Furman University - Southern Conference
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FurmanUniversity
52 2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball
Furman
Dr. David ShiPresident
Gary ClarkDirector of Athletics
Dr. Bill PierceFaculty Athletics Rep.
Elaine BakerSenior Woman Admin.
Jordan CaskeyMen’s Basketball SID
Location: ........................................ Greenville, S.C. 29613Founded: ...................................................................... 1826Enrollment: ................................................................. 2,630Nickname: ............................................................ PaladinsColors: ................................................... Purple and WhitePresident: ..................................................... Dr. David ShiAthletics Director: ..................................... Dr. Gary ClarkHome Court (Capacity): ............ Timmons Arena (1,998)Press Row Phone: ...................................... (864) 294-2376
Basketball Facts2006-07 Record: ........................................................... 15-16 Conference Record (Place): .................... 8-10 (4th South) Home: ............................................................................... 9-5 Away: ............................................................................. 5-10 Neutral: ............................................................................ 1-1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ..................................... 8/2 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................ 4/1
Media RelationsDirector: ......................................................... Hunter ReidE-mail: ..................................... [email protected]: .......................................................... (864) 294-2061Basketball Contact: .................................... Jordan CaskeyE-mail: ................................. [email protected]: .......................................................... (864) 294-2061Fax: ............................................................... (864) 294-3620Web-site: ............................... www.furmanpaladins.com
Greenville News (864-298-4135)Ann Green ([email protected])
Spartanburg Herald-Journal (843-562-7273)Todd Shanesy ([email protected])
The State (803-771-8473)Pat Obley ([email protected])
Anderson Independent-Mail (864-260-1238)John Braiser ([email protected])
WYFF-TV (864-240-5265)Geoff Hart ([email protected])
WSPA-TV (864-576-7777)Pete Yanity ([email protected])
WHNS-TV (864-213-2223)Dan Bubany ([email protected])
Radio Play-by-Play (864-294-3441)Chuck Hussion ([email protected])
Quick Facts Primary Media
Timmons ArenaArena: Timmons ArenaCapacity: 5,000Season Opened: 1997-98First Game: Furman vs. Northeastern Illinois, Dec. 30, 1997First Furman Win: Furman 72, Northeastern Illinois 69 (Dec. 30, 1997)All-Time Timmons Arena Record: 82-35 (.701)Largest Crowd: 4,300 vs. South Carolina, Jan. 26, 1998Largest Average Attendance: 2,110 in 1997-98 (21,097 in 10 games)
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Junior forward/center Stanley Jones
Date. Opponent TimeNov. 9 at UNC Asheville 7:00Nov. 12 at Clemson 7:30Nov. 17 at Saint Louis TBANov. 23 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 7:00Nov. 27 BOWLING GREEN 7:00Dec. 1 at Elon* 7:00Dec. 5 at Mercer 7:00Dec. 15 at UNC Greensboro* 7:00Dec. 20 vs. Northern Arizona* 7:30 (at Gossner Foods Classic, Logan, Utah)Dec. 21 vs. TBD (at Gossner Foods Classic)Dec. 29 vs. Cal-State Fullerton 8:00 (at Shamrock Office Solutions Classic, Moraga, Calif.)Dec. 30 vs. TBD (at Shamrock Office Solutions Classic)Jan. 3 WESTERN CAROLINA* 7:00Jan. 5 CHATTANOOGA* 4:00Jan. 10 at Western Carolina* 7:00Jan. 12 ELON* 4:00Jan. 16 DAVIDSON* 7:00Jan. 19 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON* 4:00Jan. 24 APPALACHIAN STATE* 7:00Jan. 26 at Georgia Southern* 7:30Jan. 31 THE CITADEL* 7:00Feb. 2 at Wofford* 3:00Feb. 7 at Chattanooga* 7:00Feb. 10 UNC GREENSBORO* 2:00Feb. 16 at Davidson* 3:00Feb. 18 WOFFORD* 7:00Feb. 21 at Appalachian State* 7:00Feb. 28 at The Citadel* 7:00March 1 at College of Charleston* 6:00March 7-10 at Southern Conference Tournament (at North Charleston, S.C.)
