College: St. John's
Height: 6-7
Weight: 240 pounds
Position: Forward
Age: 22
(Jan. 24, 1977)
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Career highlights
Named Most Valuable Player at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament after averaging tournament-leading 20.7 ppg and adding 9.3 rpg
Made 22 of his 34 shots at the PIT (.647) despite lingering wrist injury from regular season that required surgery following tournament
Became 34th player at St. John's to grab 500 career rebounds
College highlights
Senior
The team's leading rebounder overall (248) and per game (8.6)
Led the team in rebounding 12 times and in scoring six times
Grabbed double figures in rebounds in 12 games and scored in double figures 17 times
Suffered wrist injury in midseason and missed eight games
Still averaged a career high in every major statistical category except assists
Averaged 11.4 points and a team-leading 8.5 rebounds and shot a team-best .600 in conference play
Averaged 5.9 points and 6.6 rebounds in four NCAA Tournament games
Posted career highs with 20 points and 17 rebounds vs. Massachusetts
Had 15 points and nine rebounds vs. Boston College
Scored 19 points vs. Georgetown
Junior
Played in all 32 games and started 20 of them
Scored in double figures nine times and rebounded in double figures five times
Led the team in rebounding nine times
Finished second on the team in rebounding
Was fifth on the team in scoring and fourth on the team with 18 blocked shots
Recorded double-double of team-high 14 points and 12 rebounds in NCAA Tournament game vs. Detroit
Grabbed game-high 14 rebounds and scored 15 points vs. Syracuse in Big East tournament semifinals
Scored 13 points, notched 10 rebounds, and tied a career high with four blocks vs. Boston College
Sophomore
Led the team with a .507 field goal percentage
Topped the team in rebounding once
Finished tied for third on the team with 12 blocks
Scored a season-high nine points and hauled in six rebounds vs. Georgetown
Had seven points, eight rebounds, and three blocks vs. Hofstra
Freshman
Finished fourth on the team in scoring
Scored in double figures seven times
Shot a team-leading .579 from the field, the 12th-best single season shooting percentage in school history
Was second on the team in rebounding (7.1 per game)
Rebounded in double figures six times
Led team with 23 blocks
Made first start vs. Pittsburgh and tallied then-career highs of 17 points and 15 rebounds
Recorded first career double-double vs. Rider, posting 14 points and 10 rebounds
Scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds vs. Boston College
College statistics
| SEASON |
G |
FGM |
FGA |
PCT |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT |
REB |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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SEASON | G | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | REB | AST | PTS | AVG
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| 1995-96 | 27 | 81 | 140 | .579 | 48 | 79 | .608 | 191 | 20 | 210 | 7.8
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| 1996-97 | 27 | 35 | 69 | .507 | 38 | 60 | .633 | 97 | 11 | 109 | 4.0
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| 1997-98 | 32 | 79 | 154 | .513 | 61 | 92 | .663 | 220 | 29 | 219 | 6.8
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| 1998-99 | 29 | 117 | 198 | .591 | 70 | 119 | .588 | 248 | 26 | 304 | 10.5
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| TOTALS | 115 | 312 | 561 | .556 | 217 | 350 | .620 | 756 | 86 | 842 | 7.3
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| Three-point field goals: 1995-96, 0-for-0 (.000); 1996-97, 1-for-4 (.250); 1997-98, 0-for-0 (.000); 1998-99, 0-for-3 (.000). Totals: 1-for-7 (.142).
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