College of
Charleston
2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball
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P. George Benson President
Fred Daniels Interim Director of Athletics
Dr. William Moore Faculty Athletics Rep.
Laura Lageman Senior Woman Admin.
Tony Ciuffo Men’s Basketball SID
Location: ... Charleston, S.C. 29424 Founded: ... 1770 Enrollment: ... 11,617 Nickname: ... Cougars Colors: ... Maroon and White President: ... Dr. Conrad Festa Athletics Director: ... Fred Daniels (interim) Home Court (Capacity): ... John Kresse Arena (3,500) Press Row Phone: ... (843) 953-6554 Basketball Facts
2006-07 Record: ... 22-11 Conference Record (Place): ... 13-5 (2nd South) Home: ... 11-2 Away: ... 8-6 Neutral: ... 3-3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ...5/7 Starters Returning/Lost: ...2/3 Media Relations
Director: ... Tony Ciuffo E-mail: ... ciuffo@cofc.edu Office: ... (843) 953-5465 Basketball Contact: ... Tony Ciuffo E-mail: ... ciuffo@cofc.edu Office: ... (843) 953-5465 Fax: ... (843) 953-6543 Web-site: ... www.CofCSports.com
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Quick Facts
Primary Media
John Kresse Arena
Capacity: 3,500Season Opened: 1982
First Game: CofC vs. University of the South (CofC won 76-56)
First CofC Win: CofC 76, University of the South 56 (1982-83)
All-Time Kresse Arena Record: 307-36 (.895) Largest Crowd: 3,734 vs. Centenary in 1996-97
Largest Average Attendance: 3,536 in 1998-99
North Charleston Coliseum
Capacity: 12,000Season Opened: 1992-93
First Game: CofC vs. Charleston Southern (CofC won, 76-73 OT)
First CofC Win: CofC 76, Charleston Southern 73 OT (1992-93)
All-Time North Charleston Coliseum Record: 26-4 (.867) Largest Crowd: 8,320 vs. Furman, SoCon Tournament semifinal in 2001-02
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C
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Junior forward Jermaine Johnson
Date.
Opponent
Time
Nov. 10
at UNC Wilmington
7:00
Nov. 15
vs. Arkansas
5:00
(at O’Reilly Auto Parts/ESPNU Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
Nov. 16
vs. TBD
5:30 or 8:00
(at O’Reilly Auto Parts/ESPNU Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
Nov. 18
vs. TBD
(at O’Reilly Auto Parts/ESPNU Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
Nov. 24
at Fordham
1:00
Nov. 28
vs. Charleston Southern
7:00
(at North Charleston, S.C.)
Dec. 1
at Western Carolina*
7:00
Dec. 15
at Chattanooga*
7:00
Dec. 18
at Florida State
7:00
Dec. 22
at South Carolina
3:00
Dec. 29
MERCER
7:30
(at Jim ‘N Nick’s Cougar Classic, Charleston, S.C.)
Dec. 30
TBD
5:00 or 7:30
(at Jim ‘N Nick’s Cougar Classic)
Jan. 3
APPALACHIAN STATE*
7:00
Jan. 5
ELON*
6:00
Jan. 10
at Georgia Southern*
7:30
Jan. 14
at The Citadel*
7:00
Jan. 17
WOFFORD*
7:00
Jan. 19
at Furman*
4:00
Jan. 24
UNC GREENSBORO*
7:00
Jan. 26
DAVIDSON*
5:00
Jan. 28
at Wofford*
7:00
Feb. 4
THE CITADEL*
7:00
Feb. 7
at Appalachian State*
7:00
Feb. 9
at Davidson*
3:00
Feb. 14
CHATTANOOGA*
7:00
Feb. 16
WESTERN CAROLINA*
6:00
Feb. 20
at Elon*
7:00
Feb. 25
at UNC Greensboro*
7:00
Feb. 28
GEORGIA SOUTHERN*
7:00
March 1
FURMAN*
6:00
March 7-10 at Southern Conference Tournament
(at North Charleston, S.C.)
2007-08 Schedule
2007-08 Cougars Roster
No. Name
Pos.
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown/Last School
1
Donovan Monroe
G
6-1
180
Fr.
Waxhaw, N.C./ Fork Union Military Academy
3
Andrew Goudelock
G
6-1
170
Fr.
Stone Mountain, Ga./ Stone Mountain
5
Jermaine Johnson
F
6-7
250
Jr.
