Warren Carter (basketball)

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Warren Carter (born April 23, 1985) is an American college basketball player. He currently plays at the University of Illinois. For much of his early life and that of his brother's his mother was in prison. In an interview at a Champaign, Illinois middle school, he said that he got through these hard times with help from his neighbors. Carter graduated from Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, where he won the National High School Player of the Year Award. As of 2006, Warren plays forward and wears the number 41. His favorite NBA player is Robert Horry, and he thinks the best NBA player is Allen Iverson.^[1]

[edit] College

Carter played in 17 games in his freshman season, scoring a season high of nine points against Western Illinois University.

Carter played in 33 games in the 2004 season when the Illini ranked #1 for most of the season, and ended as the NCAA runner-up to North Carolina Tarheels. He was a backup for James Augustine and Roger Powell. In this season he averaged 2.2 points per game.

In the 2005 season, Carter saw an increase in playing time, and increased his scoring average to 4.7 points per game. His best point production was on December 28, 2005, where he scored 14 points against SE Missouri St. coming off the bench. He also started in his first college game on December 18, 2005 against Coppin State University. The Illini made it to the 2006 NCAA Tournament, and Carter contributed 12 points in a first-round victory against the U.S. Air Force Academy.

After the first ten games of the 2006 season, Carter showed marked improvement, not only starting in each of the games, but leading the team in scoring with a 13.0 points per game. Carter was forced into a leading scoring role based on key early season injuries to Brian Randle and Jamar Smith. On November 28, 2006 he recorded a double-double in a loss to Maryland, scoring 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. In the following game, a loss to Arizona, he had another double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds.