Open Legacy for Ed Cooley (CH 2k8)

[rjsuperfly66]

Ed Cooley is a real-coach. This will be my journey of trying to get him back home to coach the hometown Friars.

Using 2007-2008 rosters.

2007 Attributes

Offense - C-
Defense - C
Teaching - C
Scouting - C-
Charisma - C+
Discipline - C

Overall - C

Assistant Coaches

Mychal Ireland - C
Baboucarr Bremer - C-

Team

Coach Cooley has been hired as the head coach of Winston Salem.

Schedule

Cyclone Challenge
@ Duquesne
@ Wake Forest
Fresno St.
S. Carolina St.
Georgia St.
Alabama A&M
@ Kansas St.
@ South Florida
MD-Eastern Shore
Delaware St.
Howard
Hampton
@ NC A&T
@ Norfolk St.
Florida A&M
Bethune-Cookman
@Morgan St.
@ Coppin St.
@ Howard
@ Hampton
NC A&T
Norfolk St.
@Florida A&M
@Bethune-Cookman
@ S. Carolina St.

Roster

Winston Salem Depth Chart - 07-08
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Roy Preake (SR, 68)
SG	Darius Floyd (SO, 62)	Vaudrey Funderburke (SO, 60)	Michael Puckett (JR, 60)
SF	Darrell Wonge (SR, 63)
PF	Jamal Durham (JR, 61)	Greg Lewis (SR, 59)	Julian Murphy-Long (JR, 52)
C	Corey Morris (FR, 56)

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November Games

Cyclone Challenge - 11/9/2007
vs. Iowa St.

Winston-Salem St. suffered a tough defeat at the hands of the Cyclnes, 83-54. Outscored 48-22 in the first half, they were never able to make this one a game. Iowa St. used a balanced attack to dominate the Rams.

Winston-Salem St. 22/32/54
Iowa St. 48/35/83

Key WSS Performers

Vaudrey Funderburke 6/11, 3/4 3, 16 points
Jamal Durham 1/4, 7 points, 7 rebounds
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Cyclone Challenge - 11/10/2007
vs. UL-Calcutta

WSS kept this game close but could not convert down the stretch and lost to UL-Calcutta 84-74. This was a 4 point game with 1 minute left, but UL hit from the foul line and WSS could get nothing from the floor.

Winston-Salem St. 39/35/84
UL-Calcutta 40/44/74

Key WSS Performers

Vaudrey Funderburke 4/7, 3/4 3, 17 points
Roy Peake 4/8, 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists
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11/12/2007
at Duquesne

Winston-Salem St. went on the road to an A-10 opponent and escaped with an 87-80 win. Coach Cooley made a gutsy move, moving poor performing SG Darius Floyd to the bench where he had a tremendous performance.

Winston-Salem St. 45/42/87
Duquesne 37/43/80

Key WSS Performers

Darius Floyd 9/12, 6/9 3, 24 points
Greg Lewis 5/8, 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists
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11/23/2007
at Wake Forest

Winston-Salem St. returned to the road, this time against an ACC opponent, but could not get going in the 2nd half after leading at halftime, falling to the Demon Deacons 73-64.

Winston-Salem St. 39/25/64
Wake Forest 35/38/73

Key WSS Performers

Darius Floyd 3/6, 3/5 3, 13 points, 3 assists
Roy Peake 5/13, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals
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11/27/2007
vs. Fresno St. (3-3)

Winston-Salem St. fell to 1-4 on the season with a 85-75 loss to Fresno St. in their home opener of the season. Again WSS kept this game close the whole way, just could not convert when it mattered.

