2006-07 Men's Basketball Roster
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Goodridge, Vernon
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Jersey Number 40
Vernon Goodridge
- Position:
- C/F
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
- High School/Previous School:
- Lutheran Christian Acad. [PA]
Bio
Promising second-year frontcourt athlete from the talent-laden Philadelphia prep school ranks... Figures to be a preseason favorite for State’s starting post position after making noticeable off-season improvement in his all-around game... Averaged 12.0 points on 18-of-27 shooting (67%), along with a team-best 7.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks, during MSU’s three-game sweep of Canadian collegiate competition this past Labor Day weekend in Vancouver... Opened the weekend with 16 points (8-10 FGs), eight rebounds and four blocks against University College of the Fraser Valley... Followed with 16 points on 8-of-12 shooting and nine boards versus the University of Saskatchewan... Gained valuable playing experience two summers ago while competing for SCORE International during the team’s goodwill tour of Germany... Totaled 18 points, nine rebounds and six blocks in his initial tour effort with SCORE’s High School All-Stars... Collected a dozen rebounds and blocked eight shots in his next tour outing... Caribbean native who was born in Barbados and moved to the United States when he was 5 years old... Hails from Brooklyn, N.Y., before emerging onto the national scene as a prep standout at Philadelphia’s famed Lutheran Christian Academy... Ranked 32nd nationally in the Class of 2005 by PrepStars.com, while earning a No. 38 national rating (No. 4 center) by ScoutHoops.com... Ranked ninth nationally among fifth-year players (No. 2 center) in Class of 2005 by The Hoop Scoop... Previously rated by Rivals.com basketball analysts Tim Watts and Jerry Meyer as the country’s top-ranked shot blocker and No. 2 rebounder among the high school prospects in the 2005 national recruiting class.
Averaged 1.8 points (42% FGs & 48% FTs) and 1.9 rebounds per game in 23 brief appearances (7.7 mins/gm) as a collegiate rookie a year ago... Exactly half of his 44 total rebounds last season were offensive boards... Six of his 13 made field goals on the year came on dunks... Had eight blocked shots for the season, including two games with a pair of rejects... Averaged 1.4 points and 2.1 rebounds in 14 league outings... Saw double-digit minutes nine times in 2005-06... Scored a season-high 11 points (4-5 FGs w/3 dunks & 3-3 FTs) and added three rebounds and two blocks in a dozen minutes against Jacksonville State in Jackson, Miss... Had six points (2-2 FGs) and four rebounds (three offensive) in 15 minutes at Vanderbilt... Hit 2-of-2 field goals and 1-of-1 free throws for five points in three-minute stint at Auburn... Scoreless in seven of his first nine SEC outings, but scored in four straight games to close out the month of February... Grabbed a season-high six rebounds (four offensive) and had two blocks in 13 minutes at LSU... Had four points and four boards versus Tennessee... Hit 2-of-3 shots in five-point effort against New Orleans.
Competed two seasons for coach Darryl Schofield at nationally ranked Lutheran Christian Academy in Philadelphia, Pa... Averaged 11.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 6.0 blocked shots, 3.0 steals and 2.5 assists per game as a senior in helping lead the 2004-05 Crusaders to a 31-3 overall record and a season-ending No. 5 national ranking in Jeff Goodman’s final Top 10 prep school poll... Led LCA in rebounds and blocks in being voted the team’s most outstanding defensive player in 2004-05, while shooting 56 percent from the field and 71 percent from the line... Named fourth-team all-prep by Inside Hoops.com and fifth-team all-American by The Hoop Scoop as a senior... One of as many as 10 players from Lutheran Christian’s 2004-05 team to have signed with NCAA Division I programs, including Marc Egerson (Georgetown), Stefon Jackson and Maurice Thomas (UTEP), Khalil Hartwell and Omar Johnson (Chattanooga), Calvin O’Neil (Middle Tennessee), Kechan Myers (Jacksonville), and Paul Graham (Florida Atlantic)... Totaled four points (2-4 FGs), seven rebounds, one block and a steal for the winning Gold team during the 2005 adidas Derby Festival Basketball Classic played in Louisville... Scored nine points (3-5 FGs & 3-3 FTs), blocked a game-high five shots and grabbed a pair of rebounds for the U.S. All-Stars at the 2005 Charm City Challenge held in Baltimore... Ranked as the top center and No. 5-rated player overall at the 2004 adidas Superstar All-American Camp... Helped lead the 2003-04 Lutheran Christian club to a 29-3 record and a season-ending No. 9 national ranking in Jeff Goodman’s final Top 10 prep school poll.
