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2008-09 SEASON
Saw action in 48 games (7 starts) averaging 4.7 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in 11.8 minutes
Scored 10+ points 7 times as a Jazzman
Inactive 23 times (2/23, 2/28-3/6, 3/10-4/13), had 10 DNP-CDs (10/29, 11/5-11/9, 12/11, 1/17, 2/19-2/21, 2/25, 3/8)
Saw first NBA action in 5 minutes vs. L.A. Clippers (11/1)
Became third-youngest Jazz player ever to start a game (Miles, Stevenson) and finished with 6 points and 5 rebounds at Philadelphia, scoring his first NBA points (11/11)
Notched career highs with 18 points and 29 minutes vs. Dallas (12/26)
Recorded career-highs of 10 rebounds and 5 blocks at Charlotte (11/14)
Assigned to the Utah Flash of the NBA D-League on March 25)
Averaged 16.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 2.0 assists in 10 games with the Flash.
AS A COLLEGIAN
Averaged 14.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 27.1 minutes while starting 35 out of 37 games for the Ohio State Buckeyes as a freshman (2007-2008)
Named postseason NIT MVP after Ohio State claimed the 2008 title
Named to the all-tournament team at the preseason NIT
Earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors on 11/26 after averaging 18.7 points and 9.3 rebounds
Led Ohio State in rebounds (247) and blocks (67)
Was second on the team in total points (534)
Led Big Ten freshmen in rebounding (6.7 rpg), blocked shots (67), offensive rebounds (98) and defensive rebounds (149)
Among all Big Ten players, ranked fifth in rebounding (6.7 rpg) and scoring (14.4 ppg) and second in blocked shots (67)
Scored in double-figures 31 times
Recorded his first-career double-double with 22 points and had a career-high 14 rebounds vs. VMI on 11/25
Scored in double-figures in 12 consecutive games ending the streak
A career-high 5 blocks vs. Cleveland State on 12/18
Led Ohio State with 21 points, 4 blocks and 2 steals in a career-high 36 minutes at Indiana on 2/26
Recorded 23 points and 6 rebounds vs. Massachusetts in the NIT title game on 4/3.
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