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2007-08
COUSY AWARD FINALIST
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC (COACHES, AP)
Named to the Coaches All-SEC First Team, the AP All-SEC First Team and the Rivals.com All-SEC First Team ... SEC Player of the Week (Dec. 10) ... Led the team with 18.4 points, 3.2 steals, 5.4 assists in 37.4 minutes per game with 32 starts ... In SEC play, scored 18.1 points with 5.1 assists, 3.1 steals and 2.3 rebounds ... Finished the season ranked second in NCAA statistics with 3.2 steals per game ... Set the Carolina single-season record with 103 steals and 3.22 steals per game ... Had 21 games with at least three steals, breaking Chuck Eidson's single-season steals record with his 94th steal vs. UT on March 9 (Eidson had 93 in 2000) ... Broke the SEC record for steals in a season against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament ... Tallied a career-high 30 points vs. Penn State ... Scored at least 20 points 15 times, including reaching the mark in 9-of-16 SEC games ... Tallied 24 games with at least four assists, including a career-high 11 twice (The Citadel, LSU) and finished third in South Carolina season records with 172 assists ... One rebound from a triple double vs. The Citadel when he scored 11 points with 11 assists and nine rebounds ... Scored game-high 24 points vs. UT with just one assist ... Scored 28 points, including 9-of-11 from the free throw line, adding six steals and four assists in 40 minutes of play in win at Arkansas ... Collected 24 points (10-of-19) vs. Florida ... 29 points (career-best six 3-pointers), tying career-high with seven steals in win over Alabama ... Collected third career double-double in SEC Tournament win over LSU, scoring 12 points with 11 assists and three steals ... Scored 26 points with five assists and five steals in SEC Tournament loss to No. 4 Tennessee.
2006-07
Sat out the year after transferring from Cincinnati. When transferring, he also considered Florida, Wake Forest, Kansas State and Ole Miss.
2005-06
Member of Big East All-Rookie Team
Team's third-leading scorer (12.3) and leader in assists (4.1) and steals (2.0) ... Scored 16 points and dished out 10 assists, one shy of his career high, in the win over No. 16 West Virginia, his second double-double ... Tallied 13 points and had four assists and two steals vs. No. 2 Villanova ... Had 16 points, three assists and four steals in the win over Providence, sinking a pair of free throws with 3.4 seconds remaining to provide the winning points in the 66-64 victory, earning Big East Rookie of the Week honors ... Keyed win over Syracuse with 16 points and seven assists ... Scored 22 points vs. Xavier, making a then-career-high four 3-pointers, including a triple with 30 seconds left in regulation that helped rally UC from a 6-point deficit and send the game into overtime ... Dished out a career-high 11 assists vs. N.C. A&T, and with 13 points, recorded his first career double-double.
High School
South Carolina Mr. Basketball 2005
Named S.C. Class AAA Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball as a senior at Chester High ... Averaged 36.9 points, 6.1 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 4.7 steals his senior year under coach De'Andre Scott ... Showed long-distance scoring ability by averaging three 3-pointers per game ... Had a single-game scoring high of 67 points, a modern-day state record, and once made 32 free throws in a game ... Scored 2,738 career points ... As an All-American and all-conference recipient also logged 28 points, three rebounds, six assists per game his junior year and 25 points, three rebounds, and eight assists per contest his sophomore year... Chester was the three-time region champions ... Four-time Conference Player of the Year ... Three-time first team all-state selection ... S.C. Gatorade Player of the Year and finalist for national Gatorade Player of the Year honors ... Selected for the Michael Jordan All-Star Classic, the N.C.-S.C. Classic and the Commonwealth Classic ... Consensus pick by the recruiting organizations as a Top 50 prospect.
Personal
Majoring in Africa-American studies.
Career Highs
Points
30 - vs. Penn State (11/22/07)
Field Goals
11 - vs. Alabama (2/16/08)
Field Goal Attempts
23 - vs. Vanderbilt (1/9/08)
3-Point Field Goals
6 - vs. Alabama (2/16/08)
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
10 - twice, last vs. Alabama (2/16/08)
Free Throws
10 - twice, last vs. Penn State (11/22/07)
Free Throw Attempts
11 - twice, last vs. Arkansas (1/16/08)
Rebounds
9 - vs. The Citadel (11/12/07)
Assists
11 - three times, last vs. LSU (3/13/08)
Blocks
1 - six times, last vs. LSU (2/27/08)
Steals
7 - twice, last vs. Alabama (2/16/08)
Minutes Played
43 - vs. Mississippi State (2/23/08)
