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AT ILLINOIS
2011-12 SOPHOMORE: Played in all 32 games and started 14 times, averaging 20.1 minutes ... Was fourth on the team in scoring at 6.5 ppg ... Scored in double figures 11 times and led the UI in scoring in two games ... Ranked ninth in the Big Ten in field goal percentage during conference games at 52 percent ... Posted 11 points and a career-high eight rebounds vs. Lipscomb (Nov. 17) ... Matched the best single-game shooting percentage in school history, hitting a perfect 9-of-9 from the field and scoring 19 points vs. Missouri (Dec. 22) ... Tallied 13 points and hit first four shots vs. Minnesota (Dec. 27) to finish with a streak of 13 consecutive field goals made ... Made first career start at Purdue (Dec. 31) and scored eight points ... Equaled a career best with eight rebounds and scored 10 points at Northwestern (Jan. 4) ... Notched a career-best 25 points on 11-of-12 shooting vs. Nebraska (Jan. 7) ... Posted his second double-digit made field goal streak with 12 after hitting final four shots at Northwestern and first eight baskets vs. Nebraska ... Dished out a career-best five assists while scoring 15 points vs. Wisconsin (Jan. 22) ... Matched a career high with five assists vs. Purdue (Feb. 15) and at Nebraska (Feb. 18).2010-11 FRESHMAN: Played in 15 games and averaged 1.1 points ... Saw first career action vs. UC Irvine (Nov. 8) ... Scored a career-high five points in a career-most 17 minutes vs. Toledo (Nov. 10) ... Hit a pair of free throws vs. Northern Colorado (Dec. 12) ... Had a career-best two assists to go along with two points and a rebound vs. Northwestern (Jan. 6) ... Four points vs. Indiana (March 5).
2009-10 REDSHIRT: Sat out the season as a redshirt and retains four years of eligibility ... Had knee surgery on Sept. 11 to repair torn lateral meniscus in his right knee ... Following the season, traveled to Poland on a foreign tour trip with Athletes in Action sports ministry.
HIGH SCHOOL
Sterling's all-time leading scorer ... Averaged 15.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.6 steals as a senior ... First-team All-State by Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA), second-team All-State by Associated Press (AP) and Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and special mention All-State by Chicago Tribune as a senior ... Two-time IHSA Class 3A slam dunk champion as a junior and senior ... Averaged 14.3 points 4.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.7 steals as a junior, leading Sterling to IHSA Super-Sectional appearance ... Second-team All-State by AP, Sun-Times and News-Gazette and special mention All-State by the Tribune as a junior ... IBCA special mention All-State as a sophomore ... High school coach at Sterling was Peter Goff ... Played for the Illinois Wolves AAU program, coached by Mike Mullins.PERSONAL
Born March 23, 1991 ... Mother is Lorita Bertrand ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, general curriculum ... Older brother, Justin, graduated from Augustana College and was a four-year member of the basketball team ... Played tennis and competed in gymnastics during childhood ... Member of the varsity tennis team at Sterling as a freshman ... Grandfather, Joe Bertrand, was one of the first two African-Americans to play basketball at the University of Notre Dame and went on to become a 1,000-point scorer ... Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant ... Prom king as a senior at Sterling ... Lists his mother for most influencing his athletic career because, "She always has supported me in whatever I wanted to do."
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