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Jersey Number 3
Laron Profit
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charleston, S.C.
- High School:
- Caesar Rodney
ON PROFIT: An All-America candidate as one of the nation's most athletically gifted players ... honorable mention All-America selection as a junior ...third team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection as a sophomore and junior ... an honorable mention All-ACC Freshman team selection in 1995 ... enters his senior season ranked third all-time at Maryland with 184 career steals ... his 87 steals during his junior season ranked as the second-best single season total in school history, following only Johnny Rhodes' 110 steals during the 1995-96 season ... became only the 32nd player in school history to reach the 1,000 career-point plateau during his junior season and enters his senior season with 1,072 points — the 28th highest total in school history ... ranks seventh in school history with 249 3-point shots attempted and eighth in school history with 81 career 3-point shots made ... his 59 career blocked shots rank him 16th in school history entering his senior season ... invited to the United States Men's National Team camp during the summer of 1996 ... marked the second time during his career that he has competed on the national or international level ... was the leading scorer on the 1996 United States team which competed in the 19th Annual William Jones Cup International Tournament in Taipei, Taiwan ... led the team in scoring with a 12.7 points per game average and was also the team leader with a 2.3 steals per game average ... the U.S. Team was coached by Wake Forest assistant coach Ernie Nestor and finished with an 8-2 record in the round-robin event ... Profit scored a team high 127 points during the 10-game event ... scored an international personal best of 21 in an 89-67 U.S. victory over South Korea.
Profit played in all 34 games with a FG% of .503 and averaged 14.5 points per game. Profit was second on the team in rebounds with 162 and third on the team in points in his senior season. Profit in his senior season had a double double against Florida state putting up a 21-10- 4. In what was a really solid senior season where the Terps went 28-6. Profit also earned All American mentioned honors by the Associated Press. Profit was apart of the all-time winning ACC class in school history with 40 regular season conference wins.
As a Junior: Honorable mention All-America selection by the Associated Press ... third team All-ACC selection by the Atlantic Coast Sportswriters Association ... enjoyed his finest offensive season as he averaged a career-high 15.8 points (first on the team) and 3.3 assists (third on the team) ... ranked among the team leaders with a career-high 2.7 steals (first on the team) and 5.2 rebounds (third on the team) ... became only the third player in school history to lead the Terps and the ACC in steals with his 2.7 per game average ... joined Dutch Morley (2.1 spg, 1980) and Johnny Rhodes (3.7 spg, 1996; 2.6 spg, 1994 and 2.5 spg, 1995) as the only Terps to lead the conference in steals ... Profit's 2.7 spg average is tied for sixth-best single season in ACC history ... recorded career highs in field goals made (184, first on the team), field goals attempted (412, first on the team), 3-point field goals attempted (second on the team), free throws (104, third on the team), free throws attempted ( 147, third on the team), offensive rebounds (66, third on the team), assists (104, third on the team), blocked shots (36, second on the team), and steals (87, first on the team) ... scored his career-high of 27 points as Maryland defeated Fairleigh Dickinson in Cole Field House on Nov. 18 ... scored the game-winning points in overtime as Maryland defeated then No. 1 North Carolina, 89-83, in Cole Field House on Jan. 14 ... was perfect on two free throw attempts after being fouled by Vince Carter with 2:1 1 remaining in the overtime period to give Maryland an 84-82 lead ... scored six of Maryland's 13 overtime points to help lead the Terps to the monumental victory ... scored 13 points, grabbed seven rebounds and was credited with six steals as Maryland defeated then No. 2 Kansas in the first round of the Franklin National Bank Classic at MCI Center in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7 ... scored 11 of his 13 points and grabbed five of his six steals in leading Maryland to its momentum-grabbing 54-41 halftime lead ... scored the game-winning basket against Utah State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... it was his dunk with 6:39 remaining in the