FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 9, 2010
BOBCATS ASSIGN SHERRON COLLINS TO RED CLAWS
Rookie Point Guard Will Join Team
in Erie This Weekend
PORTLAND, ME
- The Maine Red Claws, presented by Quirk Chevrolet, today announced that the
Charlotte Bobcats have assigned rookie point guard Sherron Collins to the team.
Collins, 23, will join the team in Erie tomorrow where he is expected to be in
the lineup for the Red Claws’ two-game set against the BayHawks Friday and
Saturday night.
The
5-11, 205 lb. Collins has seen limited action with the Bobcats this season,
averaging 0.3 points in just over two minutes of play per game. He was signed by
the Bobcats August 6 after averaging 12.5 points and 2.8 assists in four games
for Charlotte at the 2010 AirTran Airways Pro Summer League in Orlando, shooting
.556 from the field (20-36) and .615 from beyond the three-point line (8-13),
the best percentage of any player with more than six attempts.
As a
senior at the University of Kansas last season, Collins was named Consensus
First Team All-America, while also receiving the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
as the nation’s top player 6-feet-or-under and the inaugural Lute Olson Player
of the Year Award, which is presented to the nation’s top Division I player who
has played at least two seasons with his respective team.
During
his four years at Kansas, Collins was named First Team All-Big 12 as a junior
and senior, Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player as a senior and Big 12
Sixth Man of the Year as a sophomore. A member of Kansas’ 2008 national
championship team, Collins is the winningest player in school history with 130
victories, having helped the Jayhawks to four straight Big 12 regular-season
championships and three Big 12 Tournament titles. One of only two players in
school history to record at least 1,800 points and at least 500 assists, Collins
finished his career fifth on Kansas’ all-time scoring list (1,888 points) and
seventh on the all-time assists list (552).
Collins
will wear #11 for the Red Claws. He is the second Bobcats player assigned to the
Red Claws, following center Alexis Ajinca who spent a majority of the 2009-10
season with the team.
NEXT
HOME GAME:
Following their two game roadstand at the Erie this weekend, the Red Claws will
return home for a pair of games against the Idaho Stampede Thursday, December 16
and Sunday, December 19. The Stampede are coached by former Red Claws’ assistant
coach Randy Livingston and this week made headlines with the signing of former
Celtics great Antoine Walker. Great seats remain for both games.
