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Alade Aminu

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
	High School: Stephenson

	Height / Weight: 6-10 / 225
	Position: Forward
	Birthdate: 09/14/1987
	Experience: 3 letters

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At Tech

> Long, athletic, agile performer who runs and jumps well and has good post moves ... Can block shots and get rebounds ... His stock as a college prospect rose dramatically during the summer of 2004, when he first committed to Tech ... A triple-jump star in high school who has played organized basketball only six years.

> Played limited minutes as a backup at strong forward as a freshman and the first half of last season, but became a key reserve over the last month and a half ... Switched to No. 44 after wearing No. 41 as a freshman.

> Hitting 55.7 percent from the floor against the ACC in his career ... Is 12-for-13 from the floor in three ACC Tournament games.

2007-08

> Team's No. 2 rebounder, No. 2 shot-blocker and an accurate shooter from the paint area (54.4 pct.) ... Gave Tech a capable post scorer off the bench.

> Went 3-for-12 from the floor in the last three regular-season games, 21-for-35 (60 pct.) in the nine games before that ... Went 5-for-6 in two ACC Tournament games, scoring 11 points in the first round vs. Virginia.

> Had only two double-digit scoring games after the Paradise Jam, including 11 points at Wake Forest (3-4 FG, 5-5 FT) on Feb. 6 ... Had six scoreless games.

> Started Tech's first seven games of the season ... Scored in double figures four straight games after a 5-point effort in the season opener ... Hit 12-of-14 shots from the floor for a career-best 25 points Nov. 11 at Tennessee State.

2006-07

> Gave the Jackets a shot of energy off the bench at both ends of the floor over Tech's last 11 games, averaging 6.5 points and 3.1 rebounds while Tech won seven of 11 games.

> Finished strong with 11 points (5-for-8 FG) and five rebounds in 16 minutes in Tech's NCAA Tournament loss to UNLV ... One of Tech's stars in double-overtime loss to Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament, establishing career highs in points (17) and rebounds (8) while hitting all seven field goal attempts, blocking two shots and taking two steals.

> Began the run with his first appearance in an ACC game Feb. 3 vs. Clemson, when he came off the bench to match his previous career-high with 10 points (5-of-6 FG) ... Followed that with 10 points (5-of-9 FG) against NC State ... Scored more points in those two games than he did in 12 conference games as a freshman.

> Made 32-for-49 shots from the field (65.3 pct.) and blocked eight shots over the last 11 games.

> Averaged 14 minutes in four games during Tech's semester break, posting a career-high 10 points against Saint Francis ... Averaged 5.5 points and 5.3 rebounds over those games, blocking six shots in the process ... Matched his then-career high for rebounds three times during the stretch (6 vs. Centenary, Troy and Saint Francis).

2005-06

> Solid contributor off the bench, particularly on defense, through the non-conference schedule ... Played 35 total minutes in Tech's last two games of the season (Clemson and Maryland), hitting 5-of-8 shots from the floor, pulling six rebounds and blocking three shots.

> Shot 9-for-16 from the floor in ACC regular-season and tournament games.

> Received his most extended minutes in a conference game prior to that at Wake Forest (16 minutes) when he scored four points with three rebounds and two assists (no turnovers), and also in the first meeting against Maryland (11 minutes, two points, one rebound).

> Recorded season highs of eight points and eight rebounds at Centenary ... Averaged 3.3 points and 2.6 rebounds while making 45.2 percent of his shots from the floor in Tech's non-conference games.

High School

> Two-sport standout (basketball and track) at Stephenson High School ... Only the third basketball player from Stephenson to go to a Division I school ... Coached by Kerry Sandifer.

> A high honorable mention All-America by Street & Smith's ... Ranked as high as No. 50 among the nation's seniors (and the No. 5 center) by The Insiders.com.

> All-state AAAAA performer as a senior who led Stephenson to the state playoffs while averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds ... Averaged 18.7 points and 12.3 rebounds a game as a junior ... Had 22 points, seven rebounds and five blocks in the GACA North-South All-Star Game in Savannah ... Had 19 points (7-11 FG), 13 rebounds in the Charm City Classic in Towson, Md. ... Played in the Global Games in Dallas.

