Furman Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:55:37 PDT

Coach Jeff Jackson suffered through one frustration after another when Paladins were dropping like flies last season, particularly when Bobby Austin and Daryl Evans wend down with season-ending injuries before the end of December.

Other players missed handfuls of games, and others, at times, were too dinged up to start. It led to 11 Paladins starting games, with only guard Jordan Miller starting all 30.

But no combination worked. Furman didn't beat a Division-I opponent until Jan. 26 and won only four conference games, tied for the worst in the league. And the Paladins were 0-16 away from Timmons Arena.

"I think last year was all the results of all the injuries and of all our youth," Jackson said.