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2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Tafari Toney
- Position:
- F-C
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn, N.Y. (Erasmus Hall
- Prev School:
- San Jacinto College
Was the only Cougar player to start all 34 games... Finished 10th among Conference USA leaders with 6.3 rebounds per game... Recorded nine points and eight rebounds against Charleston... Netted eight points and nine rebounds against Southern... Scored 11 points against Grambling State... Recorded nine points and eight rebounds against Kentucky... Tallied six points, eight rebounds and a career-best four blocks against Arkansas-Pine Bluff... Netted 14 points at Massachusetts... Registered 12 points and six rebounds against Arizona... Totaled 10 points and six rebounds in 12 minutes of playing time at SMU... Recorded the first double-double of his career with 13 points and 14 rebounds against UTEP... Registered nine points and seven rebounds at UCF... Tallied 13 points and five rebounds against Tulsa... Registered 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds at No. 1 Memphis... Scored a career-high 19 points with nine rebounds against C-USA rival UCF. C-USA Championship: Snared a game-high nine rebounds against UTEP during the Quarterfinals. College Basketball Invitational: Tied career high with four blocks at Nevada during the CBI First Round... Finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds against Valparaiso during the CBI Quarterfinals for his second double-double of the season... Also blocked three shots against the Crusaders.
JUNIOR (2006-07)
Played in 24 games and made eight starts for the Cougars after undergoing preseason knee surgery in September...registered season-highs of 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocked shots against East Carolina...netted nine points and six rebounds in his sixth start at seventh-ranked Memphis...recorded eight points and five rebounds in the second half at Southern Miss...registered five points and six rebounds versus Tulane...tallied 12 points and six rebounds against Prairie View A&M...recorded eight points, six rebounds and two blocked shots at UTEP...netted 11 points, a career-high of nine rebounds and two blocked shots against Grambling State...collected one steal against Memphis twice, SMU twice and Charlotte.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Ranked among the Top 100 junior college players in the nation...listed as one of the Top Five power forwards in Texas by JucoJunction.com...was an Honorable-Mention All-Region XIV selection as a sophomore after averaging 8.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game...ranked seventh among the region[apos]s rebounding leaders and 10th among the league[apos]s field goal percentage leaders with 52.5 percent...tallied 12 points and 16 rebounds against Panola...registered 13 points and 11 boards in a 90-89 win over Blinn...recorded 13 points and 12 rebounds versus Midland...had 16 points and 10 rebounds in a second game against Panola...averaged 3.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL
Led Erasmus Hall to a second-place finish in the Brooklyn II-A league standings with an 11-3 record...averaged 12.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a senior...named to the All-Tournament team at River Bank Classic.
PERSONAL
Major is sociology at Houston...born Nov. 15, 1986, in Brooklyn, N.Y...son of Joan Wright and Hugh Toney of Brooklyn...hobbies include listening to music...signed with Houston after being recruited by UNLV, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Wyoming.
2007-08 Game-by-Game Stats |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MOREHEAD STATE 11/09/07 * 14 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 5.0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.0 vs VCU 11/15/07 * 10 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.5 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.0 vs Marist 11/16/07 * 18 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 5 1 6 4.3 4 0 0 1 0 2 7 3.0 vs Charleston 11/18/07 * 30 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3 5 8 5.3 2 0 2 1 0 1 9 4.5 TEXAS SOUTHERN 11/21/07 * 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 4.4 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 4.0 GRAMBLING STATE 11/24/07 * 19 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 5-6 .833 2 2 4 4.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5.2 COASTAL CAROLINA 11/26/07 * 22 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 2 5 4.4 2 0 1 2 1 1 6 5.3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 12/01/07 * 30 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2 1 3 4.3 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 5.1 TOLEDO 12/04/07 * 10 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 4.3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.6 SOUTHERN 12/08/07 * 23 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 2 7 9 4.8 3 0 1 0 2 2 8 4.9 KENTUCKY 12/18/07 * 9 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 3-5 .600 5 3 8 5.1 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 5.3 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 12/29/07 * 27 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 2-5 .400 2 6 8 5.3 2 0 0 0 4 1 6 5.3 at Massachusetts 01/02/08 * 24 7-11 .636 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 2 6 5.4 2 0 2 2 0 0 14 6.0 ARIZONA 01/12/08 * 20 6-11 .545 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 5 1 6 5.4 5 1 0 0 0 1 12 6.4 at SMU 01/16/08 * 12 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 5 1 6 5.5 4 0 0 0 0 1 10 6.7 UTEP 01/19/08 * 31 6-8 .750 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 7 7 14 6.0 2 0 2 1 0 0 13 7.1 at Rice 01/23/08 * 21 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 2 4 5.9 4 0 1 2 0 1 9 7.2 MARSHALL 01/26/08 * 20 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 4 6 5.9 1 0 0 1 3 0 6 7.1 MEMPHIS 01/30/08 * 19 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 5.8 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 6.8 at UCF 02/02/08 * 25 4-8 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 4 3 7 5.9 3 0 0 2 0 0 9 7.0 TULSA 02/06/08 * 24 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 1 4 5 5.8 3 0 1 3 0 1 13 7.2 at Tulane 02/09/08 * 20 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 0-2 .000 2 3 5 5.8 4 0 0 3 0 2 6 7.2 at Memphis 02/13/08 * 35 5-12 .417 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 3 6 9 5.9 4 0 0 1 1 1 14 7.5 SMU 02/16/08 * 24 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 5.9 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 7.2 at UAB 02/20/08 * 10 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 5.7 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 7.0 RICE 02/23/08 * 25 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 5.6 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 6.8 SOUTHERN MISS 02/27/08 * 29 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 3 9 12 5.9 5 1 0 3 3 3 2 6.6 at East Carolina 03/01/08 * 13 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3 3 6 5.9 4 0 0 1 1 1 4 6.5 UCF 03/05/08 * 33 6-11 .545 1-2 .500 6-8 .750 3 6 9 6.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 19 6.9 at UTEP 03/08/08 * 19 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 3 5 8 6.0 4 0 1 4 0 0 4 6.8 vs UTEP 03/13/08 * 34 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 8 9 6.1 3 0 1 1 0 1 6 6.8 at Nevada 03/18/08 * 20 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 2 4 6 6.1 3 0 2 2 4 0 4 6.7 VALPARAISO 03/24/08 * 34 4-10 .400 0-2 .000 2-3 .667 5 7 12 6.3 3 0 1 2 3 0 10 6.8 at Tulsa 03/26/08 * 13 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 6.3 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 6.8 Totals......................... 34 728 93-188 .495 7-27 .259 38-60 .633 89 125 214 6.3 106 3 18 42 27 25 231 6.8 Games played: 34 Minutes/game: 21.4 Points/game: 6.8 FG Pct: 49.5 3FG Pct: 25.9 FT Pct: 63.3 Rebounds/game: 6.3 Assists/game: 0.5 Turnovers/game: 1.2 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.4 Steals/game: 0.7 Blocks/game: 0.8
