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  Ty Anderson

Ty Anderson

Player Profile

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Watkinsville, Ga.
High School:
Oconee County
Height / Weight:
6-4 / 197
Position:
Guard
Birthdate:
11/12/1987
Experience:
2 letters

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At Tech

> Non-scholarship guard who joined the team when classes began in August of 2006 ... Gives Tech an extra backcourt player with success and experience on the high school level and as a coach who conducted summer camps for middle school kids.

2007-08

> Saw his only action of the season Dec. 22 vs. Centenary, scoring one basket and taking two rebounds in three minutes ... Missed six games due to a back injury during the latter part of the holiday break and the New Year.

2006-07

> Played in seven games ... Scored his first baskets of the season against Winston-Salem State off a pair of offensive rebounds ... Missed all three of his three-point attempts.

High School

> Four-year starter at Oconee County High School who earned second-team all-Northeast Georgia honors as a junior and senior .. Part of the winningest senior class ever to play at OCHS ... Team captain for three years ... Averaged 14.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists, despite battling chronic ankle injuries, in leading his team to a 23-8 record in 2005-06.

> Ranked one of the top 50 seniors in Georgia by Rivals.com ... Made all-star teams at the Five-Star Camp, Elite Hoops Georgia Showcase and Rivals.com Georgia Showcase.

> Also lettered one year as a tight end in football ... Helped OCHS win region 8-AAA titles in both football and basketball in 2005.

Personal

> Full name is Tysor Driesell Anderson ... Born November 12, 1987 in Roanoke, Va. ... Son of David Anderson and Pam Driesell ... Grandson of the legendary college basketball coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell, who retired in 2003 after 41 years as a head coach at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State ... Conducted the first Ty Anderson Basketball Academy along with Athens AAU coach Michael Palmer at Athens First United Methodist Church last summer ... Academic interest is Management.

Anderson'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
2006-07 7-0 21 3.0 2 6 .333 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 2 0 2 0.3 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 0.6
2007-08 1-0 3 3.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
TOTAL 8-0 24 3.0 3 8 .375 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 3 1 4 0.5 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 0.8

Anderson Game-by-Game 
                                         |---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       2    0-0    .000   0-0    .000   0-0   .000   0   0    0  0.0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0  0.0
JACKSON STATE          11/13/06       2    0-0    .000   0-0    .000   0-2   .000   0   0    0  0.0   0  0   0   0   0   1    0  0.0
GEORGIA STATE          11/16/06       3    0-0    .000   0-0    .000   0-0   .000   0   0    0  0.0   1  0   0   0   0   0    0  0.0
CENTENARY              12/18/06       3    0-0    .000   0-0    .000   0-0   .000   0   0    0  0.0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0  0.0
TROY                   12/28/06       2    0-1    .000   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   0   0    0  0.0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0  0.0
SAINT FRANCIS PA       12/30/06       5    0-2    .000   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   0   0    0  0.0   0  0   0   2   0   0    0  0.0
WINSTON-SALEM STATE    1/3/07         4    2-3    .667   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   2   0    2  0.3   0  0   0   0   0   0    4  0.6

Totals.........................  0   21    2-6    .333   0-3    .000   0-2   .000   2   0    2  0.3   1  0   0   2   0   1    4  0.6


                                         |---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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CENTENARY              12/22/07       3    1-2    .500   0-0    .000   0-0   .000   1   1    2  2.0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2  2.0

Totals.........................  0    3    1-2    .500   0-0    .000   0-0   .000   1   1    2  2.0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2  2.0
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