Getting to Know Troy Bell
Position: Guard
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185 lbs.
Birthday: November 10, 1980
School: Boston College
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
| TROY BELL’S
CAREER STATISTICS |
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| ALL GAMES | |||||||||||||||||
Overall |
YR |
GP-ST |
MIN |
FGM-FGA |
PCT |
3FG-FGA |
PCT |
FTM-FTA |
PCT |
REB-AV |
PF-D |
PTS |
AVG |
A |
TO |
B |
S |
99-00 |
FR |
27-27 |
865 |
144-373 |
.386 |
59-148 |
.399 |
161-180 |
.894 |
83-3.1 |
62-0 |
508 |
18.8 |
56 |
102 |
8 |
47 |
00-01 |
SO |
32-32 |
1095 |
186-405 |
.459 |
70-179 |
.391 |
210-245 |
.857 |
138-4.3 |
73-0 |
652 |
20.4 |
133 |
73 |
13 |
83 |
01-02 |
JR |
32-32 |
1199 |
207-508 |
.407 |
65-216 |
.301 |
212-240 |
.883 |
130-4.1 |
83-0 |
691 |
21.6 |
123 |
97 |
8 |
72 |
02-03 |
SR |
31-31 |
1198 |
224-508 |
.441 |
106-264 |
.402 |
227-268 |
.847 |
142-4.6 |
66-0 |
781 |
25.2 |
115 |
79 |
6 |
70 |
CAREER |
122-122 |
4357 |
761-1794 |
.424 |
300-807 |
.372 |
810-933 |
.868 |
493-4.0 |
284-0 |
2632 |
21.6 |
427 |
351 |
35 |
272 |
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| TROY BELL’S
CAREER STATISTICS |
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| Big East Games | |||||||||||||||||
Overall |
YR |
GP-ST |
MIN |
FGM-FGA |
PCT |
3FG-FGA |
PCT |
FTM-FTA |
PCT |
REB-AV |
PF-D |
PTS |
AVG |
A |
TO |
B |
S |
99-00 |
FR |
14-14 |
508 |
75-215 |
.349 |
36-96 |
.375 |
96-109 |
.881 |
50-3.6 |
31-0 |
282 |
20.1 |
33 |
50 |
5 |
34 |
|
00-01 |
SO |
16-16 |
582 |
92-100 |
.460 |
35-90 |
.389 |
114-132 |
.864 |
76-4.8 |
41-0 |
333 |
20.8 |
67 |
43 |
6 |
43 |
01-02 |
JR |
16-16 |
617 |
96-268 |
.369 |
32-116 |
.276 |
105-116 |
.905 |
69-4.3 |
45-0 |
329 |
20.6 |
70 |
44 |
5 |
34 |
02-03 |
SR |
16-16 |
612 |
124-266 |
.466 |
62-144 |
.431 |
134-159 |
.843 |
74-4.5 |
33-0 |
444 |
27.8 |
63 |
40 |
5 |
33 |
CAREER |
122-122 |
2319 |
387-914 |
.411 |
165-446 |
.370 |
449-516 |
.870 |
269-4.3 |
150-0 |
1388 |
22.4 |
233 |
177 |
21 |
144 |
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2003 NBA Draft:Chosen 16th overall by the Boston Celtics. Traded from Boston to the Memphis Grizzlies, along with Dahntay Jones [Duke] the 20th pick. Boston received Memphis' 13th and 27th draft picks, Marcus Banks [UNLV] and Kendrink Perkins [Ozen HS (tx)] respectively.
USA Basketball Notes:
--Played for gold-medal winning Team USA in the 2001 FIBA World Championship
for Young Men in Saitama, Japan. He averaged 11.9 points, 3.1 assists and 1.9
rebounds per game in the eight-game tournament. In the team’s title-game victory
over Croatia, Bell scored a team-high 24 points, including six three-pointers.
--Named as one of 16 finalists for the 2001 USA Basketball World Championship
for Young Men Team.
--2000 USA Basketball Men's National Team Trials participant.
