Deonta Vaughn
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| Deonta Vaughn | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
| College | Cincinnati |
| Class | JR |
| Hometown | Indianapolis, IN |
| High School | Harmony Community |
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| Position(s) | Guard |
| Date of Birth | 8/6/1986 |
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Averaged 17.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.6 assists at Harmony Community School in Cincinnati in 2005-06 ... coached by former Bearcat Rodney Crawford ... was a two-time Indiana all-state selection at Arlington High in Indianapolis, Ind., under the coaching of Larry Nicks ... led school to a 23-1 record and the Indiana Public School Athletic Conference championship in 2005 ... four-year starter at Arlington who averaged 23.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals as a senior in 2004-05, earning team MVP honors ... averaged double digits in scoring throughout his high school and prep career ... did volunteer work at a local community center.
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2006-07: Made an immediate impact as a freshman, leading the team in scoring (14.5), assists (3.5), and was co-leader in steals (1.8)... was 2-time winner of the Big Rookie of the Week...selected to the Big East All-Rookie team ... ranked 17th among the Big East scoring leaders and finished 9th in 3-point field goals and 11th in turnover-to-assist ratio ... his 14.5 points per game are the 2nd -highest by a UC freshman trailing only Dontonio Wingfield's 16.0 ppg in 1993-94 ... won the team's Ball of Courage Award ... put up a team high 24 points vs. Xavier ... recorded his 6th 20-pt performance of the season vs. Seton Hall (knocking down 20 points, including five in the decisive overtime period) ... had 25 pts and posted career high of 9 assists and 6 steals in a win over North Carolina State, garnering him his 2nd Big East Rookie of the Week award ... led a UC comeback vs. Oakland, scoring 12 of his 17 points in the final 10:39 of the game ... earned his first Big East Rookie of the Week award the week of Nov. 21 averaging 26.0 pts and 5.5 assists in games with Wofford, and Central Michigan (11/25) ... tallied a UC freshman record 33 pts vs Wofford in his first career start.
2007-08: 1st team all-Big East selection ... ranked 5th in the Big East in league only scoring (17.5) and 5th overall (17.3) ... was also in the Top 10 in overall assists (9th, 4.16), F.T. percentage (8th, .789), 3 PT F.G. percentage (4th, .398), and 3 PT FG's made (2nd, 3.03) ... avg 33.4 minutes per game, spending time at both guard positions ... named Big East Player of the Week for efforts vs. Syracuse, and Villanova after scoring 37.7 percent of UC's points in the two games (the second Bearcats player to earn the distinction) ... posted 30 or more points in three games, including 30 in UC's first-round Big East Tournament match-up with Pittsburgh ... posted 23 of the 30 points vs. Pitt in the 2nd half, scoring 20 in a row at one point for UC ... scored in double figures in 26 of UC's 32 games and went for 20 or more 11 times ... had two or more assists in 25 games ... scored 13 points in overtime at Rutgers to lead UC to a 72-68 OT Win ... poured in 18 pts, with three rebounds as Cincinnati knocked off West Virginia on the road, 62-39 ... dropped in 34 pts on 10-of-14 shooting vs. Connecticut, including 8-of-11 from 3-point range, for his second 30-point plus game of the year ... kept UC within striking distance of Memphis, scoring 20 pts and adding five rebounds and three assists ... tossed in a career-high 36 points vs. Coastal Carolina.