2007-08 Schedule
2007-08 Paladins RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/Last School0 Bobby Austin G 6-3 200 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Lasalle1 Justin Dehm G 6-1 182 Fr. Peoria, Ill./Richwoods3 Peter Carroll G 6-0 175 So. Nashville, Tenn./ Christ Presbyterian5 Darryl Evans G 6-1 183 So. Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg Day School11 Jordan Miller G 6-2 170 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./ White Station 14 George Brozos F 6-5 235 Sr. Thessaloniki, Greece/Reserve Christian (La.)15 Tony Anderson G 6-0 180 So. Greenville, S.C./J.L. Mann 20 Connor Nolte F 6-6 195 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga./Milton21 Emmanuel Perry F 6-3 200 So. Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill 32 Bryson Barnes F 6-5 200 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Westlake 33 Noah States F 6-8 202 Fr. Roanoke, Va./ Hargrave Military Academy41 Alex Opacic F 6-9 210 So. Bankstown, Australia/Austailian Institute of Sport50 Stanley Jones F/C 6-9 240 So. Miami, Fla./Monsignor Pace
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2006-07 Results (15-16, 8-10)Date Opponent Result Score Leading Scorer Leading RebounderNov. 11 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 88-69 26, Robby Bostain 10, Robby BostainNov. 13 ERSKINE W 67-55 23, Robby Bostain 8, Gerad PunchNov. 15 at Clemson L 58-67 11, Moussa Diagne 8, George Brozos 11, George Brozos 8, Robby BostainNov. 19 at Bowling Green W 63-59 19, Robby Bostain 10, Robby BostainNov. 22 at North Dakota State L 58-60 27, Moussa Diagne 6, Gerad Punch Nov. 28 at Vanderbilt W 70-62 13, Gerad Punch 12, Moussa Diagne 13, Eric Webb Dec. 2 UNC ASHEVILLE L 67-75 18, Eric Webb 10, Robby Bostain Dec. 5 USC AIKEN W 79-54 24, Eric Webb 9, Gerad PunchDec. 9 UNC GREENSBORO L (OT) 86-91 26, Eric Webb 11, Robby BostainDec. 16 at San Diego L 70-81 16, Moussa Diagne 8, Stanley JonesDec. 19 at California L 50-84 12, Stanley Jones 9, George BrozosDec. 30 MERCER W 83-69 18, Jadee Jones 8, Gerad PunchJan. 3 CHATTANOOGA W 69-56 20, Alex Opacic 8, Moussa DiagneJan. 6 at Georgia Southern L 70-72 17, Moussa Diagne 6, Gerad Punch Jan. 10 DAVIDSON L 63-71 13, Moussa Diagne 4, Moussa Diagne 4, Eric Webb 4, Stanley JonesJan. 13 at College of Charleston L 55-67 24, Moussa Diagne 8, Moussa Diagne Jan. 15 WOFFORD W 68-65 16, Robby Bostain 8, Gerad Punch 16, Eric WebbJan. 20 WESTERN CAROLINA W 79-67 23, Robby Bostain 7, Gerad PunchJan. 22 THE CITADEL W 63-59 20, Tony Anderson 7, Gerad Punch 7, Eric WebbJan. 24 at Appalachian State L 63-77 15, Tony Anderson 8, Gerad PunchJan. 27 at UNC Greensboro L 54-69 12, Gerad Punch 5, Gerad Punch 5, Stanley Jones 5, Robby BostainJan. 29 at Chattanooga W 68-61 14, Gerad Punch 5, Alex Opacic 5, Robby Bostain Feb. 3 APPALACHIAN STATE W (OT) 76-72 28, Moussa Diange 8, Moussa Diagne Feb. 10 at Elon W 69-64 19, Robby Bostain 5, Gerad Punch 5, Moussa DiagneFeb. 12 GEORGIA SOUTHERN L 55-57 18, Robby Bostain 6, Gerad PunchFeb. 17 at The Citadel W 69-51 14, Jadee Jones 6, Gerad Punch 6, Robby BostainFeb. 19 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON L (OT) 77-80 34, Moussa Diagne 14, Gerad PunchFeb. 22 at Davidson L 57-75 14, Moussa Diagne 7, Gerad PunchFeb. 25 at Wofford L 67-76 16, Tony Anderson 7, Gerad Punch March 1 vs. UNC Greensboro (SC) W 73-71 18, Robby Bostain 9, Moussa DiagneMarch 2 vs. Davidson (SC) L 68-91 16, Eric Webb 6, Robby Bostain 6, Moussa Diagne
