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    Eric Boateng

    Player Profile
    Hometown:
    London, England

    High School:
    St. Andrew's

    Height / Weight:
    6-10 / 257

    Position:
    Center

    Birthdate:
    11/20/1985

    Experience:
    3V

    Degree:
    B.A., Global Studies, 2009

    02/06/2012

    Game Notes For @SunDevilHoops As It Takes On Utah and Colorado At Home

    Of the 338 Division I schools, ASU is one of just nine without a senior.

    02/03/2012

    Sun Devil Postgame Notes From Stanford 68-44 Win On Feb. 2, 2012

    Jordan Bachynski posts

    01/31/2012

    @SunDevilHoops Game Notes For Stanford Game On Thursday At 7 p.m. PT

    Sun Devils hoping for continued good play from Gilling, Colvin and Bachynski, who are trending in the right direction.

    11/18/2009

    Arizona State Holds Off TCU 52-49

    Boateng's career night paces Sun Devils.

    11/27/2009

    Sun Devils Scorch LSU in NIT :: Nov. 27, 2009

    Sun Devils Scorch LSU in NIT :: Nov. 27, 2009

    03/22/2009

    Syracuse Holds Off Arizona State, 78-67, in Second Round Play

    Rihards Kuksiks and Ty Abbott led the Sun Devils with 20 points each

    11/14/2008

    MVSU at No. 15 Arizona State

    Images from the Arizona State's 2008-09 season opener as MVSU.

    Click here for a complete list of Sun Devil men's hoops players who have earned their degrees from 1990-present

    FSN Arizona Senior Profile: Eric Boateng (FoxSportsArizona.com/March 4, 2010)

    Career Begun in London Is Flourishing in Desert (New York Times/Nov. 26, 2009)

    Paola Boivin: Boateng showing he's worth wait (Arizona Republic/Nov. 19, 2009)

    Too On One: Eric Boateng (East Valley Tribune/Nov. 14, 2009)

    YearG-GSMin-AvgFG-APctFG3-APctFT-APctRb-AvgF-DAstToBkStPts-Avg
    07-0834-1394/11.656-91.6150-1.00019-52.36590-2.652-0642114131-3.9
    08-0931-0254-8.224-39.6150-0.0009-22.40961-2.037-16106657-1.8
    09-1033-33894-27.1117-176.6650-0.00058-107.542239-7.286-130692619292-8.8
    Totals98-341542-15.7197-306.6440-1.00086-181.475390-4.0175-2421214329480-4.9

    Eric Boateng Sun Devil career game-by-game statistics in PDF Format Get Acrobat Reader

    Outstanding student-athlete who earned his B.A. in Global Studies with a 3.05 grade point average in 2009 and was one of the nation's most improved players in 2009-2010. After scoring 57 points in junior season (2008-09), he averaged 8.8 points and 7.2 boards and shot a Pac-10 best 66.5 percent (117-of-176) from the field in his senior season (2009-10) including a league-best .660 (68-of-103) in Pac-10 games. When you add his Duke and Arizona State records, he played on teams that compiled a 100-38 (.725) record in his four seasons. His ASU record .665 field goal percentage in 2009-10 matched Bill Walton for eighth the Pac-10 single-season list and was the best by a Pac-10 hooper since Jelani McCoy of UCLA set the Pac-10 record by shooting .756 in 1996-97. Eric's .644 career field goal clip (197-of-306) also is an ASU record, and he posted 15 games of double-digit points, including 12 in his senior season.

    SUN DEVILS McDONALD'S ALL-AMERICANS
    James Harden, 2007
    Eric Boateng, 2005
    Jamal Faulkner, 1989
    Chris Sandle, 1984
    Byron Scott, 1979

    SUN DEVILS WHO LED PAC-10 IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (OVERALL GAMES)
    Eric Boateng, 2009-10 (117-of-176/.665)
    Jeff Pendergraph, 2008-09 (198-of-300/.660)
    Ike DIogu, 2004-05 (229-of-398/.575)
    Trent Edwards, 1988-89 (208-of-330/.630)

    BIG SENIOR YEAR
    Had some monster games late in his senior year, including a 16-point, 14-rebound, three-assist, four-block effort with no turnovers in 34 minutes vs. UCLA on March 6 on Senior Day. Had a career-best 24 points at Stanford on Feb. 25 when he matched the Pac-10 record for field goal percentage in a single game, as he was 11-of-11 from the field, the only player in the NCAA to go perfect in more than 10 field goal attempts in a game on the year. In his final 13 games he shot 69.8 percent from the floor (60-of-86) and averaged 11.2 points and 8.8 boards.

    11-OF-11 FIELD GOALS IN A PAC-10 GAME
    Eric Boateng (Arizona State) at Stanford (Feb. 25, 2010)
    Bryce Taylor (Oregon) vs. USC (March 10, 2007/Pac-10 Tournament)
    Tommy Smith (Arizona State) vs. Washington (Feb. 10, 2001)
    Marques Johnson (UCLA) at California (Feb. 27, 1976)

    JUST YOUR NORMAL EVERYDAY STUDENT WHO IS FLUENT IN TWI
    Eric passed his Twi language exam in October of 2007 and has completely fulfilled the language requirement (two years) for his major of Global Studies. Sound simple? Hardly. When learning of the language requirement in his major, Eric was told by the ASU Department of Language at ASU that if he could find a professor who was willing to test him in Twi - an African language - they would accept it, because he was already fluent in it. Eric contacted Indiana University, who happened to have a Twi professor on staff. After a few months of preparation, he took the exam in the fall, it was mailed to IU where the written part was graded and they notified the Department of Language here that he had passed.

    PRIOR TO ASU
    Was a member of Duke 2005-06 squad that went 32-4, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in 2005-06, won the ACC regular season title with a 14-2 record and then won the ACC Tournament. He played in 20 games and saw action in six ACC regular season games, two ACC tournament games and two NCAA Tournament games. Also a three-year letterman at the St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Del., and was coached by Bobby Rue. Eric averaged 19.6 points, 13.6 rebounds and 4.6 blocks in career played in the 2005 Jordan Classic. He was the 2005 Gatorade Delaware Player of the Year and a Parade All-America fourth-team pick who averaged 21.0 points, 16.0 rebounds and five blocks. He was the first McDonald's All-American in Delaware prep history.

    ERIC BOATENG'S CAREER HIGHS
    POINTS: 24 at Stanford (2/25/10)
    FIELD GOALS MADE: 11 at Stanford (2/25/10)
    FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED: 15 vs. California (1/28/10)
    FREE THROWS MADE: 5, twice, vs. Stanford (3/11/10)
    FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED: 8, three times, vs. Stanford (3/11/10)
    REBOUNDS: 15 vs. Stanford (3/11/10)
    OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: 7 vs. TCU (11/17/09)
    STEALS: 3, twice, vs. Stanford (1/30/10)
    ASSISTS: 3, four times, vs. UCLA (3/6/10)
    BLOCKS: 4 vs. UCLA (3/6/10)
    MINUTES: 35 vs. Baylor (12/3/09)

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