Anaheim, Calif./Winchendon School
11
Dustin Scott
F
6-8
220
Jr.
Jamestown, S.C./ Tallahassee Community College
20
David Baller
G
6-0
160
Sr.
Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood
21
Jeremy Simmons
F
6-8
225
Fr.
Stone Mountain, Ga./ Tucker
25
Roland Davis
G
6-0
170
Fr.
Deer Park, N.Y./ St. Dominic
30
Tauras Skripkauskas
G
6-5
200
So.
Vilnius, Lithuania/Lee Academy
31
Marcus Hammond
G
6-3
190
Jr.
Memphis, Tenn./Brewster Academy
32
Tony White Jr.
G
6-0
150
So.
Knoxville, Tenn./ Bearden
34
Konimba Diarra
C
6-10
235
Sr.
Mail, West Africa/South Florida
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2006-07 Results (22-11, 13-5)
Date Opponent Result Score Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
Nov. 11 at Georgia State W 72-66 19, Dontaye Draper 11, Philip McCandies Nov. 17 vs. Villanova L 68-81 13, Josh Jackson 6, Philip McCandies Nov. 18 vs. VCU L 59-71 20, Dontaye Draper 6, David Lawrence Nov. 20 vs. Middle Tennessee State W 64-56 31, Dontaye Draper 6, Dontaye Draper 6, David Lawrence Nov. 26 UNC WILMINGTON W 91-70 28, Dontaye Draper 15, Philip McCandies Nov. 28 at Kentucky L 61-77 15, Dontaye Draper 11, Philip McCandies Nov. 30 at Charleston Southern L (OT) 80-84 18, David Lawrence 6, David Lawrence
18, Tony White, Jr.
Dec. 2 APPALACHIAN STATE L 57-68 16, David Lawrence 14, Jermaine Johnson Dec. 5 at South Carolina L 55-67 21, David Lawrence 7, Jermaine Johnson
7, Philip McCandies
Dec. 14 CHATTANOOGA W 62-60 18, Dontaye Draper 9, David Lawrence Dec. 18 at Coastal Carolina W 70-49 17, David Lawrence 13, Jermaine Johnson Dec. 21 at Western Carolina W 82-75 17, Jermaine Johnson 9, David Lawrence
17, David Lawrence
Dec. 23 FORDHAM W 65-56 17, Jermaine Johnson 11, David Lawrence Dec. 29 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 71-67 12, David Lawrence 13, Philip McCandies
12, Tony White, Jr.
Dec. 30 RADFORD W 68-46 19, Josh Jackson 11, Philip McCandies
Jan. 6 at Davidson L 73-81 20, Marcus Hammond 9, David Lawrence
20, Dontaye Draper
Jan. 9 at The Citadel W 74-62 25, Dontaye Draper 7, Josh Jackson
Jan. 13 FURMAN W 67-55 20, Dontaye Draper 10, Philip McCandies Jan. 15 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 67-64 17, Josh Jackson 9, Jermaine Johnson Jan. 20 ELON W 67-45 19, David Lawrence 8, Jermaine Johnson Jan. 22 WOFFORD W 77-75 22, Dontaye Draper 10, David Lawrence
22, Jermaine Johnson
Jan. 27 at Chattanooga W 67-54 20, Dontaye Draper 7, Josh Jackson Jan. 29 at Appalachian State L 56-67 12, Josh Jackson 9, David Lawrence
12, Philip McCandies
Feb. 5 WESTERN CAROLINA W 76-64 18, Jermaine Johnson 11, Philip McCandies Feb. 10 at UNC Greensboro W 81-59 28, Dontaye Draper 8, David Lawrence Feb. 12 DAVIDSON L 63-73 13, Dontaye Draper 9, Jermaine Johnson Feb. 17 at Wofford W 71-58 19, Josh Jackson 11, David Lawrence
Feb. 19 at Furman W (OT) 80-77 18, Dontaye Draper 10, Jermaine Johnson 10, Philip McCandies
Feb. 22 THE CITADEL W 50-40 21, David Lawrence 11, Philip McCandies Feb. 24 at Georgia Southern L 65-74 14, David Lawrence 9, Dontaye Draper
14, Jermaine Johnson
March 1 vs. Georgia Southern (SC) W 77-66 23, Dontaye Draper 8, Josh Jackson
8, Jermaine Johnson
March 2 vs. Appalachian State (SC) W 89-87 38, Dontaye Draper 12, Jermaine Johnson March 3 vs. Davidson (SC) L (OT) 65-72 13, David Jackson 11, Philip McCandies
13, Jermaine Johnson
2006-07 Statistics
Overall Statistics
Player 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.
