Marque Perry
Marque Perry
Player Profile
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.

High School:
Prosser HS

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 185

Position:
G

Birthdate:
01/28/1981

Graduated:
2003

2002-03: First-team All-Conference USA … team MVP for second consecutive year … finished 10th all-time on the Bills’ scoring list with 1,358 points and is one of only 21 Billikens to achieve 1,000 career points … was named to the C- USA All-Tournament team after averaging 17.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 3.5 apg in two games …ranked fifth in C-USA in scoring at 17.1 ppg and was second on the club in both rebounding at 4.7 rpg and assists at 3.2 apg … ranked 10th in C-USA free throw percentage at .800 … rallied the Bills with a game-high 20 points vs. UAB in the C-USA semifinal … led the Bills with six rebounds, tied for the team high with four assists and tossed in 15 points vs. Southern Miss in the C-USA quarterfinal … nailed all 11 of his free throws, including four in the last 30 seconds, leading to 15 points at East Carolina and led the Bills with seven rebounds … led all scorers with 17 points vs. Charlotte at Savvis … threw in 10 of his game-high 27 points in overtime vs. Tulane, added a game-high seven assists and his trey with six seconds left in the first OT sent the game to a second overtime … led all scorers with 19 points at DePaul and scored the winning bucket with two seconds to play … led all scorers with 20 points at Cincinnati as his two free throws in the last 19 seconds secured the game and tied Kenny Brown for the team high with six rebounds … led all scorers with 22 points vs. East Carolina … hit the game winner vs. Louisville with 3.2 seconds remaining and scored seven of the Bills’ last nine points on his way to a team-high 25 … notched 13 points and led the Bills with seven boards and six assists despite foul trouble at Marquette … posted a career-high 28 points vs. DePaul while scoring the Bills’ last 16 points of the game … led the Bills with 17 points and a game-high nine boards at Charlotte … scored a then-season-high 24 points vs. Memphis … poured in 20 points with five boards and four assists vs. Cincinnati … totaled game highs of 20 points and five assists against Marquette at Savvis and a team-high six boards … had a game-high six assists at K-State … posted a game-high 22 points, including 15 in the last seven minutes, vs. Southern Illinois … notched a game-high 23 points at Butler and tied for game-high honors with seven boards … notched 21 points and added six boards vs. Dayton … posted 20 points on 70 percent shooting from the field vs. Texas Pan American … collected 15 points and a game-high eight boards vs. St. Bona … had his first career double-double vs. SMS with 17 points, a career-high 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals … was selected to the C-USA preseason All-Conference squad by the league’s coaches in their annual balloting. selected preseason first-team All-Conference by C-USA coaches … was second on the Bills in scoring at 9.3 ppg and rebounding at 5.3 rpg on the European trip.

2001-02: Was selected second-team All–C-USA … was named Most Valuable Player at the Billikens’ annual awards banquet … was the Bills’ scoring leader and ranked 14th in C-USA at 14.1 ppg … had seven games of 20+ points … ranked 15th in C-USA at 3.3 apg … matched his career high with 27 points and grabbed a career-high seven boards at DePaul … led the Bills with 17 points vs. UAB including 5-of-6 free throws in the final 90 seconds … returned to the lineup vs. Marquette and led the club with four assists in 28 minutes … missed the East Carolina, Charlotte and Cincinnati games after suffering mild headaches following a collision during the Marquette game … handed out a career-high eight assists vs. DePaul … scored five of his 11 points late in the Houston game and created Chris Braun’s game-winning basket after missing the SMS game with symptoms from a concussion suffered against Washington … had a game-high 20 points vs. Washington and created the game winning shot for Ross Varner … had a game-high 21 points at Dayton and career-high four treys … had a game-high 20 points vs. Missouri … was named to the Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 16.3 ppg … led all scorers with 27 points vs. SIUC along with three assists and two boards.

2000-01: Received the Bills’ Sportsmanship Award … led the club in assists (107), was second in scoring (10.1 ppg) and second in steals (37) … solid 13-point, five-assist, no turnover effort vs. Houston in C-USA first round … knocked in 10 points and matched his career high with seven assists with only one turnover vs. Charlotte at Savvis … drilled a huge three in the Bills’ late rally vs. Cincinnati and contributed 13 points, five assists to the win … defensive job on 49ers guard Demon Brown (2-of-14 shooting) was complemented by his 12-point, five-rebound, three-assist effort at Charlotte … handed out a career-high seven assists vs. SMS and matched his career high with four steals … led the club with 10 points, a career-high six boards and four assists at DePaul … led the Bills with a career-high 19 points at SIUC and four boards.

1999-00: Had his freshman season end with a dislocated ankle at UL and was enjoying one of his best games with 10 points when the injury occurred … finished the season averaging 6.0 ppg and was third on the club in assists with 50 when he got hurt … 12 points and three assists at Tulane … handed out four assists vs. Houston … dished out three assists vs. UAB … handed out a team-high three assists vs. SIUC … reinjured his sprained toe the day before the Marquette game and was held scoreless, but bounced back to make all three of his shots vs. Memphis … appeared to return to nearly full health with a 15-point effort to lead the club at SMS … despite the sore toe, he had eight points and a pair of clutch free throws at Dayton … gutted out 30 minutes with a sprained toe against UMKC … handed out a team-high five assists vs. Missouri … drilled 9-of-9 free throws on his way to 13 points vs. SW Texas … hit two clutch shots down the stretch in the Bills’ failed attempt to hold off K-State … made his first career start vs. LaTech and led the club with 16 points and three assists … had a coming out party with 17 points and six assists vs. UNCA … scored his first career basket vs. Alabama and finished with six points and four assists … made his initial appearance vs. Air Force and handed out an assist.

Prep:USA Today 1999 honorable mention All-American and '98-99 Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook honorable mention All-American … led Falcons to a 24-5 record in his senior season and earned second team All-City honors as he averaged 23 ppg, 12 apg, eight rpg and two spg … played in the Team Cheerios Windy City Classic against a New York all-star team and his team was pictured on Cheerios boxes marketed in Chicago … attended Five Star and addidas summer camps in '98 … two-time All-Conference in the Red North … as a junior, averaged 20 ppg, 11 rpg, 13 apg and posted 19 triple doubles while shooting 57 percent from the field and 47.1 percent from three to lead Falcons to a 20-10 mark a berth in city final eight … fourth team All-City as a junior … played varsity since his freshman year … coach Donald Gallagher .

PERRY'S CAREER STATS

YR G/S MIN/AVG FG/A PCT 3FG/A PCT FT/A PCT O/DR R/AVG PF/D A TO BS ST TP/AVG
’99-00 25/22 529/21.2 52/112 .464 2/21 .095 44/64 .688 5/22 27/1.1 41/1 50 65 4 10 150/6.0
’00-01 31/31 962/31.0 102/243 .420 15/49 .306 93/123 .756 13/62 75/2.4 70/0 107 82 4 37 312/10.0
’01-02 27/26 885/32.8 134/305 .439 18/72 .250 96/127 .756 9/64 73/2.7 57/1 89 89 2 25 382/14.1
’02-03 30/30 1086/36.2 183/424 .432 20/77 .260 128/160 .800 27/115 142/4.7 60/0 97 89 7 29 514/17.1
Total 113/109 3462/30.6 471/1084 .435 55/219 .251 361/474 .762 54/263 317/2.8 228/2 343 225 17 101 1358/12.0
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