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Michel Morandais (Mee-shell Mor-and-dis)

Full Name: Michel Didier Morandais

Position: Guard/Forward

Height/Weight: 6-5 / 205

Birthdate: January 10, 1979 (Guadeloupe, French West Indies)

High School: Life Center Academy HS (Burlington, N.J.)

College: Colorado

(French West Indies)

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Colorado
Season	G	GS	FGM	FGA	PCT	FTM	FTA	PCT	3PM	3PA	PCT	REB	AST	STL	BL	PTS	AVG
2000-01	30	3	52	115	.452	40	62	.645	9	22	.409	87	27	17	9	153	5.10
2001-02	26	11	117	241	.485	33	52	.635	16	41	.390	116	72	30	20	283	10.9
2002-03	31	31	197	434	.454	94	121	.777	37	102	.363	166	105	29	19	525	16.9
2003-04	29	28	154	379	.406	101	118	.856	58	157	.369	128	90	27	17	467	16.1
Totals	116	73	520	1169	.445	268	353	.759	120	322	.373	497	294	103	65	1428	12.3

Career Highlights: Earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors his junior and senior years. Finished career as Colorado’s seventh all-time leading scorer with 1,428 points. Also ranks sixth all-time in career games played (116), ninth in assists (294) and tied for 13th in steals (103). Led the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in scoring (20.7 ppg). Also averaged 6.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Senior (2003-04): Averaged 16.1 points (ranking sixth in the Big 12), 4.4 rebounds and a team-high 3.1 assists. Scored 20 or more points eight times, registering a season-high 28 points on 9-for-11 shooting against Missouri. Surpassed the career 1,000 point mark with 16 points against Cal-Poly. Scored 21 points in season opener at Northwestern. Tallied 12 points and season-high nine assists at Texas A&M. Recorded 23 points and eight rebounds in regular season finale against Nebraska. Scored 15 points at Oregon in the post-season NIT.

Junior (2002-03): Averaged 16.9 points (eighth in the Big 12), 5.4 rebounds and a team-high 3.4 assists. Notched season-high 28 points, pulled down eight rebounds, and dished out eight assists at Kansas. Posted first career double-double with 17 points and 10 assists against Missouri.

Sophomore (2001-02): Averaged 10.9 points and 4.5 rebounds. Scored in double figures in 16 games. Recorded career-high 33 points against Missouri. Tallied 21 points, season-high seven assists, and four steals against Texas A&M. Blocked four shots in consecutive games in the Big 12 Tournament against Nebraska and Kansas.

Freshman (2000-01): Averaged 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds in 12.8 minutes a contest. Posted season-high 15 points against Colorado State. Led team with 14 points at Baylor. Pulled down season-high nine rebounds against Austin Peay in the Top of the World Classic semifinals in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Strengths: Very good athlete who can play multiple positions. Does a little bit of everything.

Personal: Has one brother and one sister. Majoring in international relations in Colorado’s College of Arts and Sciences. A native of the French West Indies, came to the United States from Paris.