morrispeterson
| Morris Peterson #42 €¢ Forward €¢ Senior 6-4 ï ¿ ½ 215 Flint, Mich. Northern HS €¢ Big Ten Player of the Year |  |
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- John Wooden All-American, Sporting News first-team All-American, USBWA, NABC and Associated Press second-team All-American
- NCAA Midwest Regional MVP, averaging 16.0 points and 4.3 rebounds
- Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player, averaging 18.0 points and 5.7 rebounds
- Big Ten Player of the Year as selected by the leagueï ¿ ½s coaches
- First-Team All-Big Ten Selection by both the media and coaches
- Michigan Stateï ¿ ½s leading scorer (16.6 ppg)
- Also leads MSU in scoring (17.2 ppg) and rebounding (7.4) in conference games
- The only Big Ten player to rank among the top 10 in scoring (5th, 17.2 ppg), rebounding (4th, 7.4), field-goal percentage (5th, .457) and three-point field-goal percentage (8th, .373) in conference games
- First in the Big Ten in overall three-point shooting (.435)
- Four 25+ point games, including a career-high 32 vs. Michigan (2/1), 31 vs. North Carolina (12/1), 29 vs. Iowa (1/8) and 26 vs. Ohio State (2/15)
- Two-time Big Ten Player of the Week (Jan. 10 and Feb. 7)
- Member of NABC District 11 first team
- One of 15 finalists for Naismith Male Collegiate Player of the Year
- One of 12 finalists for USBWA Player of the Year
- Michigan Stateï ¿ ½s leading scorer in 20 of 37 games, scoring in double figures in all but three games
- Seven double-doubles
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Career
- Ninth place on MSUï ¿ ½s career scoring chart (1,542 points)
- MSUï ¿ ½s all-time games played leader
- Fifth place on the MSU all-time three-point field goal chart (142)
- Fifth place on the MSU career three-point field goal attempts list (371)
- Seventh place on the MSU all-time three-point field goal percentage list (.383)
- 1999 All-Big Ten despite starting only one conference game - the first sixth man to earn first-team all-league honors in a major conference
- 1999 USBWA All-District V
- Named Outstanding Player of the 1999 NCAA Midwest Regional
- 72 double-figure scoring games, including 14 20-point performances
- 10 double-doubles
"Heï ¿ ½s one of the five best players in the country. The only reason people arenï ¿ ½t saying that is because he doesnï ¿ ½t have gaudy statistics."
- UConn coach Jim Calhoun
PETERSONï ¿ ½S CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | GP/GS | Min./Avg | FG-FGA | FG% | 3 PT FG-FGA | FG% | FT- FTA | FT% | REB | AVG | PF/D | A | BL | ST | PTS | AVG |
| 1995-96 | 4/0 | 12/ 3.0 | 1-1 | 1.000 | 0-0 | .000 | 0-1 | .000 | 3 | 0.8 | 2/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 1996-97 | 29/18 | 518/17.9 | 72-166 | .434 | 16-59 | .271 | 36-51 | .706 | 97 | 3.4 | 60/1 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 196 | 6.8 |
| 1997-98 | 27/0 | 503/18.6 | 81-182 | .445 | 23-69 | .333 | 32-58 | .552 | 94 | 3.5 | 61/2 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 217 | 8.0 |
| 1998-99 | 38/4 | 907/23.9 | 190-343 | .554 | 22-59 | .373 | 114-140 | .814 | 216 | 5.7 | 97/4 | 36 | 22 | 33 | 516 | 13.6 |
| 1999-00 | 37/36 | 1071/28.9 | 204-440 | .464 | 80-184 | .435 | 128-166 | .771 | 226 | 6.1 | 73/0 | 44 | 11 | 44 | 616 | 16.6 |
| Totals | 135/58 | 3011/22.3 | 548-1132 | .484 | 142-371 | .383 | 310-416 | .745 | 636 | 4.7 | 287/7 | 122 | 42 | 117 | 1542 | 11.4 |
PETERSONï ¿ ½S CAREER STATS VS. FINAL FOUR OPPONENTS
| Team | G | Min/Avg | FG-FGA | Pct. | 3FG-3FGA | Pct. | FT-FTA | Pct. | Reb/Avg | Ast/Avg | Pts/Avg |
| Wisconsin | 10 | 232/23.2 | 30-72 | .412 | 9-23 | .391 | 29-37 | .784 | 35/3.5 | 4/0.4 | 98/9.8 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 53/26.5 | 15-29 | .517 | 4-9 | .444 | 6-9 | .667 | 9/4.5 | 3/1.5 | 40/20.0 |
PETERSONï ¿ ½S CAREER NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME-BY-GAME STATS
| Team | Min. | FG-FGA | 3FG-3FGA | FT-FTA | REB | A | PTS |
| Eastern Michigan (3/12/98) | 17 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Princeton (3/14/98) | 14 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| North Carolina (3/19/98) | 23 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Mount St. Maryï ¿ ½s (3/12/99) | 24 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 12 | 1 | 8 |
| Mississippi (3/14/99) | 30 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Oklahoma (3/19/99) | 23 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| Kentucky (3/21/99) | 33 | 6-13 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| Duke (3/27/99) | 30 | 6-17 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| Valparaiso (3/16/00) | 27 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Utah (3/18/00) | 33 | 5-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Syracuse (3/23/00) | 34 | 6-10 | 5-9 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| Iowa State (3/25/00) | 36 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 7-7 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 12-Game Totals | 324 | 52-129 | 11-31 | 35-41 | 73 | 9 | 150 |
| 12-Game Averages | 27.0 | .403 | .355 | .854 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 12.5 |
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