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Marcus Saxon |
Utah State
Position: Point Guard
Height. 6-2 1/2
Weight. 198
High School: A.C. Flora, Columbia, SC
Age: 23 (3/17/75)
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Season
1996-97
1997-98
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G
29
33
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FGM
134
205
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FGA
310
435
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PCT
.432
.471
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FTM
98
118
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FTA
141
150
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PCT
.695
.787
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REB
121
129
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AST
134
135
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AVG
4.6
4.1
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to
89
110
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STL
39
43
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PTS
382
574
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AVG
13.2
17.4
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1997-98 Season (senior)
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- Named first team All-Big West
- 8th in the conference in scoring, 5th in assists, 4th in FT%, 8th in FG%
- Led the Aggies in scoring and assists
- Named Big West tournament MVP after averaging 27 points (.653 FG%) in three games as Utah State won the championship (they lost to Maryland in the first round of the NCAA tournament)
- He scored 25 points in the loss to Maryland
- Utah State won a school record 25 games and appeared in the NCAA tournament for the first time in 10 years
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1996-97 Season (junior)
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- First team All-Big West
- 3rd in the conference in assists
- Led the Aggies in scoring and assists
- Scored career high 33 points vs Boise State
- Junior College (1993-94 and 1994-95)
- Played two seasons at Chippola (FL) Junior College
- As a sophomore, first team JUCO All-American
- Averaged 23.4 ppg, 7.2 assists and 2.1 steals
- Holds school record for career assists (429)
- Other
- Artis Gilmore played at Chippola Junior College before going on to Jacksonville
- Attended the same high school (A.C. Flora) as Tyrone Corbin and Xavier McDaniel
- After Chippola, signed with Arkansas, but was ruled ineligible and had to sit out a year after transferring to Utah State
- Drafted in 1993 by the New York Mets out of high school as a centerfielder
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