Height: | 6-6 |
Weight: | 205 |
Year: | Jr. |
Hometown: | Woodcliff Lake, NJ |
High School: | Pascack Hills |
Position: | F |
Major: | Finance |
Parents: | Robert & Debbie |
Career:
After three seasons of action, he has played in 73
games, 46 as a starter ... Stands in third place on
Emory's all-time list with 129 blocked shots, 10 shy of moving
into the top spot ... No. 1 all-time at Emory in blocked shots
per game (1.8) ... Ninth on the school's all-time chart
in three-point field goal percentage (.377) ... Has scored in
double figures on 28 occasions ... Four career double-doubles
(pts./rebs.).
Junior (2011-12):
Appeared in 24 contests, 23 in a starting capacity ...
Averaged 25.3 minutes per outing an his 11.4 per-game scoring
average ranked fourth on the team and 19th among UAA players ...
Held down the No. 2 spot on Emory's leader board in rebounding with
his 6.0 per-game effort placing eighth in the league ... Topped
both the squad and UAA in blocked shots with a 2.5 per-game mark,
good for 11th place nationally and for the No. 2 position on
Emory's seasonal ladder ... His 60 blocked shots were the
second-highest total in school annals ... Georgia Basketball
Coaches Association Second Team All-State selection (D-III) ...
Recorded one blocked shot in 21 contests and totaled 15 outings of
multiple rejections ... Season-high seven blocked shots vs. NYU
(Feb. 10) tied the high-water mark by a UAA player during the
campaign and ranked fourth on Emory's single-game list ...
Successful on 51.0 percent (99-of-194) of his field goal
opportunities, second on the team and 11th on the league ladder ...
Ranked as the Eagles' top rebounder on eight occasions ... Compiled
three double-doubles (pts./rebs.) and turned four performances of
10 or more boards ... Tabbed as the UAA Player of the Week (Jan. 3)
after averaging 21.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and shooting
61.9 percent (13-of-21) from the floor in victories vs. Rhodes and
Guilford ... Scored 20 of his career-high 26 points in the first
half against Guilford (Dec. 31), tallying nine points over the
final 3:21 of the opening stanza on the strength of three
three-point field goals ... Ended the Guilford affair hitting
eight-of-11 from the floor, including a personal-best four-of-five
from beyond the arc, and also paced all players with eight rebounds
and three blocked shots ... Team's No. 2 scorer with 17 points (12
in the first half) vs. Piedmont (Jan. 3), sinking eight-of-12 field
goal tries, while registering a game-best four blocked shots ...
Shot 50 percent or better from the floor in seven straight contests
(Dec. 5 - Jan. 15), connecting at a 64.0 percent clip (41-of-64)
and averaging 15.9 points in that stretch ... Logged a season-long
36 minutes and led all players with a career-high tying 12 caroms
and contributed a game-high five rejections and three steals in a
60-54 win at Oglethorpe (Dec. 5) ... One of three Emory
double-figure scorers with 15 points and led the club with seven
boards at Washington University (Jan. 29) ... Seven-of-10 from the
floor and was Emory's No. 3 scorer with 17 points while snatching
six rebounds, second high on the team, in a 95-58 win at Brandeis
(Jan. 15) ... Topped all players with 11 boards and chipped in 11
points and three blocked shots at Case Western (Feb. 19) ...
18-game streak of at least one blocked shot and within that an
eight-game run (Nov. 30 - Jan. 13) of two or more rejections ...
Squad's No. 2 scorer with 18 points (second-highest career total),
16 coming over the final 20 minutes of action in the season finale
at Rochester (Feb. 25).
Sophomore (2010-11):
Started 23 of the 24 games he saw action in
... Logged 22.2 minutes, 8.5 points and 6.0 boards per outing
with his rebound average ranking second on the team and ninth among
UAA players ... Topped the club, ranked second in the UAA and
placed 37th nationally with 2.1 blocked shots per game ... His 51
rejections were the second-highest showing in school history ...
Honorable-mention pick to the Georgia Basketball Coaches
Association All-State Team ... Grabbed a team-best 7.1 caroms per
game in UAA action, good for the No. 2 spot on the conference
ladder ... Led or shared for the team's rebounding lead on eight
occasions ... First career double-double was a 12-point, team-high
12-rebound performance at Carnegie Mellon (Feb. 20) ... Hit
six-of-nine from the floor and totaled a season-high 15 points,
while chipping in four blocks, in a 75-57 triumph at Averett (Nov.
