletic Convention Center back on January 21st.

Charleston Southern Buccaneers at Virginia Military Institute Keydets
Feb 11, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Charleston Southern (10-12, 4-5)	36	25	61
Virginia Military Institute (13-8, 6-3)	35	56	81

Charleston Southern Buccaneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jeremy Sexton	28	5-11	3-6	4-4	1	1	0	0	4	17
Sheldon Strickland	30	1-5	1-3	1-2	2	3	2	0	1	4
Kenny Mitchell	19	1-7	0-3	1-2	2	1	0	0	1	3
Paul Gombwer	30	2-3	0-0	4-4	11	1	0	0	1	8
Cedrick Bowen	24	3-10	0-0	0-0	10	0	0	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dominique Williams	18	3-8	3-4	1-2	1	0	3	0	2	10
Jonathan Brooks	14	4-7	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	9
Saah Nimley	14	1-6	1-3	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Zimmy Nwogbo	22	0-1	0-0	1-2	6	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Grier	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Arlen Harper	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Matt Kennedy	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Mitchell Deter	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Greg Dorleus	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-58	9-21	12-16	34	10	5	1	10	61

Virginia Military Institute Keydets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Rodney Glasgow	35	2-5	0-0	2-2	3	6	4	0	3	6
Keith Gabriel	32	2-8	0-4	7-8	4	4	0	0	1	11
Michael Sparks	24	7-15	4-8	1-2	3	0	2	0	0	19
Stan Okoye	31	2-10	0-0	3-4	8	4	1	2	1	7
D.J. Covington	33	5-6	0-0	2-3	10	2	1	0	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jarid Watson	15	1-1	0-0	0-0	8	2	2	0	0	2
Wayne Whiting	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Burks	10	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Quinton Upshur	4	2-3	1-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	7
Brian Brown	14	3-7	3-7	2-2	0	2	0	0	0	11
Jordan Weethee	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Drew Absher	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-59	10-24	19-23	37	20	10	2	6	81

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High Point (10-11, 3-8) @ Charleston Southern (10-13, 4-6)
CSU Fieldhouse
February 16, 2008

For the second game running Charleston Southern (10-13, 4-6) have lost a game after leading at the half. In tonight's game the Buccaneers held a 28-24 advantage before losing it late against High Point (10-11, 3-8) in a 63-57 defeat.

The guards for Charleston Southern may have had the best offensive showing in terms of total points, but their shooting was awful at best. They combined for 10-30 from the field, 5-20 from three. Jeremy Sexton finished with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, while Sheldon Strickland finished with 15 points, 5 assists, 3 steals but had a season-high 5 turnovers.

For High Point it was quite a showing for the starting five with three of them achieving double figure scoring. Leading the way was Nick Barbour with 17 points and 3 assists and Corey Law with 15 points, 9 assists and 2 blocks. Also chipping in was their center Travis Elliot with 10 points and 7 rebounds.

With the loss, Charleston Southern are slipping steadily in the Big South standings. Up next for the Buccaneers will be a home game with Liberty who is keeping pace with the top of the league with a conference record of 7-4 even though their overall record of 8-16 isn't so spectacular.

High Point Panthers at Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Feb 16, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
High Point (10-11, 3-8)	24	39	63
Charleston Southern (10-13, 4-6)	28	29	57

High Point Panthers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nick Barbour	26	4-15	1-7	8-14	1	3	1	0	0	17
Shay Shine	37	2-3	2-3	2-3	1	4	1	0	4	8
John Brown	36	2-4	0-0	4-4	8	4	1	2	1	8
Corey Law	33	6-10	1-1	2-2	9	0	1	2	0	15
Travis Elliot	25	5-12	0-0	-0-	7	1	1	0	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Georges Massoda	12	1-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	0	2
Xavier Martin	10	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Jarius Simms	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Justin Cheek	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		21-49	5-13	16-23	32	17	6	5	7	63

Charleston Southern Buccaneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jeremy Sexton	33	5-14	3-9	1-3	4	3	0	0	0	14
Sheldon Strickland	34	5-16	2-11	3-4	0	5	3	0	5	15
Kenny Mitchell	17	2-5	0-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	4
Paul Gombwer	25	1-9	0-0	1-2	13	0	0	1	1	3
Cedrick Bowen	31	4-8	0-0	1-2	8	0	1	1	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dominique Williams	11	1-2	0-1	0-2	1	2	1	0	0	2
Jonathan Brooks	10	0-0	0-0	1-4	0	1	1	0	0	1
Saah Nimley	6	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Zimmy Nwogbo	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Grier	13	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Arlen Harper	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Matt Kennedy	15	2-3	0-0	2-4	5	1	0	0	0	6
Mitchell Deter	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Greg Dorleus	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-60	5-23	10-23	36	14	7	2	6	57

