#5 - Jason Miller
Class:
Senior
|
Height:
5-10 |
Hometown:
State College, PA |
Weight:
165 |
High School:
State College |
Position:
Guard |
2008-2009 Season - Senior
Started all 26 games at point guard. . .averaged 9.7points a game (3rd on team). . .averaged just under 32 minutes per games. . .shot 45.8% (2nd on team) on 81-177 from the field. . .81% free-throw percentage led team (3rd in Commonwealth). . .dished out team high 79 assists (T-8th in Commonwealth) as the floor manager for the Falcons and corralled 42 steals. . .season high 20 points against the Univerity of Scranton, shooting 8-15 from the field, 2-2 from behind the arc and 2-4 from the free throw line.
2007-2008 Season - Junior
Started all 25 games at point guard. . .averaged 8 points a game while playing 28 minutes a game (2nd on team)…shot 46% on 60-132 from the field. . .shot 39% from 3-point range on 13-34 shooting. . .86% free-throw percentage led team (3rd in Commonwealth). . .dished out team high 69 assists (5th in Commonwealth) as the floor manager for the Falcons and corralled 35 steals. . .had career high 26 points against Albright College (2/6/08) on 8-12 shooting and shooting 9-10 from the charity stripe in a commonwealth conference battle for first place.
2006-2007 Season - Sophomore
Started all 26 games at point guard. . .Provided constant defensive pressure on the other teams offense leading to 39 steals (2nd on team). . . averaged just under 26 minutes a game while shooting 42% from the field. . .scored 156 points on the season (6.0 per game). . .connected on 38-48 foul shots good for a 79% free-throw percentage (2nd on team). . . had a season high 12 points on 5-7 shooting against Moravian College.
2005-2006 Season - Freshman
Saw action in 12 games as a freshman while coming off the bench and adding a spark on the floor. . .notched a season-high in points (five) and minutes (12) during a 75-59 victory over Lebanon Valley on January 28. . .picked up a big steal and conversion before knocking down a three-pointer in a key run in the middle of the second half during the LVC game.
Personal
Son of Doug and Sue Miller. . .has one sister, Amanda. . .father Doug, is Senior Research Associate/Associate Professor of Geography at Penn State. . .double-major in Economics and Political Science. . . represents the men’s basketball team on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. . .involved in Messiah Basketball lore as the only “practice player of the day.”. . .Chose Messiah after considering: Eastern Mennonite and Penn State. . .born on October 23, 1986 in State College, Pennsylvania.
Miller By The Numbers
| YEAR |
GP-GS |
MIN/AVG |
FG-FGA |
PCT. |
3FG-FGA |
PCT. |
FT-FTA |
PCT. |
O-REB |
D-REB |
TOT |
AVG |
PF-FO |
AST |
TO |
BLK |
STL |
PTS/AVG |
|
2008-08 |
26-26 |
825/31.7 |
81-177 |
.458 |
13-37 |
.351 |
78-96 |
.813 |
28 |
56 |
84 |
3.2 |
47-0 |
79 |
70 |
5 |
42 |
253/9.7 |
|
2007-08 |
25-25 |
705/28.2 |
60-132 |
.455 |
13-34 |
.382 |
61-73 |
.836 |
10 |
48 |
58 |
2.3 |
33-0 |
69 |
70 |
0 |
35 |
194/7.8 |
|
2006-07 |
26-26 |
667/25.7 |
50-118 |
.424 |
18-58 |
.310 |
38-48 |
.792 |
15 |
46 |
61 |
2.3 |
28-0 |
47 |
61 |
0 |
39 |
156/6.0 |
|
2005-06 |
12-0 |
54/4.5 |
2-6 |
.333 |
1-1 |
1.000 |
3-4 |
.750 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0.3 |
4-0 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
8/0.7 |
|
Totals |
89-77 |
8251/25.3 |
193-433 |
.446 |
45-130 |
.346 |
180-221 |
.814 |
54 |
153 |
207 |
2.3 |
112-0 |
199 |
206 |
5 |
117 |
611/6.9 |
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