Winston-Salem St. 42/33/75
Fresno St. 48/37/85

Key WSS Performers

Vaudrey Funderburke 6/16, 4/8 3, 16 points, 2 assists
Jamal Durham 5/13, 11 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals

Winston-Salem St. Stats - 07-08
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Vaudrey Funderburke	5	26.2	13.4	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.4
Darius Floyd	5	20.6	12.2	1.2	1.4	.8	0.0	1.6	2.8
Roy Peake	5	25.4	9.4	4.2	4.2	1.8	.4	1.8	3.0
Jamal Durham	5	25.8	9.0	6.0	.4	1.8	.2	2.6	3.0
Julian Murphy-Long	5	13.2	7.0	4.8	.4	0.0	.4	1.2	1.0
Darrell Wonge	5	24.4	5.6	3.4	.4	.8	0.0	2.4	3.6
Corey Morris	5	24.0	5.0	5.4	.8	.4	.4	2.6	3.2
Michael Puckett	5	20.2	4.8	.8	.8	1.0	.2	1.6	2.0
Greg Lewis	5	15.4	4.4	4.6	1.6	1.0	.2	1.8	3.4

Mid-Eastern Conference Standings - Updated: Dec 1, 2007
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Bethune-Cookman	2-1	.666	0-0
Florida A&M	3-2	.600	0-0
Morgan St.	3-3	.500	0-0
MD-Eastern Shore	4-4	.500	0-0
S. Carolina St.	2-4	.333	0-0
Delaware St.	2-5	.285	0-0
Norfolk St.	1-3	.250	0-0
NC A&T	1-3	.250	0-0
Winston-Salem St.	1-4	.200	0-0
Hampton	1-5	.166	0-0
Coppin St.	0-5	.000	0-0
Howard	0-7	.000	0-0

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December Games

12/1/2007
vs. S. Carolina St. (2-4)

Winston-Salem St. started out the conference season with a loss, falling to SC St. 65-57. SC jumped out to a 38-19 halftime lead and never had to look back.

Winston-Salem St. 19/38/57
S. Carolina St. 38/27/65

Key WSS Performers

Vaudrey Funderburke 4/8, 4/6 3, 15 points
Darrell Wonge 3/7, 10 points, 5 rebounds
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12/8/2007
vs. Georgia St. (2-5)

Winston-Salem St. got their first home win of the season, a squeaker against Georgia St., 62-58. This game played tight the whole way but WSS was able to make a few more plays than normal when this game mattered.

Winston-Salem St. 37/25/62
Georgia St. 31/27/58

Key WSS Performers

Darell Wonge 5/13, 14 points, 7 rebounds
Darius Floyd, 4/6, 2/2 3, 14 points
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12/17/2007
vs. Alabama A&M (1-6)

Winston-Salem St. was roughed up again at home, falling to a bad A&M team 88-69 at home. Outscored big in the first half again, WSS was unable to come back against a big deficit.

Winston-Salem St. 31/38/69
Alabama A&M 48/40/88

Key WSS Performers

Darius Floyd 5/11, 4/7 3, 18 points
Jamal Durham 7/12, 16 points, 9 rebounds
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12/22/2007
at Kansas St. (7-1)

Closer than many would have expected, WSS fell to the Wildcats 76-61. This game for Kansas St. was saved by Michael Beasley, who scored 37 points and grabbed 17 rebounds for Kansas St.

Winston-Salem St. 36/25/61
Kansas St. 42/34/76

Key WSS Performers

Jamal Durham 5/8, 15 points, 7 rebounds
Roy Peake 3/6, 11 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists
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12/29/2007
at South Florida (3-9)

Winston-Salem St. suffered another double-digit loss, falling to Big East foe South Florida, 88-69. This marked an end to OOC play for WSS, who is currently 2-8.

Winston-Salem St. 40/29/69
South Florida 50/38/88

Key WSS Performers

Michael Puckett 4/7, 3/6 3, 16 points
Corey Morris 4/6, 11 points, 4 rebounds

Winston-Salem St. Stats - 07-08
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Darius Floyd	10	20.5	11.0	1.7	.8	.6	.1	2.4	2.5
Vaudre Funderburke	10	24.8	10.3	.1	.7	.1	.1	2.6	2.0
Jamal Durham	10	28.5	9.2	6.6	.2	1.2	.2	2.8	2.3
Darrell Wonge	10	26.0	7.8	4.3	.3	.7	.0	2.6	3.6
Roy Peake	10	28.2	7.4	4.3	4.6	2.2	.2	2.8	2.9
Michael Puckett	10	18.9	7.2	1.1	.4	.8	.1	1.3	2.2
Corey Morris	10	23.5	6.0	6.1	.6	.4	.5	2.6	3.5
Julian Murphy-Long	10	9.6	4.5	3.0	.2	.0	.2	.8	1.1
Greg Lewis	10	16.1	3.8	5	1.4	.5	.2	1.5	2.8