Vernon A. Goodridge was born February 18, 1984, in the capital city of Bridgetown, Barbados... Majoring in industrial technology... The son of Patricia Glasgow.
2005-06:
Averaged 1.8 points (42% FGs & 48% FTs) and 1.9 rebounds per game in 23 brief appearances (7.7 mins/gm) as a collegiate rookie a year ago... Exactly half of his 44 total rebounds last season were offensive boards... Six of his 13 made field goals on the year came on dunks... Had eight blocked shots for the season, including two games with a pair of rejects... Averaged 1.4 points and 2.1 rebounds in 14 league outings... Saw double-digit minutes nine times in 2005-06... Scored a season-high 11 points (4-5 FGs w/3 dunks & 3-3 FTs) and added three rebounds and two blocks in a dozen minutes against Jacksonville State in Jackson, Miss... Had six points (2-2 FGs) and four rebounds (three offensive) in 15 minutes at Vanderbilt... Hit 2-of-2 field goals and 1-of-1 free throws for five points in three-minute stint at Auburn... Scoreless in seven of his first nine SEC outings, but scored in four straight games to close out the month of February... Grabbed a season-high six rebounds (four offensive) and had two blocks in 13 minutes at LSU... Had four points and four boards versus Tennessee... Hit 2-of-3 shots in five-point effort against New Orleans.
PREP SCHOOL:
Competed two seasons for coach Darryl Schofield at nationally ranked Lutheran Christian Academy in Philadelphia, Pa... Averaged 11.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 6.0 blocked shots, 3.0 steals and 2.5 assists per game as a senior in helping lead the 2004-05 Crusaders to a 31-3 overall record and a season-ending No. 5 national ranking in Jeff Goodman’s final Top 10 prep school poll... Led LCA in rebounds and blocks in being voted the team’s most outstanding defensive player in 2004-05, while shooting 56 percent from the field and 71 percent from the line... Named fourth-team all-prep by Inside Hoops.com and fifth-team all-American by The Hoop Scoop as a senior... One of as many as 10 players from Lutheran Christian’s 2004-05 team to have signed with NCAA Division I programs, including Marc Egerson (Georgetown), Stefon Jackson and Maurice Thomas (UTEP), Khalil Hartwell and Omar Johnson (Chattanooga), Calvin O’Neil (Middle Tennessee), Kechan Myers (Jacksonville), and Paul Graham (Florida Atlantic)... Totaled four points (2-4 FGs), seven rebounds, one block and a steal for the winning Gold team during the 2005 adidas Derby Festival Basketball Classic played in Louisville... Scored nine points (3-5 FGs & 3-3 FTs), blocked a game-high five shots and grabbed a pair of rebounds for the U.S. All-Stars at the 2005 Charm City Challenge held in Baltimore... Ranked as the top center and No. 5-rated player overall at the 2004 adidas Superstar All-American Camp... Helped lead the 2003-04 Lutheran Christian club to a 29-3 record and a season-ending No. 9 national ranking in Jeff Goodman’s final Top 10 prep school poll.
PERSONAL:
Vernon A. Goodridge was born February 18, 1984, in the capital city of Bridgetown, Barbados... Majoring in industrial technology... The son of Patricia Glasgow.
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