A Quick, Athletic and Physical Off-Guard, Keith Benjamin Enters His Senior Season at Pitt
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A quick, athletic and physical off-guard, Keith Benjamin enters his senior season at Pitt. A streaky scorer who has provided instant offense off the bench and who has shown the ability to defend players much taller than him, Benjamin has shown flashes of his scoring prowess during his 86 career games at Pitt. He is also an outstanding rebounder for his size and position. This summer Benjamin led the Pittsburgh Amateur Summer League in scoring as he averaged over 30 points per game. Look for Benjamin to play a key role in his final year at Pitt. PLAYER PROFILES 1 KEITH BENJAMIN 6-2 190 Senior Guard Mount Vernon, N.Y. Mount Vernon H.S. minutes in NCAA Second Round vs. THE STORYLINE VCU, 3/17...Scored six points, 2005-06 grabbed four rebounds and dished Keith Benjamin is in his senior Played in 31 of 33 games with season at Pitt after seeing action in out two assists in 15 minutes in starts in each of the four Big East NCAA First Round vs. Wright State, 86 career games. A tough, strong, Championship games...Hit double physical, athletic off guard, Benjamin 3/15...Grabbed a career-high tying figure scoring in five games on the six rebounds in 10 minutes of Big is a streaky shooter who has year...Missed the two NCAA provided a strong scoring punch East Championship Final vs. Tournament games (vs. Kent State Georgetown, 3/10...Finished with and stellar defense off the bench. and vs. Bradley) due to illness... Benjamin is capable of providing nine points, all coming from 3-point Made first career start vs. Louisville range (3-5 3FG) including two clutch instant offense at the off guard or in the Big East Championship First small forward position. He is also a second half 3-pointers in 11 minutes Round, 3/8...Over a two-game at Villanova, 1/29...Scored six points productive rebounder for his size. stretch vs. both Cincinnati and Defensively, Benjamin has the ability vs. Georgetown, 1/13...Scored seven Providence, averaged 15.5 points, points on 3-4 shooting in 18 to defend opponents who are taller 2.5 3-pointers and hit 11-15 field and bigger. This summer, Benjamin minutes vs. USF, 1/7...Hit two key 3- goals (.733) in averaging 20.5 pointers, scored six points in 13 led the Pittsburgh Basketball minutes...Scored 15 points on a Summer League in scoring at over minutes at Syracuse, 1/4...Scored career-high six field goals made (6-8 78 five key points to start a 9-0 run in 30 points per game. Look for the second half at Buffalo, 12/9... FG), hit both of his 3-point attempts Benjamin to make an impact in his and grabbed four rebounds in 23 Finished with seven points on 3-4 final season. shooting in 18 minutes at Auburn, minutes at Providence, 2/15... Caught an alley-oop pass for a slam 12/3...Scored six points in 12 CAREER minutes vs. Robert Morris, 11/29... dunk in the first half, scored a career-high 16 points (5-7 FG) and Scored six points in 16 minutes vs. Appeared in 86 career games and Florida State, 11/24...Scored eight drained a career-high three 3- played a total of 1,070 minutes... pointers vs. Cincinnati, 2/12...Scored points (3-5 FG) and hit 2-2 3- Reached double figure scoring in pointers vs. Oakland, 11/19....Fin- eight points (4-8 FG) in 23 minutes seven career games. at Connecticut, 1/31...Scored 11 ished with a season-high 11 points (4-8 FG) and a career-high three points (5-7 FG), pulled down a career-high six rebounds in 24 2006-07 steals in 14 minutes vs. Northeast- ern, 11/17...Scored six points in 18 minutes vs. Syracuse, 1/23...Came Played