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2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Josh Wright
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Utica, NY
- High School:
- Proctor
Junior Year: SU was 11-3 when Wright had at least five assists … He started the first 27 games of the season ... A case of the flu forced him out of the lineup when SU played at PROVIDENCE ... As a starter he averaged 7.7 points, 4.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game ... He made the first start of his career and had a personal-best nine assists and scored 11 points vs. ST. FRANCIS (N.Y. )... He netted a season-high 14 points versus CHARLOTTE...He made 9-of-10 free throws against the 49ers ... Wright posted double-digit scoring efforts for four straight games: CHARLOTTE (14 points), at CANISIUS (11), HOLY CROSS (13) and WICHITA STATE (10) ... He also had a career-high five steals against CANISIUS ... Wright equaled his career-best showing when he had nine assists in the win against BAYLOR ... He played a personal-high 39 minutes at MARQUETTE and had nine points, seven rebounds and seven assists... The board total was the best of his SU tenure ... Wright’s 12 points vs. NOTRE DAME marked his first double-digit effort of the year against a BIG EAST team ... He scored seven points in the first half against SAN DIEGO STATE in the NIT.
Sophomore Year: He opened the campaign with 10 points against BETHUNE-COOKMAN … In a 23-minute stint versus SIENA, Wright passed out eight assists … Against MANHATTAN, he scored a personal-best 19 points and matched what was then his career-high with eight assists … Wright came off the bench to replace an injured Gerry McNamara against RUTGERS and responded with 14 points and five assists in 34 minutes … He made four crucial free throws down the stretch in the BIG EAST Tournament championship against PITTSBURGH … In his first NCAA Tournament contest, he produced 12 points and two assists versus TEXAS A&M.
Freshman Year: Wright played in 19 games during his rookie campaign...In his debut in the season opener with NORTHERN COLORADO, he had five points and three assists in 18 minutes... It proved to be his season-high scoring effort, a total equaled against BINGHAMTON ... He also had six assists against the BEARCATS ... He had four points and six assists when SU defeated ST. BONAVENTURE ... In the Dome against ST. JOHN’S, he logged a season-high 20 minutes ... He had four assists and two steals.
High School: Insider Hoops rated Wright 21st overall and ninth among point guards in the recruiting class of 2004… Rivals.com had him seventh at point guard… He was 12th at the position according to Hoopmasters.com … Wright earned Parade All-America recognition … Wright was a two-time all-state selection by the New York State Sportswriters Association at Proctor High School … He was a first-team pick as a senior and a fifth-team selection as a junior … He completed his scholastic career as the all-time leading public-school scorer in Section III … In his final year he averaged 33.3 points, 5.2 assists and 3.6 steals an outing … Proctor was 20-2 … In a December 2003 matchup with Berkshire, Wright exploded for 56 points in an 82-81 loss … He had 25 points to help Proctor defeat New Hartford, 79-58, in the opening round of the 14th annual McDonald’s Holiday Classic at Hamilton College … Wright had 43 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in an 87-81 triumph against Guilderland … Wright helped Proctor avenge the earlier loss to Berkshire by tallying 33 points, 10 assists and six steals in a 97-69 victory … Wright had his first scholastic triple-double in the Section III Class AA-1 Playoffs against Corcoran … Proctor won 83-56 and Wright produced 29 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds … He tallied 45 points in an 83-68 Class AA-1 victory over the Oswego Buccaneers at Rome Free Academy … Proctor lost to Henninger in the section title game, despite 31 points from Wright… He participated in the 2004 EA Sports Roundball Classic in Chicago… He had five points and five assists for the East squad … As a junior, Wright averaged approximately 25.0 points, 8.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game … He was a team captain as a junior and senior… Wright participated in the prestigious ABCD camp … He was the Utica Observer-Dispatch’s All-Mohawk Valley Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004 … He was a member of the Central squad in the 2004 Empire State Games and had 47 points in one of the games.
Personal: Joshua Jason Wright is the son of Michael and Carrie Wright…Wright has six brothers and two sisters…He will pursue a degree in the College of Human Services and Health Professions.
