Antoine Tisby Class: Senior Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas High School: F.L. Schlagle High Last College: Allen CC Height / Weight: 6-8 / 237 Position: F/C Birthdate: 04/06/1983 Experience: 1VL Major: Psychology

Will be the go-to-guy inside for offense as he is big enough, strong enough and he is mobile enough ... Inconsistency was his weakness last year ... This season he won't have to change coaches or coaching styles for the first time in his career and so he should be much more consistent and much more confident ... Coaches would like to see him improve his defensive capabilities ... Toward the end of the season he got much better on defense and he showed a greater understanding of it ... Has a good knack for scoring the ball ... Wingspan is 85 inches.

2005-06

Averaged 17.0 mpg/5.6 ppg/2.9 rpg/0.7 bpg ... Did not travel to Florida State or Cincinnati due to violation of team policy; suspension continued in USC's trip to NYC ... Played best game of the year vs. Western Kentucky (which turns out was the last game of his career), tallied season-high 30 MIN with season-high 16 PT, 7 REB, 1 STL in eighth straight start ... In SEC Tournament final loss to Florida, he scored 2 PT in 6 MIN of play ... Scored 9 PT w/ 4 REB, 1 BLK in 13 MIN of play in win over MSU in SEC Tourney ... In loss to No. 21 LSU, scoring 7 PT and tying career-high 9 REB in 28 MIN; added 2 BLK, 1 STL, 1 AST ... Started and scored 7 PT, 5 REB, 1 BLK, 1 STL in 24 MIN in loss to Vandy ... Off the bench in loss at UGA, played only 8 MIN w/ 0 PT, 1, REB, 1 TO ... Was replaced by Renaldo Balkman in the starting line-up for the first time since UT (1/8/06); played just 7 MIN w/ 2 REB, 0 PT; Snapped streak of 32 straight games with 1+ points (dating back to game at Georgia 2/5/05) ... Played what Coach Odom termed `his best defensive effort in his career' in win over No. 4 Florida; scored 9 PT w/ 5 REB, 3 BLK, 2 STL in 31 MIN ... Played season-high 27 MIN in loss to No. 23 Pittsburgh; scored 12 PT w/ 4 REB, 1 STL ... Did not play vs. Wofford as he was given a one-game suspension for missing morning's practice on 12/17 ... Scored 9 PT and grabbed 5 REB and 1 AST in 22 MIN in win over Toledo; credited w/ helping USC pull away at 6:39 mark in 2nd half ... 12 PT, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK, 1 STL in 25 MIN in win at Western Carolina.

2004-05

... 6.6 ppg/4.7 rpg/0.5 apg/0.4 bpg ... Scored in double figures 8 times this year ... Came off the bench to score 7 PT in the NIT final win against St. Joe's; added 5 REB in 14 MIN ... Scored 8 PT NIT semifinal win against Maryland; added 9 REB in 17 MIN ... Scored 11 PT w/ 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK, 1 STL in NIT Quarterfinal win against Georgetown ... Scored 11 PT in second round NIT game vs. UNLV; also tied career-high with 9 REB in 18 MIN ... In first round NIT game vs. Miami, scored 7 PT w/ 1 REB in 15 MIN .... In sixth career start at SEC Tourney, scored 6 PT w/ 7 REB in 20 MIN in loss to UM .... Came off the bench to score 4 PT w/ 4 REB in 20 MIN in win over Ole Miss .... In fifth career start, scored 17 PT (1 off career high) with 8 REB in 30 MIN at Vanderbilt .... Scored 6 PT with 6 REB in 31 MIN vs. Florida .... Led all Gamecocks with career-high 18 PT (9-11), 8 REB performance in loss at UT; Played 25 MIN with 1 AST, 1 BLK; 4 career highs ... 12 PT, 7 REB (game-high), personal best 4 BLK in loss at No. 16 Alabama; played 22 MIN off the bench ... Absolute break-out game in win over No. 3 Kentucky; tied personal best 13 PT, adding 5 REB, 1 BLK and 2 STL in 23 MIN ... Did not travel to Florida and did not play in win over Arkansas or loss to Auburn ... Not as effective starts at LSU and vs. UT; played 16 MIN w/ 2 PT, 2 REB, 2 TO at LSU and played 16 MIN w/ 0 PT, 2 REB in win over UT ... First career start vs. Georgia; 4 PT, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL in 17 MIN ... 6 PT w/ 4 REB, 2 AST in 19 MIN in loss at No. 8 Kentucky ... 10 PT, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK vs. Wofford ... 5 PT, 5 REB effort at No. 10 Pitt; 1 AST, 1 BLK in 17 MIN Tied career high with 9 REB, adding 7 PT and 1 STL in 24 MIN vs. No. 2 Kansas; first career slam dunk ... Career-high 9 REB, w/ 4 PT, 1 STL in win vs. USF ... 7 REB w/ 5 PT, 3 AST, 3 STL vs. CU ... In ASU win, totalled 13 PT and 5 REB ... Wing-span of 85 inches - the longest on the team. ... Came to USC from Allen County (Kansas) Community College. Playing just the second semester in 2004, he averaged 17.7 points and 12.4 rebounds in nine games ... In March; he was named to the All-Region IV Tournament team; Coached by Mike Hayes at Allen County CC ... Originally signed with Bradley, playing in six games in his freshman year prior to receiving a medical redshirt and transferring due to a coaching change (averaged 5.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg) ... In 2002-03 he played in 10 games at Friends University (NAIA, Wichita, Kansas) and averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3.4 blocks ... When choosing USC, he also considered Oklahoma State, Houston, Miami and St. John's ... Graduated from Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Kansas ... Averaged 15.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 2.5 bpg his senior year and garnered all-state, all-area and all-conference honors ... His team played in the state's Final Four (1999) and was the state runner-up (2000) ... Excelling in the classroom, he was named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the Kansas City, Kansas Public School Syste

Junior College/College

Came to South Carolina from Allen County (Kansas) Community College. Playing just the second semester in 2004, he averaged 17.7 points and 12.4 rebounds in nine games ... In March; he was named to the All-Region IV Tournament team ... He was coached by Mike Hayes at Allen County CC ... Originally signed with Bradley University, playing in six games early in his freshman year prior to receiving a medical redshirt and transferring due to a coaching change (averaged 5.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg) ... In 2002-03 he played in 10 games at Friends University (NAIA, Wichita, Kansas) and averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3.4 blocks ... When choosing USC, he also considered Oklahoma State, Houston, Miami and St. John's.

High School

Graduated from Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Kansas ... Averaged 15.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 2.5 bpg his senior year and garnered all-state, all-area and all-conference honors ... His team played in the state's Final Four (1999) and was the state runner-up (2000) ... Excelling in the classroom, he was named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the Kansas City, Kansas Public School System.

PERSONALLY SPEAKING

Nicknames: Tis, Mr. Tisby

Born: 4-6-1983, Kansas City, Kansas

What is your long-term career goal off the court: Be an entrepreneur

Favorite Event/Sport in the Olympics: 100m (track and field)

Growing up, I had these posters on my wall: Tyra Banks, Michael Jordan

If I had to cook all my own food, I would live on: Noodles

If I could change one thing about college basketball, I would: Allow players to make their own money

Favorite soda/and favorite food: Sprite/Fried catfish

I would like to have witnessed this sporting event: Olympic Boxing

Prized possession: My life

Team I'd like to add to our schedule: L.A. Lakers