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Men's Basketball
Career Highlights: Only two-time Wooden Award candidate ever from a Mississippi college … Competed with Team USA at the 2001 World University Games … Named All-SEC first team as a senior, becoming the first Rebel to earn All-SEC honors all four years … Earned NABC All-District 6 honors his final three collegiate seasons … Fifth on the Ole Miss all-time scoring list and sixth in career rebounding … Boasts 17 career double-doubles … 23 career games of 20 or more points … 2003-04 SEC scoring leader at 18.5 per game … 2001 SEC Freshman and Newcomer of the Year … Helped Ole Miss to its best season in school history as a freshman, when the Rebels posted a school-record 27 victories (27-8 record), advanced to the program's first NCAA Tournament "Sweet Sixteen" appearance and finished the campaign ranked No. 9 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 poll.
Senior (2003-04): Selected to the All-SEC first team and NABC All-District 6 first team … One of 30 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, presented to the nation's top senior ... Claimed the first SEC scoring title by a Rebel since 1992 with an 18.5 points-per-game average ... Also finished top 10 in the SEC in rebounds (sixth at 7.5) and field goal percentage (sixth at .464) … Started all but one game, missing a start against Nicholls State because of a virus ... Led team in both points and rebounds in 16 of the 28 games … Five double-doubles … 12 games with 20 or more points, including three straight on two occassions ... Career-high 32 points in a win over No. 23 South Carolina was the most points by a Rebel since Keith Carter’s 33 vs. Arkansas in 1998-99 ... Also made 11 of 11 free throws and grabbed 13 rebounds vs. USC … Game-high 29 points and 11 rebounds at Alabama … Named SEC Player of the Week on Jan. 26 after posting 28 points and 11 rebounds in a home win over Alabama … Also SEC Good Works Team Player of the Week on Jan. 26 ... 28 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks vs. Centenary; Four blocks matched career high … 21 points and a career-high 19 rebounds against Southeastern Louisiana; 19 boards equaled the most by a Rebel since Walter Actwood's 20 in 1975 … Nailed a pair of game-clinching free throws against SLU with 10 seconds left … With 20 points against Florida, moved into fifth on Ole Miss career points list ... 27 points and 8 rebounds vs. East Carolina … 26 points and 7 rebounds against Memphis ... 25 points and 9 boards in season-opener vs. Arkansas State ... Named Preseason All-SEC first team by Athlon Sports, Basketball News, Lindy’s, Street & Smith’s and Blue Ribbon Basketball Yearbook ... Ranked the No. 5 “inside-out player” in college basketball by Athlon’s ... Also rated the 11th-best power forward in the nation by Lindy’s and the 14th-best by The Sporting News.
Junior (2002-03): Named to the 2002-03 Wooden Award preseason list ... Selected to Dick Vitale’s/ESPN.com preseason All-America fifth team ... Picked as a preseason top 50 candidate for the Wooden Award by ESPN.com’s Andy Katz and FOXSports.com’s Frank Burlison ... Earned Associated Press All-SEC third team and NABC District 6 second team honors ... Also named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Was 1 of 3 players in the SEC to earn All-SEC accolades and be named to the league’s Academic Honor Roll (Florida’s Matt Bonner and Alabama’s Erwin Dudley were the other two) ... Started 26 games and played in 28 contests ... Netted double figures in 24 contests ... Finished the year ranked among SEC leaders in scoring (10th), rebounding (19th), FG percentage (8th) and FT percentage (9th) ... Became the 27th player in Rebel history to score 1,000 points in a career with 14 points vs. Tennessee Jan. 11 ... Has 1,268 career points, which is No. 16 on the career list ... Became the 15th player in Ole Miss history to record 500 rebounds in a career with his 4 boards vs. Arkansas (1st game) ... Has 557 career boards ... Netted double digits in 16 of the final 17 contests ... Averaged 17.8 points and 4.4 rebounds in final 8 games of season ... Shot 46.8 percent from the field (52-of-111), 50 percent from the three-point line (11-of-22) and 78.1 percent from the free throw line (25-of-32) in those last 8 games ... Had back-to-back 22-point performances in the SEC Tournament vs. South Carolina and Mississippi State ... Shot 48.3 percent from the field, 55.6 percent from the three-point arc and 100 percent from the foul line in those 2 games ... Hit a career-high 4 three-pointers vs. Mississippi State ... Scored 20 points vs. Alabama (2nd game) ... Had 19 points and 6 boards vs. Auburn (2nd game) ... Recorded 12th double-double of career with 18 points and 11 boards vs. Mississippi State (2nd game) ... Tied a career high with 26 points vs. Vanderbilt Feb. 1 ... Hit a career-best 12 FGs vs. the Commodores ... Had 17 points and a career-best 4 blocks vs. Mississippi State (1st game) ... Had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals vs. Arkansas (1st game) ... Posted 17 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals vs. LSU (1st game) ... Hit 10 FT and had 4 boards and 2 steals vs. Tennessee ... Suffered a cut above his right eye with 10:54 on the clock in the 1st half vs. Memphis Dec. 19 and played limited minutes afterwards .. Had 7 points, 5 boards and 3 blocks vs. Memphis ... As a result of eye injury, missed the Dec. 21 game vs. Nicholls State ... The missed game broke a string of 78 consecutive games played ... Returned to the starting lineup vs. Evansville Dec. 23 ... Wore protective goggles from Dec. 23-Jan. 29 as a result of the injury ... Recorded his 1st double-double of the season vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff with 15 points and 11 boards (double-double was 11th of career) ... Posted back-to-back 20-point games for first time in his career with 22 points vs. VCU Dec. 14 and 21 points vs. Louisiana-Monroe Dec. 17 ... Averaged 21.5 points, 6.5 boards in those 2 games.
