Marshall Strickland
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Marshall Strickland is an American
United States
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 basketball
Basketball
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 player. He played college basketball at Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington
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 for four years from 2002 to 2006. He is originally from Kingston, MA and went to Winchendon Prep in Winchendon, MA before transferring to South Carroll High School in Carroll County, Maryland
Carroll County, Maryland
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. He is 6 foot 2 inches and weights 195 pounds. He is the son of Marshall and Joanna Strickland, and younger brother of former Maryland Terrapins star Marche Strickland
2002 WNBA Draft
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.

College career

  • As a senior, coach Mike Davis
    Mike Davis (coach)
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     started him in every game he has been healthy. He averaged 11.9 points per game, third on the team behind Robert Vaden
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     and Marco Killingsworth. He was first in minutes per game with 34.5 and first in FT percentage shooting 94%.
  • As a junior, he started in 28 out of 29 games leading the team in assists with 3.4 per game.
  • As a sophomore, he was an honorable All-Big Ten
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    selection by the coaches. He was second on the team with 10.8 points and 26th overall in the Big Ten. He was also 11th in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.367, 58-of-158).
  • As a freshman he played consistent minutes with a season high 17 points in the championship game of the Maui Invitational. As a senior in high school he was an All-Metro honoree while averaging 30.5 points, 4.3 assists and 1.9 steals. He shot 52% from the floor and his team finished with a 20-5 record.
  • As a recruit, ESPN and RivalsHoops.com ranked him among the top five point guards.

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