Scouting Georgia Southern

If you saw last week's game at Statesboro, the Cougars led at the half and kept the game close until the Eagles ran away with the game in the final minutes of the game. The Eagles are playing great basketball right now. Georgia Southern can hit the 3-ball and with guys like Diogo Salazar, they are big down below.

The Eagles main weakness is their shooting ability from the charity-stripe (60%). The Cougars missed opportunities to foul guys like Salazar (42%-shooter) instead of letting them make the easy basket. Hopefully, the Cougars have watched the tape and know what to do if the game gets dangerously close at the end.


Recon on Georgia Southern from the last game of the season: (FG, 3PT, FT, Rebs and Points)

• Diogo Salazar: #34 (5-7 FG, 0-1 3PT, 1-2 FT, 6-rebounds, 11-points)
• Louis Graham: #40 (7-16 FG, 0-1 3PT, 5-8 FT, 4-rebounds, 19-points)
• Dwayne Foreman: #1 (4-8 FG, 2-2 3PT, 2-2 FT, 2-rebounds, 12-points)
• Donte Gennie (All-SoCon Team) #2 (4-14 FG, 1-5 3PT, 1-1 FT, 5-rebounds, 10-points)
• Matt Fields: #33 (5-12 FG, 0-0 3PT, 4-6 FT, 1-rebounds, 14-points)
  

The Cougars dropped their final regular season game to the Eagles, 65-74

The Cougars fell to Georgia Southern today at Hanner Fieldhouse in front of 2,703 fans for the Eagles' seniors last home game. The College is now 3-4 in their last 7-final season games. The Cougars dropped to 20-10, 13-5 (SoCon) as we get ready for the SoCon Tournament next week. The Cougars will play Thursday night, their opponent has yet to be announced. The Eagles finished their season 14-15, 7-11 (SoCon) and showed today that despite their record, they are a formidable opponent for their next opponent in the SoCon Tournament. (Photo compliments of CofC Sports)

For members of the Maroon Nation watching from home, we missed the first minutes of the game as the Marist vs. Sienna game went into OT. The Cougars had the lead off the fingers of Draper and Tony White Jr. hitting back to back 3-balls and a lay-up by Jermaine Johnson added to Draper's point from the charity-stripe to give the Cougars a 13-5 lead at the 14:48 mark. (due to time restraints I will post more on this later)

From the Den

Philip McCandies matched his career-high of 4 blocks in a game before the 10-minute mark in the 1st half; he would end the day with a new career-high of 7 blocks in the game, six of which he swatted in the 1st half. Dontaye Draper scored 9-points and dished out 9-assists, hitting 3-12 from the field and 2-7 from behind the arc in his 38-minutes of play. Jermaine Johnson finished with 4-boards and 14-points hitting 7-11 field goals. David Lawrence was 5-11 from the field and 3-8 from behind the arc, as he pulled down 8-boards and finished with 14-points in 37-minutes of play. Josh Jackson had 3-assists and rolled sixes with 6-points and 6-boards. The walk-on player brought in by Coach Cremins, Tony White Jr. went 3-5 from the field and hit both of his 3-balls for a total of 9-points. Returning from his knee-injury, Marcus Hammond was 3-5 in the field and 3 for 4 from behind the arc, putting 9-points on the board in his 16-minutes of play. Finally, Javon Parris was able to score 2-points in the 8-minutes he was on the court today.

Teams---1st Half---2nd Half---Total

CofC---39---26---65

Ga. Southern---36---38---74

The Cougars face the Georgia Southern Eagles on Saturday (1 pm) in their last regular season game!

The Cougars (20-9, 13-4 SoCon) travel to Statesboro, Georgia to take on the Eagles of Georgia Southern (13-15, 6-11 SoCon). The game will air nationally on ESPN2, tip-off time is 1:00 pm. The Cougars have won 11 of their last 13 games, 17 of their last 20 and are coming off a 50-40 over the Citadel. CofC is 3-3 in their last 6 regular season final games. Coach Cremins is 4-1 all-time against the Eagles. (Photo compliments of Georgia Southern Sports)

Recon

The Eagles finished 1st in the SoCon in 3 of their last 5 seasons. They have won 3 of their last 4 games and 5 of their last 6 games. Georgia Southern is coming off a 68-46 win over Wofford last night. The Eagles have held their opponents to 70-points or less in 8 of their last 9 games. They are ranked 2nd (behind the College) in the SoCon in 3-point defense. Georgia Southern coach Jeff Price is 8-8 all-time against the College. With the SoCon Tourney next week, the Eagles have a history of Dancing in '83, '89 and in '92 and invites to the NIT ('88, '89 and 2006) that they wish to expand.

