2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster
Richards, Jason
Jersey Number 2
Jason Richards
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Barrington, Ill.
- High School:
- Barrington
- Major:
- History
Bio
2006-07
Voted All-SoCon by league head coaches and 2nd Team All-SoCon by the media. Ranked 2nd nationally in total assists and assists per game... Led the SoCon in assists, assists per game and assist/turnover ratio. Second on the club with an average of 13.5 points per game... His 52 steals and 81.1 percent clip from the free throw line ranked him second on the team behind Stephen Curry in both categories... His 249 assists for the season moved him into a tie for sixth on Davidson’s all-time assist charts with 370... Named SoCon Player of the Week and CollegeInsiders.com Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 19. Broke Davidson’s single-season assist record in the Wildcats’ 80-73 triumph over Wofford Feb. 19, 2007... Reached double figures in 25 of the Wildcats’ 33 affairs... Had six contests where he handed out 10 or more assists. Recorded three double-doubles via points and assists... His first career double-double came in Davidson’s 30-point win over Colby when the Wildcat point guard scored 20 points and handed out 16 assists... In Davidson’s convincing win over cross-county rival Charlotte, Richards had 11 points while setting up 10 other Wildcat buckets... Broke Davidson’s single-game record and tied the league’s mark for assists in a contest with 19 in the Wildcats’ 116-55 triumph over Mount Saint Mary... Earned MVP honors at the Arizona State Holiday Classic by putting forth a Herculean effort... First he tallied 18 points and dished out eight assists in the opening win over Ohio in 37 minutes of action... Then less than 15 hours later, he scored 25 points in the championship game while playing 39 minutes... For his efforts, he was named the CollegeInsider.com mid-major player of the week for the second straight week... Scored 16 straight first-half points for the Wildcats in their 101-92 come-from-behind victory at Georgia Southern on Jan. 23... The junior tri-captain finished with a career-high 32 points going 8-for-13 from the floor including four three-pointers and a 12-for-14 performance from the charity stripe. To go along with his record-setting night, Richards also dished out nine assists... Made a career-high six trifectas en route to 21 points at Western Carolina (2/17/07)... Scored 20 points in both the quarterfinals and semifinals of the 2007 SoCon Tournament earning All-Tournament recognition.
2005-2006
Richards played in 31 games, averaged 4.5 points and hitting 49 percent of his shots from the field, plus 81.6 percent from the free-throw line... He had 92 assists, which was second on the team to Kenny Grant... Richards wasted little time proving the Wildcats didn’t miss a beat when he was on the floor as the native from just outside Chicago scored a career-high 13 points, eight of which came in overtime after Grant fouled out in a thrilling win over St. Joe’s in Belk Arena... On one of college basketball’s biggest stages, UNC’s Smith Center, Richards scored 12 points on 3-of-6 shooting from the floor... He finished the season with an impressive 2:1 assist to turnover ratio, which was highlighted by six games in which he had at least five assists... In the SoCon title game, despite taking just one shot, Richards had a career-high seven assists in just 12 minutes of action.
2004-2005
Brought along slowly at the outset of his freshman season, Richards earned the trust of the coaching staff with his strong ball-handling skills... He got his feet wet with considerable time against Maine-Farmington, posting five points, five rebounds and five assists... At Princeton, he hit both of his shot attempts in scoring five points and recording two rebounds and an assist in 11 minutes... Perhaps his most significant contribution came when Grant was saddled with foul trouble at Western Carolina... Richards played a season-high 26 minutes and scored seven points and had six assists... He played in 14 of the last 15 games of the season, playing at least 10 minutes on four occasions, including 14 minutes at Maryland in what turned out to be Davidson’s final game of the season in the postseason NIT.
High School
The four-year starter at Barrington broke 12 school records during his prep career at Barrington High, highlighted by 1,779 career points... Richards averaged better than 20 points, four assists and two steals per game in his final year... The combo-guard was selected to participate in the prestigious ABCD camp and was also chosen as a Street & Smith’s Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.
Personal
Richards comes from a family of basketball stars... His lone sister, Lindsay (24), was a McDonald’s All-American and is currently rehabbing a knee injury with the Iowa Hawkeye basketball team... His parents, Tom and Mary Beth, both were outstanding basketball players at the Univ. of Pittsburgh.