2006-07 StatisticsOverall StatisticsPlayer GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off. R-Def. Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points Avg.Moussa Diagne 31-31 833 -26.9 151-316 .478 33-84 .393 76-93 .817 46 102 148 4.8 81 4 21 70 24 17 411 13.3Robby Bostain 31-31 1,019-32.9 134-299 .448 22-65 .338 96-120 .800 32 133 165 5.3 67 1 102 69 2 41 386 12.5Eric Webb 31-31 959-30.9 96-230 .417 68-164 .415 43-60 .717 13 78 91 2.9 69 3 136 90 2 44 303 9.8Gerad Punch 31-30 894-28.8 94-187 .503 30-73 .411 30-41 .732 59 123 182 5.9 62 2 51 62 13 33 248 8.0Alex Opacic 31-10 597-19.3 77-167 .461 18-64 .281 20-27 .741 36 45 81 2.6 60 1 23 30 8 10 192 6.2Stanley Jones 31-21 637-20.5 65-140 .464 0-0 .000 36-69 .522 41 65 106 3.4 77 2 17 48 14 14 166 5.4Tony Anderson 31-1 467-15.1 40-110 .364 26-65 .400 33-47 .702 10 21 31 1.0 61 0 52 39 0 15 139 4.5Jadee Jones 30-0 463-15.4 43-109 .394 25-72 .347 19-23 .826 6 36 42 1.4 37 0 25 20 0 11 130 4.3George Brozos 31-0 340-11.0 33-91 .363 14-46 .304 20-27 .741 25 43 68 2.2 43 1 15 16 2 14 100 3.2Emmanuel Perry 2-0 2-1.0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5Darryl Evans 19-0 69-3.6 4-11 .364 3-5 .600 3-8 .375 4 6 10 0.5 10 0 0 2 0 2 14 0.7Grayson Glur 15-0 39-2.6 5-14 .357 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 6 9 0.6 11 0 2 3 0 3 10 0.7Russ McFarland 1-0 0+-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0Peter Carroll 3-0 2-0.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0Team 41 29 70 2.3 9Total. 31 6,321 743-1,676 .443 239-639 .374 377-516 .731 316 688 1,004 32.4 579 14 444 459 65 205 2,102 67.8Opponents 31 6,322 781-1,672 .467 181-534 .339 384-579 .663 319 696 1,015 32.7 551 - 393 437 92 223 2,127 68.6
Conference StatisticsPlayer GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off. R-Def. Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points Avg.Moussa Diagne 18-18 475 -26.4 93-188 .495 21-47 .447 42-53 .792 21 53 74 4.1 51 2 6 41 13 12 249 13.8Robby Bostain 18-18 590-32.8 76-167 .455 13-42 .310 51-61 .836 13 74 87 4.8 40 0 61 37 1 23 216 12.0Eric Webb 18-18 557-30.9 48-126 .381 33-96 .344 18-25 .720 4 44 48 2.7 43 3 73 46 2 27 147 8.2Gerad Punch 18-18 559-31.1 48-107 .449 15-44 .341 14-22 .636 43 72 115 6.4 36 1 34 36 10 20 125 6.9Tony Anderson 18-0 300-16.7 35-77 .455 24-48 .500 29-39 .744 6 11 17 0.9 36 0 33 24 0 10 123 6.8Alex Opacic 18-8 370-20.6 46-95 .484 10-33 .303 14-19 .737 18 29 47 2.6 38 1 16 15 5 9 116 6.4Stanley Jones 18-10 361-20.1 33-77 .429 0-0 .000 21-33 .636 21 37 58 3.2 46 1 10 30 8 9 87 4.8Jadee Jones 18-0 261-14.5 28-68 .412 14-44 .318 16-19 .842 3 21 24 1.3 24 0 14 12 0 5 86 4.8Emmanuel Perry 1-0 1-1.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0George Brozos 18-0 187-10.4 16-50 .320 7-27 .259 8-10 .800 11 22 33 1.8 21 0 11 5 0 8 47 2.6Grayson Glur 5-0 11-2.2 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 0.6 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 0.8Darryl Evans 11-0 49-4.5 1-6 .167 1-3 .333 2-4 .500 2 3 5 0.5 6 0 0 2 0 2 5 0.5Russ McFarland 1-0 0+-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0Peter Carroll 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 25 24 49 2.7 6Total 18 3,722 427-965 .442 138-384 .359 216-286 .755 167 394 561 31.2 343 8 259 255 39 127 1,208 67.1Opponents 18 3,722 442-952 .464 113-318 .355 233-349 .668 185 407 592 32.9 312 6 223 250 49 121 1,230 68.3
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PaladinsJeff JacksonHead Coach
Hometown: New York, N.Y.Birth Date: May 1, 1961Education: B.S., Cornell, 1984
COACHINGStudent Assistant, Cornell, 1983-85Graduate Assistant, Southern California, 1985-86 Assistant, St. Bonaventure, 1986-89Assistant, Colorado State, 1989-92Assistant, Stanford, 1992-96Head Coach, New Hampshire, 1996-99Assistant, Vanderbilt, 1999-06
PERSONAL DATAJeffrey Gerard Jackson was born on May 1, 1961 in New York, N.Y. He at-tended St. Francis Prep, graduating in 1979. He and his wife, Carolyn, have three children: Xavier, Jenai and Taylor.