Tomorrow's game will be the last home game for the Eagles' seniors: Donte Gennie (averages 12.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg and 3.5 boards), Diogo Salazar (2.5 ppg and 2.1 rpg) and guard Jimmy Tobias (7.4 ppg and 3.8 rpg). Junior Louis Graham is on a roll right now, averaging 19-points and 9.3-boards (with 2 double-doubles) in the last 3 games. Graham is 8-points from becoming the 18th player in school history have 1,000 career-points. He has the chance to join his teammate Donte Gennie who passed this mark in January against Furman.

From the Den (The Last Meeting)

On January 15th at Kresse Arena, the Eagles led the Cougars by as much as 13 in the first-half, but the Cougars rallied to take a 9-point lead in the second-half with 7:19 on the clock. The Eagles would shorten the lead to one, and with the final-possession they had the chance to walk a way with a win, but David had other plans, blocking Dwayne Foreman's 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

The Cougs face Georgia Southern tonight!

The Cougs face Georgia Southern tonight for the 33rd time, 7 pm, at Kresse Arena. Georgia Southern has a current win streak of 2 against the Cougs and have won 5 of the last 6 meetings between the two schools. The game will air on CSS-Comcast channel 42 and will broadcast on ESPN Radio-910 AM.

From the Den
Coach Cremins is 3-1 (All-time) against Georgia Southern and the Cougs lead the match-up 17-15, and 9-8 since both schools entered the SoCon. Georgia Southern's head-coach Jeff Price is 8-7 (All-time) against the College.

The College (11-7, 4-2 SoCon) are coming off a 67-55 win over Furman. Georgia Southern lost to the Citadel 74-69 in OT.

Sorry about the recent silence on my end, Blogger has been giving me trouble. I am off to the game-GO COUGS!

College of Charleston still has the best record in the SoCon!

I wanted a photo that spoke of the beauty and majesty of the College of Charleston. I couldn't find one I liked so I ran out on my lunch break and took this one with my old digi camera. (Photo courtesy of J. Trabert) Davidson is hot on our heels, but we are still number 1 in the SoCon (aka: the best in the business!)

Rank/School..........................................Record..............2006-2007

1. College of Charleston......96-40.........4-6


2. Davidson................................93-43...........7-3


3. Georgia Southern.................78-55...........5-3


4. Chattanooga.........................77-57............4-5


5. Appalachian State...............74-59...........6-3


6. UNC Greensboro................61-74............3-6


7. Furman................................59-73...........5-4


8. Wofford................................56-77...........4-6


9. Western Carolina................43-89..........4-3


10. Citadel..................................37-97...........2-8

Southern Conference Basketball Begins!

So-Con Basketball Begins!
The CofC Cougars man-handled the Ga State Panthers (72-66) on the road, but we weren't the only ones to bring home a win in our first game.

Here are the current standings of the SoCon South Division:

1. Furman (2-0) defeated Charleston Southern 88-69 and Erskine 67-55


2. CofC (1-0) won on the road by six just a few miles from the "Thrillerdome". George Street has all of the talent and the magic of Coach Cremins, but can we deflate our egos in time to earn nationally ranking? Hey Coach, take a page out of Greg Schiano's book and just let the guys humbly chop wood, one-game-at-a-time.


3. Davidson (2-1) the Wildcats beat Central Connecticut State 91-64 and they beat Eastern Michigan on the road, 81 to 77 to get their first notch on the proverbial victory belt. Davidson may not be favored, but they always put a crafty and tough group on the hardwood, which is seen in their only loss to the Michigan Wolverines by 10 (68-78)


4. Georgia Southern (1-1) the Eagles put up triple digits in their win against UC-Davis (116-73) and lost to Duke by 24 (72-48).


5. Citadel (1-2) Our cross-town rivals the Citadel defeated Ohio Valley 79 to 58 for their home-opener Friday night to begin Ed Conroy's tenure and to kick off their Homecoming Weekend. The Bulldogs then lost (respectively) on the road to Michigan State (73-41) and Iowa (75-53).


6. Wofford (0-1) Woof! Woof!