in all 37 games...Reached off the bench and registered then- minutes in Maggie Dixon Classic vs. double figure scoring in one game Western Michigan, 11/12. career highs for points (12), field on year (Northeastern)...Played 14 goals made (5), field goals attempted BENJAMIN’S CAREER STATISTICS OVERALL Total Three-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 18 0 182 10.1 17 47 .362 4 15 .267 2 5 .400 8 25 33 1.8 14 0 9 16 1 7 40 2.2 2005-06 31 4 469 15.1 55 128 .430 14 36 .389 19 32 .594 30 59 89 2.9 33 0 30 19 4 10 143 4.6 2006-07 37 0 419 11.3 50 119 .420 12 47 .255 11 23 .478 14 42 56 1.5 34 0 28 22 1 12 123 3.3 Total 86 4 1070 12.4 122 294 .415 30 98 .306 32 60 .533 52 126 178 2.1 81 0 67 57 6 29 306 3.6 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 9 0 91 10.1 6 18 .333 3 9 .333 2 5 .400 3 11 14 1.6 7 0 6 10 1 4 17 1.9 2005-06 16 0 241 15.1 33 66 .500 8 17 .471 13 22 .591 14 31 45 2.8 16 0 15 8 1 5 87 5.4 2006-07 16 0 184 11.5 21 53 .396 6 23 .261 4 9 .444 4 16 20 1.3 14 0 14 8 0 5 52 3.3 Total 41 0 516 12.6 60 137 .438 17 49 .347 19 38 .500 21 58 79 1.9 37 0 35 26 2 14 156 3.8 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005 1 0 15 15.0 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6.0 2006 4 4 49 12.3 2 9 .222 1 5 .200 1 1 1.000 2 8 10 2.5 4 0 1 4 1 1 6 1.5 2007 3 0 22 7.3 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 6 9 3.0 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 0.7 Total 8 4 86 10.8 6 17 .353 1 7 .143 1 1 1.000 7 15 22 2.8 8 0 2 6 1 2 14 1.8 NCAA TOURNAMENT Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005 1 0 22 22.0 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 7.0 2006 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2007 3 0 34 11.3 5 9 .556 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 2 6 8 2.7 2 0 4 2 1 1 10 3.3 Total 4 0 56 14.0 8 14 .571 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 3 9 12 3.0 3 0 4 2 1 3 17 4.3 2007-08 PITT BASKETBALL PLAYER PROFILES BENJAMIN’S CAREER HIGHS Points: 16, Cincinnati, 2/12/06. FG made: 6, at Providence, 2/15/ 06. FG attempts: 10, at Rutgers, 1/18/ 06. 3FG Made: 3, two times- at Villanova, 1/29/07; Cincinnati, 2/ 12/06. 3FG attempts: 5, two times- at Villanova, 1/29/07; Florida A&M, 12/30/06. FT made: 3, two times- at St. John’s, 1/21/06; Cincinnati, 2/ 12/06. FT attempts: 4, two times- at St. John’s, 1/21/06; DePaul, 1/12/ 06. Rebounds: 6, two times- vs. Georgetown, 3/10/07; Syracuse, 1/23/06. Off. Rebs.: 2, 11 times. Def. Rebs.: 5, Syracuse, 1/23/06. Assists: 4, Maine, 11/26/05. Steals: 3, Northeastern, 11/17/06. Blocks: 1, six times. Minutes: 28, Rutgers, 1/18/06. 2006-07 SEASON HIGHS Points: 11, Northeastern, 11/17. Rebounds: 3, three times. Assists: 2, four times. Steals: 3, Northeastern, 11/17. Blocks: 1, vs. Wright State, 3/15. Minutes: 18, vs. Western Michigan, 11/12. 79 (10) and minutes played (28) vs. Played 21 minutes, finished with a Rutgers, 1/18...Provided spark off career-high 10 points (3-5 FG), hit the bench with six points (3-4 FG) 2-3 3-pointers, grabbed five and two rebounds in 14 minutes at rebounds vs. Syracuse, 1/29... South Carolina, 12/28...Hit two 3- Played 13 minutes vs. Coppin State, pointers, finished with six points and 12/18...Scored six points (3-8 FG), five rebounds at Duquesne, 12/7... grabbed two rebounds and Played 16 minutes, scored seven registered a steal in first career points including a fast break dunk, action in debut vs. Howard, 11/20. had one steal, two rebounds and two assists vs. Auburn, 12/4... HIGH SCHOOL Played 24 minutes off the bench and contributed five points and four A 2004 graduate of Mount rebounds vs.