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Marquis Teague - Men's Basketball - University of Kentucky Athletics 25

MarquisTeague

  • position Guard
  • height 6-2
  • Weight 198
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Indianapolis, IN
  • High school Pike

29th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft (Chicago Bulls)

2011-12

Freshman: Started all 40 games and averaged 10.0 points and a team-high 4.8 assists per game … Scored 14 points in a win over Kansas … Recorded eight points with five assists in win over Louisville … Tallied 14 points with seven assists in a win over Indiana … Scored a career-high 24 points with seven assists in a win over?Iowa St. … Tallied 12 points with four assists in a win over WKU … Scored 15 points while dishing out five assists in a win over Florida … Passed out a team-high five assists in a win over LSU … Scored 12 points with four assists in a win at Florida … Recorded 16 points with six assists and four rebounds in a win over Vandy … Led Kentucky with eight assists in a win over Ole Miss … Scored 13 points while dishing out a team-high eight assists with only one turnover in a win at Vandy … Recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 10 assists in a win over Florida … Drilled a pair of 3-pointers while adding a career-high two blocks and a team-best four assists in a win at LSU … Pulled down a career-best seven rebounds while dishing out seven assists in a win at Georgia … Passed out a career-high nine assists and added seven points in a win over Arkansas … Had a career-high 17 points and a team-high four assists in a win over South Carolina … Had a team-high five assists in a win over Louisville … Notched 15 points and had a team-high four assists in a win over Lamar … Tallied 14 points on an efficient 6-of-11 performance from the floor while adding a team-high five assists in a win over Samford … Had 11 points and matched a career-high with eight assists in a win over Chattanooga … Poured in 15 points and added five assists in a loss at Indiana … Scored seven points and had a team-high four assists in the win over North Carolina … Posted a career-high five rebounds while adding five assists and five points in a win over St. John’s … Notched career-highs with eight assists and four steals to go with 14 points in a win over Portland … Connected on 3-of-3 from the 3-point line in a win vs. Penn State … Scored 12 points and added a trio of assists in a win over Kansas … Tallied 16 points and dished out four assists in his collegiate debut versus Marist.

High School

Averaged 22.7 points, 5.9 assists, and 4.2 rebounds for Pike High School … One of five finalists for the Naismith Award for the national high school player of the year … Parade fourth team All-American … Ranked seventh by ESPNU’s Top 100, seventh overall by Scout.com, and fifth by Rivals.com … Received 2011 McDonald’s All-American Honors … Scored nine points with three assists in the McDonald’s All-American Game … Scored 14 points with seven assists in the Jordan Brand Classic All-American Game … Scored six points with three assists and four rebounds for the USA team in the Nike Hoops Summit … Scored 18 points with 5 assists in the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Game, including the game-winning jump shot with 0.9 seconds left.

Personal

Chose Kentucky over Cincinnati, Indiana, Louisville, Ohio State, and Purdue … Brother, Jeff, played for Wake Forest and is currently on the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.

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