> Participated in the triple jump, high jump and 200-yard dash for his track team.

Personal

> Full name is Abdul Alade Aminu ... First name rhymes with "holiday" ... Surname pronounced "ah-MEE-noo" ... Born September 14, 1987 in Atlanta ... Son of Aboy and Anjirlic Aminu, both of whom are teachers ... His mother, Anjirlic, teaches a business course at Stephenson High School ... Father is of Nigerian descent, mother was born in New York ... Enjoys drawing and reading ... Majoring in Management.

Aminu's Career Statistics

		Minutes		Total			3-Point			F-Throws			Rebounds
Year	gp-gs	min	avg	fg	fga	pct	fg	fga	pct	ft	fta	pct	off	def	tot	avg	pf	fo	ast	t/o	blk	stl	pts	avg
2005-06	24-0	191	8.0	23	47	.489	0	0	.000	12	22	.545	15	27	42	1.8	21	0	6	15	6	7	58	2.4
2006-07	18-0	228	12.7	42	72	.583	0	0	.000	13	19	.684	20	37	57	3.2	24	2	8	8	15	6	97	5.4
2007-08	32-7	524	16.4	80	147	.544	0	1	.000	31	51	.608	58	74	132	4.1	67	3	18	32	29	16	191	6.0
TOTAL	74-7	943	12.7	145	266	.545	0	1	.000	56	92	.609	93	138	231	3.1	112	5	32	55	50	29	346	4.7

Aminu in ACC Games

		Minutes		Total			3-Point			F-Throws			Rebounds
Year	gp-gs	min	avg	fg	fga	pct	fg	fga	pct	ft	fta	pct	off	def	tot	avg	pf	fo	ast	t/o	blk	stl	pts	avg
2005-06	12-0	79	6.6	7	12	.583	0	0	.000	3	4	.750	1	7	8	0.7	12	0	2	5	2	2	17	1.4
2006-07	8-0	105	13.1	20	32	.625	0	0	.000	3	3	1.000	5	14	19	2.4	9	0	2	3	4	1	43	5.4
2007-08	16-0	223	13.9	27	53	.509	0	1	.000	11	17	.647	23	37	60	3.8	32	2	9	14	15	8	65	4.1
TOTAL	36-0	407	11.3	54	97	.557	0	1	.000	17	24	.708	29	58	87	2.4	53	2	13	22	21	11	125	3.5

Aminu Game-by-Game

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| 2005-06 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNC-ASHEVILLE 11/18/05 10 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2.0 ELON 11/21/05 9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.0 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 11/25/05 16 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2 2 4 2.7 3 0 1 3 1 1 2 2.0 at Michigan State 11/30/05 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 VIRGINIA 12/04/05 3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 at Georgia 12/07/05 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 TENNESSEE STATE 12/10/05 12 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.9 JACKSONVILLE 12/22/05 12 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 1 3 1.9 2 0 1 1 1 1 7 2.5 at Air Force 12/28/05 3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 12/31/05 13 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 2 3 5 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 2.7 VANDERBILT 1/3/06 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.5 BOSTON COLLEGE 1/8/06 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.3 at Centenary 1/10/06 15 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 4 4 8 2.3 2 0 2 2 0 1 8 2.8 at NC State 1/14/06 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 at Wake Forest 1/18/06 16 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2.2 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 2.7 CLEMSON 1/21/06 3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.6 MARYLAND 1/25/06 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.6 at Florida State 2/9/06 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 NC STATE 2/12/06 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.3 at North Carolina 2/1506 8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.8 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.3 at Maryland 2/18/06 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 DUKE 2/22/06 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 at Clemson 3/4/06 21 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.6 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 2.3 vs Maryland 3/9/06 14 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 3 2 5 1.8 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.4

Totals......................... 0 191 23-47 .489 0-0 .000 12-22 .545 15 27 42 1.8 21 0 6 15 6 7 58 2.4

