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#21 - Devonne Giles

Devonne Giles Height: 6' 8" / 203 cm
Weight: 225 lbs / 102 kg
Position: Position 5/4
University: Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University

2008-2009: Eiffel Towers Den Bosch (Holland-Eredivisie):

2007-2008: West-Brabant Giants (NED-Eredivisie): Named Eurobasket.com All-Dutch Eredivisie Forward of the Year, All-Dutch Eredivisie 1st Team, and Dutch Eredivisie All-Imports Team... Averaged 15.5 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game in 37 regular season contests... started in All-Star game... had a season high 22 points and 15 rebounds in a win against the MPC Capitals on 1/27/08... averaged 15.6 points per game and 8.7 rebounds per game in the playoffs... advanced to the semi-finals of the Dutch Eredivisie playoffs.

2006-07: Polynom Giants Bergen Op Zoom (NED-Eredivisie): Played in 38 games and averaged 13.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg and had a 17.7 league efficiency rating... led the Giants to the playoffs after they had missed them in 2006... resigned with the club at the end of the year and will return to the team for the 2007-08 season.

2005-06: Devonne played for the Dakota Wizards of the CBA averaging 6.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, while shooting 44.6% from the field.

Devonne Giles

2004-2005 (SENIOR): Devonne finished the 2004-05 season ranked in the Top 15 in fourth Big 12 statistical categories… Ranked third in the Big 12 in block shots averaging 1.7 bpg, tenth in rebounds with 6.5 per game, eleventh in offensive rebounds (2.5), and fourteenth in defensive rebounds (4.0)… Devonne had 56 blocks this season and had 51 blocks last season. In just two seasons with the Red Raiders, his 107 blocks place him fourth on the all-time blocked shots list at Texas Tech University… lead Texas Tech to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2005 (vs. West Virginia).

2003-2004 (JUNIOR): Devonne averaged 8.9 ppg and 5.0 rpg in his first season as a Red Raider...one of four players (Emmett, Giles, Jackson, and Ross) to play in all 34 games during the season...started 25 games and averaged 22.0 minutes per game...played 30 or more minutes in 6 games with a season high of 38 minutes versus Texas...registered two double-double games (at New Mexico and at Colorado)...had 15 games in which he scored in double figures and had five games of 15 or more points...recorded a season high of 20 points against Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament...fourth among Red Raiders in scoring...had 18 rebounds, 18 points, and was 8-for-8 from the free throw line at Colorado...led the team with 51 blocks...swatted 2 or more blocks in 15 games and notched a season high of 5 blocks in the game against UTEP...was the leading free throw shooter for the team (at least 35 attempts) at .804 (86-for-107)...had 14 games of perfect shooting (total: 53-for-53) from the foul line.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Earned his Associate Degree from Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas...coached by Dave Brown and Swede Trenkle...First Team NJCAA All-American...averaged a team-high 14.3 points and 10.1 rebounds as a freshman...shot 53% from the field and 71% from the free-throw line as a freshman...All-Conference and All-Region as a freshman...led Seward County to #12 national ranking in the final NJCAA poll...Devonne was ranked tenth nationally in rebounding in the April 7, 2003 NJCAA poll...averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds as a sophomore.

HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, NJ...played for Louis Grimsley ...averaged 16 points and 14 rebounds per game...career high of 34 points...best overall game: 25 points and 20 rebounds...scored 13 points, pulled down 22 rebounds, and blocked 9 shots in the final game of the New Jersey Group 3 Champion...First Team All-State...Runner-up (to DeJuan Wagner) as New Jersey's Player of the Year...Second Team Tri-State...Group Three MVP...County Player of the Year...First Team All-County.

PERSONAL: Born July 21, 1983 in Newark, New Jersey...son of Harold Thomas and Dorothy Giles...two brothers (Jamar and Trevin) and a sister, Shanay.

Devonne Giles’s 2006-07 Polynorm Giants Season Totals

Year FG-FGA Pct 3pt FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Reb Avg TP Avg Ast To Blk Ste Min Avg
2006-07 177-312 56.7 11-30 36.7 141-190 74.2 528 13.9 288 7.6 41 85 39 66 990 26.1