T.J. Cummings

Position: Forward
Height/Weight: 6-9 / 215
Birthdate: August 31, 1981
High School: Homewood-Flossmoor HS (Homewood, Ill.)
College: UCLA

BACKGROUND

Pro Career Highlights: Spent the 2004-05 season playing professionally in China with the Liaoning Panpan Hunters..

College Highlights: Earned Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 honors as a senior. Finished collegiate career as UCLA's 41st all-time leading scorer with 1,062 points. Started 46 of 118 career games.

Senior (2003-04): Averaged 12.8 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting .552 from the field (sixth in the Pac-10). Led the team in rebounding (ranking tenth in the Pac-10) and finished second in scoring. Started 23 of 24 games, missing the first four games of the season due to academic ineligibility. Scored in double figures 21 times and recorded five double-doubles. Posted a season-high 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds at Washington. Led team with 13 points vs. Michigan State. Scored 21 points and grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds vs. Arizona State. Tallied 18 points and 11 rebounds vs. Washington.

Junior (2002-03): Averaged 10.3 points and 4.9 rebounds in 23.4 minutes a contest. Started 16 of 29 games. Scored in double figures 16 times. Led team with a season-high 19 points vs. Michigan. Scored 13 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Southern Cal. Registered 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting in a late season win over California. Tallied 18 points vs. Arizona in the Pac-10 Tournament.

Sophomore (2001-02): Averaged 7.4 points and 3.1 rebounds in 17.5 minutes a contest. Started once. Recorded career-high 25 points on 11-for-12 shooting vs. South Carolina in the Maui Invitational. Posted his first career double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds vs. Washington.

Freshman (2000-01): Averaged 6.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 18.8 minutes a contest. Started six times. Scored a season-high 24 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and blocked two shots in his collegiate debut vs. Kansas in the Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic, the best scoring effort in a debut in school history.

Personal: Majored in history. Son of Terry Cummings, 18-year NBA veteran who was a two-time NBA All-Star and 1983 NBA Rookie of the Year.