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durandSCOTT SOPHOMORE | GUARD | 6-3 | 200 | NEW YORK, N.Y. | RICE HS ACC ALL-ROOKIE TEAM | ACC ALL-TOURNAMENT FIRST TEAM | FOUR-TIME ACC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
ACC All-Rookie Team, ACC AllTournament First Team and Sporting News ACC All-Rookie Team selection... Four-time ACC Rookie of the Week — the first Hurricane to earn the honor more than once... Became the first Miami rookie since Guillermo Diaz (2003-04) to score 20 points in multiple games as a freshman... His season-high 29 points at North Carolina marked the most points by a Miami freshman in over nine years... The first Hurricane freshman to dish out more than 100 assists in 15 years... Tied an ACC freshman record with 10 assists and zero turnovers in his UM debut... Named “Outstanding Defender” at team’s 2010 postseason banquet… A five-star recruit, ranked among the top 25 overall players by Scout... Over his high school career, won two state championships and four city championships... Played AAU basketball for the New York Gauchos.
boards, two assists and one steal in the ACC Tourney win over Virginia Tech (3/12)... Scored nine points in the final 2:42 — including hitting all four free throw attempts during that span — to help secure the win... Game-high 14 points (5-10 FGs, 4-4 FTs) and five rebounds versus Florida State (3/6)... Posted 13 points, game-high tying five assists, three boards, three steals and a block in a season-high 37 minutes vs. NC State (2/27)... Tallied 11 points, four boards and two assists in the win over Virginia (2/23)... Finished with 19 points, shooting 9of-13 from the field, four rebounds,
CAREER HIGHS Points 29 at North Carolina (3/2/10) FGM
11 at North Carolina (3/2/10)
FGA
17 vs. Minnesota (12/2/09)
3 FGM 3 at North Carolina (3/2/10) 3 FGA
5 vs. two opponents
FTM
6 vs. Virginia Tech (01/31/10)
FTA
8 vs. three opponents
Reb 10 vs. South Carolina (11/22/09) Assists 10 vs. N.C. Central (11/14/09) Blocks
2 at Pepperdine (1/3/10)
Steals
4 vs. Minnesota (12/2/09)
Minutes
37 vs. NC State (2/27/10)
AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10) Played in all 33 games with 28 starts, averaging 10.3 points (tops among returners in 2010-11), 4.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and a team-high 1.2 steals per game... Scored in double figures 16 times — including in eight of the last nine games, tying for second most on the squad in 2010 and most among returning players... Just the second freshman and fifth player in UM history to amass 100 points, 100 boards and 100 assists in a single season... With 113 assists, became first UM rookie in 15 years — since Kevin Norris posted 102 assists (1994-95) — and the fifth UM rookie to top the century mark in assists... First Hurricane of any class to achieve this since Anthony Harris registered 133 assists as a sophomore (2004-05)... Led all freshmen and ranked 10th in the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55:1)... Among the ACC’s freshmen leaders in almost every statistical category — turning in the league’s top-three assists performances by a rookie in 2009-10... ACC freshmen leader in assists per game (3.4), and among the top six in scoring (10.3 ppg) and rebounding (4.0 rpg)... 14 games with four-plus assists... Averaged 14.7 points on 48.6 percent shooting from the field, with 5.0 boards and 3.0 assists over three games in the ACC Tournament... The only ACC freshman with two games of 10 points, five rebounds and five assists — eighth best among all ACC players... Season- and game-high 29 points (season-high 1115 FGs, season-high 3-5 3FGs, 4-4 FTs), five rebounds and two steals at North Carolina (3/2)... The 29 points were the second-highest point production by an ACC rookie this season, the most points by a Hurricane since Jack McClinton’s 35 versus North Carolina (2/15/09) and the most points by a Miami freshman in over nine years (since Darius Rice scored 31 versus Virginia Tech on 1/10/01)... Additionally, it made Scott the first Miami rookie since Guillermo Diaz (2003-04) to score 20 points in multiple games as a freshman... Team-high 21 points (10-15 FGs) — his third 20-plus point game of the year — with four boards, three assists and two steals in the ACC semifinal versus Duke (3/13)... Team-high 17 points (6-12 FGs, 5-5 FTs), six
GETTING TO KNOW U... FAVORITE BASKETBALL PLAYER: Carmelo Anthony... FAVORITE PRO SPORTS TEAM: Denver Nuggets... FAVORITE MIDNIGHT SNACK: cereal... FAVORITE SONG RIGHT NOW: Rose Red — Meek Millz... FAVORITE CLASS: math... FAVORITE CARTOON WHEN I WAS GROWING UP: Tom & Jerry... I’M A HURRICANE BECAUSE I was welcomed as family...
CAREER STATS — SCOTT YEAR
GP-GS
MIN-AVG.
FG-FGA
PCT.
3FG-FGA
PCT.
FT-FTA
PCT
2009-10
33-28
917-27.8
126-277
.455
16-58
.276
71-106
.670
70
2010-11 | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MEN’S BASKETBALL | HURRICANESPORTS.COM
OFF-DEF REB-AVG 29-102
131-4.0
PF-FO AST 69-2 113
TO BLK STL
PTS-AVG
73
339-10.3
6
41