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Around the NCAA - February 18, 2008

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 18, 2008
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Pittsburgh	23-1
2	2	Kentucky	20-5
3	6	North Carolina	18-8
4	5	Xavier	21-4
5	8	Duke	16-7
6	3	West Virginia	20-4
7	9	Gonzaga	22-4
8	4	Vanderbilt	21-5
9	18	Indiana	18-6
10	11	Austin Peay	23-4
11	12	New Mexico	21-4
12	7	Florida	18-7
13	13	Clemson	18-5
14	20	Alabama	19-7
15	--	LSU	18-6
16	10	Miami FL	17-5
17	14	Ohio State	17-8
18	15	Arizona State	18-6
19	16	San Diego	20-4
20	22	Mississippi State	16-8
21	24	Missouri	20-6
22	19	Marquette	16-8
23	23	Michigan State	17-7
24	25	UCLA	19-5
25	--	Baylor	18-5

IN: LSU(15), Baylor(25)
OUT: Notre Dame(17), Oklahoma State(21)

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 18, 2008
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Gonzaga (7)	22-4
2	Austin Peay (10)	23-4
3	San Diego (19)	20-4
4	Kent State	20-6
5	UC Riveride	15-6
6	Missouri State	20-6
7	Nevada	16-9
8	Lamar	15-4
9	Fairfield	18-7
10	Cleveland State	17-9
11	CS Fullerton	16-7
12	Akron	16-8
13	Oakland	17-6
14	Creighton	15-8
15	Bucknell	17-7
16	Central Connecticut	20-6
17	Saint Mary's	15-9
18	Valparaiso	14-10
19	Troy	17-8
20	Idaho	15-8
21	UW-Green Bay	15-10
22	Jacksonville State	17-7
23	North Dakota State	15-8
24	Drexel	18-9
25	UL Lafayette	15-9

Big South Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 18, 2008
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB	STRK
VMI	14-8	.636	7-3	--	W2
UNC Asheville	12-9	.571	7-3	--	L1
Liberty	8-16	.333	7-4	0.5	W4
Coastal Carolina	9-12	.428	6-5	1.5	L1
Charleston Southern	10-13	.434	4-6	3.0	L2
Radford	7-14	.333	4-6	3.0	L4
Winthrop	7-16	.304	4-7	3.5	W1
High Point	10-11	.476	3-8	4.5	W1

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Bubble Teams to watch

Ole Miss (13-10) RPI:30
Georgia (14-9) RPI:34
Washington (16-11) RPI:43
Missouri State (21-6) RPI:53
Oklahoma State (16-9) RPI:29
UCF (15-8) RPI:49
Rutgers (16-10) RPI:36
St. Bonaventure (16-8) RPI:47
Lamar (16-4) RPI:63
California (15-9) RPI:45
UAB (17-9) RPI:41
Wisconsin (17-9) RPI:56
Cincinnati (15-10) RPI:48
Kansas (16-9) RPI:61
Louisville (16-11) RPI:44

[benrich315]

Tough goings here. Hopefully you can make a nice run in the conference tourney otherwiae you'll be on the couch in march

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Liberty (9-16, 8-4) @ Charleston Southern (10-14, 4-7)
CSU Fieldhouse
February 18, 2008

In what has become a bad habit, Charleston Southern (10-14, 4-7) has dropped another game after leading at the half. This time they were up 27-24 at home against Liberty (9-16, 8-4), however the offense sputtered in the second half and the Flames were able to win this big road game 58-49.

CSU was, once again dominant in the guard position with both Jeremy Sexton and Sheldon Strickland hitting for double figures, however it wasn't enough. Sexton finished with 14 points and 4 assists and Strickland had 11 points. Off the bench Dominique Williams had a very nice game with 10 points on 4-4 shooting in just 12 minutes of action.

The game was won by the big men of Liberty to keep their hopes alive of a Big South regular season championship. Sommy Ogukwe had the most impressive night with 12 points and 13 rebounds, while John Brown had 14 points and 4 rebounds.

With only a handful of games left, Charleston Southern takes a trip to visit UNC Asheville (12-10, 7-4) at the Justice Center. UNC Asheville is currently riding a two game losing streak which has seen them lose their lead atop the Big South, while the Buccaneers have dropped three straight. One of these teams will be able to break this trend!

