Gabe Pruitt

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Gabriel Pruitt (born on April 19, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) is an African American basketball player. He stands at 6"4", 170 pounds as a junior in 2007. He can play either the point or shooting guard positions or small forward. Since he is an efficient shooter, defender, and leader, Pruitt did fairly well as a sophomore for the Trojans.[1] with 131 three-pointers, Pruitt holds the record for most three pointers by a Trojan in his first two seasons, ranking 10th all-time at USC. [1] However, due to academic issues he is sitting out the first semester of the 2006-2007 season.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] High school

In High school, he averaged 22 points per game as a senior at Westchester, California High School in 2004. He was a Parade 4th team All-American, Round ball All-America, Student Sports All-America special mention, Los Angeles Times All-City and South Bay/Westside first team and South Bay Daily Breeze Player of the Year honors. He was listed as the #20 prep player in the country by Basketball Times after his senior year, and among the top 20 prep guards via Athlon Sports and Insiders.com in his senior year.

[edit] Basketball career

[edit] 2005-2006

Gabe started 25 games for the USC and finished second on that team and fifth in the Pac-10 with a 16.9 scoring average, whilst gaining 4.0 rebounds and having 3.1 assists per Game. He was named to the All-Pac-10 first team along with fellow Teammate Nick Young; they'd become the first pair of Trojans to make the team since 1992 when it was Duane Cooper and Harold Miner.[1] Additionally Pruitt was chosen to the NABC District 15 first team. On December 3 vs. BYU, he made his first career double-double, scoring 17 points and an achieving a career high 10 rebounds.[1] His next career high was made when he scored 36 points in a 71-69 victory at Loyola Marymount on December 10, which added him Pac-10 Player of the Week honors.[1] From the field, Pruitt was 13-19 (68.4 percent), which consisted of 5 for 10 from the three point range. He became the 12th Trojan to make 36 points or more in a game.[1] He had 16 points (counting 5-for-8 on three point range), six rebounds and assists, and four steals in a victory vs. North Carolina on December 21. He sealed USC's defeat over Stanford on December 31 by making 10 out of 12 free throw shots down the line, including 6-6 in the final 47 seconds remaining of the 82-71 win at the Staples Center.

He scored 30 points on 11-for-18 shooting (5-11 on three point range) in a near victory over Arizona State on January 5 (at 66-65). Pruitt scored six three pointers and made all of his 21 points in the second half of an 86-77 loss vs. Washington on the twelfth. He marked 30 points again on an 8-12 shooting (6 three pointers made) in an 84-78 win on January 28. Pruitt just became the 9th Trojan to score 30 or more points in three games or higher in the same season and the first since Harold Miner in 1992 (who did this 11 times).[1] He tallied a career-high of seven steals and a game high 25 points in a 77-70 win over Arizona on February 2.[1] Then he missed several games from Feb. 9-25 via a tibial plateau fracture in his left knee. His return to action was on March 2, playing in USC's final three games. Though, he only marked 29.3 percent of his shots (12-for-41). He lasted 2nd in the Pac-10 in steals with 55 (2.2 per game).[1] His 111 steals are amongst the top of the Pac-10 players. [1]Making 94 of his 117 (80.3 percent) free throw attempts he ranked tenth in the conference[1] and earned the Joe Barbato Award for the best free throw percentage on the Trojans at the team awards dinner.[1]

[edit] 2004-2005

He gained team MVP honors along with freshmen Nick Young. He led the Trojans by points (356), scoring average (12.3), three point average (.450), 92 assists, and 56 steals earning him the 10-Pac All-freshmen team. His three point field goal percentage set a school record and he hit at a .547 clip (41 of 75) in the latter half of the season. He was among the All-time Trojan Top Ten Fresmen in points (at 5th) average (T-4th), field goals (7th), field goals attempted (8th), field goal percentage (the 9th best ever by a freshman guard), three-pointers (1st), three-pointers attempted (2nd), three-pointer percentage (1st), free throw percentage (9th), assists (5th) and steals (2nd).[1] He scored in double digits in 20 of 29 of his games, including a season-high of 23 twice, both at Stanford at home on the 22 of January and at Stanford on February 27. In the game vs. Stanford he made a season high of seven three pointers out of 11. This ties him up with Anthony Pendleton who had this on (December 9, 1987). He had a season best eight assists in his game vs. San Diego on December 11.[1] And a high of eight rebounds vs. Arizona State on February 12.

[edit] Personal life

Because of his smile, he was named "Smilin' Gabe".[1] He is an undecided major at USC and would like to have a career as a computer engineer. His favorite food is french fries.[1] He enjoys watching the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and "Family Guy". His favorite film "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls." "He says that the best part of being at the USC is being a member of the Trojan family."[1] He likes listening to to Lil Wayne, Eminem, Jay-Z and T.I..[1]


[edit] Player statistics

Gabe Pruitt Statistics
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→ Player statistics by year
Statistics G FG% 3P% FT% Tot. Avg. Asst Bl St Tot. Avg.
2005-2006 25 40.5 38.0 80.3 101.4 4.0 3.1 0.3 422 16.9.[2]
2004-2005 29 48.8 45.0 70.3 73 2.5 3.2 0.1 1.9 356 12.3[2]
Statistics G FG% 3P% FT% Tot. Avg. Asst Bl St Tot. Avg.
Career 54 44.2 41.1 76.8 174 3.2 3.1 0.2 2.1 778 14.4[2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Shooting Success. Retrieved on 2006-11-11.
  2. ^ a b c Statistics Stay Shooting. Retrieved on 2006-11-11.

[edit] External links

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