2nd on team in AS, ST & 3rd in PT in NIT ... Is
playing 32.7 mpg in NIT to rank 2nd on team
Just 4.7 ppg and 4.0 rpg in the SEC Tournament,
but played 30.7 mpg with 10 AS, 8 ST, 3 BS
Returned to action this season after suffering a torn
right ACL on Jan. 17 of last season
Moved to more of a “point forward” role vs.
Tennessee (1/23) and responded most of his best
games of the year in the last two months
Is playing his best basketball of season and had
career-best 25 PT, including 6-10 3P, at Kentucky
Also had season highs of 7 AS, 5 ST at Kentucky
Had 14 PT & tied career high with 7 ST vs. Florida
Led team in AS, ST, 2nd in PT & REB in SEC tilts
Has 10+ PT in 11 of last 18 games, averaging 11.3
ppg, 4.1 rpg, 4.4 apg, 3.0 spg in that span
Had made 26-49 FG (53.1%), 11-22 3P (50%) over
5 games before going 39-94 (41.5%), 7-29 (24.1%)
over last 16 games ...
Has improved to make 14-20
FG (70%) in NIT to lead team
Had solid game with 17 PT, 4 REB, 4 AS, 5 ST in
just 20 MIN vs. Mercer to end non-conference play
Had only career scoreless game vs. Vanderbilt
Leads the SEC overall and in league games only in
ST — 49 over last 16 games
Has picked up the steals pace of late with 83 ST
over the last 30 games, including 52 over last 18
games
Had 5 ST each vs. Mercer, Kentucky on road and
Auburn ... career-high 7 ST vs. Florida
Has made 74-97 FT (76.3%), making all 4 FT of a
double-technical call vs. Tennessee at home ...
Has
made 42 of last 53 FT (79.2%) ... 2nd on team in
FT%
Had great shooting day vs. ETSU, going 3-4 FG, 2-
2 3P and 4-4 FT
Has scored in double figures 15 times, including 11
of last 18 games
Has 3 or more AS in 23 of last 30 games (2nd on
team with 124 AS)
Still struggling from the field (40.8% FG, 31.1% 3P)
but is much improved from last season
Played well in exhibition action, but struggled from
the field in Maui (8-26 FG, 3-11 3P)
Has started all 35 games, playing 29.8 mpg
Has 210 career steals to rank 2nd all-time at
Carolina, while his 2.56 career steals per game is
the highest per game figure in USC history
210 ST rank 10th on SEC all-time steals list
89 ST this season 2nd most in USC history behind
his 93 ST figure as a freshman (2nd in SEC history)
... 89 ST this season 5th in SEC history
Has started his last 69 games played
Withdrew from school last February on an NCAA
medical leave of absence to rehab the injury ...
Returned in May to continue rehab
Returned to full health in time for the start of camp
Talented player who has played significant career
minutes at the 1, 2 and 3 positions
Struggled offensively, especially shooting, in his
final month before the injury last season
Has 2 career double-doubles
Led team in “hustle stats” (REB, AS, ST, BS, ST) in
each of his first two seasons (11.0 in 1999-2000;
10.7 in 2000-01) ... Again leads team with 10.2
figure this season
Is USC’s single-season steals leader with 93 his
freshman season, breaking Barry Manning’s 1991
mark in 422 fewer minutes than Manning
2.91 steals per game as a freshman were fifth
highest single-season average in SEC history while
his 93 steals tied for the second most ever
Set the USC freshman record for steals (93) and
assists (128) ...
Finished 8th on the USC freshman
scoring list (291) & was Freshman All-SEC
Had 3,157 points, 1,134 rebounds in HS career
15 PT, 6-8 FG, 1-1 3P, 2-2 FT, 4 AS vs. Ball State
18 PT, 5-6 FG, 8-13 FT, 5 AS, 5 REB vs. UNLV
10 PT, 6 REB, 6 AS, 2 ST, 4-4 FT vs. Miss. State
10 PT, 4-8 FG, 2-3 FT, 8 REB, 5 AS at Georgia
9 PT, 2 REB, 3 AS, 5 ST, 37 MIN at Auburn
10 PT, 4 REB, 6 AS, 3 ST, 36 MIN vs. LSU
14 PT, 4 AS, 7 ST, 5-13 FG, 40 MIN vs. Florida
17 PT, 6-8 FG, 3 REB, 2 AS, 4 ST vs. Georgia
14 PT, 5-7 FG, 2-3 3P, 6 AS, 3 ST at Tennessee
8 PT, 7 REB, 3 AS, 2 ST, 2-2 3P at Arkansas
17 PT, 6-7 FG, 3-4 3P, 2-2 FT, 4 AS, 5 ST vs. Mercer
12 PT, 2 REB, 3 AS, 3 ST, 3-4 FT vs. Colo. State
12 PT, 3-4 FG, 2-2 3P, 2 REB, 1 ST vs. ETSU
12 PT, 5-13 FG, 1-3 3P, 1 AS, 2 ST vs. Chaminade
BEST GAME: 25 PT, 8-15 FG, 6-10 3P, 3-5 FT, 5
REB, 7 AS, 5 ST, 1 BS, 37 MIN at Kentucky (2/2) CAREER HIGHS POINTS: 25 at Kentucky (2/2/02) REBOUNDS: 11 vs. Wyoming (12/21/00) ASSISTS: 11 vs. Campbell (12/18/99) BLOCKS: 3 vs. South Carolina State (12/30/99) STEALS: 7 vs. Clemson (12/16/99)/Florida (2/5/02) SEASON HIGHS POINTS: 25 at Kentucky (2/2/02) REBOUNDS: 9 vs. The Citadel (12/20/01) ASSISTS: 7 at Kentucky (2/2/02) BLOCKS: 2 vs. Ole Miss (3/7/02) STEALS: 7 vs. Florida (2/5/02)
