USD Men's Basketball 1997-1998

TORERO RETURNERS

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# 12 ALEX PARKER 5-11 Senior Guard 1996-97 SEASON AT USO: Played in all 28 games last season with starts in the first 19 contests ... played both poi nt guard and shooting guard positions ... became first Torero to lead the WCC in steals, finishing with 62 (2 .2 spg) ... averaged 8.3 points per game while shooting 38.6% from the field and 71.9% from the line ... team leader in assists with 111 (4.0 apg) ... led the team in scoring three times and scored in double digits seven times with a personal best

20 points twice (San Diego State & Pepperdine) ... other highs of 5 rebounds (Stanford), 9 assists (UC Irvine & Gonzaga), and 6 steals (Kansas). COLLEGE: Played 1995-96 season at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas .. . averaged 13.2 points per game and 5.7 assists per game while leadi ng his team to the conference title and state playoffs.. . converted 45 percent from field and 78.0 percent of his free throw attempts ... attended Paine College (1993-94) in Augusta, Georgia after high school, but did not play ... he played one semester at UTEP(l 994) before transferring to McLennan. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Junipero Serra High School in Gardenas, California where he directed his senior year team to a 27-5 mark and the CIF (4A) state championship title .. . averaged 15.0 ppg and 7.0 apg ... he was selected All-State and AII-CIF both his junior and senior campaigns. PERSONAL: Born November 9, 1974 in Los Angeles, California ... parents are Alfred and Shei la Parker of Los Angeles, CA .. . changed last name back to Parker in off-season after using Davis in 1996-97 .. . other schools to recruit him included UC Irvine, St. Louis and Central Florida ... hobbies include reading and going to the movies ... Psychology major.

TOTAL

3PT

YEAR 96-97

G-GS MIN

FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA

PCT

FT-FTA

PCT

A

PF

STL

TO BLK

PTS AVG REB-AVG

28/19

732

68/176

.386 23/63

.365 74/103

.719

111

75

62

82

5

233

8.3

57-2 .0

#14 MIKE COURTNEY 6-6 Senior Forward '97-98 Co-Captain 1996-97 SEASON AT USO: Played in 11 contests in a reserve ro le ... scored a season-best 3 points on the road in WCC contest at Santa Clara University .. . a great team pl ayer with excellent attitude and hustle ... was recipient of Bugelli Leadership team award, presented to

the player who best demonstrates those qualities that help make a group of people a team . 1995-96 SEASON: Played in seventeen contests with eight starts, six of them coming in WCC contests ... he started games 10 through 17 with the team going 4-4, including WCC w ins over USF and Pepperdine ... converted three of six three-pointers w ith treys dropping in against Gonzaga, CS Northridge and Santa Clara ... had season-bests of 4 points (Cal State Northridge), 4 assists and 20 minutes played aga inst Portland. 1994-95 SEASON: This was Mike's first season in uniform after sitting out the 1993-94 cam– paign ... a swingman who came from a well coached high school program, Mike saw limited time, appearing in six contests. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, CA ... senior year averaged 14.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 58.0% from the field and 68.0% from the charity stripe ... was an All-League performer senior year in the Western Catholic Athletic League (WCAL). PERSONAL: Born on March 20, 1975 in San Jose, CA ... hobbies include computers and baseball ... parents are Allan Cou rtney and Linda Balogh of Portola Valley, CA ... Business major.

3PT

TOTAL

PCT

YEAR 94-95 95-96 96-97 Totals

PTS AVG REB-AVG

A

G-GS MIN

PF

PCT .000 .500 .000 .273

STL

FT-FTA

TO BLK

FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA

6-0

0-1 2-4 2-4 4-9

0-3

.000 .294 .286 .259

0

0-2 3-6 0-3

0.0 0.9 0.6 0.6

0

3-0.5

14

0 4 2 6

0 0 0 0

.000 .500 .500 .445

0

0 9

15

12

17-8 11 /0 34-8

18

16-0.9 3-0.3 22-0.6

134 30 6.4

5-17

2-7

1

1

5

6

3-11

23

7-27

21

13

10