Durand Scott
HIGH SCHOOL Ranked fifth in the nation among shooting guards by Scout, eighth by Rivals and 11th by ESPN... A five-star recruit, also ranked among the top 25 overall players by Scout... Selected to play in the 2009 Jordan Brand Classic... As a senior, led Rice High School to the State Federation Class 2-A championship, earning tournament MVP honors after scoring 23 points in the title game — including a three-pointer with 14.5 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime... As a junior, averaged 12.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game en route to a 19-5 record and playoff run... Shot 89.7 percent from long range (26-29), 63.6 from the field and 75.6 from the charity stripe... Over his high school career, won two state championships and four city championships... Coached by Maurice Hicks... Played AAU basketball for the New York Gauchos who finished the 2008 season as the No. 1 ranked AAU program in the New York metropolitan area... Recruited by many of the nation’s top basektball programs, including UConn, Pittsburgh, St. John's, Memphis, UCLA, Tennessee and West Virginia.
PERSONAL Has not selected a major… Off the court, enjoys playing video games... Has two older brothers and two older sisters... Nickname is “Durand Durand”.
HURRICANES
a team-high four assists and two steals versus then- No. 6/6 Duke (2/17)... Turned in 10 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals at Clemson (2/13)... Contributed 12 points (including a season-high 6 FTs), four rebounds and four assists in a victory over Virginia Tech (1/31)... Team-high 13 points (5-9 FGs), four rebounds, two assists and two steals at Maryland (1/26)... Finished with 10 points, two boards, three assists and a steal in a win over Wake Forest (1/9)... Put up a season-high two blocks and registered a game-high tying four assists at Pepperdine (1/3) — his fourth game of the season with multiple assists and no turnovers... In his Miami debut, registered a season- and game-high 10 assists with zero turnovers against N.C. Central (11/14) en route to ACC Rookie of the Week honors... It was most assists by a Hurricane in exactly three years and tied an ACC freshman record in the process... Game-high eight assists (tying himself for the league’s second-best assist production by an ACC freshman in 2009-10) versus Bethune-Cookman (12/30)... Scored 13 points, five rebounds and four assists versus North Carolina A&T (12/21), en route to his second ACC Rookie of the Week honor... Recorded 13 points and a team-high four assists versus FAU (12/19)... Game-high tying six assists (0 turnovers) vs. South Carolina State (12/12)... Sparked UM with a game-high 20 points on 9-for17 shooting from the floor, adding two assists and a team single-game season-high tying four steals in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge win over Minnesota (12/2)... First 20-point performance by a Miami freshman since Dwayne Collins finished with 24 at BC (1/16/07)... Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds in the Charleston Classic championship game victory over South Carolina (11/22)... Finished Classic second in assists, averaging 3.3 per game... Scored in double figures for the second-straight game with 10 points, five rebounds and five assists in the Charleston Classic first-round win over Tulane (11/19)... Finished with 14 points (4-5 FGs, 2-3 3FGs, 4-5 FTs), eight assists and five rebounds in the rout of Nova Southeastern (11/16)... Dished out 16 straight assists to start the season before committing his first turnover on an offensive foul.
Durand Scott and Dr.Thomas LeBlanc, Executive Vice President and Provost
GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2009-10 OPPONENT
MIN
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL NOVA SOUTHEASTERN* vs. Tulane* vs. UNC Wilmington* vs. South Carolina* FLORIDA GULF COAST USC UPSTATE* MINNESOTA* at Boston College* SOUTH CAROLINA STATE at Stetson* vs. Florida Atlantic* NORTH CAROLINA A&T* BETHUNE-COOKMAN* at Pepperdine* WAKE FOREST at Virginia Tech at Virginia* BOSTON COLLEGE* at Maryland* VIRGINIA TECH* at Wake Forest* at Florida State* GEORGIA TECH* at Clemson* DUKE* VIRGINIA* NC STATE* at North Carolina* FLORIDA STATE* vs. Wake Forest* vs. Virginia Tech* vs. Duke*
TOTALS
29 22 24 28 29 20 24 28 32 19 24 30 30 27 28 27 22 20 29 29 31 33 30 23 26 32 30 37 34 29 28 28 35
FG-A
3FG-A
FT-A
R
PF
2-5 4-5 4-10 0-6 3-7 3-9 1-6 9-17 2-6 2-5 2-5 5-10 5-9 3-4 1-6 4-7 2-5 3-5 3-8 5-9 3-6 2-10 2-5 1-6 4-9 9-13 4-8 4-14 11-15 5-10 2-10 6-12 10-15
0-0 2-3 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-5 1-4 1-3 0-1 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-4 0-1 0-2 1-2 0-0 1-3 0-3 3-5 0-2 1-2 0-3 1-2
0-0 4-5 2-2 2-2 2-5 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 2-3 2-3 1-2 2-4 4-8 1-2 3-4 3-5 6-8 4-6 5-8 0-0 1-4 1-3 2-2 5-6 4-4 4-4 1-2 5-5 0-1
4 5 5 3 10 4 6 5 4 1 4 1 5 2 4 2 3 1 6 4 4 6 0 3 3 4 4 3 5 5 5 6 4
0 1 3 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 5 0 2 3 0 3 3 3 2 3 1 4 3 3 2 3 5
917 126-277
16-58 71-106 131
A TO BLK
S PTS
10 8 5 2 3 4 1 3 2 6 4 4 4 8 4 3 2 0 3 2 4 2 2 2 3 4 2 5 1 1 4 2 3
2 1 1 3 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 2
0 3 4 4 7 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 1 4 1 1 2 4 2
69 113 73
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 14 10 2 8 8 3 20 4 5 4 13 13 8 4 10 8 7 9 13 12 9 9 2 10 19 11 13 29 14 6 17 21
6 41 339
* Games started
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING PART OF THE U FAMILY IS bonding with the team... AT THE U, I’VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM Coach Haith… ONE THING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MIAMI BASKETBALL IS we love one another… IF I WAS PLAYING 2-ON-2, I WOULD CHOOSE Adrian Thomas FOR MY TEAM… THE FUNNIEST NICKNAME ON THE TEAM IS Kevin Hart (Malcolm Grant)… BEST FRIEND ON ANOTHER COLLEGE TEAM: Chris Fouch (Drexel) and Kemba Walker (UConn)… OTHER THAN BASKETBALL, I AM TALENTED AT drawing… THE SONG NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE I HAVE ON MY IPOD IS Break Even — The Script… I HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT I LOVE to sing… NO ONE CAN BELIEVE I WATCH Sex and The City… IF I COULD ONLY EAT ONE MEAL FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, IT WOULD BE Jamaican stew peas... THE WEIRDEST THING I’VE EVER EATEN IS curry goat... IF I WERE AN ANIMAL, I’D BE a jaguar... THE FARTHEST PLACE FROM HOME I’VE BEEN IS Hawaii... DREAM DATE: Alicia Keys... IF I COULD SPEND A DAY WITH ANYONE, IT WOULD BE my father... THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN MY LIFE IS my mom... MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS toothpaste in the sink... MY WORST HABIT IS sleeping... ONE PIECE OF ADVICE FOR A NEW UM BASKETBALL PLAYER: Stay focused... WHEN I PLAYED BASKETBALL AS A KID, I PRETENDED TO BE Tracy McGrady... WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I WANTED TO BE my brother... NOW MY DREAM JOB IS to play in the NBA.
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