Norris Cole Class: Sophomore Hometown: Dayton, Ohio High School: Dunbar Height / Weight: 6-1 / 165 Position: G

Norris Cole is the consumate team player. Capable of putting together enormous statistics by himself, he is happy to sacrifice those numbers in order to make the other four players on the floor better. A leader both on and off the court, he is adept at taking control to raise the playing level of a team. His speed, quickness and athleticism allow him to be a defensive stopper around the perimeter, an attribute that fits well into the Gary Waters system. He will most likely open the season as the starter at off-guard though he is capable of playing at point guard as well.

2007-08 Season
• One of six players who played in every game, he was the only one to not start a game, averaging 14.4 minutes.
• Led the team, shooting .817 from the line (49-60).
• Averaged 10.2 points over his last six games, shooting 22-for-44 from the field (.500), .417 from three-point (5-12) and .857 from the line (12-14).
• Scored nine points with a career-high six rebounds in Horizon League Championship game at Butler (3/11/08).
• Came off the bench to score 10 points at YSU (3/1/08).
• Scored 10 points in BracketBuster win over Marist (2/23/08).
• Set a career-high with 14 points vs. Milwaukee (2/20/08), going five-for-nine from the field.
• Tallied nine points in win over Central Michigan (12/22/07).
• Scored six points with three assists, three steals and three rebounds in a career-high 24 minutes vs. Ohio State (12/18/07).
• Had 12 points with three rebounds and four steals in 22 minutes against Geneva (12/1/07).

High School
• Special mention all-state selection by the Associated Press as a senior at Dunbar High, playing for coach Peter Pullen.
• Led the team in scoring (15.5 ppg) as a senior, averaging 4.3 assists and 2.8 steals a game while shooting .490 from the field (164-335), .308 from three-point (20-65) and .775 from the line (86-111), helping Dunbar to a 24-4 record and its second straight state title.
• Starting point guard on Dunbar teams that went 50-6 during his final two seasons, including a 26-2 mark as a junior.
• Rated as the fifth best point guard and 22nd best player in the state by PrepSpotlight.com. HoopScoop tabbed him as the 18th-best player in the state.
• Two-time all-league choice as a quarterback on the football team. He completed 148-of-267 passes for 2,267 yards and 19 touchdowns with five 300-yard games as a senior to earn a spot on the 2006 Elite Quarterbacks To Watch list.
• Lettered once in both baseball and track, finishing second in the district in the long jump (21'9").

Personal
Born Oct. 13, 1988 in Dayton, Ohio. . . son of Norris, Sr. and Diane Cole. . . has two older sisters, Javalyn (24) and Deonna (20). . . cousin, Trent Cole, is a starting defensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles. . . served as Salutatorian of his senior class. . . member of the National Honor Society...pre-education and human services major.