Mid-Eastern Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 1, 2008
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Morgan St.	4-8	.333	1-0	--
NC A&T	3-6	.333	1-0	--
S. Carolina St.	4-9	.307	1-0	--
Bethune-Cookman	3-7	.300	1-0	--
Delaware St.	3-9	.250	1-0	--
Hampton	3-8	.272	0-0	.5
Howard	2-11	.153	0-0	.5
Florida A&M	4-6	.400	0-1	1
MD-Eastern Shore	5-9	.357	0-1	1
Norfolk St.	3-7	.300	0-1	1
Winston-Salem St.	2-8	.200	0-1	1
Coppin St.	2-10	.166	0-1	1

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Recruiting News
January 1st, 2008

The Rams from Winston-Salem St. have three open scholarships for next season.

They have received an NLI from Bienvenu Chambliss, who is a 6'7 SF from Raleigh, NC and rated the #127 SF in the class of 2008.

Other scholarships have been extended to Vadim Howard (6'10 C) and Bo Fitzgerald (6'1 PG).

They will join four players Coach Cooley decided to Red Shirt when he arrived at campus. Those players are:

#3 Brian Fisher - 6'2 SG Sophomore
#42 McIntoche Alcius - 6'8 PF Freshman
#5 Isiah Tucker - 6'1 PG Freshman
#24 Paul Davis - 6'9 PF Freshman

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January 2008 Games

1/12/2008
vs. MD-Eastern Shore (5-10)

Winston-Salem St. got their first conference win of the season, defeating MD-Eastern Shore 76-61. Up big at halftime, WSS was able to coast through the 2nd half behind the strong play of Darrell Wonge.

Winston-Salem St. 30/46/76
MD-Eastern Shore 17/44/61

Key WSS Performers

Darrell Wonge 11/17, 25 points, 4 rebounds
Michael Puckett 7/9, 6/8 3, 20 points
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1/14/2008
vs. Delaware St. (4-10)

Winston-Salem St. scored with 11.2 seconds left on a basket by Funderburke to score the come-from-behind victory against Delaware St., 58-57. This marked WSS's 2nd straight victory, and they moved to 2-1 in conference play.

Winston-Salem St. 27/31/58
Delaware St. 36/21/57

Key WSS Performers

Vaudrey Funderburke 4/6, 1/3 3, 11 points
Jamal Durham 3/6, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals
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1/19/2008
vs. Howard (2-13)

Winston-Salem St. suffered a devastating loss to Howard, falling 58-53. They could not get it going early on, and despite keeping the game close, did not have enough energy in the end to overcome the early deficit.

Winston-Salem St. 13/40/53
Howard 23/35/58

Key WSS Performers

Jamal Durham 4/8, 10 points, 7 rebounds
Vaudrey Funderburke 3/10, 2/7 3, 9 points
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1/21/2008
vs. Hampton (6-8)

Winston-Salem St. came out sharp but the bench was largely ineffective in a 76-66 lost to Hampton. The loss pushed the Rams to 2-3 in conference.

Winston-Salem St. 30/36/66
Hampton 32/44/76

Key WSS Performers

Jamal Durham 7/10, 19 points, 5 rebounds
Darrell Wonge 5/11, 15 points, 2 assists
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1/26/2008
vs. NC A&T (4-9)

Winston-Salem St. had their most explosive half of the season, outscoring A&T by 25 on way to an 89-72 victory. Eight out of nine players scored over 7 points in the victory.

Winston-Salem St. 34/55/89
NC A&T 42/30/72

Key WSS Performers

Darius Floyd 7/13, 4/5 3, 19 points
Michael Puckett 5/5, 3/3 3, 15 points
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1/28/2008
vs. Norfolk St. (7-8)

Winston-Salem St. continued to show its inconsistency in a 62-47 loss. The defense kept it close in the first half but the offensive struggles were the reason for the loss in this one.