--1999 USA Basketball Men's National Team Trials participant.
Collegiate Notes:
--Completed his career as Boston College’s career scoring leader with 2,632
points; he ranks 21st on the NCAA’s career scoring list.
--Also finished as BC’s career leader in free throws made (810) and three-point
field goals made (300); finished second on the career steals list (272) and
third in career scoring average (21.57 ppg).
--Scored 1,388 points in 62 BIG EAST contests; finished second on the league’s
career scoring list and third on its career scoring average list (22.4 ppg);
established a BIG EAST career record for free throws made (449).
--Set the BIG EAST record for freshman scoring in 1999-2000, averaging 20.1
points per game in 14 league games; the record was previously held by former
Georgetown star Allen Iverson (19.8 ppg in 1994-95).
--Scored 652 points in 32 games in 2000-01, setting the school record for points
by a sophomore.
--Tallied his 1,000th collegiate point in his 52nd collegiate contest; reached
the plateau on a three-point field goal with 4:45 remaining in the first half
against Morris Brown (2/26/01).
--Tallied his 2,000th collegiate point in his 98th collegiate contest, reaching
the milestone in fewer games than any of BC’s other three 2,000-point scorers;
notched his 2000th point on a lay-in with 4:49 remaining in the second half
against Stony Brook (12/15/02).
2002-03
--BIG EAST Player of the Year
--BIG EAST scoring champion (27.8 ppg in league contests)
--Basketball Times All-America team -- first team
--USBWA All-America Team — second team
--ESPN.com All-America Team — second team
--USBWA District I Player of the Year
--USBWA All-District I selection
--John R. Wooden Award -- finalist
--Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA Player of the Year) -- finalist
2001-02
--Basketball Times All-East selection
--BIG EAST All-Conference Team — first team
--USBWA All-District 1 Team — first team
2000-01
--Associated Press All-America Team — second team
--The Sporting News All-America Team — second team
--NABC All-America Team — second team
--USBWA All-America Team — second team
--Basketball Times All-America Team — first team
--BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year
--BIG EAST All-Conference Team — first team
--Dave Gavitt Trophy (BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player)
--ESPN The Magazine Point Guard of the Year finalist
1999-2000
--Basketball Times Freshman All-America Team — second team
--BIG EAST Rookie of the Year
--New England Division I Rookie of the Year
High School Notes:
--Averaged 35.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a senior point guard
at Academy of Holy Angels High School; led the state in scoring.
--Was one of five finalists for Minnesota’s 1998-99 Mr. Basketball award.
--Finished his schoolboy career as Holy Angels; career scoring leader with 2,491
points (in 97 games); ranks fourth on the state’scareer scoring list.
--Also finished as Holy Angels’ career leader in assists and steals.
--Led his team to the Class 2A, Section 4 tournament’s title game; scored
28 points in a loss to DeLaSalle.
--Earned All-State and All-Metro first team honors in 1998-99; captured All-State
and All-Metro second team honors as a junior.
--Captured Missota Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior; won the
conference scoring title three times and earned All-Conference accolades in
each of his four seasons.
--Scored 30 or more points in 15 games as a senior; scored at least 40 points
in five games; his season high was 47 points, his season low was 24.
--Averaged 27.9 points per game as a junior; 22.1 ppg as a sophomore; and 17.3
ppg as a freshman.
--Scored 45 points in a win over Minnehaha Academy (Dec. 1998).
--Played for head coach Gary Rufsvold; served as team captain as a junior and
senior.
--Played six years for the Howard Pulley Panthers.
Personal Notes: 
--Sociology major
--Troy is the son of Maggie and Fred Bell.
Points 2632 1st
3PFGM 300 1st
FTM 810 1st
Steals 272 2nd
Scoring Avg. 21.57 3rd
BELL ON BIG EAST CAREER LISTS:
Points 1388 2nd
3PFGM 165 4th
FTM 449 1st
FTA 516 4th
Steals 144 8th
Scoring Avg. 22.4 3rd