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  Brandon Hollinger

Brandon Hollinger

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Mobile, Ala.

Last College:
LeFlore

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 167

Position:
Guard

Experience:
3VL

COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:
2007 (JUNIOR):
Averaged 6.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 2007-08 ... Started in 10 of 32 games he played in in 2007-08 ... Had nine assists (off the bench) to go with 14 points against Nicholls on December 8, 2007 ... Had six assists against No. 9 Texas A&M and had six assists in the Mercer game ... Scored 15 points in 1st half (14 minutes) against George Washington, including going 5-7 from 3-point range ... Scored nine points in the final game of 2007-08, against Mississippi State in the SEC quarterfinal

2006 (SOPHOMORE): Started in 19 of 32 games played ... Averaged 4.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists ... Scored career best 19 points on the road at UMass in the final game of the 2007 season, the NIT ... Was 6 of 14 from the field and 3 of 7 from 3-point range and played 38 minutes in that game ... Scored 11 points at Mississippi State ... Had seven assists in the 2007 season opener against Jackson State ... Started in last 12 straight games and first six straight games (with Alabama State start mixed in between) ... Shot .769% (40-52) at the free throw line ... Won team award "Highest 3-Point Percentage" for leading Tide with his .429% (30-70) from the 3-point line ... Tied his career high with five rebounds against Texas Southern

2005 (FRESHMAN): Starter in 18 of 30 games played, beginning at Auburn on January 11 and continuing straight through the final horn of the season ... Averaged 2.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists ... Scored 13 points in SEC opener against Ole Miss ... Scored 10 points at Kentucky in his first ever trip to Rupp ... Had five rebounds in the SEC tournament quarterfinal against Kentucky ... Shot .737% (14 of 19) at the free throw line

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: State's 6A Player of the Year in 2005 ... 2005 Mobile Press Register Co-Player of the Year (along with his teammate, Harold Edwards) ... Played point guard in high school ... Averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 4.5 steals his senior season at LeFlore High School ... 1st Team All-State in 2005 ... 1st Team Super 5 and the Southwest Regional Player of the Year in 2005 ... 2005 Regional Tournament MVP ... Led LeFlore to a final 35-1 record and No. 2 national ranking before falling in the 6A state championship game in 2005 (1st LeFlore team to go undefeated in regular season) ... Coached at LeFlore by Otis Hughley ... 2004 NIKE All-American Camp participant ... Hollinger was one of 5 LeFlore senior starters who all signed with colleges on April 14, 2005

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Says he owes his love of basketball and UA scholarship and future degree to the Boys & Girls Club where he started playing organized ball at age 7 and visited daily after school ... Loves his hometown of Mobile ... A consumer affairs major at UA ... High school nickname was B-Holl ... Has a brother, Carlos Skinner, and three sisters, Katina Skinner, Latoya Hollinger and Yashonda Hollinger ... Son of Wanda Hollinger ... Born January 13, 1987



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