EDUCATIONHe earned a bachelor’s of science degree in industrial and labor relations at Cornell in 1984.
PLAYING EXPERIENCEHe served as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, Cornell, from 1983-85. He helped lead the junior varsity squad to records of 16-10 and 14-12.
AT FURMANJackson is in his second season as head coach at Furman. He was named head coach of the Paladins on April 24, 2006.
PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCEAfter spending two years as a student assistant coach at Cornell, Jackson was a graduate assistant at Southern California in 1985-86. He served as an assistant at St. Bonaventure from 1986-89 and worked as an assistant at Colo-rado State for three years (1989-92) where the Rams posted a 50-40 mark. He was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Stanford for coach Mike Montgomery from 1992-96. The Cardinal finished with a 65-51 mark during his tenure. Jackson served a three-year stint as head coach at New Hampshire from 1996-99. The Wildcats posted a 21-60 record. For the past seven years, he was an assistant to coach Kevin Stallings at Vanderbilt. The Commodores were 121-96 during that span. He is in his first season at Furman.
JACKSON’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDYear School Record SoCon1996-97 New Hampshire 7-201997-98 New Hampshire 10-171998-99 New Hampshire 4-232006-07 Furman 15-16 8-10New Hampshire Total 21-60 Furman Total 15-16 8-10Career Total 36-76
COACHING STAFFAssistant Coach: Mark Price (Samford, 1998)Assistant Coach: James Strong (Vanderbilt, 2000)Assistant Coach: John Montgomery (Loyola Marymount ‘07)
All-Time Furman CoachesCoach Seasons Years W L Pct.W.L. Laval 1919-27 8 74 66 .529A.W. Norman 1927-28 1 20 5 .800A.P. McLeod 1928-33 5 75 19 .798Flucie Stewart 1933-35 2 12 20 .375Bob Smith 1935-42 7 57 77 .425Selwyn Edwards 1944-45 1 2 14 .125Lyles Alley 1945-49, ‘50-66 20 247 259 .488Melvin Bell 1949-50 1 9 12 .429Frank Selvy 1966-70 4 44 59 .427Joe Williams 1970-78 8 142 87 .620Eddie Holbrook 1978-82 4 65 48 .576Jene Davis 1982-85 3 28 58 .368Butch Estes 1985-94 9 135 122 .525Joe Cantafio 1994-97 3 30 51 .370Larry Davis 1997-06 9 122 141 .464Jeff Jackson 2006-07 1 15 16 .483
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Furman Year-By-YearYear Overall SoCon Place Coach1908-09 3 1 No coach1909-10 2 6 No coach1910-11 2 1 No coach1911-12 0 2 No coach1912-13 1 4 No coach1913-14 5 4 No coach1914-15 0 3 No coach1915-16 2 6 No coach1916-17 No team 1917-18 No team1918-19 No team1919-20 2 12 W.L. Laval1920-21 2 11 W.L. Laval1921-22 8 8 W.L. Laval1922-23 14 10 W.L. Laval1923-24 7 7 W.L. Laval1924-25 9 5 W.L. Laval1925-26 14 9 W.L. Laval1926-27 19 4 W.L. Laval1927-28 20 5 A.W. Norman1928-29 11 6 A.P. McLeod1929-30 17 2 A.P. McLeod1930-31 17 2 A.P. McLeod1931-32 16 1 A.P. McLeod1932-33 14 8 A.P. McLeod1933-34 