Maurice Carter Season 1997-98

(updated 11/03/03)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER (1999-Present)
Signed as a free agent with the Gary, Indiana Steelheads of the CBA on Nov. 3, 2003 …Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers on Aug. 13, 2003 … Joined the Kansas City Knights of the American Basketball Association just prior to the start of the 2001-02 season … Averaged 23.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 30 games with the Knights … In 2000-01, played for the International Basketball League Champion St. Louis Swarm, was second on the team with an average of 16.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game … In 1999-2000, began his professional career with the San Diego Stingrays of the IBL, starting 19 of 58 games … Averaged 12.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 24.3 minutes with the Stingrays … Shot 42 percent from the field (235 of 550) … Led the Stingrays in scoring eight times … Scored a season-high 33 points against the Las Vegas Silver Bandits (Nov. 26, 1999).

SENIOR SEASON (1998-99)
Finished his four-year career at LSU in 19th place on the all-time LSU scoring list with 1,299 points … Saved his best play for his final season as a Tiger, earning consensus Third-Team All-SEC honors and Second-Team All-District 7 by the USBWA … Led the Tigers and tied for third in the league in scoring average with 17.3 points per game … Led the SEC in scoring in league games with an 18.1 average in 16 league games … Averaged 35.2 minutes per game, with a career-best 5.7 rebounds and 1.1 steals … Tied the Pete Maravich Assembly Center record for three-pointers in a single game with eight (in 15 attempts) in a career-best outing against Arkansas … Against the Razorbacks on Jan. 2, he played the entire 40 minutes and was 13-of-20 from the field and scored 35 points for a career high in the 80-75 loss … Added eight 20-plus points games to bring his career total to 19 … Ranked second in the SEC in three-point field-goal percentage 41.5 (71 of 171) and second in the league in three-pointers made per game (2.63) … His 71 threes was the fifth-best single-season performance in school history … Made 157 three-pointers in his career, fourth on the LSU all-time list … Earned his fourth varsity letter.

JUNIOR SEASON (1997-98)
For the first time as a Tiger, entered a season completely healthy, and it showed in his play from the beginning of the season … Player in all 27 games, starting 25 … Averaged double figures scoring for the first time at LSU, leading the team with 14.4 points per game … Tied for fourth on the team with 3.7 rebounds per game … Was fourth on the team in assists as well with 1.6 per game … Ranked second on the team with an average of 32.0 minutes per contest … After shooting only 39 percent from the field in his first two seasons at LSU and only 23.4 percent in 1996-97 from three-point range, he improved to 41.9 percent from the field and 33.6 percent from beyond the arc (44 of 131)  … Made 73.9 per cent of his free throw attempts (82 of 111) … Had 13 double-figure scoring games in 16 SEC contests, ranking eighth in the league with 15.6 per SEC game … Scored 20-plus points on five occasions, including a career-high 29 points on Jan. 28 against Arkansas … Also had 24 at Alabama and vs. Tennessee; 21 at Ole Miss and at Vanderbilt … Finished 10th in the league in overall scoring … Had 21 double-figure scoring games to bring his career total to 39 … His 40.8 field-goal percentage in SEC games was 10th best in the league … Twenty of his 44 three-pointers came in the final eight games of the season … Made only 15 treys during his sophomore season …  Through three seasons at LSU, ranks seventh on LSU’s all-time list of three-pointers made with 86 … Posted a career-high nine rebounds against Auburn (Jan. 14) … Coached by first-season head coach John Brady  … Earned his third varsity letter.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (1996-97)
For the second time in as many seasons at LSU, underwent pre-season surgery … This time, had arthroscopic surgery on Aug. 1, 1996, to repair minor cartilage damage in his knee … Finished the season as the team’s second-leading scorer, averaging 9.8 points … Also added 2.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 24.6 minutes per game … Saw action in 28 of 30 contests, starting 23 … Was one of the hottest players in the SEC during a three-week period from late January to early February, posting five 20-plus point games … Scored 28 vs. Auburn (Jan. 22), 28 at Alabama (Jan. 25), 24 vs. Mississippi St. (Jan. 29), 25 vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 5) and 24 at Auburn (Feb. 8) … Scored 21 points vs. Florida on Jan. 8 … Improved his free throw shooting percentage from 56.8 during his freshman season to 75.4 as a sophomore (52-69) … Scored in double figures 11 times … In conference games, was fourth in the league with 13.8 points per game … Made 83-of-193 field goals in SEC play, good for sixth-best in the league … Coached by LSU great Dale Brown in his final season … Earned his second varsity letter.

FRESHMAN SEASON (1995-96)
Slowed early in the campaign by pre-season surgery to remove a bone chip in his right knee … Overcame the injury to finish the season with four-consecutive double-figure scoring games (15 vs. Auburn; 11 at Ole Miss; 17 vs. Arkansas; 11 vs. South Carolina in SEC Tournament) and six in his last eight games … Averaged 6.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in an average of 15.9 minutes of playing time … Averaged 7.7 points in almost 18 minutes of action per game in SEC play … Scored 20 points in a reserve role against Kentucky (Jan. 16) … Made five three-pointers against Arkansas on March 2 … Earned his first varsity letter.

PRE-LSU
Earned three letters in basketball at Forest Hill High School … Averaged 25 points per game, 10 rebounds and six assists during his senior season … Was the MVP in the Mississippi High School All-Star game after his senior season … Named to the All-Metro Team in Jackson, Miss., in both 1994 and 1995 … Named to All-State Team in 1995.

PERSONAL
Full name is Maurice Antwan Carter … Nicknamed “Moe” … Parents are Leon Hughes and Susan Carter … Born Oct. 12, 1976, in Cleveland, Miss. … Has two sisters, Jaboria and Candace … Majored in marketing at LSU … Left-handed … His cousin, Chris Carter, is an All-Pro wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings.

CARTER’S LSU CAREER STATISTICS

Three-point shooting: 1995-96 (27-77, .568); 1996-97 (15-64, .234); 1997-98 (44-131, .336); 1998-99 (71-171, .415)