USD Men's Basketball 2002-2003

SENIOR MATT DELZELL

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MATT DELZELL 6:...2 Senior Guard/Forward

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Plano, TX

NOTEWORTHY: Three-time West Coast Conference All-Academic Team selection ... school's representative at 2002 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference ... 2001-2002 co-Miller Lite Stu– dent Ath lete of the Year ... career 76.1 percent shooter from free throw line. 2001-02 AT USD: Played in all 29 games with 3 starts ... scored 15 points in I -point home loss to Gonzaga - made all six field goal attempts, including three treys ... pulled down 5 rebounds in two contests (UC Irvine & Pepperdine) ... against Pepperdine at home also played season-high 32

minutes, finishing with 9 points (7-for-7 at free throw line) ... shot a team-best 86.1 percent from the free throw line (31 -36) ... tallied 3 steals in 16 minutes of action in home win over San Diego State. 2000-01 AT USD: Practice and playing time limited due to knee problems .. . still played in 28 contests with 7 starts while averaging 15.3 mintues ofaction per contest ... averaged 4.2 points per game and 1.9 rebounds whi le shooting 46.9 percent from field (38x8 I), 43.5% from beyond the three-point line (20x46) and 70.0% from free throw line (2 1x30) ... scored in double digits twice - 11 points at Saint Mary's and IO points at San Diego State ... season-best 6 rebounds vs. San Francisco in first round of WCC Tournament. 1999-00 AT USD: As a walk-on freshman Matt earned the starting nod at forward, starting 25 -of-29 contests ... named team's Defensive Player of the Year ... selected to WCC All-Academic Team, and shared the team's Scholar Ath lete of the Year award with Cameron Rigby ... averaged 5.9 ppg and 19.6 minutes a game wh il e shooting 53 .8 percent from fie ld, 44.4 percent from beyond the 3-point stripe, and 72.3 percent from FT line ... in his second collegiate game he poured in 20 points in win at CS Fullerton, making 8-of- l 0 field goals (3 -of-4 treys) ... also averaged 1.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists per contest. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Jesuit Co llege Prep in Plano, Texas ... sen ior season averaged 14.5 ppg and 4.5 apg while leading team to 22-1 I record and state championship ... se lected state MVP and First Team All -State ... junior year averaged 13.0 ppg with 23-6 team being state runner-ups .. . named First Team All -State and Defensive MVP ... was selected Most Improved sopho– more year ( 1997) with team winning state title ... faced Torero teammate Sam Adamo twice in state final with each player winning once.

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PERSONAL: Born on September 6, 1980 in Plano, Texas ... parents are Larry

and Paula Delzell of Plano, Texas ... chose USD for academic reputation, basketball program and location ... also recruited by Air Force, Colgate and Texas Tech ... father (Larry) played basketball at SMU .. . Business Admin istration major. MATT DELZELL CAREER STATISTICS -- 1999-2002 TOTAL 3PT YEAR G·GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT A PF STL TO BLK PTS AVG REB-AVG 99-00 29-25 569 56-104 .538 24-54 .444 34-47 .723 48 51 15 44 0 170 5.9 56-1.9 00-01 28-7 428 38-81 .469 · 20-46 .435 21 -30 .700 43 37 20 18 3 117 4.2 53-1.9 01 -02 29-3 461 29-70 .414 9-38 .237 31-36 .861 45 42 10 31 1 98 3.4 63-2.2 TOT 86-35 17.0 123-255 .482 53-138 .384 86-113 .761 136 130 45 93 4 385 4.5 172-2.0

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