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Venoy Overton

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Seattle, Wash.

High School:
Franklin

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 185

Position:
G

Experience:
1V

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2008-09 (Sophomore) - Named honorable mention for the all-Pac-10 defensive team ... scored nine points and grabbed five boards at Portland ... started against Cleveland State ... tied career-high four steals in 22 minutes of action against Eastern Washington, then equalled that against Montana eight days later ... scored 10 points with three assists against the Grizzlies, including two breakaway dunks ... scored 11 points against Morgan State ... handed out three assists against Stanford, Oregon and Oregon State ... scored six points against USC, both three point field goals ... scored 10 points in home win over #13 UCLA ... scored 11 points with five assists and a career-high five steals in win at Stanford ... played well in place of foul-plagued Justin Dentmon vs. the Cardinal ... scored nine points against Oregon State ... shot 7-for-12 from the field during three-game stretch (Oregon, UCLA, USC) for .583 pct. ... had two steals at UCLA, three at USC, two against #14 Arizona State and three against Arizona (10 in four games) ... grabbed six rebounds at home against Arizona ... registered five steals and handed out five assists against Seattle University ... scored 14 points in title-clinching game against Washington State ... went 8-for-11 from the free throw line against the Cougars.

2007-08 (Freshman) -- Appeared in all 33 games during the season and started 26, including the final 18 ... finished the season ranked 7th in the Pac-10 in assist/turnover ratio (1.62) and eithth in steals (1.36) ... His 45 steals ranks as the second-highest total for a Husky freshman behind teammate Justin Dentmon's 52 in 2005 and just ahead of Jon Brockman's 35 that same season ... an honorable mention all-Pac-10 selection ... averaged 4.9 points and a team-leading 3.2 assists per game ... led the team in assists 17 times ... scored in double-figures five times with a high of 19 points (led the team) in just 19 minutes against Arizona ... went 5-for-9 from the field and 9-for-9 from the free throw line against the Wildcats ... his nine free throws against Arizona tied with Jon Brockman for the most in a single game during the season ... scored 14 points against Cal State Northridge, going a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and 4-for-4 from the free throw line ... grabbed seven rebounds and handed out six assists at Washington State.

Franklin High School (Seattle, Wash.)
The 2007 Washington state Class 4A Player of the Year ... Listed No. 25 in the Best in the West poll conducted by the Long Beach Press-Telegram ... Averaged 21.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.0 steals during his senior season ... Led the Quakers to a 24-3 record in 2007 with a 14-0 league mark and third-place state finish ... Helped guide Franklin to the 2006 Class 4A state championship, scorng 20 points in a 70-51 win over Central Valley in the title game ... Averaged 18.1 points per game as a junior, 17.6 as a sophomore and 6.0 as a freshman ... Graduate of Seattle's Franklin High School, which also produced former Pac-10 standouts Jason Terry (Arizona) and Aaron Brooks (Oregon).

Overton Career Statistics (As of March 23, 2009)

Minutes Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds
Year gp-gs min avg fg fga pct fg fga pct ft fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast t/o blk stl pts avg
2007-08 33-26 678 20.5 46 136 .338 11 44 .250 60 91 .659 17 46 63 1.9 78 3 107 66 1 45 163 4.9
2008-09 35-1 717 20.5 62 146 .425 9 36 .250 69 90 .767 15 59 74 2.1 93 4 68 72 6 47 202 5.8
TOTAL 68-27 1395 20.5 108 282 .383 20 80 .250 129 181 .713 32 105 137 2.0 171 7 175 138 7 92 365 5.4

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