USD Men's Basketball 2003-2004

JUNIOR BRETTMELTON

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BRETT MELTON

#00

6-5 Junior Guard

Champaign, IL

USD: Sat out th is past season after transferring from the University of Illinois . Is pro– jected to start at shooting guard for the Toreros where he wi ll supply the team with out– standing outside shooting abil ity.

COLLEGE: Played two years at the Uni versity of Illinois (2000-02) with the team going a combined 53-17, winning two Big Ten Championships, and reach ing the Elite Eight (2000-01) and Sweet Sixteen (200 1-02) ... during hi s sophomore season (2001-02) with the Fighting Ill ini, Brett appeared in 7 contests, making 4-of-8 three-po inters and 5-of-11 shots from the field ... during his freshman year he saw action in 18 games ... he scored 8 points against Kansas State and scored 7 points in win over Michi gan. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Mahomet-Seymour where he averaged 18 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3 assists for hi s hi gh school career ... averaged 24 .9 points during his senior year with team going 18-11 ... was a Top- I00 pick by Bob Gibbons ... named Champaign-Urbana News Gazette 1999 and 2000 All-Area Player of the Year ... Ist Team All-State seni or year; 2nd Team All-State junior season ... as a junior set News-Gazette Holiday Tournament record with 112 points in 3 games, making 22 of 35 three pointers ... during his junior campaign he averaged 24 .0 ppg with squad going 22-7 .. . sophomore year averaged 22.0 ppg with team finishing 18-10. PERSONAL: Born on May 15, 1981 in Champaign, Illinois .. . parents are Mike and Cindy Melton of Mahomet, Illinoi s ... chose USO for the opportunity to help program continue to build, and for a great education ... out of high school was recruited by all the Big-] 0 schools, and numerous other top programs in the country ... club team (I ll inois Warriors) won Nike Nat ional Championship ... played on AAU team that consisted of three players that have reached NBA and five other players that reached the major col lege level ... hobbies include playing video games, li stening to music and go lf ... Commu– nications major.

BRETTMELTON CAREER STATISTICS -- 2000-2003 TOTAL 3PT YEAR G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT A PF STL TO BLK PTS AVG REB-AVG 02-03 DNP 01-02* 7-0 44 5-11 .455 4-8 .500 3-5 .600 2 2 0 1 0 17 2.4 3-0.4 00-01 * 28-0 157 15-59 .254 8-40 .200 5-8 .625 7 13 3 10 1 43 1.5 23-0.8 TOT 35-0 5.7 20-70 .286 12-48 .250 8-13 .61 5 9 15 3 11 1 60 1.7 26-0.7 • denotes University of Illinois statistics

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