Winston-Salem St. 22/25/47
Norfolk St. 25/37/62

Key WSS Performers

Darrell Wonge 1/7, 10 points, 6 rebounds
Roy Peake 3/13, 9 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists

Winston-Salem St. Stats - 07-08
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Darius Floyd	16	19.9	9.9	1.8	.6	.6	.0	2.1	2.2
Jamal Durham	16	28.3	9.3	6.1	.4	1.4	.3	2.5	2.6
Darrell Wonge	16	27.4	9.1	4.3	.5	.8	.0	2.4	3.1
Vaundrey Funderburke	16	23.4	8.8	.3	.6	.3	.0	2.2	2.4
Michael Puckett	16	18.6	7.8	1.4	.4	1.1	.0	1.3	1.9
Roy Peake	16	28.3	6.7	4.3	6.0	2.0	.3	2.9	2.6
Corey Morris	16	24.4	6.0	6.0	.7	.6	.7	2.7	2.9
Greg Lewis	16	17.3	4.9	5.2	1.4	.5	.1	1.5	2.3
Julian Murphy-Long	16	8.4	3.9	2.1	.3	.0	.2	.6	1.1

Mid-Eastern Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 1, 2008
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Hampton	9-8	.529	6-0	--
Morgan St.	9-10	.473	6-1	.5
Norfolk St.	8-8	.500	5-2	1.5
Delaware St.	6-13	.315	4-3	2.5
Coppin St.	5-13	.411	3-4	3.5
Florida A&M	7-10	.333	3-4	3.5
NC A&T	5-10	.277	3-4	3.5
Winston-Salem St.	5-11	.312	3-4	3.5
Howard	4-15	.210	2-4	4
MD Eastern-Shore	8-14	.363	2-5	4.5
S. Carolina St.	6-15	.285	2-5	4.5
Bethune-Cookman	5-12	.294	2-5	4.5

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February and March 2008 Regular Season Games

2/2/2008
vs. Florida A&M (7-10)

Winston-Salem St. got began the final stretch of the season with a 74-66 conference win against Florida A&M. This win puts them at 4-4 in conference play, and gives them more wins than the 5 they had last season.

Winston-Salem St. 37/37/74
Florida A&M 31/35/66

Key WSS Performers

Jamal Durham 5/8, 12 points, 7 rebounds
Corey Morris 3/7, 11 points, 9 rebounds
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2/4/2008
vs. Bethune-Cookman (5-13)

Winston-Salem St. got their second conference victory in a row, defeating lowly Bethune-Cookman, 90-76. WSS has shown much improvement since the start of the season, and with a young team, should be in position for a few good runs over the next few seasons.

Winston-Salem St. 37/53/90
Bethune-Cookman 31/45/76

Key WSS Performers

Roy Peake 4/7, 15 points, 11 assists
Darrell Wonge 5/8, 15 points, 2 rebounds
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2/9/2008
vs. Morgan St. (10-11)

Winston-Salem St. never got their grove on the road, and gout routed by the Bears of Morgan St 93-74. Playing through injury, Jamar Smith of Morgan St. scored 29 points and put the pressure on all night.

Winston-Salem St. 39/35/74
Morgan St. 53/40/93

Key WSS Performers

Jamal Durham 6/13, 16 points, 5 rebounds
Michael Puckett 5/9, 2/3 3, 13 points
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2/11/2008
vs. Coppin St. (6-15)

Winston-Salem St.'s road troubles continued, this time a troubling 81-63 blowout against Coppin St. This game was never close.

Winston-Salem St. 35/28/63
Coppin St. 49/32/81

Key WSS Performers

Darrell Wonge 5/9, 14 points, 9 rebounds
Corey Morris 4/7, 12 points, 7 rebounds
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2/16/2008
vs. Howard (5-18)

WSS finally played well enough on the road to steal a win, this one at expense of Howard, 75-72. Strong play by the entire team propelled WSS to this victory.

Winston-Salem St. 46/29/75
Howard 40/32/72

Key WSS Performers

Darrell Wonge 4/9, 13 points, 6 rebounds
Darius Floyd 5/8, 2/3 3, 12 points, 4 rebounds
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2/18/2008
vs. Hampton (13-9)

Winston-Salem St. has looked to have closed the gap to conference leaders, this one with a narrow loss to Hampton, 82-74.