3 12 Flucie Stewart1934-35 9 8 Flucie Stewart1935-36 10 6 Bob Smith1936-37 8 7 Bob Smith1937-38 6 13 Bob Smith1938-39 7 17 Bob Smith1939-40 11 11 Bob Smith1940-41 4 13 Bob Smith1941-42 11 10 Bob Smith1942-44 No Team1944-45 2 14 Lyles Alley1945-46 15 4 Lyles Alley1946-47 9 10 Lyles Alley1947-48 11 15 Lyles Alley1948-49 8 14 Lyles Alley1949-50 9 12 Melvin Bell1951-52 18 6 Lyles Alley1952-53 21 6 Lyles Alley1953-54 20 9 6 1 2nd Lyles Alley1954-55 17 10 6 4 5th Lyles Alley1955-56 12 16 7 7 6th Lyles Alley1956-57 10 17 7 5 4th Lyles Alley1957-58 10 16 4 8 7th, tie Lyles Alley1958-59 14 12 5 7 6th Lyles Alley1959-60 9 16 6 7 6th Lyles Alley1960-61 15 11 6 7 5th Lyles Alley1961-62 15 12 8 5 3rd Lyles Alley1962-63 14 14 9 6 4th Lyles Alley1963-64 11 15 7 8 5th Lyles Alley1964-65 6 19 1 13 9th Lyles Alley1965-66 9 17 4 8 6th Lyles Alley1966-67 9 15 4 6 7th Frank Selvy1967-68 13 14 6 6 5th Frank Selvy1968-69 9 17 5 6 5th Frank Selvy1969-70 13 13 5 6 4th Frank Selvy1970-71 15 12 5 5 5th Joe Williams1971-72 17 11 8 3 2nd Joe Williams1972-73 20 9 11 2 2nd Joe Williams1973-74 22 9 11 1 1st Joe Williams1974-75 22 7 12 0 1st Joe Williams1975-76 9 18 5 7 7th Joe Williams1976-77 18 10 8 2 1st, tie Joe Williams1977-78 19 11 7 5 4th, tie Joe Williams1978-79 20 9 9 3 2nd Eddie Holbrook1979-80 23 7 14 1 1st Eddie Holbrook1980-81 11 16 8 8 6th, tie Eddie Holbrook1981-82 11 16 7 9 6th, tie Eddie Holbrook
Year Overall SoCon Place Coach1982-83 9 20 4 12 7th Jene Davis1983-84 12 17 7 9 6th Jene Davis1984-85 7 21 4 12 8th Jene Davis1985-86 10 17 5 11 7th, tie Butch Estes1986-87 17 12 10 6 4th Butch Estes1987-88 18 10 11 5 2nd Butch Estes1988-89 17 12 9 5 2nd Butch Estes1989-90 15 16 5 9 6th, tie Butch Estes1990-91 20 9 11 3 1st, tie Butch Estes1991-92 17 11 9 5 3rd, tie Butch Estes1992-93 11 17 8 10 6th, tie Butch Estes1993-94 10 18 6 12 8th, tie Butch Estes1994-95 10 17 6 8 4th, South Joe Cantafio1995-96 10 17 6 8 3rd, South Joe Cantafio1996-97 10 17 4 10 5th, South Joe Cantafio1997-98 9 20 5 9 4th, South Larry Davis1998-99 12 16 5 11 5th, South Larry Davis1999-00 14 18 5 10 6th, South Larry Davis2000-01 10 16 5 11 6th, South Larry Davis2001-02 17 14 7 9 5th, South Larry Davis2002-03 14 17 8 8 3rd, tie, South Larry Davis2003-04 17 12 8 8 4th, South Larry Davis2004-05 16 13 9 7 4th, South Larry Davis2005-06 13 15 8 7 4th, South Larry Davis2006-07 15 16 8 10 4th, South Jeff JacksonOverall 1,056 1,080 437 491
Furman in the NCAA Tournament (1-7)3/13/71 Fordham L 105-74 East Regional 3/10/73 Syracuse L 83-82 East Regional3/9/74 South Carolina W 75-67 East Regional3/14/74 Pittsburgh L 81-78 East Regional3/16/74 Providence L 95-83 East Regional3/15/75 Boston College L 82-76 East Regional3/12/78 Indiana L 63-62 East Regional3/6/80 No. 7 Tennessee L 80-69 East Regional
Furman in the NIT (0-1)3/15/91 West Virginia L 86-67 First Round
