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2001-02 Notes: Ended the year starting 27 of his 29 appearances ... Finished No. 3 on the squad in scoring (8.4 ppg) and No. 2 in rebounding (6.2 rpg) ... Paced the team with 131 defensive rebounds ... Finished with eight points and was the club's No. 2 rebounder with six vs. Tulsa (Mar. 14) in the NCAA Tournament ... Team's top rebounder vs. Houston (Mar. 8) with five ... Four-of-seven from the floor and totaled nine points vs. DePaul (Mar. 1) ... Team's No. 2 scorer with nine points and finished with six boards (tied for No. 2 spot on team) vs. East Carolina (Feb. 26) ... Tied with Dwyane Wade for the team's led with seven rebounds vs. Charlotte (Feb. 19) ... Team's top board man in 10 games during the year ... Scored in double figures for the 11th time in '01-02, totaling 11 points vs. Louisville (Feb. 16) ... Career-best 16 rebound performance at Southern Miss (Feb. 9) was his fourth outing of double-digit rebounding this season ... Totaled 14 points and paced the team in rebounding with nine against East Carolina (Feb. 6) ... Finished the year with steals in nine of his last 10 games ... Tied Oluoma Nnamaka for team lead in rebounding with seven vs. Saint Louis (Jan. 26) ... Led the team in scoring for the second time this year with 19 points vs. TCU (Jan. 23) and hit a career-high tying eight-of-13 from the floor against the Horned Frogs ... Started the last 20 games of the year ... Named C-USA Player of the Week after totaling 35 points and 21 rebounds in wins over Louisville (Jan. 9) and Saint Louis (Jan. 12) ... Sank eight field goals in 10 attempts en route to a career best 23 points vs. Saint Louis (Jan. 12) ... Team-high tying eight caroms vs. Saint Louis (Jan. 12) ... Had eight games of seven or more rebounds in league action ... Recorded 12 points along with a then career-high 13-rebounds vs. Louisville (Jan. 9), his third double-double of the year and fifth of his career ... Recorded his second double-double of the year, a 15-point, 11-rebound performance vs. Morris Brown (Jan. 2) ... Hit seven-of-13 from the floor against Morris Brown ... Shared for the team lead in boards with eight against Wake Forest (Dec. 29) ... Paced the team with eight caroms vs. Wisconsin (Dec. 22) ... Returned to the lineup in the Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Dec. 19) contest after missing the previous four due to a stress fracture in his left foot ... Notched 13 points, connecting on six-of-eight from the floor against Pine Bluff ... Golden Eagles were 11-0 this season when he scored in double figures ... Started the first five MU games ... 10 pts., 12 rebs., vs. Chicago State was first double-double of the year and third of his career ... 12 rebounds vs. Chicago State tied his then career high ... Totaled 10 points vs. Tennessee (Nov. 21) in the opening game of the Great Alaska Shootout.
2000-01 Notes: Earned his first letter after starting 28 of Marquette's 29 games ... Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... Concluded the year as the team's No. 1 rebounder with a 5.5 per-game mark ... Was the first MU freshman to lead the team in rebounding since Trevor Powell in 1987-88 ... 160 total boards were fourth most by a Marquette frosh ... His 5.4 per-game rebound average in league games ranked him 19th among C-USA performers ... Paced the squad with 110 defensive rebounds ... Averaged 24.9 minutes per game ... Started all 16 C-USA games ... Either led or shared for the team's rebounding lead in the last six games of the campaign, averaging 7.2 boards per contest in that stretch ... Snatched a team-high eight boards vs. Tulane (3/7) in the opening round of the C-USA Tournament ... Either led or shared for the club's rebounding lead in a team-high 12 games ... First career double-double was a 14-point, season-high 12-rebound performance at UAB (2/14) ... Just two games later, he registered his second double-double, 14 points and a game-high 11 rebounds vs. DePaul (2/22) ... Played 35 minutes (season-long for a C-USA game) vs. Louisville (2/24) and tied for the team lead with eight rebounds while coming up with five steals ... Ended the year second on the team in steals with 27 ... Notched a season-high 16 points (6-of-10 from the floor), and totaled six steals, highest by a MU player during the year, vs. Tulane (1/27) ... Also knocked down a season-high four three-point field goals against the Green Wave ... Seven pts., team-high tying seven boards vs. S. Florida (1/17) ... Team-high seven rebounds vs. CS-Northridge (12/2) in the championship game of Blue & Gold Classic ... Five-of-10 from floor and finished with 12 points (8 rebs.) vs. Western Carolina (12/20) ... 11 points, team-best nine boards vs. Minnesota (12/7).
High School Notes: Averaged 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a senior at Hillcrest High School ... His prep team finished with an overall record of 28-2 and ended the regular season ranked No. 2 in the state of Illinois Class AA poll ... Selected as the SICA Central Player of the Year ... Chosen to the Chicago Sun Times All-Area Team ... Earned Special Mention honors on the Chicago Tribune's All-State Team ... Chosen to play in the Windy City/Big Apple Classic which pitted all-stars from Chicago and New York ... Was ranked as the No. 100 player in the nation by analyst Bob Gibbons ... As a junior, he tossed in 13.0 points while grabbing 9.0 rebounds per contest as Hillcrest advanced to the final eight of the `99 Class AA Tournament ... During the summer of 1999, he played for the Illinois Warriors, the runners-up at the AAU Nationals ... One of his teammates on the Warriors was Darius Miles of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers ... Picked Marquette after considering DePaul, Notre Dame and Iowa State.
Personal: Born Mar. 12, 1982 ... Son of Emmanuel and Annie Blankson ... Sister, Candis, is a coach on the women's staff at DePaul.
ODARTEY BLANKSON'S CAREER HIGHS
FG
8 vs. TCU - Jan. 23, 2002
8 vs. Saint Louis - Jan. 12, 2002
FGA
13 vs. TCU - Jan. 23, 2002
13 vs. Morris Brown - Jan. 2, 2002
FG%
80.0% (8-10) vs. Saint Louis - Jan. 12, 2002
3FG
4 vs. Tulane - Jan. 27, 2001
3FGA
5 vs. Tulane - Jan. 27, 2001
5 vs. Minnesota - Dec. 7, 2000
3FG%
80.0% (4-5) vs. Tulane - Jan. 27, 2001
Free Throws
8 vs. East Carolina - Feb. 6, 2002
Free Throw Attempts
11 vs. Saint Louis - Jan. 12, 2002
Offensive Rebounds
5 vs. Morris Brown - Jan. 2, 2002
Defensive Rebounds
14 vs. Southern Miss - Feb. 9, 2002
Total Rebounds
16 vs. Southern Miss - Feb. 9, 2002
Blocked Shots
2 vs. Cincinnati - Feb. 18, 2001
Steals
6 vs. Tulane - Jan. 27, 2001
5 vs. Louisville - Feb. 24, 2001 (3ot)
Minutes
37 vs. Minnesota - Dec. 7, 2001
Points
23 vs. Saint Louis - Jan. 12, 2002
19 vs. TCU - Jan. 23, 2002
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