2000-01 (M) Basketball Roster
Roster
Terrell Taylor
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bridgeport, Conn.
- High School:
- Central
Appeared in all 32 games and made 29 starts, ranking fourth on the team with an average of 10.4 points per game ... was third on the team with 41 steals (1.3 spg) and tied for third with 63 assists (2.0 apg) ... also rejected 10 shots to rank fourth on the team in that category ... was the Jays' leading scorer six times, while also topping the squad in steals on six occasions ... made his first career start in the home-opening 96-50 rout versus Western Illinois and finished with a game-high 17 points to go along with five rebounds and three steals ... scored in double-figures 15 times, including a career-best 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting (5-of-7 three-pointers) with three assists, three steals and three boards in the 77-63 win at Southern Illinois which was televised nationally by ESPN ... tallied 20 points, making 7-of-9 free throws, in the Jays' 81-72 home victory against Indiana State ... finished with 18 points and made 4-of-6 treys in the 78-70 win at Drake ... in addition to the season-opener, scored 17 points in home wins against Evansville, Drake and Wyoming ... ended the year having scored 10 or more points in seven of the final 10 contests ... grabbed season-high six rebounds to go along with 15 points in 81-74 victory against previously-undefeated Georgia State ... dished out a career-high five assists during Creighton's 63-51 win over Providence at the Energia Systems Thanksgiving Tournament ... made 6-of-11 field goals, pulled down five boards and assisted on four field goals to spark CU to an 86-76 win at Tulsa, which was the Golden Hurricane's first non-league loss at home since 1998 ... tied a career-high with five thefts during 80-56 win at home versus Northern Iowa ... reached double-digits with 11 points in the 61-51 win at Nebraska.
1999-00 (Freshman)
Played in every game during his rookie season, averaging 7.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.1 assists per game to earn spots on the Missouri Valley Conference's All-Newcomer, All-Freshman and All-Bench teams ... was one of five Bluejay players in the MVC's top seven for three-point field goal percentage, ranking fourth with a .442 (34-of-77) clip from beyond the arc ... was tied for second on the team with a .506 (89-of-176) field goal percentage ... connected on 33-of-41 (.805) free throw attempts ... had a total of 11 double-figure scoring outputs and had six games with four or more rebounds ... got his collegiate career off to a fast start with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting (2-of-3 treys) in the 70-62 season-opening win at Mississippi Valley State ... made 5-of-8 field goals for 15 points in the overtime win at Baylor to start a string of three games in which he shot 71.4 percent (20-of-28) from the field, including 75 percent (9-of-12) from three-point range, and averaged 18.7 points ... followed the Baylor game with 20 points, making 7-of-10 field goals (4-of-6 treys), against Grambling State and adding a career-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting (3-of-3 three-pointers) in the victory over Nebraska ... made 5-of-8 field goals for 11 points versus Western Illinois ... had eight points, seven boards and four steals in a 20-point win over Florida Atlantic ... put up 11 points, eight rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals in a win at SMS ... finished with 13 points and canned 3-of-4 trifectas against Northern Iowa and followed with nine points and seven caroms in 18 minutes of court time versus Wichita State ... registered a career-best five steals against Indiana State ... tallied 12 points in the regular season finale versus Evansville ... had 10 points in the 71-69 MVC Tournament semifinal win over Indiana State and ended his first season by finishing with 11 points in the 72-69 NCAA Tournament setback to 24th-ranked Auburn
Central High School
Was a four-year letterman in both basketball and cross country ... averaged 25.1 points, seven rebounds, five assists and five steals per game as a senior ... named first-team all-state as a senior after earning second-team all-state honors as a junior ... three-time team most valuable player and MVP of the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) ... shot 57 percent from the field and 44 percent from behind the three-point arc as a senior ... first-team all-area by the Connecticut Post as a junior and senior and named to the second-team all-area unit as a sophomore ... ended his career with more than 1,100 points ... led the Hilltoppers to a 22-3 record and state semifinal appearance as a senior after the team had gone 0-22 the year before he joined the team ... nominated for the McDonald's All-America Team as a senior ... two-time member of Super 15 and all-FCIAC squads ... played in the JCC Classic All-Star Game ... was named to the all-tournament team at the Stratford High School Christmas Tournament as a junior and as a senior, when he also received the tournament's most valuable player award ... played for basketball coach Barry McCleod.
Personal
The son of Audrey Taylor and Gary Taylor, Terrell was born on January 21, 1981 in Bridgeport, Conn. ... has one older sister, Tiffany (22) ... majoring in secondary education.
