Basketball - Men

Hoop Notes

Most wins in SPSU History for a 1st year Head Basketball Coach

Jeff Jones	21-9	(regular season)
Mike Helfer	16-16
George Perides	5-21

• Paul Stoddard- All Conference Academic Team

• Highest National Ranking at #20

• 3rd Place in Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC)

• A.J. Mastin named Southern States Athletic Association Player of the Week

• 3.0 GPA CLUB:  A. J. Mastin, Paul Stoddard, Marc Reece, Chase Armstrong, Jon Kessler

• Former NAIA All-American Chris Jackson joins the Runnin' Hornets Coaching Staff

• Final NAIA Ranking #28 in the country.

• SSAC All-Conference Team: A. J. Mastin and Dominique Holmes

• 4th  in the nation in steals per game

• 9th in the nation in turnover margin ,forced 21.0 turnovers a game

• Hornets receive an at-large bid for the 2006 NAIA National Tournament.      

• Most Three Point Goals Made 9, AJ Mastin vs. Shorter College, 1/7/2006

• Most Three Point Attempts: 15, AJ Mastin vs. Shorter, 1/7/2006

• Marc Reece finish his Senior season as the 8th All time leading scorer 826; Fifth All-Time Rebounder 459.

• Most Blocks Avg. 3.4

• SPSU Beats #2 seed LSU-Shreveport 104-90.  First time a #2 seed has lost in the first round since 1995.

• SPSU moves on to Sweet Sixteen.

• Dominique Holmes, A.J. Mastin 2006 Honorable Mention All-American.

• Marc Reece nominated for NAIA Champions of Character.

• SPSU Men's Basketball would like to thank the following people for their support at the 2006 NAIA National Tournament: 610 Sports Talk Show Host Doug Franz; Tad Dunn, Assistant Athletic Director for the University of Missouri; Kesha Jackson, Georgia Tech Facilities Coordinator; Jan Hayen, Senior Pastor at Lenexa United Methodist Church; Tony Ingle, Men's Basketball Coach at Kennesaw State; Mike Redd, Assistant Athletic Director at Kennesaw State; Dr. Dave Waples, Athletic Director at Kennesaw State; William Melton, Swept Away Coach and Tours; Sunnyside YMCA; Patricia Brock, Convention Service Manager at KC Downtown Marriot; Dr. Jordan and Family; David Johnson, President of Midwest Sports; Greg Logan; Ronell Davis; Dr. John R. Jones; Kristen Davis, Kansas City Premier Basketball; Julie Bates and the SPSU Cheerleaders; Jeff Hughes, SPSU Career Counselor; Sandra Patterson, Assistant Director of Recruitment; Karl Staber, SPSU Athletic Director; Barry Birckhead, Dean of Students; Dr. Ron Koger, VP of Student Services Enrollment; Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, President of SPSU.

2006-2007 Basketball Accomplishments

22-9 Record

 

Most wins in SPSU History after first two years: Jeff Jones 43-19

                                                                      George Perides 34-27

                                                                      Mike Helfer 30-34

 Jeff Jones is the  1st Coach in SPSU History to make this accomplishment.

 

Southern States Conference  ALL Academic Team

Chase Armstrong

Ryan Edge

 

3.0 Club

Chase Armstrong

Ryan Edge

 

Southern States Conference ALL Conference Team

Robert Cox

Doug Underwood

 

NAIA ALL-AMERICAN

Doug Underwood

 

 

#1in the  Nation Scoring Defense per game 57.5

#2 in the Nation Total Rebound 28.6 per game

#3 in the  Nation Steals 11.5

#6 in the  Nation Scoring Margin 15.6

 

Mike Woodard- 5th in the Nation in steals 2.96

                        10th in the Nation in assist 4.96

2006-2007 Team Season Record!

                * Scoring Defense 57.5

 

 2006-2007 SPSU  SOPHOMORE OF THE YEAR

Chase Armstrong

 

Special Thanks

Jeff Hughes, BSU Career Counseling

Phyliss Weatherly, Career Counseling

Amanda-Brown Conway, Admissions Recruiter

Sandra Patterson, Admissions Recruiter

Tracy Almond, Desktop Support Technician

Ron Hollins, Maintenance I

Dr. John R. Jones

Tony Ingle, Head Men's Basketball Coach Kennesaw State University

Karl Staber, Athletic Director

Dr. Ron Koger, Vice President

Barry Birkhead, Dean of Students

Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, President of Southern Polytechnic State University

 

 Congratulations to 2007 Graduates

Marc Reece

Chris Jackson

Paul Stoddard

 

* Highest Ranked #12 in the country.

* Vision Sports ranked 2006 recruiting class #5 in the country.

*Pre-Season SSAC picks the Runnin' Hornets #1

*Andruis Petkunas signs a six figure contract in Lithuania

*All-American AJ Mastin signs a contract with the ABA.

 

Congratulations to Darnell Richardson

Darnell Richardson of the Atlanta Vision of the ABA. Former two year starter for the Runnin' Hornets.

 

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