Voted All-SoCon by league head coaches and 2nd Team All-SoCon by the media. Ranked 2nd nationally in total assists and assists per game... Led the SoCon in assists, assists per game and assist/turnover ratio. Second on the club with an average of 13.5 points per game... His 52 steals and 81.1 percent clip from the free throw line ranked him second on the team behind Stephen Curry in both categories... His 249 assists for the season moved him into a tie for sixth on Davidson’s all-time assist charts with 370... Named SoCon Player of the Week and CollegeInsiders.com Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 19. Broke Davidson’s single-season assist record in the Wildcats’ 80-73 triumph over Wofford Feb. 19, 2007... Reached double figures in 25 of the Wildcats’ 33 affairs... Had six contests where he handed out 10 or more assists. Recorded three double-doubles via points and assists... His first career double-double came in Davidson’s 30-point win over Colby when the Wildcat point guard scored 20 points and handed out 16 assists... In Davidson’s convincing win over cross-county rival Charlotte, Richards had 11 points while setting up 10 other Wildcat buckets... Broke Davidson’s single-game record and tied the league’s mark for assists in a contest with 19 in the Wildcats’ 116-55 triumph over Mount Saint Mary... Earned MVP honors at the Arizona State Holiday Classic by putting forth a Herculean effort... First he tallied 18 points and dished out eight assists in the opening win over Ohio in 37 minutes of action... Then less than 15 hours later, he scored 25 points in the championship game while playing 39 minutes... For his efforts, he was named the CollegeInsider.com mid-major player of the week for the second straight week... Scored 16 straight first-half points for the Wildcats in their 101-92 come-from-behind victory at Georgia Southern on Jan. 23... The junior tri-captain finished with a career-high 32 points going 8-for-13 from the floor including four three-pointers and a 12-for-14 performance from the charity stripe. To go along with his record-setting night, Richards also dished out nine assists... Made a career-high six trifectas en route to 21 points at Western Carolina (2/17/07)... Scored 20 points in both the quarterfinals and semifinals of the 2007 SoCon Tournament earning All-Tournament recognition.
2005-2006
Richards played in 31 games, averaged 4.5 points and hitting 49 percent of his shots from the field, plus 81.6 percent from the free-throw line... He had 92 assists, which was second on the team to Kenny Grant... Richards wasted little time proving the Wildcats didn’t miss a beat when he was on the floor as the native from just outside Chicago scored a career-high 13 points, eight of which came in overtime after Grant fouled out in a thrilling win over St. Joe’s in Belk Arena... On one of college basketball’s biggest stages, UNC’s Smith Center, Richards scored 12 points on 3-of-6 shooting from the floor... He finished the season with an impressive 2:1 assist to turnover ratio, which was highlighted by six games in which he had at least five assists... In the SoCon title game, despite taking just one shot, Richards had a career-high seven assists in just 12 minutes of action.
2004-2005
Brought along slowly at the outset of his freshman season, Richards earned the trust of the coaching staff with his strong ball-handling skills... He got his feet wet with considerable time against Maine-Farmington, posting five points, five rebounds and five assists... At Princeton, he hit both of his shot attempts in scoring five points and recording two rebounds and an assist in 11 minutes... Perhaps his most significant contribution came when Grant was saddled with foul trouble at Western Carolina... Richards played a season-high 26 minutes and scored seven points and had six assists... He played in 14 of the last 15 games of the season, playing at least 10 minutes on four occasions, including 14 minutes at Maryland in what turned out to be Davidson’s final game of the season in the postseason NIT.
High School
The four-year starter at Barrington broke 12 school records during his prep career at Barrington High, highlighted by 1,779 career points... Richards averaged better than 20 points, four assists and two steals per game in his final year... The combo-guard was selected to participate in the prestigious ABCD camp and was also chosen as a Street & Smith’s Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.
Personal
Richards comes from a family of basketball stars... His lone sister, Lindsay (24), was a McDonald’s All-American and is currently rehabbing a knee injury with the Iowa Hawkeye basketball team... His parents, Tom and Mary Beth, both were outstanding basketball players at the Univ. of Pittsburgh.
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