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Will BARNES In 2008-09 (Junior): Will played in all 30 games for the Golden Eagles, and started 24 games... named the team’s best offensive player by coach Sutton...scored in double figures 14 times, including a career-high 27 points against Louisiana-Monroe on Dec. 29...set a new career-high in assists with eight against Tennessee State on Jan. 24...grabbed eight rebounds and scored 15 points in Tech’s season opener against Bryan College...shot 48.3 percent (111-for-230) from the field for the season, and 38.4 percent (33-for-86) from three-point distance...averaged 9.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 24.0 minutes per game. In 2007-08 (Sophomore): Another experienced player in the Golden Eagle lineup, played in all 32 games in 2007-08, starting the final seven, and nine overall...averaged over 17 minutes per game...scored in double figures six times in an eight game span from Jan. 26 to Feb. 16...had a season-high 22 points on Feb. 7 when he went 8-for-10 from the field for the game, including 4-for-4 from three point distance...averaged 2.2 assists per game, including a career high 4 assists six times.
44 Senior Guard 6-1 / 195 Tuscaloosa, Ala. Hillcrest HS Career Highs
Points: 27 at UL Monroe, 12/29/08 Rebounds: 9 vs. Austin Peay, 11/29/06 Assists: 8 at Tennessee State, 1/24/09 Steals: 5 vs. Union, 11/13/07 Blocked Shots: 2 at UT Martin, 3/3/09 Minutes: 34 vs. Jacksonville State, 2/7/08
In 2006-07 (Freshman): Will played in eight games his freshman season...scored seven points in his debut, along with two assists, two rebounds and two steals, in Tech’s win over Bluefield College...had four points and three rebounds against Bradley...two assists against Bradley, Kansas State and Bluefield to establish a career-high...saw a career-high 16 minutes of court time at UW -Milwaukee. HIGH SCHOOL: Will came to Tennessee Tech from Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he was a first-team all-state selection as a senior...averaged 17 points, seven assists, five rebounds and two steals per game in his final season...all-area and first-team all-west Alabama honoree for coach Scott Suttles...led the team to the Area 5 title and was named Area MVP as
Will Barnes 2008-09 game-by-game statistics Date N15 N18 N22 N24 N29 D1 D6 D14 D16 D20 D29 J3 J5 J8 J10 J15 J17 J22 J24 J29 J31 F6 F7 F9 F12 F14 F19 F21 F28 M3
Opponent M Bryan* 26 at Lipscomb* 21 So. Utah* 28 ETSU* 26 UL Monroe* 23 Lipscomb* 26 Jax St.* 16 Union 10 at Florida St* 28 at Vanderbilt* 30 at UL Monroe* 31 SE Missouri* 24 Eastern Ill.* 28 at Morehead St.* 27 at Eastern Ky.* 29 UT Martin* 25 Murray St.* 27 at APSU* 29 at Tenn. St.* 28 at Eastern Ill.* 25 at SE Missouri* 20 Eastern Ky.* 27 Morehead St.* 26 APSU* 23 at Murray St. 21 at UT Martin 10 Tenn. St. 26 at Ball St.* 32 at Jax St. 12 at UT Martin 17
FG-A 6-10 3-6 2-8 5-10 5-9 5-8 1-4 1-2 4-11 3-7 9-14 7-9 5-11 2-6 4-12 6-12 2-4 4-8 3-5 2-5 3-7 5-9 6-13 4-8 2-5 1-4 2-6 2-5 5-7 1-5
3P-A 3-5 0-3 0-2 1-3 3-4 0-2 0-1 0-1 2-5 1-2 3-4 4-6 1-2 0-2 2-9 1-3 0-1 4-4 1-2 2-4 0-1 1-2 2-6 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-3 1-3
FT-A 0-0 2-4 3-6 2-2 0-0 2-2 2-3 0-0 3-4 0-2 6-9 0-0 2-4 3-3 1-1 1-2 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-4 1-2 0-0
Reb PF 8 0 0 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 3 4 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 6 2 1 2 3 2 5 1 4 2 2 4 2 4 4 1 1 3 1 0 0 5 1 4 0 4 2 2
A 3 5 1 0 6 5 4 3 1 3 0 5 3 2 4 1 1 4 8 2 5 4 1 3 1 0 3 1 2 3
T 1 3 0 1 0 2 4 1 5 3 3 3 3 3 0 2 4 1 3 1 5 3 2 2 3 0 0 5 1 3
B 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
S 2 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
PTS 15 8 9 13 13 12 4 2 13 7 27 18 13 7 11 14 7 12 7 6 6 11 19 8 4 2 4 8 12 3
*Denotes started game
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TENNESSEE TECH MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE / 2009-10