Preston Shumpert

Junior Year: Shumpert shared the BIG EAST Conference Most Improved Player Award with West Virginia’s Calvin Bowman...He joined Etan Thomas (1997-98) as Syracuse players who have won the award since its inauguration in 1996-97...Shumpert reached double figures in 31 games...He tallied 20-or-more points 17 times...Shumpert opened the season strong with 23 points versus ST. FRANCIS...He followed that up with a career-high 36 points and nine rebounds against DePAUL...It was the highest single-game total by an SU player since Lawrence Moten hit for 36 in a 1994-95 encounter with Villanova...He surpassed his top rebounding effort at the time by grabbing 11 in the MISSOURI victory...Shumpert was selected MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout...He helped the Orangemen to an 81-51 Carrier Classic victory against AKRON with 25 points...The following night he scored 16 versus VIRGINIA TECH and earned a spot on the all-tournament team...Shumpert had a career-high 13 baskets and seven assists against ALBANY...He had 30 points...His ninth straight double-digit effort came versus UW-GREEN BAY (19 points)...He hit the 25-point plateau for the second time in three games with his effort at NOTRE DAME...In the home victory versus GEORGETOWN he tallied 18 of of his 23 points in the first half...Shumpert posted 25 points at NORTH CAROLINA STATE...He had 15 of SU’s 21 first-half points...He grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and added 16 points in the home victory against SETON HALL...He had a 20-point effort at BOSTON COLLEGE on Feb. 7...He scored 34 points, just two shy of his career high, in the Dome victory against CONNECTICUT... Shumpert set a school and Carrier-Dome record with eight three-point baskets... Shumpert tallied 19 versus PITTSBURGH...In the regular-season finale he posted 20 points at ST. JOHN’S...Shumpert logged a career-high 49 minutes before fouling out...He helped the Orangemen get off to a great start in the BIG EAST Tournament with a 31-point showing against CONNECTICUT... Shumpert had 21 points at the half...It was his second 30-point outing versus the HUSKIES last season...He followed up with 14 points in the triumph against PROVIDENCE...He was off to a great start in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinal with PITTSBURGH before an injury cut short his night...He had tallied nine points in 16 minutes when he was poked in the right eye...He suffered a corneal abrasion and missed the remainder of the game...In the NCAA tournament outings, Shumpert had 18 markers versus HAWAII and 20 against KANSAS. Sophomore Year: Shumpert tallied 26 points and seven three-pointers in the Carrier Dome victory against NOTRE DAME...He made his first two collegiate starts at the beginning of the 1999-2000 campaign... Shumpert contributed 15 points and seven rebounds versus WISCONSIN...He returned to the first five in the ALBANY encounter... Shumpert had 18 points and a career-best seven steals...He came off the bench to score 16 points, including 13 in the first half, as Syracuse defeated RUTGERS... Shumpert tied for game scoring honors against UCLA with 18 points...He hit for 18 the next game versus PITTSBURGH... Against VILLANOVA at the Carrier Dome, he poured in 15 points and had three steals...He owned or shared SU high scoring honors in the NCAA outings versus SAMFORD (17) and KENTUCKY (12)...He tallied the game-winning basket against the Wildcats with 36 seconds left...Shumpert had a squad-best 54 treys...Almost half of his baskets (54-of-110) were from behind the arc...He was the club’s best free-throw shooter, making 83 percent of his attempts...In his four starts, he averaged 12.3 points and 4.5 rebounds. Freshman Year: Shumpert scored in his first 15 games with the Orangemen...He started the season by averaging 11.8 ppg. in six outings... He shot 50 percent from the field (26-of-52), including 50 percent from beyond the three-point line (13-of-26), in those six games...He shared BIG EAST Rookie of the Week laurels following his play in the Mau