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VILLANOVA Brings a pure shooting stroke and great range ...Improved as a defender over the course of his first two seasons in college ... Moves well without the basketball. 2008-09 Season: Played in all 38 games and started 13, averaging 22.8 minutes per game ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 9.3 points per game ... Averaged 3.4 rebounds per game and had 37 assists, 10 blocks and 26 steals ... Shot .410 (110-268) from the field, .418 (76-182) from three-point range and .848 (56-66) at the foul line ... Scored in double figures 19 times, including two games with at least 20 points ... Led Villanova in scoring twice and in steals four times.
2008-09 Big East Regular Season: Started one of 18 games and played 20.7 minutes per game ... Averaged 8.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game with 21 assists, five blocks and 10 steals ... Owned a 1.17 assist to turnover ratio (21-18) ... Shot .386 (44-114) from the field, .427 (32-75) from three-point range and .848 (28-33) at the foul line.
2008-09 Postseason: Played all seven games in the BIG EAST and NCAA Tournaments ... Averaged 8.0 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in the postseason, including 6.4 points per game in the NCAA Tournament.
2008-09 Highlights: Scored a career-high 22 points in a win over Houston Baptist on December 4 ... Shot 7-11 from the field in that game, including draining 6-of-9 three-pointers ... His other 20-point game came against Marquette in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Championship, when he drained 6-of-9 from the field and 5-of-5 at the foul line ... Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds in games against Fordham (November 17) and Syracuse (February 7) ... Had 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting (5-of-7 three-pointers) against Rutgers on February 19.
2007-08: A key part of Villanova's late season run to the NCAA Tournament ... Overall for the season played in all 35 games and made four starts ... Averaged 6.4 points and 2.4 rebounds per game ... Shot .366 from the field (74-202), .296 percent from three-point range (40-135) and a team-best .881 at the foul line (37-42) ... Averaged 12.0 points per game over the final 12 contests ... Contributed more points in that stretch (145) than in his first 23 games combined (80) ... Started the season 16-of-66 (.242) from three-point range and in the 12 games since is 24-of-69 (.348) ... Scored in double figures eight times, with seven of the occasions coming in the last 12 contests.
Postseason: Scored a season-high 20 points in the second round win over Siena, making 8-of-12 shots (2-of-5 three-pointers) and a pair of free throws in a season-high 34 minutes ... Scored four points, all at the foul line, in 12 minutes of first round win over Clemson ... Added six points in the regional semifinals against Kansas ... Averaged 13.0 points per game in two BIG EAST Tournament contests ... After scoring 18 points in a first round win over Syracuse he earned his first career start the next day in a quarterfinal game against Georgetown ... Averaging 12.5 points per game in the postseason.
Regular Season: Endured a patient start to the season to put himself in position to flourish towards the end of the campaign ... Came off the bench in all 30 regular season contests and averaged 5.6 points and 2.5 rebounds per game in 17.1 minutes per outing ... Struggled to find his shooting touch early on but regained it late in the season to help Villanova make a push to reach the postseason ... Scored in double figures by halftime in four of the eight games he had at least 10 points ... Averaged 7.7 points per contest in wins over Temple, Hartford and Columbia.
Big East Regular Season: Some of his greatest contributions to the team came down the stretch of the regular season, as he scored at least 13 points in five of the last seven regular season contests ... Came off the bench in all 18 league games and averaged 7.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game ... Scored in double figures for the first time in his collegiate career when he collected 11 points against Notre Dame ... Starting against St. John's on February 16, ran off four straight games in which he scored in double figures, averaging 15.0 points per game during the stretch while shooting 20-of-37 (.541) from the field and .478 (11-23) from three-point range ... Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds against Rutgers.
Named to the presigious McDonald's and Parade All-American teams for his efforts in helping the Gray Bees' complete a 24-1 season ... Averaged 25.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists as a senior in 2006-07 ... Also named to the EA Sports All-American and first team All-New Jersey by the Newark Star-Ledger ... Participated in the Roundball Classic and was invited to try out for USA Basketball's 19-and-Under team following the season ... Connected on 42 percent of his 3-point field goal attempts in 2005-06 to go with an 11.5 ppg average. PERSONAL A business management major at Villanova ... Parents are Ernest Simpson and Karen Stokes ... Siblings are Brandon Stokes (20), Jamal Stokes (26), Harun Simpson (33) and Saidah Simpson (25) ... Jamal Stokes played at William Paterson College in New Jersey ... Played with current Wildcat Frank Tchuisi for coach Dan Hurley at St. Benedict's ...Born April 24, 1988 in Jersey City, N.J.
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