# 2011–12 Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball team represented Charleston Southern University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by seventh year head coach Barclay Radebaugh, played their home games at CSU Field House and are members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 19–12, 11–7 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the semifinals of the Big South Basketball tournament to UNC Asheville. Despite having 19 wins, they did not accept an invitation to a post season tournament.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Arlon Harper | Guard | 6–1 | 170 | Freshman | College Park, Georgia |
| 1 | Kelvin Martin | Forward | 6–5 | 207 | Senior | Adel, Georgia |
| 4 | Sheldon Strickland | Guard | 6–0 | 180 | Sophomore | Lithonia, Georgia |
| 5 | Saah Nimley | Guard | 5–8 | 155 | Freshman | Lawrenceville, Georgia |
| 10 | Jeremy Sexton | Guard | 6–2 | 175 | Junior | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 11 | Matt Kennedy | Guard | 6–3 | 175 | Sophomore | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 12 | Mitchell Deter | Guard | 6–3 | 190 | Sophomore | Columbia, South Carolina |
| 14 | Joe Williams | Forward | 6–5 | 195 | Junior | Crescent, Georgia |
| 15 | Paul Gombwer | Forward | 6–6 | 215 | Freshman | Kaduna, Nigeria |
| 20 | Chris Grier | Guard | 6–3 | 175 | Sophomore | Decatur, Georgia |
| 23 | Mathiang Muo | Forward | 6–5 | 217 | Junior | Sydney, Australia |
| 24 | Cedrick Bowen | Forward | 6–5 | 225 | Freshman | Woodstock, Georgia |
| 30 | Thomas Odom | Guard | 6–3 | 170 | Sophomore | Florence, South Carolina |
| 33 | Greg Dorleus | Forward | 6–9 | 249 | Freshman | Oviedo, Florida |
| 42 | Harrison Bowne | Forward | 6–6 | 225 | Freshman | Hickory, North Carolina |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2011* 8:00 pm, FSKC | at Kansas State | L 67–72 | 0–1 | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) Manhattan, KS |
| 11/13/2011* 4:00 pm | at Wichita State | L 57–85 | 0–2 | Charles Koch Arena (10,181) Wichita, KS |
| 11/15/2011* 7:30 pm | Bluefield | W 88–64 | 1–2 | CSU Field House (795) Charleston, SC |
| 11/19/2011* 8:00 pm | Milligan | W 89–59 | 2–2 | CSU Field House (915) Charleston, SC |
| 11/21/2011* 7:30 pm | Stetson | W 73–64 | 3–2 | CSU Field House (891) Charleston, SC |
| 12/01/2011 7:30 pm | Radford | W 83–73 | 4–2 (1–0) | CSU Field House (911) Charleston, SC |
| 12/03/2011 5:30 pm | VMI | W 114–81 | 5–2 (2–0) | CSU Field House (872) Charleston, SC |
| 12/05/2011* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Florida State | L 51–76 | 5–3 | Donald L. Tucker Center (6,316) Tallahassee, FL |
| 12/14/2011* 7:00 pm | at The Citadel | W 88–69 | 6–3 | McAlister Field House (1,129) Charleston, SC |
| 12/17/2011* 6:00 pm | at College of Charleston | L 68–70 | 6–4 | TD Arena (3,765) Charleston, SC |
| 12/21/2011* 7:00 pm | at Stetson | W 88–81 | 7–4 | Edmunds Center (1,035) DeLand, FL |
| 12/28/2011* 7:30 pm | Erskine | W 96–69 | 8–4 | CSU Field House (1,049) Charleston, SC |
| 12/31/2011 2:00 pm | at Liberty | W 81–76 | 9–4 (3–0) | Randolph College Gym (358) Lynchburg, VA |
| 01/02/2012 7:00 pm | at High Point | L 78–88 | 9–5 (3–1) | Millis Athletic Convocation Center (NA) High Point, NC |
| 01/05/2012 7:30 pm | Campbell | W 91–73 | 10–5 (4–1) | CSU Field House (670) Charleston, SC |
| 01/07/2012 5:30 pm | Coastal Carolina | L 77–80 $^{OT}$ | 10–6 (4–2) | CSU Field House (978) Charleston, SC |
| 01/10/2012 7:00 pm | at Gardner–Webb | L 77–80 | 10–7 (4–3) | Paul Porter Arena (1,460) Boiling Springs, NC |
| 01/12/2012 7:30 pm | Presbyterian | W 65–58 | 11–7 (5–3) | CSU Field House (NA) Charleston, SC |
| 01/19/2012 7:00 pm | at UNC Asheville | W 93–88 | 12–7 (6–3) | Kimmel Arena (1,748) Asheville, NC |
| 01/21/2012 5:30 pm | Winthrop | W 77–66 | 13–7 (7–3) | CSU Field House (879) Charleston, SC |
| 01/28/2012 7:30 pm | at Presbyterian | W 75–64 | 14–7 (8–3) | Templeton Physical Education Center (1,360) Clinton, SC |
| 02/02/2012 7:00 pm | at Campbell | L 57–62 | 14–8 (8–4) | John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center (1,603) Buies Creek, NC |
| 02/04/2012 2:00 pm | at Coastal Carolina | L 58–71 | 14–9 (8–5) | Kimbel Arena (1,039) Conway, SC |
| 02/09/2012 7:30 pm | Liberty | L 74–75 | 14–10 (8–6) | CSU Field House (903) Charleston, SC |
| 02/11/2012 5:30 pm | High Point | W 70–67 | 15–10 (9–6) | CSU Field House (879) Charleston, SC |
| 02/14/2012 7:30 pm | Gardner–Webb | W 73–58 | 16–10 (10–6) | CSU Field House (761) Charleston, SC |
| 02/18/2012* 12:00 pm | Wofford ESPN BracketBusters | W 77–59 | 17–10 | CSU Field House (971) Charleston, SC |
| 02/23/2012 7:00 pm | at VMI | L 81–90 | 17–11 (10–7) | Cameron Hall (2,765) Lexington, VA |
| 02/25/2012 4:30 pm | at Radford | W 65–59 | 18–11 (11–7) | Dedmon Center (1,349) Radford, VA |
| 2012 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 02/29/2012 8:30 pm | vs. Liberty Quarterfinals | W 88–74 | 19–11 | Kimmel Arena (1,568) Asheville, NC |
| 03/01/2012 8:00 pm, ESPNU | at UNC Asheville Semifinals | L 64–91 | 19–12 | Kimmel Arena (2,452) Asheville, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||