Player Bios MEDIA GUIDE 2010-11 DUKE MEN's BASKETBALL
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MEDIA GUIDE 2010-11 DUKE MEN’S BASKETBALL Player Bios Casey Peters 14 Kyle Singler 15-17 Nolan Smith 18-20 Miles Plumlee 21-22 Seth Curry 23 Andre Dawkins 24-25 Ryan Kelly 26-27 Mason Plumlee 28-29 Todd Zafirovski 30 Josh Hairston 31 Kyrie Irving 32 David Mayer 33 Tyler Thornton 34 2010-11 DUKE MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE • Uncle, Rex Peters, was an All-America baseball player at Lafayette College and a first round draft choice by the Chicago Cubs in 1971 • Two-year member of the National Honor Society • National Honor Society president as a senior 53 • National Merit Scholar semifinalist • Scored a perfect 800 on the math SAT Casey Peters • Hobbies include reading, watching TV and hanging out with friends • A double major in economics & environmental sciences and policy G • 6-4 • 200 • SR-1L Red Bank, N.J. (Red Bank Regional) Economics / Environmental Sciences & Policy Major Career Notes • Joined the team as a walk-on in July of 2009 after spending the previous two seasons as a student-manager ... earned a scholarship for the 2010-11 season • An athletic wing player that turned down offers from Yale and Dartmouth 2009-10 PLAYERS out of high school to chase his childhood dream of playing at Duke • Strong work ethic and desire to improve has helped him become a reli- able practice player Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF Pts A TO B S MIN UNC Greensboro 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • Sister, Haley, is a freshman on the women’s basketball team ... the Peters Coastal Carolina DNP siblings are the first brother-sister tandem to play basketball at Duke Charlotte 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Radford 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 vs. Arizona State DNP 2009-10 vs. #13 Connecticut DNP • Played a total of eight minutes in seven games for the Blue Devils at Wisconsin DNP • Grabbed one rebound in his collegiate debut against UNC Greensboro St. John’s DNP Gardner-Webb 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 in the season opener vs. #15 Gonzaga DNP Long Beach State DNP High School Pennsylvania 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 #21 Clemson DNP • Three-year letterwinner at Red Bank Regional vs. Iowa State DNP • First team all-league (Group B North) as a senior at #20 Georgia Tech DNP • Averaged 12.8 points, 7.1 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game in 2007 Boston College DNP Wake Forest DNP • Named New Jersey All-Academic first team as a senior at N.C. State DNP • MVP of the Buc Holiday Tournament in 2007 at #17 Clemson DNP • Recorded 13.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game as a Florida State DNP at #7 Georgetown DNP junior #21 Georgia Tech 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ • Also played varsity basketball as a sophomore, averaging 6.8 points and at Boston College DNP 4.2 rebounds per game at North Carolina DNP Maryland DNP • Also earned two letters in soccer ... starting midfielder as a freshman at Miami DNP and sophomore Virginia Tech DNP Tulsa DNP at Virginia DNP Personal at #23 Maryland DNP • Born Casey Charles Peters on August 13, 1988, in Livingston, N.J. North Carolina 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • Father, Kurt, is an attorney Virginia^ DNP Miami^ DNP • Mother, Sharon McCloskey, is an attorney ... she is a 1980 Duke graduate Georgia Tech^ DNP and is also currently enrolled in the Columbia School of Journalism Ark.-Pine Bluff~ DNP • Has one younger brother, Ryan California~ DNP #10 Purdue~ DNP • Younger sister, Haley, is a freshman on the Duke women’s basketball #19 Baylor~ DNP team #6 West Virginia~ DNP • Father, Kurt, played baseball and football at Columbia ... he was a first #11] Butler~ DNP team All-Ivy League selection and also broke Lou Gehrig’s single season ^ - ACC Tournament RBI mark ~ - NCAA Tournament • Brother, Ryan, plays basketball at Emory * - indicates game started Career Highs Career Statistics Points NA SEASON GP-GS MP FG-FGA PCT. 3PT-A PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB. AVG. PF-DQ AS TO BS ST TP AVG. Rebounds 1 vs. UNC Greensboro, 11/13/09 2009-10 7-0 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0.1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Assists NA Total 7-0 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0.1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Steals NA Blocked Shots NA Career ACC Regular Season Statistics Field Goals NA SEASON GP-GS MP FG-FGA PCT. 3PT-A PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB. AVG. PF-DQ AS TO BS ST TP AVG. 3 pt Field Goals NA 2009-10 2-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Free Throws NA Total 2-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Miscellaneous 2009-10 Career Career ACC Tournament Statistics Double-figure points 0 0 SEASON GP-GS MP FG-FGA PCT. 3PT-A PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB. AVG. PF-DQ AS TO BS ST TP AVG. 3 or more assists 0 0 2009-10 0-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 or more steals 0 0 Total 0-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Charges Drawn 0 0 Dunks 0 0 Three-point plays 0 0 Career NCAA Tournament Statistics SEASON GP-GS MP FG-FGA PCT. 3PT-A PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB. AVG. PF-DQ AS TO BS ST TP AVG. 2009-10 0-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 0-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 - 14 - MEDIA GUIDE 2010-11 DUKE MEN’S BASKETBALL • Ranked fourth in the ACC in scoring (17.7 ppg.), tied for 11th in rebounds (7.0 rpg.), seventh in free throw percentage (.798), second in three-point percentage (.399), tied for third in three-point field goals (2.1 3pg.) and third in minutes played (35.9 mpg.) 12 • Finished the year with 707 points, 16th-most in a season at Duke • Led the team in scoring 17 times and in rebounds on 15 occasions Kyle Singler • Reached double figures in scoring in 36 games with 17 games of 20 or more points and one 30-point contest F • 6-8 • 230 • SR-3L • Made at least one three-pointer in 34 games with three or more three- point field goals on 15 occasions Medford, Ore. (South Medford) • Recorded eight or more rebounds 19 times with eight double figure Visual Arts Major rebounding games • Posted 19 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal in the NCAA Championship game win over Butler (4/5) PLAYERS National Player of the Year Candidate • Finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists against West Virginia (4/3) in the NCAA Final Four ... was 3-of-5 from three-point range Career Notes • Scored a game-high 24 points to go with eight rebounds and two steals • A National Player of the Year and first team All-America candidate in the NCAA Sweet 16 against Purdue (3/26) ... went 4-of-6 from three-point • A team captain, along with fellow senior Nolan Smith, in 2010-11 ... distance in the win widely regarded as one of the hardest working players in the country ... an • Recorded a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds against emerging vocal leader for the Blue Devils Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/19) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament • Highly skilled offensive player with the ability to score on the block or • Scored 20 points with a career-high 14-of-16 from the free throw line from the perimeter ... one of the top inside-outside threats in the country against Georgia Tech (3/14) in the ACC Championship game ... 14 free throws • A fluid athlete with an advanced and well-rounded skill set ... has the are tied for the most by a Duke player in an ACC Tournament game ability to lead the team in nearly every statistical category • Tallied 27 points, eight rebounds and six assists against Miami (3/13) in • Averaging 15.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game the ACC Tournament semifinals ... made five three-pointers in the contest ... has started 110 of 111 career games, including 68 straight to open his • Notched 18 points and 11 rebounds against Virginia in the first round of college career the ACC Tournament (3/12) • Ranks 18th at Duke with 1,767 points ... his 1,767 points are the third- • Tallied 25 points, 10 rebounds and two steals against Virginia Tech (2/21) most by a junior in school history ..