Men's Basketball

Mount Olive College

634 Henderson Street - Mount Olive, NC - 28365
Team Office: Tel: (919) 658-7803 Fax:
Team website: www.moc.edu/athletics/?Athletics%20Homepage

Founded in 1951, Mount Olive is a liberal arts college affiliated with the Baptist church. It offers over 40 majors including Criminal Justice, Education, Nursing, Human Resources Management, Religion and Business. Business is the most popular major with 60% of the student body declaring it as their major. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Mount Olive in the fourth tier among colleges in the south offering a Bachelor's degree.

The 138 acre campus is located in the rural town of Mount Olive (pop. 4,500), 60 miles east of the state capital Raleigh.

School website
www.mountolive.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Baptist

Enrollment:

1,800

Getting In:

Not Difficult. SAT 25/75: 830-1050

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$18,000
Out-of-State: same

Most Popular Majors

Business (60%) - Criminal Justice - Education

Misc. Information

Head coach Joey Higginbotham begins his first season at Mount Olive in 2008-09. Higginbotham takes over from his mentor, Bill Clingan, who compiled a 325-195 record over the previous 18 seasons. Higginbotham has been part of the men's program since 1996 when he was the Trojan's starting point guard as a freshman. He became an assistant coach in 2000. In 2007-08, the Trojans went 24-7, the program's fifth consecutive season with 20 or more wins and fifth straight NCAA appearance, losing to Pittsburg-Johnstown in the first round of the NCAA tourney.

Team Name	Trojans
Colors	Forest Green and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-7	23-8	25-7	96-50 (.658)
Conference	16-4	15-5	16-4	65-37 (.600)
Conf. Finish	1	2	2	1, 2, 5, 8, 6
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#24	NR	#25	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Joey Higginbotham
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Mount Olive	2008-09
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	0-0
Record at Mount Olive	0-0
Coaching Awards	CVAC COTY (05)

Asst. Coaches	Ahmad Dorsett, Jeff Lane

Recruiting Coordinator

Joey Higginbotham, (919) 658-7859, jhigginbotham@moc.edu

Conference and Schedule

Mount Olive plays in the Carolinas-Virginia Conference (www.cvac.net) which is comprised of 11 religious-based schools from South Carolina and North Carolina. The Lady Trojans will play each team twice, home and away, and most games are piggybacked with the men's. Games are often played on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The season concludes with the CVAC which includes all teams with first round byes for the top five. The winner receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

Barton, Anderson, Belmont Abbey, Coker, Erskine, Lees-McRae, St. Andrews, Pfeiffer, Queens, and Limestone.

Facilities

College Hall
Capacity: 1,200

Style/Stats

In 2007-08, Mount Olive was ranked #13 in offense, averaging 84 ppg.