Brandon Hunter bio

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Brandon Hunter
F
6-7, 265
Sr.-3L
Cincinnati

2002-03: A first-team all-conference selection for the third straight
season... An All-Midwest selection by Basketball Times... Named to the Wooden
Award
Watch list as a preseason All-America choice... Became one of three players in
Mid-American Conference history with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds
(2,012/1,103)... Was named MAC East Division Player of the Week four times,
more than
anyone else in the league... Led the team in scoring (21.5 points per game),
minutes played (38.2 minutes per game) and blocked shots (35)... Led the
nation
in double-doubles through regular-season play with 23... Added one more in the
MAC Tournament for a total of 24... Posted a double-double in 11 straight
games at one point, the longest streak in the country all year... Topped
double
figures in scoring every contest... Enjoyed best offensive day at Marshall,
tallying 35 points (27 of which came after intermission)... Also hit for 33
against Ball State, 32 at Buffalo and 30 against Akron (both meetings)...
Posted at
least 20 on 16 occasions... Had team scoring honors 20 times... Held the team
rebounding lead in each of the first 26 games, but only one of the last
four... Established a new Convocation Center record and career-best with 26
against
Akron, topping the 24 he had in the previous home game (St. Bonaventure)...
Shot 52.3 percent from the field, the highest number on the team... Connected
on just 59.2 percent at the free throw line, but has made 44-of-60 (73.3
percent) the last six games? Hit 10 of a school-record 23 attempts at the line
versus Akron... Had at least one assist in every game but two (Northern
Illinois-H,
at Kent State)... Ranked second on the team with 78 assists... Season-high
was six in the first meeting with Akron... Led the team 12 times... Had four
blocks (one shy of his career high) twice during the season (Navy, vs.
Miami)...
Finished his career as Ohio?s all-time leader in rebounds, free throws (561),
free throw attempts (923)... Ranks fourth in scoring.

2001-02: Named first-team All-MAC? started 26 games this season... missed
games at St. Bonaventure and against Marshall... led the team in scoring (17.3
ppg), rebounding (9.1 rpg) and minutes played (32.4 mpg)... connected on 48.9
percent (159-325) from the field, including 37.3 percent from three-point
range?
hit just 60.3 percent from the free throw line? third on the team with 25
three-pointers... had 10 double-doubles during the season to run his career
total
to 27... just missed with nine points and nine rebounds against Toledo...
topped double digits in scoring in all but four games... led the team in
scoring
11 times, including a season-high 30 at Marshall... the high rebounder 22
times, including 19 of the last 21 games... grabbed a season-high 15 boards
against Oakland and topped double figures nine other times... made 13-of-14
free
throw attempts against Ball State? tied for second on the team with 56
assists?
season high was seven at Western Michigan? had the team high on six other
occasions, including six at North Carolina? blocked 25 shots, second-most on
the
team... had a career-high five against Duquesne? did not foul out of a game
all
season, totaling just 60 for the entire year.

2000-01: Named to the All-MAC first team and the league?s all-tournament
team? finished in the top five in the MAC in scoring, rebounding and field
goal
percentage? the only player on the team to start all 30 games for the Bobcats?
led the team in scoring (18.4 points per game), rebounding (9.4 boards per
game) and minutes played (988/32.9)? had 14 double-doubles, the second-highest
total in the league? hit double figures in scoring 26 times, including a
career-best 37 at Duquesne? also grabbed 13 rebounds that night? topped 20
points on
13 occasions, including six straight games near season?s end? grabbed at least
10 rebounds in 14 contests, including a career-high 19 against Miami?
connected on 51.0 percent from the field (181-of-355)? made at least 10 field
goals on
three occasions? hit at least 10 free throws six times? set a MAC Tournament
record with 32 free throw attempts in three games... dished out 80 assists,
the second-highest mark on the team? made 23 steals and blocked 15 shots.

1999-2000: Named to MAC All-Freshman Team and was runner-up for Freshman of
the Year... started in 32 of 33 games despite a bout with mononuecleosis in
February... third on the squad in scoring with 11.3 ppg and second in
rebounding
with a 6.2 average... 19 double-figure scoring games, including 14 over the
last 21 games... five double-figure rebounding games with four
double-doubles...
tallied 17 points on eight-of-12 shooting against WMU in the first round of
the MAC Tournament... scored career-high 24 points vs. Central Michigan...
also
grabbed 11 rebounds... season-high 12 boards with 17 points against Central
Florida for his first career double-double... season-high seven-of-nine
shooting from the field in the win over Marshall... tallied 18 points on 8-11
shooting vs. Kent State (2/26)... scored 16 points on 7-of-10 from the field
at
Akron... recorded third double-double with 17 points and 11 boards vs. Ball
State... scored 18 points vs. Buffalo, 16 in the second half, with 10
boards...
double-figure rebounding game with 10 boards vs. WMU (1/22)... opened season
with
14 points and nine boards against Cleveland State, while playing season-high
37
minutes.

High School: Averaged 19.5 points and 15.0 rebounds his senior season with
4.5 assists and 3.0 blocked shots per game... a two-time first-team
all-conference and all-district selection... third-team all-state and team MVP
as a junior
and senior... averaged 16.5 points and 12.5 boards throughout his career...
led squad to elite eight as a senior and final four as a junior? coached by
George Jackson... a member of Business Professionals of America.

Personal: Majoring in health care administration? son of Carol Hunter and
Stanley Prophett... born November 24, 1980.      

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