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Larry Hughes |
1st Round (8):
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
Saint Louis
Position: Two-Guard
Height. 6-5
Weight. 195
High School: Christian Brothers, St. Louis, MO
Age: 19
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Season
1997-98 |
G
32 |
FGM
224 |
FGA
540 |
PCT
.415 |
FTM
180 |
FTA
260 |
PCT
.692 |
REB
162 |
AVG
5.1 |
AST
77 |
to
122 |
STL
69 |
PTS
670 |
AVG
20.9 |
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1997-98 Season (freshman)
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- Conference USA Freshman of the Year, first team all-conference selection
- led the conference in scoring
- second leading freshman scorer in nation behind Ohio State's Michael Redd - 21.9 ppg
- named national Freshman of the Year by the USBWA
- his 670 points broke Anthony Bonner's single season record of 654 set in 1990
- career high 40 points vs Marquette - had four other games of 30-plus points
- 35 pts at So. Illinois (13-24 fgs)
- 30 pts vs UAB (10-18 fgs)
- 32 pts at Louisville (10-30 fgs)
- 37 pts vs UAB (13-25 fgs)
- His 37 points in quarter final loss to UAB was C-USA tournament record
- His four lowest scoring games on the season -
- 7 pts vs Louisville (1-9 fgs)
- 11 pts vs Kentucky (4-17 fgs) NCAA tournament
- 12 pts vs Cincinnati (4-18 fgs)
- 13 pts vs Illinois (3-16 fgs)
- Other
- Will be the first Billiken taken in the first round since Anthony Bonner went 23rd to Sacramento in 1990
- Will become just the fourth first round pick in school history, joning Ed Macauley (1949), Bob Ferry (1959), and Bonner (1990)
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