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Albert Mouring
At Connecticut: Has appeared in 82 games in three
seasons, starting the past 35... Averaging 8.9 points (732
points) and 2.5 rebounds in three seasons... His career three-point
shooting
average of 43.3% (119-of-275) is No. 2 all-time at UConn behind Ray
Allen
(44.8%)... Emerged as one of UConns top offensive threats at shooting
guard in
1999-2000... Honored as UConns Most Improved Player after both the
1998-99 and
1999-2000 seasons.
As a Junior in 1999-2000: Started all 35
games at shooting guard... Finished No. 2 on the team in scoring at 13.9
per
game... Averaged 14.8 points per game in league games... Led the team in
three-point shooting at 47.8% (86-of-180), the highest single season
percentage
in school history... Was No. 6 in the nation in three-point field goal
percentage... Hit at a 50.6% clip on threes in league games, tops in
the BIG
EAST on the season... Led the team in scoring 14 times, reached double
figures
26 times and registered seven 20-point games on the season... No. 2 on
the team
in assists (79, 2.3/game) and in free throw percentage at 84.3%... Shot
85.3%
from the line in league games... Hit on three or more three-pointers in
a game
15 times in 1999-2000, including one game with six, four games with five
triples and four games with four... Averaged 33.0 minutes per game, 35.6
in
league games... Was named CBS Sports Player of the Game with 17 points
in 39
minutes in season ending NCAA loss to Tennessee... Named to the
All-Tournament
Team at the 2000 BIG EAST Tournament after scoring 61 points in four
games,
including 22 in the championship game against St. Johns... Hit on a
career-high six three-pointers in the championship game vs. St.
Johns... Had a
career-best 23 points, including five-of-five shooting from three-point
range,
in win over Boston College... Hit for 22 points on four occasions... Hit
five-of-eight three pointers and totaled 22 points in win over Duke on
November
12... Hit on 14-of-17 threes in a three-game stretch vs. Pittsburgh
(four-of-five), Texas (five-of-six) and St. Johns (five-of-six)... Hit
on nine
straight threes during that same stretch, vs. Pittsburgh and Texas...
Also
totaled a career-high five assists in the win over Pittsburgh... Hit on
11-of-11 free throws in the win over Georgetown and had a streak of 27
consecutive free throws during the season... Scored 22 points vs.
Villanova on
eight-of-nine shooting, four-of-four from three-point range, and added
four
assists.
As a Sophomore in 1998-99: Played in 32 games
as the first man off the UConn bench... Suffered a sprained right knee
in the
regular season finale at Syracuse on February and missed all three games
in the
BIG EAST Tournament and NCAA opener vs. Texas-San Antonio before
returning to
see two minutes of action vs. New Mexico... Scored 11 points on
four-of-six
shooting, hitting three-of-four three-pointers, in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
win
over Iowa... Hit for six points on three-of-four shooting in the
National
Championship Game vs. Duke... No. 4 on the team in scoring at 7.1 points
per
game... Averaged 2.5 rebounds per game and had 35 assists, fifth on the
team...
Reached double figures 12 times (all as a non-starter), including a
career-high
18 points in the win over Pittsburgh on January 16... Reached double
figures in
seven of eight games from November 27 through January 2, capped by a
12-point,
10-rebound double-double vs. Georgetown on January 2... Scored 15 points
in win
at No. 4 Stanford... Led the team in scoring with 13 points at
Massachusetts on
December 9... Shot 43.9% from the field and made 32 three-pointers,
third on
the team.
As a Freshman in 1997-98: Appeared off the
bench in 15 games... In unique twist, played three minutes and scored
two
points on a tip-in in first college game despite never having practiced
with
UConn before suiting up for his first game...Became eligible December
20, 1997
vs. UNC-Wilmington and began his first semester classes at UConn on
January 21,
1998...Originally announced for UConn in November of 1996 but did not
enroll at
Connecticut in the fall of 1997, electing to continue his attempt to
satisfy
NCAA freshman eligibility standards... Earned qualifying SAT score
November 1,
1997... Totaled 16 points (1.1 avg.) in
15 contests...Scored in each of his first five college games.
High School: Considered one of the nations
Top 50 recruits following his senior season at Colonel Richardson HS in
Federalsburg, MD...Averaged 35.2 points per game as a scholastic
senior...Excellent long-range shooter who totaled 2,513 points during
his high
school career...A resident of Preston, MD.
Personal Profile: Albert
Mouring... Born January 29, 1979... Liberal Arts major.
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