19) ... Finished with 14 points and scored the team's final four
points in regulation, including a bucket with 32 seconds left that
forced overtime, in a 92-84 overtime decision against Oglethorpe
(Nov. 17) ... Rare double-double with a team-high 11 rebounds and
10 blocked shots, tying the second-highest game total in school
history, in an 88-71 verdict vs. Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 23) ... Sank
five-of-nine from the field, including a career-best three-of-five
three-point attempts, en route to 14 points, second high on the
team, in an 83-72 win vs. No. 14 Rochester (Feb. 26) ... Picked up
13 points, sinking four-of-six from the floor, including a pair or
triples, and snatched a game-high seven rebounds in an 85-70
triumph vs. Brandeis (Feb. 4) ... 10 points, nine rebounds and five
blocked shots in helping the Eagles to a 91-87 overtime triumph vs.
Chicago (Feb. 13) ... Registered 13 outings of two or more blocks
and had at least one rejection in the last 13 games of the campaign
... Led Emory in rebounding in five straight UAA games (Jan. 21
through Feb. 4) ... Third on the club with 26 steals.
Freshman (2009-10):
Came of the bench in all 25 games and averaged 17.5
minutes per playing stint ... Tossed in 5.6 points per contest and
his 3.4 per-game average in rebounding was third on the team ...
Led the club with 18 blocked shots ... Scored in double figures
three times ... Tied for the team's second-high scorer with a
personal-best 17 points in the season finale at Rochester (Feb.
27), a game that saw him hit six-of-nine from the floor including
three-of-five from beyond the arc ... Scored 12 points in a 27-11
Emory run in the second half vs. UR that cut a 20-point deficit to
four points ... Four-of-five from the field (one trey) and
converted four-of-six free throws in finishing as the squad's No. 2
scorer with 13 points in a 64-63 win over Brandeis (Feb. 21) ...
First double-digit scoring effort was a 12-point performance at
home against Case Western (Jan. 10) ... Team's leading rebounder in
three contests including a seven-board effort in a season-long 29
minutes vs. Piedmont (Jan. 13) ... Tied that as his high mark of
the year when he snatched seven caroms vs. NYU (Feb. 19) ... Shot
51.5 percent (17-of-33) from the floor in the last five games of
the year ... Picked up four boards and blocked three shots in just
10 minutes vs. Huntingdon (Nov. 24) ... Converted four-of-six of
his field goal attempts and totaled eight points, four
rebounds and two steals in 16 minutes against LaGrange (Dec.
2) ... Logged 20 or more minutes of action on 11 occasions.
High School:
Four-year member of the basketball program at Pascack
Hills High School ... Served as captain as a senior ... Tossed in
17.0 points and grabbed 11.0 rebounds per outing during the 2008-09
campaign in aiding in the club's 25-4 record ... Garnered many many
honors his final year including first-team recognition on the
All-Bergen County Team ... First Team All-North Jersey ... First
Team All-State Group 2 selection ... Helped his team to three NBIL
League championships ... During his sophomore and senior seasons,
Pascack Hills captured state sectional crowns ... Tossed in 15.0
points and snared 10,5 boards his junior season ... First-team
selections to county and league teams and was a Second Team
All-State Group 2 pick.
Personal:
Born May 30, 1991 ... Son of Robert and Debbie
Friedberg.
Career Stats
Year | GP-GS | FG-FGA | PCT | 3pt FG-FGA |
PCT | FT-FTA | PTS | AVG | REB | AVG |
2011-12 | 24-23 | 99-194 | .510 | 15-37 | .405 | 61-101 | 274 | 11.4 | 144 | 6.0 |
2010-11 | 24-23 | 69-174 | .397 | 17-44 | .386 | 48-74 | 203 | 8.5 | 145 | 6.0 |
2009-10 | 25-0 | 49-107 | .458 | 11-33 | .333 | 30-43 | 139 | 5.6 | 85 | 3.4 |
TOTAL | 73-46 | 217-475 | .457 | 43-114 | .377 | 139-218 | 616 | 8.4 | 374 | 5.1 |
Career Highs
Points | 26 | Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011 |
18 | at Rochester, Feb. 25, 2012 | |
Rebounds | 12 | at Oglethorpe, Dec. 5, 2011 |
12 | at Carnegie Mellon University, Feb. 20, 2011 | |
11 | at Case Western, Feb. 19, 2012 | |
11 | LaGrange, Nov. 30, 2011 | |
11 | Carnegie Mellon University, Jan. 23, 2011 | |
FGs | 8 | at Piedmont, Jan. 3, 2012 |
8 | Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011 | |
FGAs | 13 | at New York University, Jan. 30, 2011 |
3pt. FGs | 4 | Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011 |
Steals | 4 | Case Western, Jan. 21, 2011 |
Blocks | 10 | Carnegie Mellon University, Jan. 23, 2011 |
7 | New York University, Feb. 10, 2012 |
Quote:
"Emory provided a great combination of academics and athletics and
I believe we have an opportunity to do something special here."