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Show BASKETBALL PREVIEW SPECIAL, Oct. 17, 2007 Page 4 So, who's who on this year's men's team} JAYCEE CARROLL This Season: Named the WACs preseason Player of the Year...Has had a wonderful career at Utah State...Continues to improve on the defensive end of the court and his continued development as an all-around player his senior year is critical to the team's success... Has a great work ethic and passion for the game of basketbaiL.As good of a shooter as you will find in the country...ls exceptionally quick and an outstanding leaperforhis size...Enters his senior season seventh all-time at Utah State with 1,737 career points and is just 391 points shy of breaking Greg Grant's (1983-86) all-time scoring mark of 2,127 points...Has started 97 of a possible 99 games during his career.-.Ranks first all-time at Utah State in three-point shooting (.452), second in three-pointers made (255), fourth in three-pointers attempted (564), fourth in double-figure scoring games (86), fifth in games started (97), sixth in field goals made (613) and attempted (1,213), sixth in free throw percentage (.834) and 12th in scoring average (17.5)...Among active Division I players, he ranks first in the nation in career three-point shooting, is second in total points scored, third in career scoring average, seventh in three-pointers made and seventh in free throw percentage (.834). k 2007 Season (Jr.): Earned honorable mention AI1American honors from the Associated Press and first-team a 11-conference honors as he finished the season first in the Western Athletic Conference and 10th in the nation in scoring with 21.3 points per game...A!so led the WAC and ranked 12th in the nation in free throw shooting at 88.8 percentRanked first in the conference in three-point shooting (43.2), fifth in overall shooting (52.7) and 12th in rebounding (6.3), leading the team in each category...Scored 746 points during the year, which ranks second all-time in school history behind only Wayne Estes who scored 821 points during the 1963-64 season... Those 746 points are also tied for the eighth-most ever scored in a single-season in the 45-year history of theWAC.PIayed 1,255 minutes (35.9) during the year which ranks first all-time at Utah State, while his 21.3 point scoring average ranks 15th all-time...Became just the third player in school history to lead its league in scoring along with Greg Grant &2.6) and EricFranson (18.4), who both led the Big West in scoring in 1986 and 1995 respectively...Scored in doublefigures in 34 of the team's 35 games during the season and had a stretch of 31 straight double-figure scoring games, which ranks eighth all-time in school history...Scored 20-plus points 21 times during the season, 30-pius points twice and 40-pIus points once...Was named the WACs Player of the Week along with garnering National Player otthe Week honors from ESPN's Dick Vitale after scoring a career-high 44 points in Utah State's 75-62 home win against New Mexico State on Feb. 5 as he was 12-of-16 from the field, five-of-seven from three-point range and a perfect 15-of-15 from the free throw line, which is a school record...Those 44 points are the third-most ever scored in the history of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and the most ever by a USU player in the building...lt is also the seventh-most points scored by an Aggie in a single game in school history and the most since Nate Williams had 45 points against St. Peter's on Dec. 8, 1969...Those 44 points were also the fourth-most scored in the nation during the season and the 18th-most ever scored by a collegiate player from the state of Utah...Also had 10 rebounds against the New Mags...l_ed Utah State in scoring 24 times during the season and was the team's top rebounder in 16 games.-Recorded four double-doubles during the year, including a career-high 13 rebounds against Hawai'i in the first round of ® See PLAYERS, page 5 Jaycee Carroll gets fouled while scoring in Spectrum action. Trevor Neilson photo THIS YEAR PASSING YOUR MOST DIFFICULT TEST MAY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH COLLEGE •r-1 Lr/ie Z) /a moncf S^ ROSS HlOMTfcffc IABI KNACLIc, '0% OFF FOR USU STUDENTS |