USD Men's Basketball 1998-1999

MEET THE TOREROS

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#35 RYAN WILLIAMS 6-6 Senior Forward NOTEWORTHY: Ranks 24th al l-time among USO scorers w ith 894 po ints. last year ranked in top-ten among WCC players in scoring, rebounding, FG% and FT% . 1997-98 SEASON AT USD: Started 22 of 28 games, finishing as team' s top rebounder (6.3 ) and second lead ing scorer (15. 1 ppg) ... led team in scoring 10 times wit h a high of 25 points (Portland), and in rebounding 13 times w ith a high of 12 (SJSU ) scored in double d igits in 23 con tests, reaching 20 or more point s on six occasion s . posted double-doubl es in points and rebounds twice (22/ 12 vs. SJSU; 22/ 11 vs. CSDH) ... among WCC players, fini shed 6th in rebounding, 6th in FG percent (.528), 10th in scoring,

and 10th in FT percent (.779) ... earned team 's Zabl e Athletic Exce llence award. 1996-97 SEASON: Sat out recovering from knee surgery. 1995-96 SEASON: Played in al l 28 contests with 13 starts ... 2nd on team in scoring (9.8 ppg) and rebounding (5.3 rpg) ... career-bests of 34 points and 18 rebounds in season -opening w in at Sacramento State ... in that game he made 13-of-20 shots from the floor and 8-of- 11 free throws ... he scored in double-digits in 14 contests ... posted tw o other double-doubles besides Sac State (12/1 0 vs. SDSU; 12/12 vs. Portland) ... w as the team's leading shooter from the field (56.1 %) ... led the team in scoring 7 times and rebounding 12 limes. 1994-95 SEASON: W as one of the top freshmen in the WCC ... started 18 games overall and 13 of 14 WCC contests ... tw o double-doubles aga inst Drake (11 poi nts/12 boards) and USF (12 po ints/ 11 boards) ... scored in double digits 8 times w ith highs of 14 points tw ice (USF & Port land) ... shot 59.1 % from the fi eld overall and 62 .2% in league games ... averaged 9.4 ppg and 5.4 rpg in WCC contests ... team 's second best rebounder (4. 7) overall and tied w ith Brian Bru so for team lead in W CC contests (5.4). HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at O ' D ea High School in Sea ttl e, W A ... led team to 3rd place finish at State AA Championships (O ' Dea won the state title his junior yea r) ... senior yea r averaged 23 .1 ppg and 12.0 rpg w hile shooting 56.8% from the field and 71.4% from the line ... one of 12 players selected to the W ashington ANAAA all -star team at state playoffs he set a single game scoring record for a state tournament game by scoring 48 points (March 12, 1994) ... 1994 M etro League MVP ... 1993 & 1994 W ashington First Team AA All -State .

1993 & 1994 AA A ll-Tournament Team .. 1993 WIAA Sportsmanship Awa rd ... 3-yea r varsity letter winner ... two-time team MVP. PERSONAL: Born on March 3 1, 1976 in Seattle, W A ... works as lifeguard during summers ... parents are Kay O 'Reill y and Greg Williams of Seattle, WA ... dad (Greg) played ba sketball at Seatt le Pac ific ... Accounting major and Finance minor.

TOTAL 3PT FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA 75- 127 .591 0-3 106-189 .561 10-2 1

STL 8 7

A

G-GS MIN 27-18 486 28-13 555 DNP 28-22 848 83-53 22.8

YEAR 94-95 95 -% % -97 97-98 Totals

PCT .000 .4 76

FT-FTA 47-67 52-84

PCT .702 .619

PF

TO BLK 35 9 40 6

PTS AVG REB-AVG 197 7.3 126-4. 7 274 9.8 148-5.3

13 9

49 53

154-2 92 335-608

.527 13-44 .55 1 23-68

2 1 36

.296 102-131 .338 201-282

65 7 140 22

.779 .713

177-6.3 451-5.4

17 48 39 150

42 3 15.1 894 10.8

#50 JEFFKNOLL 7-0 Junior Center

NOTEWORTHY: Voted the team 's Most Improved Player in each of hi s first two seasons at USD ... career 58 percent shooter from field. 1997-98 SEASON AT USO: Played in 25 games with 5 starts ... spra ined ankle at Gonzaga and missed next 3 WCC contests (games 16-18) ... career bests of 10 points (Montana St. ), 6 rebounds (USF) and 2 blocks (CSUN) ... converted 46-of-80 shots (57.5%) ... Team's Most Improved Player award. 1996-97 SEASON: Rec ipient of USD Most Improved Pl ayer Award ... played in 10 games first season ... worked hi s way

into first center off the bench ro le down the stretch, playing in five of the final six contests ... in those five contests he averaged 10 minutes of acti on behind starting center Brian Bruso ... scored a season-best 4 points in win over Southern Utah as he made both field goa ls he attempted ... he grabbed a season best 4 boards in 11 minutes of acti on in home victory over Loyola Marymount ... shot 66.7 percent from the field and 75 .0% from the charity stripe. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Mercer Island High School in Mercer Island, Washington .. . during his sophomore season he averaged 12.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg as team went 27-2 and won the state championship ... during summer of '93 he was li sted as a Pre-Season High Schoo l Al l-Amer ica n (Street & Smith 's) ... missed hi s j unior year (1993-94) after undergoing back surgery ... du ring summer before senior yea r he played in BCI Tou rnaments in Long Beach, Las Vegas and Phoeni x ... he pl ayed first four games his senior yea r (1994-95 ) before break– ing anl

TOTAL 3PT FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA 4-6 .667 0-0 46-80 .575 0-0 50-86 .581 0-0

STL 0

PCT

YEAR 96-97 97-98 Totals

G-GS MIN 10-0 61 25-5 335 35-5 11 .3

FT-FTA 3-4 9-19 12-23

A 3 5 8

PCT .000 .000 .000

PF 4

AVG 1.1

TO BLK 4 3 18 6 22 9

PTS 11

REB-AVG 10-1.0 79-3.2 89-2.5

.750 .474 .522

32 36

101 112

4.0 3.2

4 4