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Brandeis University

2008-09 Men's Basketball

4 Kevin Olson

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rockport, MA
  • Highschool Rockport

Biography

2007-08: Honorable mention All-UAA selection...Played in all 29 games, earning a starting role in 19 games midwaythrough the first semester...Averaged 10.8 points per game, thirdon the team, and 2.8 rebounds per game... 53 3-pointers and .398percentage from downtown were both second on the team and ninth inthe UAA... Scored in double figures 17 times with two 20-pointperformances... Led team in scoring six times, rebounding andassists once each... Game-high seven rebounds against Suffolk,11/20, matched career-best... Tied for team-high honors with 12points in 63-59 win at Framingham State, 12/1... 16 points wereteam-high performance in 78-67 win over Curry, 12/11, and in 74-68loss at Rochester, 1/20, in No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown... Poured in acareer-high 25 points in 2/1 win at Case, 90-75, to help the judgessnap a three-game losing streak... Connected on 8-of-15 overall and6-of-10 from downtown in win over the Spartans... His other20-point game led the Judges in a revenge win over Rochester inWaltham, 68-64 on 2/15... Scored 20 points on 8-of-13 overall and3-of-4 from beyond the arc against the Yellowjackets... Tied forgame-high honors with 15 points in NCAA Tournament second-round winover Bowdoin, 68-53... Used 6-of-6 performance from the line tooffset a 4-for-10 shooting night from the field with just one3-pointer... Scored 11 points in the first half against Amherst inthe Elite Eight, 3/15, as the Judges established a 29-24 lead athalftime... Averaged 9.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in thetournament, both third on the team... 2006-07: Played in all 27 games, including four starts... Averaged 6.5points and 2.7 rebounds per game... Finished third on the team with29 3-pointers, connecting at a .392 clip, 12th in theUAA... Led the team in scoring twice and rebounding once... Fourgames scoring in double figures... Made the most of his firstcareer start against Framingham State College, 12/2, leading allplayers with 18 points and six rebounds ... Hit six-of-12 from thefloor, including four-of-eight from beyond the arc, anothercareer-best... Two games later, on 12/5 against Clark, establisheda career-high for the second time during the season with 22 points,hitting on nine-of-14 from the field and four-of-six fromdowntown... Also grabbed six boards for the third straight game...Had 15 points in final start of the year, an 84-74 loss tosecond-ranked Amherst College on 12/9... Career-high seven reboundsagainst Emory, 1/21, was matched in triple-overtime win overWashington Univ. on 2/4... 2005-06: Played in 22of the Judges' 25 games off the bench... Play improved tremendouslyas the season progressed, scoring in double figures in three of hislast four contests... Career-high 14 points came in just 21 minutesof action at home against WashU, 2/17/06... Also pulled down acareer-high five rebounds in that contest... Tied for team-highhonors with 11 points in the season finale, 2/25/06, a 70-46 winover NYU... Hit three 3-pointers in a game twice: the WashU gameand 1/6/06 against Carnegie Mellon... High School:Graduated from Rockport High School in Mass., in 2005... Afour-year letter-winner for the Vikings, served as captain injunior and senior seasons... Named a Cape Ann League All-Star as ajunior and senior, including Player of the Year honors in 2005...Also a talented golfer who finished eighth in the state as ajunior.

 

Olson, Kevin

                                 Total         3-Point                    Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2006 22-0 259/11.8 34-87 .391 19-52 .365 10-14 .714 12-19 31 1.4 26-0 8 13 0 3 97/4.4
2007 27-4 445/16.5 59-140 .421 29-74 .392 29-35 .829 26-48 74 2.7 22-0 23 19 1 12 176/6.5
2008 29-19 748/25.8 112-251 .446 53-133 .398 37-42 .881 22-59 81 2.8 45-0 40 26 3 16 314/10.8
2009 27-27 907/33.6 110-203 .542 86-146 .589 34-39 .872 20-65 85 3.1 53-1 37 28 1 21 340/12.6
TOTAL 105-50 2359/22.5 315-681 .463 187-405 .462 110-130 .846 80-191 271 2.6 146-1 108 86 5 52 927/8.8

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