| Brent Benson |
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2007-08 (As A Junior)
Ranked second among Texas State's team leaders and 13th among Southland Conference scoring leaders with 12.7 points per game...scored the most points in a game by a Bobcat with a season-high of 28 points against McNeese State, the 28 points were the most scored by a Bobcat...had a total of four, 20-point games...scored 24 points against Sam Houston State after making 8-of-his-10 shots from the field, including all six of his three-point attempts....netted 21 vs. Jacksonville State and 20 vs. Nicholls State...also tallied 19 points at SMU and Prairie View A&M...grabbed a season-high of five rebounds against Huston-Tillotson...snatched four rebounds and blocked his only shot of the season against Stephen F. Austin...handed out a season-high six assists against UT-Pan American...recorded three steals against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Coastal Georgia Community College:
Led the nation both as a freshman and sophomore in three-pointers made ... finished his career ranked No. 2 all-time in three-pointers at the junior college level ... had 305 treys during his career - 141 as a freshman and 164 as a sophomore ... scored 1384 career points ... two-time first-team pick to the Georgia Junior College Athletic Association all-league team ... as a sophomore ranked No. 6 in scoring, averaging 22.2 points per game (711 total points) ... was a preseason, Third-Team All-American ... as a freshman, ranked No. 8 in scoring, averaging 21.7 points per game ... also ranked No. 6 in the nation in free throw percentage at 87 percent (137-of-158).
Gainesville HS:
Four-year letterman on prep team which won 20+ games each year ... three-time All-Region selection who played on a trio of all region teams ... holds several school records at Gainesville including points in a season (819) and points in a career (1807) ... had 126 three-pointers as a senior and set another school mark with 10 treys in one game ... holds the state of Georgia record for three-pointers in a season with 289 ... averaged 27.3 points as a senior while helping lead Gainesville to the Elite Eight ... team advanced to the Georgia high school playoffs' final four back-to-back years ... was the tournament MVP of the Jefferson Championship, averaging better than 30 points per game ... graduated from Gainesville High School with better than a 3.0 grade point average.
Personal:
Son of Bruce and Sandra Benson ... born Oct. 22, 1985 in Gainesville, Ga. ... exercise and sports science major who is minoring in business.