first half which gave the Terps a 30-28 lead which they did not relinquish ... scored his first NCAA Tournament double/double with 19 points and 10 rebounds against Arizona in the West Region semifinals ... scored 19 points against Georgia Tech in the semifinals and averaged 15.0 points in two games of the 1998 ACC Tournament ... scored a team-high 21 points as Maryland defeated Temple in Baltimore ... averaged 25.5 points in two games against Wake Forest with a 25-point performance in Winston-Salem and a 26-point outing in College Park ... his 26 points against Wake in Winston ranks as his top scoring effort on an opponent's home court ... was instrumental in leading Maryland to its 68-62 victory at Florida State on Feb. 7 ... tied for team high honors with 16 points but none more important during the game than his scoring the game-winning points on a slam dunk with 3:43 remaining which gave the Terps a 59-57 lead ... Profit stepped into a passing lane to grab one of his two steals on the day, went the length of the court, and threw down a vicious right-handed dunk to put the Terps ahead for good ... opened the season at the Black Coaches Association Classic against then No. 5 South Carolina on Nov. 14 with a then career high tying 24 points and gave himself an early Christmas present with 23 points against UNC-Asheville on Dec. 22 ... scored 10 of Maryland's first 14 points in the first 6:38 at home against NC State to stake the Terps to an early lead and the 78-63 victory at home on Feb. 1 1 ... dished out a career-high eight assists against the Wolfpack in that victory ... career high three double/doubles with 24 points/10 rebounds against South Carolina, 14 points/10 rebounds at Missouri and 19 points/10 rebounds against Arizona in the NCAA Tournament on March 19 ... stretch of 72 points against South Carolina (24 pts.), Fairleigh Dickinson (27 pts.) and Mt. St. Mary's (21 pts.) for a 24 points per game average is his best career three-game string.
As a Sophomore: A third team All-ACC selection ... averaged 12.9 points (second on the team) and a career-high 5.3 rebounds (fourth on the team) while shooting 47.5 percent from the field (third on the team) ... was one of only five sophomores named to one of the first three All-ACC teams in 1996-97 ... only the ninth sophomore in Maryland history to earn All-ACC honors on either the first, second or third team ... joins the likes of Joe Smith, Buck Williams, John Lucas, Len Elmore and Tom McMillen as Maryland players to have been so honored ... of the eight previous Maryland sophomores who earned All-ACC mention, six have been first-round NBA selections with two (Smith and Lucas) earning the distinction of being the first overall pick in the draft ... hit one of the biggest shots in the history of Maryland basketball, a buzzer-beating 3pointer, to propel the Terps past then No. 2 and undefeated Wake Forest, 54-51, on Jan. 19 ... Profit took a pass from former Terp All American Keith Booth and drilled the winning shot from just in front of the Maryland bench ... Profit's heroics came as National Player of the Year Tim Duncan and the Wake defense converged on Booth in the lane ... Booth had his drive to the basket cut off by the Deacons' Ricky Peral as the clock ticked to about four seconds and the senior then passed the ball to Profit on the right wing ... Profit then nailed the basket as the red light came on and the buzzer went off ... "That's what it's all about. This team has tremendous character. The guys on this team have hearts as big as any. Guys on this team don't care about credit or glory, but who gets the win in the end," Profit would say in the locker room after the shot and the victory ... Maryland jumped to the No. 7 ranking in the nation in the Associated Press Poll which was released the day after the victory ... was instrumental in helping the Terps recover from a 22-point deficit to shock North Carolina, 85-75, in Chapel Hill on Ian. 8 ... scored 11 points, including the go-ahead basket, grabbed four rebounds, blocked a shot and made an important steal in the final 6:41 of the game to lead Maryland to its largest second-half comeback in school history ... Profit's statistics in the final part of the game were magnified by the fact that he missed his first seven shots of the game and was relegated to the bench for most of the second half by head coach Gary Williams ... Maryland trailed 6867 when Profit re-entered the contest and what ensued was maybe his best stretch of basketball during his entire sophomore season ... a minute after re-entering, he dove on the floor for a steal, dribbled down the court and made a leaning finger-roll