Liberty Flames at Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Feb 18, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Liberty (9-16, 8-4)	24	34	58
Charleston Southern (10-14, 4-7)	27	22	49

Liberty Flames
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jesse Sanders	33	1-5	0-2	1-4	1	7	0	0	1	3
David Minaya	34	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	6
John Brown	22	5-11	0-1	4-5	4	1	1	0	1	14
Andrew Smith	34	3-10	2-2	2-4	6	2	1	0	0	10
Sommy Ogukwe	34	5-13	1-5	1-3	13	1	0	0	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Antwan Burrus	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
John Caleb Sanders	18	2-3	0-1	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	7
Chene Phillips	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tanner Hoyt	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Tomasz Gielo	16	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	6
Hart Gliedman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Tavares Speaks	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		22-51	3-11	11-20	35	13	2	0	3	58

Charleston Southern Buccaneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jeremy Sexton	30	5-12	2-5	2-2	0	4	0	0	2	14
Sheldon Strickland	30	4-12	3-8	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	11
Kenny Mitchell	33	0-7	0-1	3-4	5	6	1	1	0	3
Paul Gombwer	29	1-2	0-0	0-0	10	2	0	0	1	2
Cedrick Bowen	33	2-3	0-0	0-0	11	0	0	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dominique Williams	12	4-4	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	10
Jonathan Brooks	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Saah Nimley	17	2-10	1-6	0-0	0	4	0	0	1	5
Zimmy Nwogbo	15	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Grier	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Arlen Harper	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Matt Kennedy	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Mitchell Deter	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Greg Dorleus	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		18-51	6-20	7-8	30	16	2	2	5	49

[pfeifere1]

Quote: Originally Posted by benrich315

Tough goings here. Hopefully you can make a nice run in the conference tourney otherwiae you'll be on the couch in march

I hope it's a comfy couch!

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Charleston Southern (10-15, 4-8) @ UNC Asheville (13-10, 8-4)
Justice Center
February 23, 2008

This was an instant Big South classic. Neither team played as if it were on a two or three game skid. In the end it was UNC Asheville(13-10, 8-4) that held serve at home in an exciting 77-70 overtime victory over Charleston Southern (10-15, 4-8).

The Buccaneers have a solid back court brewing as they move towards the end of the season. Both Jeremy Sexton and Sheldon Strickland have been the consistent threat the fans thought they had since game one, however the consistency hasn't come until late in the season. Sexton finished the game with 23 points, 5 assists and 2 steals as he was just short of a career high for points and matched his career high for 7 three point field goals. Strickland wasn't far behind as he dropped 21 points and added 4 assists with 5 three point field goals of his own. Kenny Mitchell also had a nice game with 10 points and 12 rebounds in the loss.

It wasn't quite his 33 point performance of last time out against CSU, but Matt Dickey went for 30, adding 3 rebounds and 3 assists. One Bulldog that did have a career day was Jaleel Roberts who set career highs for both points and rebounds going for 16 points and 23 rebounds in a monster performance that couldn't be contained. The Bulldogs proved why they should still be the team to beat come tournament time as they overpowered a smaller Buccaneer team en route to 40 trips to the line, as opposed to CSU's 11.

With the loss, Charleston Southern are now bound to the bottom of the league standings with High Point and Winthrop at 4-8 with two league games left to play.

Charleston Southern Buccaneers at North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs
Feb 23, 2008	1ST	2ND	OT	SCORE
Charleston Southern (10-15, 4-8)	31	33	6	70
North Carolina-Asheville (13-10, 8-4)	28	36	13	77

Charleston Southern Buccaneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jeremy Sexton	35	8-13	7-9	0-0	1	5	2	0	1	23
Sheldon Strickland	31	7-13	5-11	2-2	1	4	0	0	2	21
Kenny Mitchell	35	4-10	2-5	0-0	12	2	0	0	0	10
Paul Gombwer	26	1-4	0-0	0-0	8	1	0	0	0	2
Cedrick Bowen	15	2-2	0-0	0-1	2	1	0	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dominique Williams	19	1-2	0-0	0-4	2	1	0	1	1	2
Jonathan Brooks	19	2-7	1-4	1-2	3	3	1	0	0	6
Saah Nimley	13	0-7	0-4	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Zimmy Nwogbo	26	0-4	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	0	0
Chris Grier	5	0-1	0-1	0-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Arlen Harper	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Matt Kennedy	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Mitchell Deter	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Greg Dorleus	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-63	15-34	5-11	35	21	3	2	4	70

North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.P. Primm	39	2-10	2-8	2-4	0	7	0	1	1	8
Matt Dickey	37	7-19	6-14	10-12	3	3	0	0	1	30
Quinard Jackson	37	2-8	1-5	9-10	7	1	0	1	0	14
Jon Nwannunu	31	0-3	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jaleel Roberts	38	6-8	0-0	4-8	23	2	1	1	1	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Keith Hornsby	20	2-5	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Corey Littlejohn	13	0-2	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	1	2
Jaron Lane	3	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Stephenson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Thomas Bess	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Atkinson	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Trent Meyer	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		19-55	10-29	29-40	44	14	2	3	4	77