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Player Profiles David Hicks Guard•6-1•195•Junior • • Mendota Heights, Minn. South Kent Prep (Conn.) 24 2008-09: Started all 30 contests and averaged 28.5 minutes per game... Ranked second on the team with 30 steals... Scored double-digits on 12 occasions... Played at least 30 minutes in 11 contests... Scored a seasonhigh 16 points at Manhattan and at Wagner... Played a career-high 47 minutes against Fairleigh Dickinson and ?nished with 14 points, including a buzzer-beater to send the game to overtime... Added seven rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block against the Knights... Collected a career-high eight rebounds at Quinnipiac... Finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals at Saint Francis (Pa.) in the conference opener... Grabbed seven boards against Iona and at Wagner as well… Had three steals at Saint Francis (Pa.) and in the last two meetings with Quinnipiac... Blocked nine shots and gave out 34 assists during the season. 2007-08: Started all 30 games... Named to the NEC All-Rookie Team... Ranked second on the team with 29 steals... Shot .786 from the free throw line in NEC play... Scored in double-?gures on 11 occasions, including back-to-bac k career-high 18-point games against Wagner and Quinnipiac... Earned Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week honors on Dec. 31 after averaging 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in wins over Saint Peter’s and UT-Pan Am... Hit three three-pointers and went 7-of-8 from the foul line against Wagner... Scored 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting against Quinnipiac... Finished the regular season with three straight games with at least three steals, including a careerbest four-steal effort in regular season ?nale against Robert Morris... Had one of his best defensive games in win over Central Connecticut State, helping to force Tristan Blackwood into six turnovers and score just 10 points... Held Army’s leading scorer Jarell Brown to just four points... Dished out a career-high ?ve assists at Wagner... Blocked a pair of shots against Wagner in the NEC Tournament… Started ?rst collegiate game against Notre Dame and played 27 minutes. Background: Played four seasons at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minn., for head coach Jack Zahr... Spent one season at South Kent School in South Kent, Conn., playing for Raphael Chillious... Led St. Thomas to a 27-5 record and third place ?nish at the state tournament as a senior... McDonald’s All-America nominee... Averaged 21.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, earning all-state, all-conference and all-tournament honors... Earned First Team All-Defense honors... Also participated in football and track & ?eld. Personal: Born on Aug. 1, 1988... Son of LaTwilla and David Hicks... Has a younger sister, DaVionna... Majoring in business management. LIU Career/Season Highs Points Minutes FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assists Blocks Steals Career Highs 18, 2x, last at Quinnipiac (1/19/08) 47 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (1/29/09) 7, 2x, last at Wagner (1/10/09) 13 at Quinnipiac (1/19/08) 4 vs. Army (11/20/08) 7, 4x, last at Sacred Heart (2/7/09) 7 vs. Wagner (1/17/08) 8, 2x, last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (1/29/09) 8 at Quinnipiac (1/31/09) 5 at Wagner (1/31/08) 2 at Wagner (3/6/08) 4 vs. Robert Morris (3/1/08) 2008-09 Season Highs 16, 2x, last at Wagner (1/10/09) 47 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (1/29/09) 7, 2x, last at Wagner (1/10/09) 12, 2x, last at Sacred Heart (2/7/09) 4 vs. Army (11/20/08) 7, 2x, last at Sacred Heart (2/7/09) 7 vs. Mount St. Mary’s (2/5/09) 8, 2x, last vs. Mount St. Mary’s (2/5/09) 8 at Quinnipiac (1/31/09) 3, 5x, last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (1/29/09) 1, 9x, last vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (2/19/09) 3, 2x, last vs. Quinnipiac (2/21/09) 2009-10 Long Island University Basketball Points Minutes FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assists Blocks Steals 14 Long Island Blackbirds • 2009-10 Basketball • www.liuathletics.com