Sophomore (2001-02 Season): A 2002 Wooden Award candidate ... Named to the Coaches All-SEC second team and Associated Press All-SEC third team ... Earned NABC All-District 6 second team honors ... Started 29 of 31 games ... Made the biggest improvement in free throw percentage in the nation, going from 54.9 percent in 2000-01 to 78.7 percent in 2001-02 (info courtesy of Stats Inc.) ... Finished the year ranked among the SEC leaders in scoring (14th), rebounding (9th), field goal percentage (6th) and free throw percentage (3rd) ... Scored 453 points, the fifth-highest total by a Rebel during his sophomore season in the program’s history ... Scored in double figures in 29 of the Rebels’ 31 games (Rebels were 19-10 in those games) ... Posted 7 double-doubles vs. Mississippi State (12-11; 2nd game), Florida (15-10), Auburn (17-10; 2nd game), Alabama (19-12; 1st game), Lipscomb (12-10), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (16-10) and Kansas State (15-11) ... Averaged 15.2 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 49 percent from the field and 80.8 percent from the free throw line in the Rebels’ last 13 games (from LSU on Jan. 23 through UCLA on Mar. 15) ... Dished out a career-high 5 assists vs. Alabama (2nd game) ... Had 17 points, 6 rebounds vs. Mississippi State (1st game) ... Hit a 2nd-half trey vs. the Bulldogs that triggered a 10-2 Ole Miss run ... Netted 21 points and grabbed 8 boards vs. Auburn (1st game) ... Hit 2 FT with :27 left vs. Auburn (1st game) to extend a 66-65 Ole Miss lead to 68-65 (Ole Miss won 69-65) ... Named MVP of the 41st annual Sierra Providence SunClassic ... Averaged 16.5 points and 7.0 boards in the SunClassic ... Hit a career-high 11 FT vs. UTEP ... Named SEC Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 3-10 ... Averaged 17.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in the Rebels’ two wins over Louisiana-Monroe and Memphis ... Scored 11 of his 17 points vs. Memphis in the final 10 minutes of the game, including the three-point play that put Ole Miss ahead 69-67 with :26 left ... Posted career highs of 26 points and 9 FG vs. Bowling Green ... Named to the BP Top of the World Classic All-Tournament Team ... Prior to 2001-02 campaign, ranked the second-best small forward in the SEC and ninth-best small forward in the nation by CBS Sportsline.com.
Summer 2001: Selected to the USA team that participated in the World University Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 22-Sept. 1 ... One of 12 players that represented the U.S. at the Games ... U.S. team won the bronze medal, suffering its lone loss to host China 83-82 in the semifinals ... Rebounded to defeat Germany 80-78 in the bronze-medal game ... Team posted a 7-1 record at the Games ... Averaged 4.8 points and 3.1 rebounds in his eight appearances at the Games ... Shot 55.2 percent from the field (16-of-29) and 75 percent from the foul line (6-of-8) ... Had highest-scoring game in a 113-90 victory over Turkey with 12 points ... Netted his 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor ... Had 9 points, 10 boards and 4 steals in a 118-56 win over South Africa ... Grabbed 7 boards in a 91-62 win over Great Britain ... Scored 9 points and had 2 boards in a 128-97 victory over South Korea.
