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Eric Coley
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Allsport
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Position: Shooting Guard
College: Tulsa
Conference: WAC
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 210
Age: 22
Birthdate: 08/26/77
High School: Eufala HS, Eufala, Okla.
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Coley is a monster defender who can also get his share of points, though his perimeter game needs some work. As a senior, Coley had 123 steals, fifth in the country and tops in the Western Athletic Conference. Coley finished his career as the all-time steals leader at Tulsa and in the WAC. Coley can also turn back shots; he was Tulsa's second-leading shot blocker (46) last season. He finished second on the school's all-time blocked shots list. Coley pulled off the school's first triple-double against UAB and just missed making it a quadruple-double: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and a school-record-tying eight steals. A first-team All-WAC pick, Coley is a great athlete who can excel as a defender in the pro game.
| Career Statistics |
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| Seasons |
G |
FGs |
PCT |
3-pts |
PCT |
FTs |
PCT |
RPG |
APG |
BLK |
STL |
PTS |
AVE |
‘96-97
‘97-98
‘98-99
‘99-00
Totals
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34
27
33
37
131
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76-149
111-228
118-252
178-340
483-969
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.510
.487
.468
.524
.498
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2-5
16-47
20-72
11-54
49-178
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.400
.340
.278
.204
.275
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15-27
42-65
44-72
50-88
151-252
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.556
.646
.611
.568
.599
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3.5
5.5
5.4
6.8
5.3
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1.4
2.7
2.6
3.4
2.6
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20
37
33
46
136
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61
53
62
123
299
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169
280
300
417
1166
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5.0
10.4
9.1
11.3
8.9
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Senior Season
Played in 131 games -- the most in school histoy
The WAC record holder for career steals (299) and single-season steals (123)
Became only the second player at Tulsa to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 steals in a career (the other player was Shea Seals)
In his career, had seven games of 7+ steals
All-WAC First Team
AP Honorable Mention All-America
Ranked fifth in the nation in steals (3.3)
Helped lead Tulsa to the Elite Eight
Junior Season
Ranked first on the team in assists (2.6), steals (1.9) and second in blocks (46)
Helped lead Tulsa to the second round of the NCAA tournament
Sophomore Season
Was Tulsa's second-leading scorer with 10.4 ppg
Selected to the WAC All-Defense team
Freshman Season
Was selected as the WAC's Top Sixth Man according to the Fresno Bee
Had seven points and 11 rebounds in his first college game
Notables
Tulsa has not had an NBA first rounder since Steve Harris (Hou) in '85 (Michael Ruffin was a second-rounder last season)
Four-year letterman in HS
Likes to ride horses and rope calves
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