2000-01 Season:
Shot 48.5 percent from the field (66-136 FG) and averaged 3.9 points and 2.2 rebounds in 42 games played ... Placed on the injured list on 4/2 with left knee tendinitis and missed the final nine games of the season ... Placed on the injured list on 2/8 with lower back spasms and missed five games (activated on 2/23) ... Began his NBA career by going 4-of-4 from the field ... In his second career NBA game, scored six points (3-3 FG) and grabbed three rebounds in 11 minutes at Toronto on 11/20 ... Season-highs were 15 points (vs. Chicago, 1/12), seven rebounds (vs. Chicago 1/9) and three assists (twice) ... Scored in double-figures on three occasions ... Placed on the injured list on 10/30 with right ankle tendinitis and missed the first eight games of the season (activated on 11/16).
1999-2000:
Played for Adecco Milano in the Italian A-I league ... Played in 18 games (all starts) and averaged a team-leading 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds (2nd on team) and 32.4 minutes while shooting 54 percent from the fieldE in one of his best outings, led Milano with 29 points in a 78-66 loss, shooting 10-of-19 from the field and 9-of-10 from the line ... Participated in the Saporta Cup, playing 11 games and averaging 22.3 points and 7.0 rebounds ... Also played in the Hornets' entry in the Atlanta Summer Shootout in July 1999, averaging 12.7 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 53.6 percent (15-28) from the field.
College:
Was one of only two players in Texas Christian University history to surpass 1,300 career points in a two-year career ... Named Honorable Mention
All-America by The Associated Press for the 1998-99 season ... Named
first-team All-Conference and was named to the WAC Mountain Division's
All-Conference Team for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons ... Was the conference
scoring champion both seasons at TCU (22.8 ppg, 8th in the nation B- senior
season) and ranked fourth in rebounding during his senior year (9.3 rpg,
28th in the nation) ... Scored 44 points vs. Gonzaga and 40 points vs.
Colorado State ... Scored 24 points or more 15 times, and 30 or more seven
times as a senior ... Selected as the 1997-98 WAC Player of the Year ... Set
Texas Christian individual scoring record with 53 points vs. Mississippi
Valley State, a game in which he made 23 of 30 field goal attempts ... One of
just two TCU players ever to record consecutive 40-point games when he
scored 44 points at San Jose State and followed with 46 points in next game
vs. Hawaii ... Scored at least 27 points 12 times during his junior
season ... As a sophomore, averaged 20.2 points and 7.4 rebounds for Butler
County C.C. (Kansas) ... Scored 20 or more points 20 times in helping lead the
team to a 29-5 record ... Led team in scoring in 24 of 34 games at Butler ... As
a freshman at Southeastern C.C. (Iowa), averaged 23.7 points and 8.1
rebounds per game while hitting 62 percent from the field.