Dontaye Draper 33-33 1,186-35.9 165-407 .405 91-237 .384 113-153 .739 19 116 135 4.1 73 1 176 111 11 57 534 16.2 David Lawrence 33-33 1,190-36.1 139-339 .410 58-183 .317 62-90 .689 52 160 212 6.4 62 1 71 63 31 33 398 12.1 Jermaine Johnson 33-29 962-29.2 144-245 .588 2-7 .286 47-84 .560 80 128 208 6.3 94 3 33 51 23 18 337 10.2 Josh Jackson 28-0 635-22.7 111-193 .575 0-0 .000 31-50 .620 47 96 143 5.1 68 2 20 45 17 10 253 9.0 Marcus Hammond 28-25 692-24.7 65-185 .351 27-91 .297 42-62 .677 4 40 44 1.6 32 0 47 42 4 17 199 7.1 Philip McCandies 33-33 872-26.4 95-175 .543 16-46 .348 25-40 .625 83 153 236 7.2 108 5 44 63 35 35 231 7.0 Tony White, Jr. 33-7 733-22.2 69-184 .375 34-102 .333 40-48 .833 12 50 62 1.9 40 0 54 68 0 17 212 6.4 Renardo Dickerson 19-1 154-8.1 23-54 .426 15-36 .417 6-7 .857 2 15 17 0.9 9 0 10 15 0 16 67 3.5 Javon Parris 22-0 102-4.6 6-22 .273 0-3 .000 7-11 .636 3 8 11 0.5 8 0 5 13 1 5 19 0.9 Konimba Diarra 25-4 124-5.0 8-24 .333 0-0 .000 5-10 .500 12 19 31 1.2 20 0 0 6 5 1 21 0.8 Taura Skripkauskas 17-0 32-1.9 5-14 .357 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 0 3 3 0.2 2 0 0 2 0 0 14 0.8 David Baller 10-0 12-1.2 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-2 .000 0 4 4 0.4 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 0.5 David BeBoer 6-0 7-1.2 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 37 42 79 2.5 12 Total 33 6,701 832-1,846 .451 248-716 .346 378-557 .679 352 835 1,187 36.0 516 12 462 494 127 210 2,290 69.4 Opponents 33 6,701 807-1,979 .408 202-653 .309 350-513 .682 431 757 1,188 36.0 588 - 419 460 78 232 2,466 65.6 Conference Statistics
Player 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.
Dontaye Draper 18-18 635-35.3 91-216 .421 51-135 .378 42-57 .737 10 68 78 4.3 44 1 102 65 4 29 275 15.3 David Lawrence 18-18 655-36.4 79-190 .416 33-105 .314 31-45 .689 23 101 124 6.9 35 0 53 32 15 17 222 12.3 Jermaine Johnson 18-18 535-29.7 73-120 .608 2-4 .500 28-51 .549 48 62 110 6.1 43 1 19 25 16 10 176 9.8 Marcus Hammond 13-11 345-26.5 41-104 .394 17-58 .293 29-38 .737 2 20 22 1.7 14 0 26 16 3 7 127 9.8 Josh Jackson 17-0 409-24.1 68-120 .567 0-0 .000 20-32 .625 34 62 96 5.6 42 1 12 27 13 6 154 9.2 Philip McCandies 18-18 469-26.1 46-86 .535 10-28 .357 15-20 .750 41 74 115 6.4 53 2 22 34 24 17 117 6.5 Tony White, Jr. 18-6 408-22.7 38-93 .409 18-45 .400 20-26 .769 8 20 28 1.6 23 0 24 40 0 9 114 6.3 Renardo Dickerson 7-1 43-6.1 10-22 .455 8-19 .421 0-1 .000 2 3 5 0.7 1 0 2 6 0 5 28 4.0 Javon Parris 13-0 87-6.7 3-18 .167 0-3 .000 4-5 .800 3 6 9 0.7 7 0 4 11 0 4 10 0.8 Taura Skripkauskas 11-0 22-2.0 2-7 .286 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0.5 Konimba Diarra 12-0 33-2.9 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2 3 5 0.4 4 0 0 3 1 0 4 0.3 David Baller 6-0 6-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 4 4 0.7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 David DeBoer 3-0 3-1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 18 23 41 2.4 7 Total 18 3,650 453-983 .461 141-401 .352 188-278 .676 192 448 640 35.6 266 5 264 270 76 103 1,235 68.6 Opponents 18 3,652 428-1,083 .395 113-389 .290 182-261 .697 254 387 641 35.6 315 7 224 236 37 133 1,151 63.9
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Bobby Cremins
Head Coach
Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.
