NC State Wolfpack

14  Engin Atsür
	Class: Senior Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey High School: St. Benoit Height / Weight: 6-4 / 201 Position: Guard Birthdate: 04/02/1984

As a Sophomore (2004-05): Named to the Turkish National Team in the summer of 2004, he practiced and competed with the squad until he returned to school in August ... Has added 15 pounds of muscle to his frame since arriving on campus last summer.

As a Freshman (2003-04): A first-team choice for the All-ACC freshman team, he was an honorable mention freshman All-American according to rivals.com ... Also named to the Academic All-ACC squad, he posted a 3.05 GPA in his business major for the academic year ... Averaged 12.3 ppg in eight ACC road games, shooting .618 (34-55) from the field and .595 (22-37) on 3-pointers ... 22 of his 39 three-pointers (56.4%) came in road ACC games ... Hit at least one three-pointer in every ACC road game, and connected on at least three in four of them, with a career-high five at Wake Forest ... Ranked fourth in the ACC in three-point field goal percentage (43.7 percent) versus league competition ... Responded from a scoreless game against Maryland on March 3 with a team-high 17 at Wake Forest on March 6 ... Hit a career-high five three-pointers, and also had a career-best six assists ... Connected on 81% of his free throws in the last two minutes of ACC games (13-16) ... Shot 13-of-18 (.720) of his free thows over the last nine games, after starting the season going 17-of-28 (.607) ... Scored a career-high 20 points versus Florida State in Raleigh ... Led the team with 119 deflections and seven charges drawn in ACC regular-season games ... Started the last 23 games of the season, averaging over 33 minutes a game over the last 15 outings ... Suffered a bit of a shooting slump prior to the game at Georgia Tech, going just 27% (6-22) from the field and 18% (3-17) from three-point range ... But at Georgia Tech he was 5-of-7 from the field, and 3-of-4 on three-pointers ... Had one of the Pack's key plays in the win at FSU, he stripped the ball from FSU big man Alexander Johnson with just 50 seconds remaining and the Pack up just two ... Was ineligible to play the first three games of the season due to international competition rules.

In High School: Developed a reputation as a fiery scorer through his play with the Turkish national team ... Captained the Turkish squad at the 2002 European Junior Championships ... Led his team to a fifth-place finish which qualified them for the 2003 FIBA Men's Junior World Championships during the summer of 2003 in Greece ... Averaged 22.3 points (third in the tournament), 4.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists an outing throughout the junior championships ... Named best shooting guard at the tournament ... At the 2003 FIBA Men's Junior World Championships, averaged 18.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.0 steals in eight games ... Scored 41 points, making 15-of-24 shots (5-of-9 three-pointers) in win over Croatia ... Also had 37 in a loss to Australia ... Team went 5-3 and advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Personal: Fluent in English, Turkish, German and French... Has dual citizenship because his mother is German ... Posted a 3.7 GPA for his first semester of college ... His brother, Emre, was a senior on the Western Carolina basketball squad in 2003-04 ... Son of Renate and Çetin Atsür ... Majoring in business ... Born 4/2/84.

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
2003-04	28-24	822	29.4	79-179	.441	46-120	.383	33-50	.660	24-55	79-2.8	75-5	69	45	1	27	237	8.5