College: Connecticut
Height: 6-2
Weight: 195 pounds
Position: Guard
Age: 23
(April 10, 1976)
Birthplace: Augusta, Ga.
Career highlights
Named the 1998-99 College Basketball Defensive Player of the Year by Basketball News Magazine
Named to the 1999 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team as well as the 1999 NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team
Was Connecticut's co-captain for three consecutive seasons
Played in a school record 134 games and was a starter in 100 of those games in final three seasons
UConn won a school record 114 games in those four seasons
Finished career ranked fifth on the UConn assist list with 510 (3.8 apg) and sixth in steals with 170 (1.27 spg)
Averaged 28.9 minutes per game in four seasons
College highlights
Senior
Started all 36 games en route to UConn's 1999 NCAA Championship
Was second on the team with 131 assists and averaged 6.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game
Named to the NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team
Named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team after scoring 13 points in first half against Duke in the national championship
Made 29 consecutive free throws during a 12-game stretch
Scored 12 points in a season-high 38 minutes against Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament
Had a season-high nine assists in loss to Miami
Junior
As a junior, averaged 7.5 points per game and 34.9 minutes per game
Ranked second on the team in assists (128) and had a 2.5-to-1.0 assist-to-turnover ratio (58 turnovers), tops in the Big East Conference
Registered 14 points, four assists and five steals in NCAA First Round victory over FDU
Had a career-high nine rebounds and scored 18 points against St. John's
Sophomore
Led the team with 152 assists (5.2 apg)
Started all 28 games
Led the team with 48 steals and played a team-high 34.9 minutes per game
Ranked fifth in the Big East in assists and was second n the Big East in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1-to-1.0)
Averaged 9.0 points per game and 11.0 ppg in Big East Conference games
Scored a career-high 22 points vs. St. John's
Had career-high of 12 assists and added seven rebounds against West Virginia
Freshman
Ranked third on the team in assists with 3.0 apg
Scored a then-career-high 14 points, including 10 consecutive points in the second half of the Huskies' Big East championship game comeback win over Georgetown
Had eight assists in games against Central Connecticut and Seton Hall
Scored 13 points in only 17 minutes against Syracuse
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 | 33 | 59 | 118 | .500 | 26 | 50 | .520 | 66 | 99 | 154 | 4.7
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| 1996-97 | 28 | 84 | 228 | .368 | 55 | 86 | .640 | 89 | 152 | 251 | 9.0
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| 1997-98 | 37 | 90 | 204 | .441 | 78 | 107 | .729 | 116 | 128 | 277 | 7.5
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| 1998-99 | 36 | 71 | 168 | .423 | 83 | 102 | .814 | 131 | 131 | 243 | 6.8
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| TOTALS | 134 | 304 | 718 | .423 | 242 | 345 | .701 | 402 | 510 | 925 | 6.9
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| Three-point field goals: 1995-96, 10-for-34 (.294); 1996-97, 28-for-78 (.359); 1997-98, 19-for-57 (.333); 1998-99, 18-for-51 (.353). Totals, 75-for-220 (.341).
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