LSU Senior Salute Chris Johnson • 6-11 • Center • Montross, Va. 2009 SEC All-Defensive Team 2009 All-Louisiana Third Team
INTRO THIS IS LSU
SENIOR SEASON (2008-09)
Started all 35 games, finishing his career starting 77-of-the-last-80 games he dressed for over the final two years of his career … Averaged 7.7 points, 7.2 points, 2.7 blocks and 25.2 minutes per game … Had 12 games in double figures (29 for his career) … Had eight games in double figure rebounds, six games against SEC opponents … Four double-doubles … 14 games of four blocks or more with high of seven vs. Arkansas (1/31), the third time in his career to block seven shots … Blocked 95 shots his senior year, tied for fifth best for a single season … Block average second best in the SEC. Year GP-GS
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL
10-0 18-2 25-22 35-35 88-59
Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct
43/4.3 122/6.8 746/29.8 883/25.2 1794/20.4
6-18 24-43 114-217 107-236 251-514
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3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg PF-FO Ast
.333 0-6 .558 3-6 .525 15-49 .453 1-5 .488 19-66
.000 .500 .300 .200 .288
1-2 7-11 46-54 56-75 110-142
.500 .636 .852 .747 .775
7-0.7 29-1.6 165-6.6 253-7.2 454-5.2
2-0 19-0 61-2 78-3 160-5
3 3 20 41 67
TO
6 8 60 57 131
Blk
3 12 66 95 176
Stl Pts/Avg
2 13/1.3 2 58/3.2 16 289/11.6 16 271/7.7 36 631/7.2
TIGERS COACHES REVIEW PREVIEW RECORDS HISTORY LSU
Terry Martin • 6-6 • Guard • Monroe, La. SENIOR SEASON (2008-09)
Four games in double figures, 35 for his LSU career … Best game of the season was against Grambling (12/13) when he was 6-of7 from the field and perfect 4-of-4 from three-point range, scoring 16 points … Started three games, 36 for his career … Averaged 4.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 15.9 minutes of playing time per game … Hit 24-of-68 three-pointers, 119 for his career. Year GP-GS
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL
24-16 31-17 31-3 86-36
Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct
701/29.2 752/24.3 492/15.9 1945/22.6
93-227 97-261 52-145 242-633
.410 .372 .359 .382
3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg PF-FO Ast
52-134 43-141 24-68 119-343
.388 .305 .353 .347
15-26 21-29 16-24 52-79
.577 .724 .667 .658
67-2.8 77-2.5 71-2.3 215-2.5
37-1 50-1 32-1 119-3
35 50 32 117
TO
43 45 30 118
Blk
6 9 10 25
Stl Pts/Avg
11 7 10 28
253/10.5 258/8.3 144/4.6 655/7.6
Garrett Temple • 6-6 • Guard • Baton Rouge, La. 2009 Coaches All-SEC Second Team 2009 Coaches All-SEC Defensive Team 2009 All-Louisiana Second Team 2009, 2007, 2006 Academic SEC Honor Roll 2008 Collegeinsider.com All-American Defensive Team SENIOR SEASON (2008-09)
Garrett Temple, the third member of the Temple family to play at LSU joining his father, Collis Jr. (1972-75) and older brother Collis III (2000-03), became the all-time leader in minutes played at LSU during his senior season with 4,432, an average of 33.1 a game (old record, 4,276 - Howard Carter, 1979-83) … Played in 134 games, starting 131 with 84 wins … One of just nine players all-time at LSU to play on two SEC Championship teams … Started on the 2006 NCAA Final Four teams … Averaged 7.1 points per game, 4.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game … Finished his LSU career fourth in assists (482), seventh in steals (191) and fourth in blocks (113) … Eight games in double figures scoring, 29 for his career. Year GP-GS
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL
36-35 32-32 31-29 35-35 134-131
Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct
1207/33.5 1099/34.3 1066/34.4 1060/30.3 4432/33.1
65-194 91-230 61-155 76-210 293-789
.335 .396 .394 .362 .371
3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg PF-FO Ast
27-109 35-130 22-73 29-94 113-406
.248 .269 .301 .309 .278
25-37 57-70 54-69 66-82 202-258
.676 .814 .783 .805 .783
94 -2.6 118 -3.7 131-4.2 159-4.5 502-3.7
87-2 79-1 91-2 98-1 355-6
99 138 111 134 482
TO
70 83 73 67 293
Blk
31 34 24 24 113
Stl Pts/Avg
38 52 41 60 191
182/5.1 274/8.6 198/6.4 247/7.1 901/6.7
Marcus Thornton • 6-4 • Guard • Baton Rouge, La. 2009 Coaches, AP All-SEC First Team 2009 Coaches, AP SEC Player of the Year 2009 USBWA District VII Player of the Year 2009 Rivals.com Second Team All-American 2009 Louisiana Player of the Year 2008 Coaches All-SEC First Team 2008 Louisiana Newcomer of the Year SENIOR SEASON (2008-09)
2009 SEC Player of the Year and second-team All-American selection by Rivals. Com … Became a more complete player under head coach Trent Johnson … Averaged 21.1 points for the season, the first player at LSU since Ronnie Henderson in 1996 to average over 20 points in a season … Second in the league in scoring in both overall and SEC games (22.7 ppg) … Scored 30 points in the NCAA Tournament first-round win over Butler (3/19) … Back-to-back 30 point games against Mississippi State (1/21) and Xavier (1/24), first time anyone has posted back-to-back 30-point games since 1995 … Against Arkansas (1/31), became the 38th player in LSU history to go over 1,000 career points and just the 10th to do it under two years of play … 10 games of 30 or more points in career … 37 games of 20 or more. Year GP-GS
Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct
3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg PF-FO Ast
2007-08 31-30 1043/33.6 212-486 .436 90-239 .377 2008-09 35-35 1116/31.9 256-542 .472 78-201 .388 TOTAL 66-65 2159/32.7 468-1028 .455 168-440 .382
94-115 .817 149-200 .745 243-315 .771
174-5.6 192-5.5 366-5.5
62-0 72-1 134-1
TO
Blk
42 68 10 75 64 13 117 132 23
Stl Pts/Avg
43 608/19.6 56 739/21.1 99 1347/20.4
Quintin Thornton • 6-9 • Forward • Orlando, Fla. SENIOR SEASON (2008-09)
Played in 33 games, starting on Senior Night against Vandy … Equaled career high for second and third time with seven points versus Northwestern State (11/23) and versus South Carolina (1/14) … Double figure rebounds of 10 vs. Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament (3/14) … Played double figure minutes in 25 games as the primary backup in the center position for Chris Johnson … Averaged 2.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 13.8 minutes per game. Year GP-GS
Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct
3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg PF-FO Ast
2007-08 17-5 218/12.8 7-13 .538 0-0 2008-09 33-1 457/13.8 33-62 .532 0-0 TOTAL 50-6 675/13.5 40-75 .533 0-0
.000 .000 .000
5-8 19-41 24-49
2009-2010 LSU men’s Basketball Media Guide
.625 .463 .490
28-1.6 98-3.0 126-2.5
TO
31-0 7 7 73-2 19 21 104-2 26 28
Blk
2 13 15
Stl Pts/Avg
1 19/1.1 16 85/2.6 17 104/2.1
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