Freshman (2000-01 Season): 2001 Rivals.com Freshman All-America third team ... 2001 SEC Freshman of the Year (SEC Coaches) ... 2001 SEC Newcomer of the Year (Associated Press) ... First Ole Miss player to receive SEC Freshman of Year honor in program’s history ... Only unanimous choice for SEC All-Freshman Team (SEC Coaches) ... Named to Associated Press All-SEC third team ... Selected to SEC All-Tournament Team ... Scoring average of 11.0 ppg (all games) led all SEC freshmen and was second on the Ole Miss squad ... His 385 points (overall games) is third most for a freshman in Ole Miss history (Joe Harvell is first with 395, and Tim Jumper is second with 394) ... His rebounding average of 5.9 rpg (all games) was third among SEC freshmen ... Led Ole Miss with a 12.6 scoring average in SEC games only, which also was tops among SEC freshmen ... Averaged 6.0 rebounds in SEC games only, which was second on the team and led SEC freshmen ... Second among SEC freshmen in steals with 26 (SEC games only) ... Averaged 9.7 pts, 6.3 boards in NCAA Tournament (3 games) ... Led the Rebels with 16 points and 9 boards vs. Arizona in NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals ... Was named Ole Miss’ CBS/Chevrolet Player of the Game for his performance against the Wildcats ... Had 6 points and 9 rebounds vs. Iona in the NCAA Tournament first round ... Averaged 8.3 points and 6.7 boards in SEC Tournament ... Had 15 points and 7 rebounds vs. the Gators in SEC Tournament semifinals ... Hit a key layup late vs. Florida to propel Rebels to the win ... Scored in double figures in 21 times, including 12 of 16 SEC contests ... Posted three double-doubles vs. VCU (16-13), Georgia (21-12) and South Carolina (18-11) ... Recorded a season-high 21 points on two occasions vs. Georgia and Auburn (2nd game) ... Also had a career-high 9 field goals in both games ... Had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists vs. LSU (2nd game) ... Scored 6 of his 18 points vs. South Carolina in 16-7 2nd-half run that turned a 40-46 deficit into a 56-53 lead ... Had 16 points vs. Auburn (1st game), with 13 coming in the 2nd half ... Scored 8 of his 13 2nd-half points vs. Auburn in a 17-7 run that turned a 43-52 deficit to a 60-59 lead ... Sealed the 74-70 win over Auburn with a free throw with :05 left ... Had a career-high 7 steals vs. Auburn (1st game) ... The 7 steals are tied for third most for a single game in Rebel history ... Had 12 points vs. Arkansas (2nd game), with all of his points coming in the 2nd half ... Netted 6 of his 12 points vs. Arkansas during a 2nd-half run that turned a 41-48 deficit into a 62-51 lead.
High School: Averaged 27.4 points, 14.2 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 5.3 assists during his senior season in 1999-2000 ... Led Provine High School to a 21-10 record in 1999-2000 ... Played in the 2000 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game and earned Mississippi MVP honors ... Named to The Clarion-Ledger All-State first team ... Selected to Parade magazine’s All-America squad ... Ranked No. 24 among the top 50 players in the nation in 1999-2000 by Bill Hodge/ESPN.com ... Also ranked the nation’s No. 4 wing forward by Hodge ... Named one of the nation’s top 25 seniors by FOX Sports Net South Countdown to Signing Day ... Selected as the No. 25 senior in the country by Brick Oettinger/The Sporting News ... Ranked No. 40 senior in the nation on HoopsTV.com Top 50 High School Ballers list ... Prior to the 1999-2000 campaign, was a Clarion-Ledger preseason “Dandy Dozen” pick ... Also rated among the top 30 players in the country by Hoop Scoop, The Recruiting Beat and Future Stars Magazine prior to the 1999-2000 season ... Named to Street & Smith’s All-America fourth team and was rated as the No. 21 senior in the nation on The Sporting News prime prospects list prior to 1999-2000 season ... As a junior in 1998-99, averaged 16.4 points, 12.6 boards, 2.5 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.4 steals ... Helped lead Provine to a runner-up finish in the Mississippi Class 5A state tournament in 1998-99 ... Following the 1998-99 campaign, named to the Clarion-Ledger All-State second team and the Ledger’s All-Metro first team ... As a sophomore in 1997-98, was a member of the Ram team that posted a 37-1 record and won the Mississippi Class 5A state championship ... Provine finished the season ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 25 in the final USA Today Boys High School Top 25 poll ... Was also a member of the Provine varsity squad as a freshman in 1996-97 ... That Ram team advanced to the Mississippi Class 5A state title game ... Joined Aaron Harper and John Gunn on the Mississippi all-star team that competed in the 240-team Above-the-Rim Tournament in Las Vegas in the summer of 1998.
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