Ed McCants

Position: Guard
Height/Weight: 6-3 / 200
Birthdate: August 2, 1981
High School: Marion Catholic HS (Marion, Ohio)
College: Wisconsin - Milwaukee


BACKGROUND

College Highlights: Named Horizon League Player of the Year as a senior. Earned First Team All-Conference honors his junior and senior seasons. Ranked in the top ten in three-point field goals both years. Recorded 1,087 points at Wisconsin-Milwaukee in only two seasons. Finished collegiate career at Wisconsin-Milwaukee after starting at Northwestern and routing through Paris Junior College in Texas. Did not play basketball during the 2001-02 season.

Senior (2004-05): Averaged a team-high 17.4 points (third in the Horizon League) and 2.8 rebounds. Started all 32 games. Led the team in scoring 14 times. Exploded for a career-high 38 points, including nine three-point field goals, vs. Detroit. Sank six threes on his way to 26 points vs. Kansas. Tallied 24 points, six rebounds, five assists, five steals, and two blocks vs. Prairie View in the season opener. Scored 15 points at Purdue. Led team with 24 points vs. Loyola (IL). Registered 20 points and five assists vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay. Posted a team-high 18 points vs. Detroit in the Horizon League Tournament finals, on his way to All-Tournament honors. Recorded 21 points, including five three-pointers, vs. Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Contributed 18 points and three steals vs. Boston College in the second round.

Junior (2003-04): Averaged 17.1 points and 3.5 rebounds. Started 30 of 31 games. Posted season-high 24 points at Prairie View A&M. Recorded 23 points in only 25 minutes vs. Concordia-St. Paul. Tallied 20 points, four steals, and two blocks at Santa Clara. Sank six threes on his way to 20 points vs. Detroit. Scored 19 points vs. Illinois-Chicago in the Horizon League Tournament title game. Registered 21 points vs. Rice in the post-season NIT. Named Horizon League Newcomer of the Year.

Sophomore (2002-03): At Paris JC, averaged a team-high 19.0 points (ranked fourth in Region XIV) and 4.9 rebounds. Led the region in free throw shooting (.835) and ranked eighth in three-point field goal percentage (.376). Earned Second Team All-Region honors.

Freshman (2000-01): At Northwestern, averaged 4.1 points and 2.1 rebounds in 14.3 minutes a contest. Scored season-high 12 points on 4-for-6 three-point shooting vs. Vermont. Tallied 11 points vs. Kent State and Iona.

Personal: Was senior class president in high school.