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Courtney Fells
# 4
G/F
Height: 6-6  Weight: 210
Senior
Previous Affiliations
   Shannon
Previous Experience
  
Hometown
   Shannon, Miss.
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Courtney Fells post-Mount St. Mary's

Courtesy: NC State
Release: 12/31/1999

As a Junior (2007-08)
Connected on 45.2 percent (38-84) of his three-point attempts in games versus league competition, that mark would rank first in the ACC if he had enough makes ... Made 38 three-pointers in the 16 ACC games, made only 16 in the Pack’s 15 non-conference games ... Ranked 21st in scoring versus league teams (12.5 ppg) and shot 50.7 percent from the field ... Reached double figure scoring totals in 12 of the 16 ACC games, but reached double digits just once in the last five games of the season ... Banked in a three-pointer with 41 seconds left at Tallahassee to tie the game at 66-all ... The Pack ended up winning over Florida State, 69-66 ... Posted a career-high 23 points in the loss to Georgia Tech ... Connected on a career-high five three pointers at Clemson, he led the team with 19 points ... Scored 17 first-half points in helping the Pack to the road win at Seton Hall ... Set new career highs, when he shot 10-of-11 from the free throw line versus the Bearcats ... Limited to just 15 minutes against South Carolina State due to foul trouble, that was his lowest minutes total since his freshman campaign ... Was in for just 12 minutes versus NC Central after the first-half injury ... Named the MVP of the Old Spice Classic, he led NC State to a 3-0 record and the tourney title over Thanksgiving weekend ... Tied his career-best with 21 points in the championship game against No. 20 Villanova ... Shot 6-of-9 from the field, including 4-of-6 from three point range ... Helped hold last year’s Big East Rookie of the Year, Scottie Reynolds, to just 4-of-12 in that contest as well ... Scored a team-high 18 points in the win over Rider, playing 39 minutes.

As a Sophomore (2006-07)
A second-team All-ACC Tournament performer ... Started 35 of the 36 games at shooting guard, he was out of the starting lineup only on Senior Day ... He did play some at the point as well, while regular starter Engin Atsür was out with an injury ... Played 35 minutes or more in 19 games last season ... His 1,195 minutes played was the fourth-most in a single season at NC State ... His 36 games played also tied a school record ... Increased his scoring output from 2.0 points as a freshman to 11.0 as a sophomore - the fifth-highest increase among ACC players ... Reached double figure scoring totals in 22 games ... Led the Wolfpack in both steals (40) and blocks (28) for the season ... Ranked second on the team with 43 three-pointers made - he had a career high of four in the first games against UNC and Wake Forest ... Was averaging just 7.0 points and shooting 38.1 percent (16-42) in six games prior to the ACC Tournament ... He remedied that with 12.8 points per game in the Pack’s four-game ACC Tournament run, shooting .586 (17-29) from the field, .867 (13-15) from the line ... Scored a career-high 21 points in the win over third-ranked UNC on Feb. 3 ... Recorded his first career double-double against Virginia (1/24), scoring 11 points and pulling down a career-best 10 rebounds ... Gutted out a strong showing against Virginia Tech on Feb. 18 despite playing in pain ... Went 6-of-9 from the field and scored 14 points ... On the defensive end, he limited Hokies guard Zabian Dowdell, the sixth-leading scorer in the ACC, to just nine points ... Scored a then-career-high 20 points in the win at Wake Forest on January 13 - his eight field goals made and 15 attempts, four three pointers and nine three point attempts were all career bests  ... Scored 19 points in the overtime win over UNC Greensboro (1/2) ... Nine of those came from the charity stripe, where he was a perfect 9-9 ... Played a career-high 42 minutes in the contest ... Tied his career-best vs. ECU with five assists and blocked a career-high four shots against Mount St. Mary’s.

As a Freshman (2005-06)
Connected on all three of his field goal attempts in the win over Appalachian State, two were three-pointers ... Did not see action versus ACC competition until the win at Clemson on Jan. 29, he came in for five minutes, pulling down two rebounds ... In for 13 minutes in the NCAA Tournament contest versus Texas, his highest playing total since December.

In High School
Averaged 23.6 points, 10.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists as a senior at Shannon High School ... Named the Gatorade Player of the Year in Mississippi ... Also named first-team all-state ... Team lost in the Region 1-4A championship game ... Had 26 points that outing ... Had game-highs of 38 and 35 points as a senior ... Team’s MVP in the 2005 Commonwealth Classic All-Star game in Richmond, Va. ... Finished with 27 points and seven rebounds ... Hit 4-of-8 three-pointers ... Also played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game ... Was the starting shooting guard for the Mississippi team, and finished with 18 points and five rebounds ... Averaged 18.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists as a junior ... Team went 24-11 that season ... Starter all four years ... Also played two years at quarterback for the football team before giving it up after sophomore season ... Had 20 touchdowns as a sophomore ... Rated No. 24 nationally by Rivals.com, as well as the No. 7 shooting guard ... Also rated No. 30 nationally by Scout.com.

Personal
Son of Jennifer White and Rickey Morris ... Born 9/20/86 ... Majoring in public relations.

Year GP-GS
Min.
Avg.
FG-FGA
Pct.
3FG-FGA
Pct.
FT-FTA
Pct.
Off-Def
Tot-Avg.
PF-FO
A
TO
Blk
Stl
Pts
Avg
2005-06
17-0
131
7.7
13-37
.351
5-23
.217
3-7
.429
9-17
26-1.5
12-0
4
6
3
5
34
2.0
2006-07
36-35
1195
33.2
140-311
.450
45-136
.331
66-86
.767
22-116
138-3.8
93-1
48
63
28
40
391
10.9
2007-08
31-31
906
29.2
114-245
.465
54-140
.386
48-59
.814
17-70
87-2.8
77-3
37
51
20
26
330
10.6
Totals
84-66
2232
26.6
267-593
.450
104-299
.348
117-152
.770
48-203
251-3.0
182-4
89
120
51
71
755
9.0

 

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