Kevin Gaines

Class:
Freshman
Position:
G
Height:
6-4
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
High School:
Clark

Freshman (1999-2000) ... Played all 29 games, starting 28 ... Averaged 4.58 assists a game after collecting 133 on the season, which is the 18th best in team history ... Led the team in assists in 20 of the 29 games ... Scored his first collegiate point on a layup against Oakland (Nov. 19) ... Averaged 11.7 points and 3.8 rebounds ... Scored a career-high 23 points against Duke (Dec. 11) ... Has scored in double-figures 16 times on the season, including a six consecutive games from Duke (Dec. 11) to Minnesota (Jan. 5) ... Led the team with 34 steals for a 1.2 average ... Nearly had a triple double against Georgia Tech (Dec. 1) with eight point, eight rebounds, and eight assists... Played in all 40 minutes against Duke (Dec. 11) and Michigan State (Feb. 1) and had a career-high 43 minutes against Penn State (Feb. 19) in overtime ... Averaged 32.4 minutes a game ... Shot 39.1 percent on the season and 68.3 percent on free throws after a team-leading 139 trips to the charity stripe ... Went 14-of-18 from the free throw line against Iowa (Mar. 1) ... With his 10 points, seven rebounds and five assist performance at Northwestern (Feb. 26) he surpassed 300 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists in his young career.

Prep ... First player to verbally commit to the Wolverines in August ... Named the No. 31 prep player in the nation prior to the 1998-99 season, according to Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports ... Named seventh best high school senior (perimeter player) in 1998-99 by Dick Vitale’s College Basketball ... Named the No. 22 prospect and nations No. 4 point guard by ESPN ... 1999 Parade Magazine fourth team high school All-American ... Named preseason honorable mention high school All-American by Street and Smith’s in 1998-99 ... 1999 Nevada Player of the Year ... Named preseason All-Nevada in 1998-99 by USA Today ... 1999 Las Vegas Suns state Player of the Year, and also named to the Sun’s all-state first team ... Scored 20 points and had seven rebounds at the 1999 Nike Hoop Summit All-Star game as a member of the USA Basketball Men’s Junior Select National Team ... 1999 Capital Classic All-Star game ... 1999 Dada Classic All-Star Classic ... 1999 try-out camp invitee to the USA Basketball Men’s Junior World Championship Team ... Named to the 1999 Reebok Holiday classic all-tournament team ... Finished career averaging 20.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists ... Two-time first team all-conference in 1998 and 1999 ... Averaged 27.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a senior ... 1998 co-Most Valuable Player of the Southern Conference’s Sunset division... Two-time All-State first team, 1998 and 1999... Had triple double of 44 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists against Cheyenne High School in January 1998 ... 1997 All-Southern Conference Sunset Division, second team ... Averaged 23.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 6.3 assists as a junior ... Averaged 17.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 5.0 assists a game as a sophomore ... Averaged 13.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists as a freshman ... Earned Best Playmaker and Best Defender Awards at Five-Star Summer Camp ... Clark High School honor roll.