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11 - Alex Gulotta
Height: 6-1
Weight: 177
Year: So.
Hometown: Briarcliff Manor, NY
High School: Briarcliff
Position: G
Major: Undeclared

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Career:
After two seasons of action, he has appeared in 47 games, eight in a starting capacity ...  Holds down the No. 1 spot on the school's all-time list for three-point field goal percentage (.422), knocking down 62-of-147 opportunities ... Has scored in double figures on 10 occasions ... His 62 treys rank him 19th on the Eagles' career ladder.

Sophomore (2009-10):
Saw action as a reserve in all 25 games ... Averaged 12.5 minutes and 5.6 points per outing ... Continued his reputation as a dangerous long-range shooting threat with his UAA-leading 50.7 three-point percentage (36-of-71) the third-highest mark in school annals ...  Second on the squad with 36 treys ... Held down the No. 2 spot on the UAA chart with a 50 percent (25-of-50) showing from beyond the arc in league outings ... Scored in double figures on five occasions ... Went 4-for-4 from the floor and drained both of his three-point attempts, including one with 18 seconds left that tied the game and forced overtime where emory prevailed in the season opener vs. Oglethorpe (Nov. 19) ... Led or tied for team scoring honors in three contests including a career-high 17-point evening vs. NYU (Jan. 22), where he sank six-of-10 from the field, including five-of-seven from distance,  in a 69-57 victory ... Named Emory's Player of the Week (Jan. 18) after notching a team-high 15 points, convertng five-of-10 from the floor and four-of-seven from beyond the arc, in a 70-60 win at Piedmont (Jan. 13) ... Closed out the year with three-point field goals in his last 12 games ... Enjoyed a six-game stretch (Jan. 13 - Feb. 5) where he shot a torrid 69.2 percent (18-of-26) from three-point range ... Scored all of his team-high tying 13 points in the second half, sinking four-of-five from three-point range (one free throw) at Chicago (Feb. 5) ... Recorded 11 outings of two or more three pointers ... Drilled home a pair of treys in a 1:45 stretch that keyed a late-game 9-0 Emory run in an 82-73 win over Hanover (Dec. 19) ... Picked up nine of his 12 points in the opening half in helping the Eagles to a 42-34 halftime edge en route to a 77-71 win at Carnegie Mellon.

Freshman (2008-09):
Played in 22 of the team's 25 games, eight as a starter ... Averaged 12.6 minutes and 4.7 points per contests ... Gave the squad a boost with his outside shooting and his 26 three-point field goals ranked second on the team ... Totaled five games of double-figure scoring ... Hit four-of-even from beyond the arc and paced the club with a season-best 15 points at Carnegie Mellon (Feb. 8) ... All of his starting nods came during the conference portion of the schedule ... Averaged 17.1 minutes and 6.1 points in league affairs ... First double-digit scoring performance came at LaGrange (Dec. 3) when he sank five-of-six from the floor including three-of-four from distance in registering all 14 of his points in the second half ... Played a season-long 34 minutes at NYU (Feb. 22) and rang up four treys en route to 12 points in helping the Eagles to an 80-79 double-overtime victory ... One of his three-pointers in that NYU contest came with 30 seconds left in the first overtime that tied the game and forced the second extra session ... Tied for 11th place among UAA cagers with an average of 1.6 three pointers per contest in league play.

High School:
Four-year member of the basketball program at Briarcliff High School ... Served as team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Averaged 17.0 points and connected on 59 three-point field goals in helping his club to a berth in the Class B section final ... Selected to the Court of Excellence Awards Team as picked by the Tri-County Coaches Association ... As a junior, he tossed in 12.2 points and dished out 6.0 assists per outing ... Captured league and conference honors his final two seasons ... Two-time Second Team All-State selection ... Named MVP after sparking his team to Section 1 Class B championship ... Won a sliver medal with his Empire State Games team in the summer of 2007 ... Played in Westchester's Senior All-Star Game in March of 2008.

Personal:  Born March 1, 1990 ... Son of Stephen and Danielle Gulotta

Career Stats

Year GP-GS FG-FGA PCT 3pt
FG-FGA
PCT FT-FTA PTS AVG REB AVG
2009-10 25-0 47-98 .480 36-71 .507 9-14 139 5.6 28 1.1
2008-09 22-8 32-99 .323 26-76 .342 13-17 103 4.7 27 1.2
TOTAL 47-8 79-197 .401 62-147 .422 22-31 242  5.1 55  1.2

 

Career Highs

Points 17 at NYU, Jan. 22, 2010
  15 at Piedmont, Jan. 13, 2010
  15 at Carnegie Mellon, Feb. 8, 2009
Rebounds 5 Carnegie Mellon, Jan. 30, 2009
FGs at NYU, Jan. 22, 2010
FGAs 10  on three occasions
3pt. FGs 5 at NYU, Jan. 22, 2010 
  4 on four occasions
Steals 2 at NYU, Feb. 22, 2009
Assists 3 on two occasions

 
Quote: "I chose Emory because of its academic reputation. I was also aware that I would be able to play basketball and that I would be in a great city. I visited Emory twice and realized that it was the place for me."