Height: 6-11
Weight: 230 lbs.
Birthday: August 14, 1981
School:Memphis 2003
Hometown: Clarksdale, Mississippi
USA Basketball Notes:
Named as one of 16 finalists for the 2001 USA Men's World University Games Team.
Two-year letterman who has started 26 games and played in all 66 games of his career ... invitee to USA Basketball's National Team Trials and selected to the USA World University Games team which captured the bronze medal in China ... averaged 3.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, shot 68.8 percent fromt he field and made both of his three-point attempts over the course of eight games ... had five points, four rebounds and an assist in a tournament-high 15 minutes of play against China in the semifinals ... was the first player off the bench in a team-high 16 games but started six of the Tigers' seven post-season contests ... for the year averaged 8.3 points and 4.7 rebounds ... during the Tigers' five-game run in the TiVo NIT, averaged 10.6 points and 6.6 rebounds ... shot 54.1 percent from the field during the season, ghood for sixth-best in Conference USA ... in C-USA games shot 57.8 percent, which ranked fourth in the league as did his 1.31 block average during the season ... named the team's most improved player ... was a big surprise for the Tigers as a freshman, when he averaged 5.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game as a rookie ... right out of the blocks scored 15 points and had eight rebounds in his first career game against Georgetown ... was 5-for-10 from the field against the Hoyas.
Started against Temple, finishing with 12 points (4-for-6 from the field) and six rebounds ... blocked a season-high four shots at Miami and had seven in two games (three against Christian Brothers) ... recorded first double-double of the season and third of his career, finishing with 10 points and 10 rebounds to go with three blocks against Howard ... came off the bench to score 24 points in the Tigers’ win at Houston ... was 10-of-11 from the field, including 9-of-10 in the seconds half against the Cougars ... scored eight of his 10 points in overtime against Saint Louis, knocking down back-to-back buckets to give the Tigers a four-point lead in OT ... also had 11 rebounds, including six offensive boards, against the Billikens ... registered third double-double of the season while leading the Tigers in rebounds for the first time this season at Tulane, finishing with 12 points and 10 rebounds ... scored nine first-half points on 4-for-5 shooting and finished with 16 points and eight rebounds at UAB ... equaled a season high with four blocks to go along with 16 points in loss to Marquette ... was 11-of-16 from the free throw line in the first half of the Tigers’ game at Charlotte ... scored a team-high 17 points but had just one field goal after intermission at Charlotte ... scored 18 points, including 12 in the second half in the Tigers’ loss at Louisville ... was 5-for-7 in the first half against Marquette in the Tigers’ quarterfinal game of the C-USA Tournament, scoring 11 points ... scored 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting, had six rebounds and blocked two shots in the Tigers’ TiVo NIT opening-round win at Utah ... recorded fourth double-double of the year, finishing with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the Tigers’ win over UTEP ... with 16 points and a season-high 12 rebounds, recorded his second straight double-double in Memphis’s third-round win over New Mexico.
Received his first career start the third game of the season against Chaminade and responded by tying a tournament record with six blocks to go along with 17 points and 11 rebounds ... ended up starting more than half the Tigers’ games as a rookie (17) ... scored 15 points, two shy of a career mark, in the Tigers’ win over Louisiana at Monroe ... was 6-for-9 in the second half and also had five rebounds in the ULM game ... had almost twice as many offensive rebounds as Grambling State had as a team (11 to Grambling’s six) ... scored a game-high 15 points and had 19 rebounds for his second double-double in addition to two blocks and two steals ... scored six, second-half points against Arkansas ... pulled down a huge rebound on the defensive glass and was fouled with 10.7 seconds to play in home win over South Florida ... registered his first double-figure scoring game since Grambling State, finishing with 13 points, along with five rebounds and a career-high three asssits against UAB ... returned to the starting lineup against UNC Charlotte and finished with 10 points, his second straight double-figure scoring game ... fell a rebound shy of a double-double, scoring 11 points and pulling down nine rebounds in the Tigers’ road win at Houston.
Averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks as a senior ... helped Clarksdale to a 21-7 record senior season ... named all-District 3-4A as well as all-state honorable mention ... posted a triple-double in a game against Humphreys County, scoring 17 points to go with 20 rebounds and 13 blocked shots ... as a junior averaged 12 points, eight rebounds and three blocks ... high school coach was Ronnie McBride ... also played high school tennis ... reached the Mississippi Class 4A state playoffs in mixed doubles.
Son of Jeraldine Barron and the late Earl Barron ... undecided on major but leaning toward a degree in business administration.
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