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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

JUNIOR JON PIERCE ELECTED D3HOOPS.COM PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICAN

D3Hoops.com Preseason All-American Jon Pierce

MEDFORD -- The Tufts University men's basketball team opens its 2008-09 season tonight at home against Babson College and the Jumbos will be led by junior forward Jon Pierce (Belmont, MA). The leading scorer in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) last year, Pierce was recently named to the D3Hoops.com Preseason All-America Honorable Mention team.

Pierce averaged 21.5 points per game last season, shooting .523 from the field overall (195/373) including .413 from three-point territory (43/104). He tied for fourth in the conference with 8.3 rebounds per game and was eighth in the league with a 1.0 blocked shots average. His 6.46 defensive rebounds per game was second in the league.

An All-NESCAC Second Team performer last year, he earned two conference Player of the Week awards. He was the conference's Rookie of the Year in 2007 after leading the Jumbos with 16.5 points per game. In 48 games at Tufts, Pierce has scored 913 points for an average of 19.0 per game. With two seasons of eligibility remaining, he's nearly on pace to become the University's first 2,000-point scorer.

Pierce is one of six players in New England named to D3Hoops.com's Preseason All-America squads. Also recognized was senior forward Steve DeLuca from Brandeis on the first team, senior Tyler Kathan from Keene State on the first team, senior guard Jimmy Bartolotta from MIT on the second team, senior forward Brian Baskauskas from Amherst on the third team, senior forward Craig Johnson from Coast Guard on the fourth team.

►2008-09 D3Hoops.com Pre-season All-American Teams

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