| Byron Mouton |
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 | Hometown:
Rayne, La.
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| High School:
Rayne
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| Last College:
Tulane
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| Height / Weight:
6-6 / 215
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| Position:
Guard/Forward
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| Experience:
1V
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On Mouton: Maryland senior is one of four returning starters to Maryland's Final Four squad of 2001 … explosive scorer who worked his way into the Terps' starting lineup four games into 2000-01 … joins teammates Lonny Baxter and Juan Dixon as 1,000-point scorers on this season's roster … an inside scoring threat with tremendous athletic ability … scores in bunches and plays with contagious enthusiasm … averaged 13.5 points and 3.7 rebounds in 54 career games at Tulane, before transferring after the 1998-99 season.
Williams on Mouton: "Byron changed our team last year when he became a starter after the Maui tournament and Wisconsin game. Last year's team was interesting because we had some laid-back guys on the team, and Byron is not afraid to show his emotions. That, along with his ability as a basketball player, has really helped us. Byron is a scorer and he finds ways to score, but he also is a very tough defensive player. You need all five guys on the court who care about playing defense and that is what we had last year. Byron added to that when he came into the lineup because he was another guy who wanted to stop his man. He made his contributions on both ends of the court."
2000-01: Appeared in all 36 games last season, and started in 30 … Maryland was 23-7 with Mouton in its starting lineup … first-year Maryland player who finished fourth on the team in scoring, 9.6 points, and rebounds, 4.0 … averaged 8.0 points and 4.2 rebounds through five NCAA Tournament games, including sharing team scoring honors with 22 points in a first round victory over George Mason … shot 6-of-9 against the Patriots, and his perfect 9-of-9 free throw shooting set a Maryland tournament record for a single game … recorded the first double-double of his career by posting 13 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against Duke on Jan. 27 … surpassed the 1,000-point plateau by scoring 12 points during a Feb. 20 home win over NC State … shot 139 percentage points higher as a junior (.508) than during his first two years combined, at Tulane (.369) … Cited by The Sporting News as the ACC's Impact Newcomer of the year through the first half of the season … season-high 28 points (9-of-11 FGs) in win over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Dec. 30 … enjoyed a three-game stretch with 20-of-28 (71.4%) shooting against George Washington, Stony Brook and Pennsylvania … scored 17 points with five rebounds in the BB&T championship game against GW to earn all-tournament honors … all 20 points at Penn came in the first half.
1999-00: Redshirt season.
1998-99: Was Tulane's leading scorer with an 11.4 points per-game average in 25 games played … tied for the team lead with 15 double-figure scoring games … two 20-point scoring games … equaled his career high of eight rebounds against DePaul on Jan. 20 … led the Green Wave against DePaul with 11 points in the Conference USA Tournament on March 5 … scored 15 points in a double-overtime victory over South Florida on Feb. 27 … was 5-of-10 from the field including 3-of-4 from 3-point range against the Bulls … scored seven points and grabbed four rebounds at NC State on Feb. 21 as the Green Wave played in the final game at historic Reynolds Coliseum … recorded a career-long consecutive-games streak with at least one 3-point shot made which included the final four games of his freshman season and the first five games of his sophomore season.
1997-98: Named to the C-USA All-Freshman team as he led Tulane in scoring (15.3 ppg) … invited to the USA men's national team trials … was the runner-up to former Saint Louis star Larry Hughes for C-USA Freshman of the Year honors … called one of the Top 15 first-year basketball phenoms by Sports Illustrated … averaged a team-leading 31.3 minutes played in 29 games … his 444 points rank as the second-highest scoring total by a Tulane freshman … led or co-led the team in scoring 16 times and was the only double figure scorer on the team … scored a career-high 31 points as Tulane defeated Southern Mississippi on Feb. 5 … hit five consecutive 3-point shots in regulation and a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to send the game into a second overtime … was a perfect 10-of-10 from the free-throw line to tie the school record for single-game perfection against UNC-Charlotte on Feb. 9 … 24 points came twice: Nov. 17 at Tulsa and Dec. 20 vs. Alabama … scored 23 points at Hawaii on Dec. 6 and 18 against Long Beach State on Dec. 7 in earning all-tournament team honors at the University of Hawaii PowerBar Invitational … led the Green Wave with 16 points and a career-high eight rebounds against Rhode Island on Jan. 15 … tied his career high rebounding total of eight against South Florida three games later on Jan. 24 … scored 20 points on three-of-four shooting from the 3-point line at Alabama-Birmingham on Feb. 14.
High School: Graduated from Rayne High School in 1997 … averaged 31.7 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.4 steals as a senior … shot 57 percent from the floor and 88 percent from the free throw line during his senior season … was ranked as one of the top 25 recruits as a high school senior in 1997 … was the Class 3A Player of the Year as a junior and senior … selected as the All-Acadiana Player of the Year by the Lafayette Daily Advertiser … ranked as the 15th best player in the class of 1997 by Prep Stars Recruiters' Handbook … rated No. 29 nationally by Bob Gibbons' All-Star Sports Report … averaged 32.0 points and 13.2 rebounds as a junior, 27.3 points and 11.0 rebounds as a sophomore and 19.3 points and 7.5 rebounds as a freshman on the varsity squad … led Rayne to a cumulative record of 125-21 (.856) and the state championship since his sophomore season … Rayne advanced to the state semifinals during his sophomore and junior seasons.
Personal: Byron King Mouton … born April 29, 1978 … son of Shirley Mouton … majoring in art studio.
Mouton's Career Highs
Category # Opponent/Date
Points 31 vs. Southern Mississippi, 2-5-98
FG 12 vs. Southern Mississippi, 2-5-98
FGA 25 vs. Tulsa, 11-17-97
3FG 6 vs. Southern Mississippi, 2-5-98
3FGA 11 at Hawaii, 12-6-97
FT 10 vs. Tulsa, 11-17-97
10 vs. UNC Charlotte, 2-9-98
FTA 12 vs. Tulsa, 11-17-97
OR 5 4 times, last vs. Cincinnati, 1-20-98
DR 6 vs. Virginia, 1-31-01
6 vs. Duke, 1-27-01
6 vs. South Florida, 1-24-98
Rebounds 12 vs. Duke, 1-27-01
Assists 8 vs. Southeast Louisiana, 11-29-97
Blocks 3 vs. Texas-Arlington, 11-14-98
3 vs. DePaul, 1-30-99
Steals 6 at Houston, 2-13-99
Minutes 47 vs. Southern Mississippi, 2-5-98
Mouton's Career Statistics
Year GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3P-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR-DR Reb-Avg. PF-D Ast To Blk St Pts.-Avg.
1997-98 29-26 908-31.3 143-394 .363 53-179 .296 107-141 .759 50-64 114-3.9 75-2 46 74 8 50 444-15.3
1998-99 25-13 690-27.6 93-242 .384 46-126 .365 52-73 .712 32-56 88-3.5 62-2 26 54 10 34 284-11.4
1999-00 DNP-Redshirt Season
2000-01 36-30 817-22.7 123-242 .508 17-42 .405 81-104 .779 74-71 145-4.0 98-0 44 46 9 30 344-9.6
CAREER 90-69 2415-26.8 359-878 .409 116-347 .334 240-318 .755 156-191 347-3.9 235-4 116 174 27 114 1072-11.9