Winston-Salem St. 35/39/74
Hampton 38/44/82

Key WSS Performers

Darrell Wonge 5/10, 16 points, 6 rebounds
Corey Morris 5/7, 12 points, 14 rebounds
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2/23/2008
vs. NC A&T (9-12)

Winston-Salem St. got another tough fought conference victory, defeating NC A&T at home, 87-84. With 4 conference games left, WSS has a 7-7 conference record. A 3-1 record would put them likely in the Top 4 of the conference.

Winston-Salem St. 49/38/87
NC A&T 50/34/84

Key WSS Performers

Michael Puckett 6/11, 3/7 3, 17 points, 4 steals
Roy Peake 5/8, 14 points, 14 assists
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2/25/2008
vs. Norfolk St. (14-9)

A disappointing 2nd half doomed WSS in this one, as they fell 67-56. Leading at halftime, they got to complacent and let Norfolk go on a huge 2nd half run.

Winston-Salem St. 36/20/56
Norfolk St. 33/34/67

Key WSS Performers

Roy Peake 3/9, 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists
Corey Morris 3/5, 10 points, 6 rebounds
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3/1/2008
vs. Florida A&M (13-12)

Winston-Salem St. let another halftime lead slip away, this time falling in OT, 82-80. WSS has still been playing extremely well,but cannot convert when it matters.

Winston-Salem St. 40/37/3/80
Florida A&M 33/44/5/82

Key WSS Performers

Roy Peake 8/13, 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists
Jamal Durham 4/10, 16 points, 12 rebounds
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3/3/2008
vs. Bethune-Cookman (8-18)

The wheels are coming off for WSS, who a few weeks ago looked poised to make a run for the conference top half, have lost 3 in a row, falling 76-59.

Winston-Salem St. 31/28/59
Bethune-Cookman 37/39/76

Key WSS Performers

Jamal Durham 3/11, 12 points, 8 rebounds
Corey Morris 3/6, 9 points, 8 rebounds
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3/6/2008
vs. S. Carolina St. (10-12)

The Rams lost their regular season finale, having one of their worst halves of the season, losing 84-58. It looks like the Rams will play Delaware St. in round 1 of the MEAC conference tournament.

Winston-Salem St. 23/35/58
S. Carolina St. 52/32/84

Key WSS Performers

Roy Peake 5/8, 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists
Vaundrey Funderburke 5/11, 3/6 3, 14 points

Winston-Salem St. Stats - 07-08
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Jamal Durham	27	27.9	9.9	6.2	.6	1.2	.2	2.5	2.7
Darrell Wonge	27	27.4	9.3	4.7	.5	.7	.0	2.2	3.2
Darius Floyd	27	19.9	8.6	2.3	.6	.6	.0	1.8	2.6
Roy Peake	27	28.3	8.3	4.6	6.8	1.8	.2	3.1	2.7
Michael Puckett	27	20.1	8.2	1.2	.4	.8	.0	2.6	1.7
Vaundrey Funderburke	27	22.9	8.2	.5	.6	.2	.0	1.9	2.3
Corey Morris	27	23.4	7.1	6.6	.6	.5	.6	2.6	3.0
Greg Lewis	27	18.2	5.9	6.0	1.4	.3	.1	1.4	2.5
Julian Murphy-Long	27	7.9	3.1	1.7	..2	.0	.2	.8	.9

Mid-Eastern Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 1, 2008
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Hampton	18-11	.620	15-3	--
Morgan St.	17-13	.566	14-4	.1
Norfolk St.	16-11	.592	13-5	2
Florida A&M	15-13	.535	11-7	4
NC A&T	11-15	.423	9-9	6
Coppin St.	11-18	.379	9-9	6
Delaware St.	10-20	.333	8-10	7
S. Carolina St.	11-21	.343	7-11	8
Bethune-Cookman	10-18	.357	7-11	8
Winston-Salem St.	9-18	.333	7-11	8
Howard	7-24	.225	5-13	10
MD-Eastern Shore	9-24	.272	3-15	12

Conference Tournament

1) Hampton
Bye

8) S. Carolina St.
9) Bethune-Cookman

4) Florida A&M
Bye

5) NC A&T
Bye

3) Norfolk St.
Bye

6) Coppin St.
11) Howard

7) Delaware St.
10) Winston-Salem St.

2) Morgan St.
Bye