USD Men's Basketball 2002-2003

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SENIOR JASON BLAIR

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JASON BLAIR

Phoenix, AZ

6-7 Senior Forward

NOTEWORTHY: Named 2001-2002 All-WCC Honorable Mention ... team's co-Most Valuabl e Player with Andre Laws; co-Miller Lite Student-Athlete of the Year with Matt Delzell ; and rec ipient of the Zable Athletic Exce ll ence Award ... selected to WCC All-Academic Team ... named a San Diego Hall of Champi ons Star of the Month for January, 2002. 2001-2002 AT USO: Last season ranked first on team in rebounding (6.8 rpg) and second in points ( 14.4) ... scored in double-digits 19 times with best of32 points (LMU); in that 32-point effort, Jason made I l -of-14 fi eld goa l attempts, including 3-of-4 shooting beyond the three-point arc ... he also added 13 rebounds and 4 steals against the Lions... five double-doubles, including 19 point-17

rebound effort at Santa Clara ... scored 22 or more points in four different games ... opened WCC play with 28-point, 11 rebound effort in win at Port– land .. . shot a team-best 55.5% from fie ld, a team-best 43.1 % from beyond the 3-point line; and a so lid 77.7% from the free throw line .. . among WCC play– ers, ranked Ist in FG%, 5th in rebounding, 6th in FT% and 8th in scoring. 2000-2001 AT USO: Sat out after transferring from Southwest Texas State. SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE: As a sophomore, Jason averaged team bests of 14.0 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game while shooting 54.2 percent from the field and 66.9 percent from the free throw line ... he led the team in scoring twelve times with a season-best 25 points in season-opening win over Colorado Christian ... scored 20 or more points on five other occa– sions ... posted nine double-doubles in scoring and rebounding including 21 points/18 rebounds against Texas Tech, and 20 points/ I4 rebounds agai nst Texas-San Antonio ... as a freshman he averaged 18 minutes a game as the first forward off the bench -- he finished with averages of5.9 points per game and 3.7 rebounds per game ... his season-high for scori ng came in the SLC post-season tournament when he hit for a game-hi gh 19 points aga inst McNeese State ... he finished his frosh year as the team's top field goal shooter at 58.3 percent. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Shadow Mountain High School where he aver– aged 22 poin ts and 11 rebounds as a senior; he averaged 26 points and 13 rebounds as a jun ior ... Shadow Mountain advanced to the state tournament fina l hi s senior season before los ing to eventu al c hampio n, Mesa Mountainview ... Blair was a two-time All-State selection, in addition to be– ing named the Northeast Valley Player of the Year in Arizona ... he was a lso Desert Valley Region Player of the Year ... he was twice named All-Region, as we ll .. . he is only the second pl ayer in Arizona high school hi story to score over 800 points and grab 400 rebounds in a si ngle season for C lass 4-SA ... his 1,632 career points are second only to Mike Bibby. PERSONAL: Born on June 25, 1979, in Phoenix, Arizona ... chose USO for its location and basketball program ... bes ides SW Texas State, was also recruited by Eastern Washington and Northern Iowa ... parents are Chuck and Marlene Blair of Phoenix, AZ ... Business Administration major.

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JASON BLAIR CAREER STATISTICS --1998-2002 TOTAL 3PT YEAR G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT A PF STL TO BLK PTS AVG REB-AVG 98-99· 28-4 505 56-96 .583 0-0 .000 53-87 .609 16 42 20 18 1 165 5.9 103-3.7 99-oo· 29-29 885 143-264 .542 0-0 .000 119-178 .669 38 52 23 35 2 405 14.0 238-8.2 00-01 [lip 01 -02 29-23 796 132-238 .555 25-58 .431 129-1 66 .777 36 73 18 36 3 418 14.4 197-6.8 TOT 86-56 25.4 331-598 .554 25-58 .431 301-431 .698 90 167 61 89 6 988 11 .5 538-6.3 * denotes Southwest Texas State statistics

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