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#14 - Darris Nichols
2008-2009: Atomeromu SE Paks (Hungary-A Division): 2007-08 (SENIOR): Played in 141 consecutive games for the Mountaineers while starting 73 consecutive games at point guard... West Virginia was 99-42 during Nichols’ career... was a member of the 2005 NCAA Elite Eight, 2006 NCAA Sweet 16, 2007 NIT championship and 2008 NCAA Sweet 16 teams... Nichols holds the school record for career games played, breaking the previous record of 128 against Seton Hall...set the NCAA record for most games played without fouling out (141)... received the 2008 BIG EAST Sportsmanship Award... he averaged 10.7 points per game and led the team in assists with 119... had just 42 turnovers in 1,282 minutes, an average of just over one turnover a game in 34.6 minutes per game... for his career, he had 399 assists and 135 turnovers in 3,528 minutes... BIG EAST Academic All-Star... Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll... seven points shy of 1,000 for his WVU career. 2006-07 (JUNIOR): Led the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio ... named to the NIT all-tournament team ... started all 36 games, averaging 10.9 points per game ... nearly shot 50 percent from the field ... also shot 42 percent from 3-point range and 84 percent from the free throw line ... named to the NIT all-tournament team ... led the team in minutes played at 1,251 ... played more minutes in a season than any other player in school history ... started and had a game-high 14 points against Mount St. Mary’s ... scored five points with five assists against Slippery Rock .... scored nine points against Canisius ... had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists against Montana ... had 18 points, including 10-of-10 from the free throw line against Western Michigan ... scored a game-high 15 points against Arkansas ... named to the Old Spice Classic all-tournament team ... named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 27 ... scored 11 points with eight assists against NC State ... scored nine points with seven rebounds and six assists at Duquesne ... had a career-high seven steals to go with six assists and six points against Savannah State ... scored seven points vs. The Citadel ... scored 14 points against UConn ... had nine assists against Villanova ... scored a career-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting against St. John’s ... assists against Cincinnati ... scored 16 points with eight assists vs. Providence in BIG EAST opening round ... scored eight points vs. Louisville in BIG EAST quarterfinals ... scored six points vs. Delaware State in NIT ... scored 14 points vs. UMass in NIT ... scored eight points vs. NC State in NIT quarterfinals ... hit the game-winning 3-point shot against Mississippi State in the NIT semifinals ... finished with 17 points against the Bulldogs ... had 13 points and nine assists against Clemson in the NIT finals.
2005-06 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 33 games, backing up J.D. Collins ... averaged 3.1 points and 1.2 rebounds per game ... dished out 51 assists on the season ... shot 38.4 percent from the floor and 81.8 percent from the free throw line ... scored a season-high nine points against UMBC ... scored seven points in 15 minutes against Duquesne ... scored five points against Oklahoma ... scored four points at UCLA ... scored five points vs. ND ... four points vs. Cincy ... scored four points at Pitt ... handed out three assists against Texas. 2004-05 (FRESHMAN): Played in all 35 games, starting two of them ... averaged 3.0 points and 1.2 rebounds ... dished out 64 assists ... shot 42.7 percent from the field ... averaged 15.8 minutes per game ... played 16 minutes but did not score against Saint Peter’s ... scored his first collegiate points with a three-pointer against Duquesne ... made his first collegiate start against St. John’s and finished with four points and four rebounds ... started and had six points vs. Marshall ... scored six points against ND ... scored four points at Providence ... scored four points at BC ... scored four points against Providence ... five points against Rutgers ... scored four points against BC in BIG EAST tournament ... (NCAA Tournament): scored four points against Wake Forest ... scored two points against Texas Tech ... scored three points against Louisville. HIGH SCHOOL: Roanoke Times All-Timesland Player of the Year as a senior at Radford High School for Coach Rick Cormany ... completed a brilliant four-year career as Radford’s point guard by leading the Bobcats to the Group A final four for the third time ... scored 32 points in Radford’s 72-62 semifinal loss to eventual champion Altavista ... averaged 24.8 points, 7.1 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game ... shot 55.6 percent from the field, 35.6 percent from three-point range and 80.1 percent on free throws ... finished his career with 2,005 points ... named to the all-group A first team by the VHSCA ... averaged 21.7 points and 5.1 assists per game as a junior ... shot 52 percent from the field and 83.1 percent from the free throw line. PERSONAL:Son of William and Donna Nichols ... born May 20 ... majoring in sociology… BIG EAST Academic All-Star. Darris Nichols’s 2007-08 West Virginia University Totals
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