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MEN'S BASKETBALL
#45 - RUSS ANDERSON
| QUICKLY: Enters the season
as a leading candidate to start at the No. 3 spot... Possesses solid ballhandling
skills and shooting range for a frontcourt player... Fundamentally sound
player.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Played in three of Monmouth's five games in Europe... Suffered an ankle injury in the third game and sat out the remainder of the trip... Tallied 11 points and seven rebounds in the series opener vs. Entente Orleanaise. 1999-2000 (Freshman): Played in all 28 games as a freshman, including two starts... Averaged 4.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game... Increased output to 5.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in league play... Scored nine points off the bench in Monmouth's loss at DePaul (12/6)... Contributed seven points in the Hawks' one-point victory over UMBC (1/10)... Registered first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in Monmouth's 73-67 loss to St. Francis [N.Y.] (1/22)... Tallied nine points in overtime loss vs. Robert Morris (2/5)... Posted 16 points and four rebounds in loss at Quinnipiac (2/12)... ... Logged 12 points and five rebounds in road loss vs. Mount St. Mary's (2/24). HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J... Played center for Coach Kevin Diverio... Averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks per game as a senior... Shot 88 percent from the charity stripe and 58 percent from the field during his senior campaign... Named first-team All-Bergen County by The Record as a senior... Selected to play in both the New Jersey State High School All-Star Game and the Bergen/Passaic All-Star Classic in 1999... Also named team most valuable player and all-league as a senior... Helped Dons to a Bergen County title in 1996 and league crowns in 1996 and 1997... Also earned three letters in track and field and participated in soccer... Earned All-Bergen County honorable mention in the discus. PERSONAL: Son of Pat and Russ Anderson... Born December 25, 1980 in Goshen, N.Y... Major is currently undecided.
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