Wyoming
Which Wyoming hoopster wore it best? No. 25
LARAMIE — Do you ever see a quantity on a Wyoming basketball jersey and consider all the nice gamers to put on it?
Yeah, me too.
On this summer time sequence, I’ll offer you my tackle which Pokes’ hoopster was the perfect ever to don every quantity. The standards are easy: How did he carry out at UW? What sort of impression did he have on this system?
Reggie Fox nonetheless ranks second in class historical past in 3-point area aim share at .407. He hit 165 of his 405 makes an attempt./ UW courtesy photograph
No. 25 – REGGIE FOX
Guard, 1986-89, Baldwin, Mich.
Résumé in Laramie
* 97 video games performed at UW
* 11.4 factors per sport common
* One in every of 38 gamers to achieve 1,000 profession factors
* Second in 3-point area aim share
* Two NCAA Match appearances (1986-87, 1987-88)
Why Fox?
Want a 3?
You may need to draw up a play for this man.
Reggie Fox, who transferred to Wyoming after averaging 19 factors and 6 boards throughout his one season at Muskegon Neighborhood Faculty in his native Michigan, stepped proper in and have become a key position participant on a group loaded with expertise.
You keep in mind that group, proper?
Fennis Dembo, Eric Leckner, Sean Dent. That 1986-87 squad rolled to a 24-10 regular-season file and received the WAC earlier than taking down Virginia and No. 15 UCLA to advance to the Candy 16. Fox averaged practically 9 factors per sport and related on 43 triples.
The next season, the primary beneath Benny Dees, the Cowboys as soon as once more went dancing. Fox’s numbers acquired even higher. Netting practically 10 factors an outing, the 6-foot-3 guard drilled 53 photographs from deep.
March Insanity was quick lived for the Pokes, who fell to Loyola Marymount in a 119-115 barnburner.
Dembo was gone. So was Leckner and Dent. Robyn Davis was the brand new chief, and for yet another season, he had a sidekick of his personal.
Fox drained 69 3-pointers and averaged a career-high 16 factors per sport because the Cowboys stumbled to a 14-17 file.
Fox nonetheless ranks second in class historical past in 3-point area aim share at .407. He hit 165 of his 405 makes an attempt. Solely Sean Oggiri was extra environment friendly in that class. He related on .422 of his photographs from past the arc. Fox remains to be seventh all-time in 3-pointers made with 165.
After the 1989 marketing campaign, Fox was drafted by the Grand Rapids Hoops of the CBA. He performed six skilled seasons with 4 completely different franchises earlier than heading abroad. Fox is now a basketball coach and holds camps across the nation.
Honorable point out
Luke Martinez (2011-13) drilled 7-of-9 makes an attempt from deep in a 71-51 rout of South Dakota through the 2012 season. That efficiency nonetheless ranks fifth all-time for the variety of threes made in a sport.
Martinez additionally owns the seventh-best single season in program historical past after sinking 81 triples through the 2011-12 season. He’s additionally ranked fourth with a median of 1.8 steals per sport.
Martinez averaged 12.5 factors per outing throughout his two seasons in Laramie.
Who else wore No. 25
Ed Morris (50’s), Terry Happel (50’s), Curtis Jimerson (60’s), Jack Carr (60’s), Doug Nelson (60’s), Tom Asbury (60’s), Invoice Lazzeri (60’s), Franklyn Irvin (70’s), Chris Mitchell (70’s), Steve Shockey (80’s), Anthony Smith (80’s), Lance Hukill (80’s), Joe Ries (00’s), Djibril Thiam (00’s), Morris Marshall (10’s), Anthony Mack (10’s), Jeremiah Oden (20’s)
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* All out there rosters supplied by the College of Wyoming Athletics Division. If we missed a participant who wore this quantity, please e-mail cody@7220sports.com
* Numerous gamers wore completely different jersey numbers throughout their careers. From the 1930’s by the 50’s, gamers had been issued a house and an away jersey.