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Furman University

2012-13 Furman Men's Basketball Roster

22 Bobby Austin

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • High School LaSalle High School

Biography

2011-12: Averaged 7.5 points and 2.6 reboundsper game while making 26 started and logging time in 30 of Furman''s31 games... Shot 37.5% from beyond the arc and 81% at the foulline... Ranked second on the team with 22 steals... Scored indouble figures nine times, including a career-best 17 points in a77-45 win versus The Citadel... Tallied 16 points and dished outsix assists in an 85-79 victory over Jacksonville.

2010-11: Battled injury to appeared in 14 gamesduring the 2010-11 campaign while averaging 0.6 points and 1.4rebounds per game... Helped Furman to a 22-11 record and theschool''s first postseason bid in 20 years.

2009-10:  Sat out the 2009-10 season whilebattling a back injury.

2008-09:  Sat out the 2008-09 season whilebattling a back injury.

2007-08:  Played in 29 games and earned 21starts while contributing a team-high 30 steals…averaged 4.7points and 3.4 rebounds per game…connected on 35.5% (22x62)of his three-point attempts and tied for second on the team with 10blocked shots…netted 10 points in his collegiate debutversus UNC Asheville…scored a career-best 15 points andclaimed anotehr season high nine boards in 68-63 loss versusGeorgia Southern…tallied 12 points and eight rebounds versusNorthern Arizona…led squad in rebounding seven times.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2007 graduate of LaSalle HighSchool...basketball coach was Dan Fleming...played both point andwing guard...member of three district championship teams...averaged16.5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game his senior year in leadingLaSalle to an 18-6 record and 9-5 Greater Catholic League mark...inall, paced LaSalle in scoring and rebounding his junior and seniorseasons and was a two-time first team all-conferenceselection...earned all-city accolades as a senior...named MVP ofthe Kingdom of the Sun (Fla.) Tournament in 2006-07 after scoring16 points in a 63-57 title game win over Columbia (Ga.) HighSchool...also played tight end on LaSalle’s football teamsand competed in track & field, specializing in the high jumpand 4x100 meter relay...member of the AAU Queen City Prophetscoached by Ozie Davis.

 

PERSONAL:  Full name is Robert Lee AustinIII...son of Robert Austin and Angelica Colvard...born April 23,1988, in Cincinnati, Ohio...father played basketball at Universityof Cincinnati (1979-82)…majoring in health science.

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Historical Player Information

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    2010-11Junior

    Guard
    6'3" 200 lbs
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    2011-12Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 200 lbs
    22
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    2012-13Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 200 lbs
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