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| 2006-07 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ELON 11/10/06 5 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 JACKSON STATE 11/13/06 4 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.0 GEORGIA STATE 11/16/06 5 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.3 CENTENARY 12/18/06 15 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3 3 6 2.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1.8 TROY 12/28/06 9 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3 3 6 2.8 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.8 SAINT FRANCIS PA 12/30/06 16 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 1 5 6 3.3 2 0 1 1 2 1 10 4.0 WINSTON-SALEM STATE 1/3/07 16 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.7 CLEMSON 2/3/07 12 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 4.5 NC STATE 2/6/07 25 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 5.1 vs Connecticut 2/11/07 16 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.9 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 4.6 at Florida State 2/13/07 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.8 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.2 at Duke 1/18/07 14 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.3 WAKE FOREST 2/21/07 18 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.2 at Virginia 2/24/07 7 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 1 2 3 2.8 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 4.4 NORTH CAROLINA 3/1/07 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2.8 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 4.3 BOSTON COLLEGE 3/4/07 9 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 0 2 2.8 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.3 vs Wake Forest 3/8/07 21 7-7 1.000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4 4 8 3.1 5 1 0 1 2 2 17 5.1 vs UNLV 3/16/07 16 5-8 .625 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 3 2 5 3.2 5 1 0 0 1 1 11 5.4

Totals......................... 0 228 42-72 .583 0-0 .000 13-19 .684 20 37 57 3.2 24 2 8 8 15 6 97 5.4

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| 2007-08 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNC GREENSBORO 11/9/07 * 26 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 4 5 9 9.0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 5.0 at Tennessee State 11/11/07 * 26 12-14 .857 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 3 6 9 9.0 2 0 0 2 1 0 25 15.0 vs Charlotte 11/16/07 * 23 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 2 4 6 8.0 3 0 2 4 1 0 10 13.3 vs Winthrop 11/18/07 * 25 9-13 .692 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 4 1 5 7.3 3 0 0 0 0 2 19 14.8 vs Notre Dame 11/19/07 * 28 5-11 .455 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 3 2 5 6.8 4 0 1 4 0 0 11 14.0 at Indiana 11/27/07 * 21 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 5 1 6 6.7 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 12.8 at Vanderbilt 12/1/07 * 10 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 5.7 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 11.3 at Georgia State 12/05/07 5 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 5.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10.1 KANSAS 12/18/07 19 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 2 4 6 5.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 9.4 CENTENARY 12/22/07 20 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 4.7 1 0 0 1 2 2 6 9.1 TENNESSEE TECH 12/27/07 12 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 3 4 7 4.9 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 9.1 FLORIDA STATE 12/30/07 10 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 4.6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 PRESBYTERIAN 1/6/08 17 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 4.5 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 8.0 at Georgia 1/9/08 27 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 4 2 6 4.6 5 1 1 1 2 1 9 8.1 at Miami (Fla.) 1/12/08 15 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 4 5 4.6 4 0 0 2 1 1 7 8.0 NORTH CAROLINA 1/16/08 14 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 4.6 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 7.5 VIRGINIA TECH 1/19/08 11 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 3 4 4.5 2 0 1 0 0 2 6 7.4 at NC State 1/23/08 16 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 2 4 4.5 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 7.2 at Virginia 1/27/08 15 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 4.4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6.9 MARYLAND 2/2/08 20 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 2 4 4.4 0 0 1 1 3 1 9 7.0 at Wake Forest 2/6/08 13 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 5-5 1.000 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 7.2 at Connecticut 2/9/08 10 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.9 at Clemson 2/14/08 18 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 4.2 1 0 1 0 1 0 8 6.9 MIAMI (FLA.) 2/17/08 12 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4 2 6 4.3 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 6.8 at Virginia Tech 2/23/08 23 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 3 6 4.3 5 1 0 1 4 0 6 6.8 at Duke 2/27/08 15 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 2 5 4.3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6.5 WAKE FOREST 3/1/08 17 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 1 1 2 4.3 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 6.4 VIRGINIA 3/3/08 15 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 2 4 6 4.3 3 0 0 3 2 0 6 6.4 CLEMSON 3/6/08 1 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 at Boston College 3/8/08 8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.9 vs Virginia 3/13/08 16 4-4 1.000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 2 3 5 4.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 6.1 vs Duke 3/14/08 16 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 0 2 4.1 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 6.0

Totals......................... 7 524 80-147 .544 0-1 .000 31-51 .608 58 74 132 4.1 67 3 18 32 29 16 191 6.0

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