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2006-07 (AS A JUNIOR)
Played in 24 games and made eight starts for the Cougars after undergoing preseason knee surgery in September...registered season-highs of 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocked shots against East Carolina...netted nine points and six rebounds in his sixth start at seventh-ranked Memphis...recorded eight points and five rebounds in the second half at Southern Miss...registered five points and six rebounds versus Tulane...tallied 12 points and six rebounds against Prairie View A&M...recorded eight points, six rebounds and two blocked shots at UTEP...netted 11 points, a career-high of nine rebounds and two blocked shots against Grambling State...collected one steal against Memphis twice, SMU twice and Charlotte.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Ranked among the Top 100 junior college players in the nation...listed as one of the Top Five power forwards in Texas by JucoJunction.com...was an Honorable-Mention All-Region XIV selection as a sophomore after averaging 8.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game...ranked seventh among the region's rebounding leaders and 10th among the league's field goal percentage leaders with 52.5 percent...tallied 12 points and 16 rebounds against Panola...registered 13 points and 11 boards in a 90-89 win over Blinn...recorded 13 points and 12 rebounds versus Midland...had 16 points and 10 rebounds in a second game against Panola...averaged 3.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL
Led Erasmus Hall to a second-place finish in the Brooklyn II-A league standings with an 11-3 record...averaged 12.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a senior...named to the All-Tournament team at River Bank Classic.
PERSONAL
Major is sociology at Houston...born November 15, 1986, in Brooklyn, N.Y...son of Joan Wright and Hugh Toney of Brooklyn...hobbies include listening to music...signed with Houston after being recruited by UNLV, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Wyoming.