Birth date: July 4, 1947
Education: B.S., South Carolina, 1970 M.S., South Carolina, 1972 COACHING
Assistant, Point Park, 1972-73 Assistant, South Carolina, 1973-75 Head Coach, Appalachian State, 1975-81 Head Coach, Georgia Tech, 1981-00
Head Coach, College of Charleston, 2006-present PERSONAL DATA
Full name is Robert Cremins, Jr. Born July 4, 1947 at Bronx, N.Y. Cremins and his wife, Carolyn, have three children: Liz, Suzie and Bobby III.
EDUCATION
After graduating from South Carolina in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in mar -keting, Cremins played professionally in Ecuador for one season. He returned to earn a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from South Carolina in 1972.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Was a three-year starter at point guard at South Carolina under the legendary Frank McGuire. The Gamecocks posted an 81-17 record during his playing career.
AT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Cremins is entering into his second season with College of Charleston. A veteran of 26 years as a head coach, Cremins retired as head coach at Georgia Tech following the 1999-00 season.
PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE
Spent one season at Point Park in Pittsburgh as an assistant coach. Returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for two seasons. Had a successful stint as head coach at SoCon rival Appalachian State from 1975-81, as the Mountaineers posted a 100-70 (.588) record, won one Southern Conference title and earned an NCAA Tournament berth. In 19 years at Georgia Tech, his teams posted a 354-237 (.599) mark. The Yellow Jackets won three ACC titles, advanced to nine NCAA Tournaments and two NITs. His 1989-90 squad advanced to the Final Four while finishing with a 28-7 record.
CREMINS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year School Record SoCon
1975-76 Appalachian State 13-14 6-6 1976-77 Appalachian State 17-12 8-4 1977-78 Appalachian State 15-13 9-3 1978-79 Appalachian State 23-6 11-3 1979-80 Appalachian State 12-16 6-10 1980-81 Appalachian State 20-9 11-5 1981-82 Georgia Tech 10-16 1982-83 Georgia Tech 13-15 1983-84 Georgia Tech 18-11 1984-85 Georgia Tech 27-8 1985-86 Georgia Tech 27-7 1986-87 Georgia Tech 16-13 1987-88 Georgia Tech 22-10 1988-89 Georgia Tech 20-12 1989-90 Georgia Tech 28-7 1990-91 Georgia Tech 17-13 1991-92 Georgia Tech 23-12 1992-93 Georgia Tech 19-11 1993-94 Georgia Tech 16-13 1994-95 Georgia Tech 18-12 1995-96 Georgia Tech 24-12 1996-97 Georgia Tech 9-18 1997-98 Georgia Tech 19-14 1998-99 Georgia Tech 15-16 1999-00 Georgia Tech 13-17 2006-07 College of Charleston 22-11 13-5 Appalachian State 100-70 51-31 Georgia Tech 354-237 College of Charleston 22-11 13-5 Career 476-318 64-36
All-Time College of Charleston Coaches
Coach
Seasons
Years W
L
Pct.
Ernest Wehman
1933-42
9
56 84 .400
Gerald McMahon 1942-43
1
9
11 .450
Willard Silcox
1943-44
1
2
2
.500
Buck Bierfischer
1944-46
2
4
10 .285
Henry Anderson 1946-48
2
20 19 .512
Willard Silcox
1948-53
5
31 63 .492
Vince Price
1953-55
2
7
28 .200
Willard Silcox
1955-56
1
3
15 .166
Bernard Puckhaber 1956-57
1
1
13 .071
Ernest Wehman
1957-58
1
1
13 .071
Jerry Callahan
1958-60
2
6
23 .206
Archie Jenkins
1960-62
2
8
16 .333
Pat Harden
1962-68
6
34 94 .265
Fred Daniels
1968-70
2
18 33 .352
Alan LeForce
1970-79
9
130 109 .543
John Kresse
1979-02
23
560 143 .797
Tom Herrion
2002-06
4
80 38 .679
Bobby Cremins
2006-07
1
22 11 .667
Coaching StaffAssistant Coach: Mark Byington (UNC Wilmington, 1998) Assistant Coach: Fred Dupree (Canisius, 1998)