to give the Terps a 69-68 lead ... after a North Carolina miss, he nailed a three-pointer from the baseline to put the Terps up 72-68 ... with Maryland leading, 79-75, Profit made a lay-up, blocked a shot and made two free throws ... "I stopped thinking about what was going on with me personally. I tried to block out the crowd and the atmosphere. I just tried to play basketball," he would say after the historic victory ... Maryland outscored North Carolina, 41-9, over the final 13:59 to gain the victory ... named to the all-tournament team at the Franklin National Bank Classic as he averaged 14.0 points, five rebounds, three assists and 1.5 blocks per game as the Terps convincingly defeated California on Dec. 8 and then No. 25 George Washington on Dec. 9 ... scored a career-high 24 points against California in the first round ... opened the ACC schedule on fire as he hit seven-of-eight shots from the field to score 18 points as the Terps defeated Georgia Tech, 77-63, on Dec. 12 ... an 11-game stretch of double-figure scoring began against Georgia Tech and ran through the Terps' victory over Wake Forest on Jan. 19 ... led the team in scoring with 16 points as the Terps defeated Duke in Cole Field House, 74-70, on Jan 26 ... scored the game-tying and game winning baskets in spectacular fashion ... took an alley-oop pass from guard Sarunas Jasikevicius and dunked to tie the game at 66 ... less than one minute later Profit skied for a Jasikevicius pass that seemed to be thrown too high for the athletic forward to get to ... in a play resembling Grant Hill of Duke against Kansas in the 1991 NCAA Championship game, Profit soared over the Blue Devils' Carmen Wallace and with one hand dunked the ball to give Maryland a 68-66 lead and sent the Cole faithful into a frenzy ... following the Terps' victory over Duke, Maryland rose to No. 5 in the AP Poll ... scored 20 points as the Terps defeated NC State, Feb. 5, in College Park and 21 against UMass as Maryland traveled to Worcester to play the Minutemen on Feb. 15 ... on fire against the College of Charleston in the first half of Maryland's NCAA Tournament game ... scored a team high 14 first-half points on five-of-eight shooting from the field including four-of-six from beyond the three-point line.
As a Freshman: An honorable mention All-ACC freshman team selection ... averaged 5.7 points and 2.7 rebounds while playing in 27 games ... his 5.7 points per game was the best scoring average among the Terp freshmen in 1995-96 and the sixth-highest scoring average on the team ... averaged 19.5 minutes per game in the final 10 games of the season while scoring in double figures four times during the stretch run ... he averaged only 10.1 minutes per game and scored in double figures only twice in his first 17 games ... opened the eyes of the nation against NCAA Tournament participant George Washington on Dec. 3 with a 10-point, six-rebound, three-assist performance against the Colonials in the second round of the Franklin National Bank/Children's Charities Classic ... played an early season high of 19 minutes in only his third collegiate game against the Colonials ... grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds against Delaware State to go along with nine points, five assists and four steals ... demonstrated the ability to handle the ball and direct the offense during an important three-game stretch, Feb. 15-22, when he was asked to play both the point and shooting guard positions ... scored nine points, had five assists and four steals as Maryland defeated No. 25 Georgia Tech in Cole Field House on Feb. 3 ... played big against No. 8 Wake Forest on Feb. 15 as he hit double-figure scoring for the first time in his ACC career with 10 points and also dished out four assists ... was on fire in the regular season finale against Florida State on March 4 with a season-high 22 points and five rebounds ... shot a torrid eight-of nine from the field (88.9 percent), was a perfect 2-2 (1.00 percent) from three-point range and a stellar four-of-five (80.0 percent) from the free throw line ... played like anything but a freshman in his first ACC Tournament game against Duke with a team high 19 points, four steals and a season-high 28 minutes as the Terps defeated the Blue Devils, 82-69 to advance to the tournament semifinals for the second consecutive season ... continued to be hot from the field as he shot five-of-seven (71.4 percent) from the floor and again a perfect four-of-four (1.00 percent) from the 3point arc ... the 19-point performance is surpassed only by former Terp Lawrence Boston's 22 points in the 1978 ACC Tournament as most points scored by a Terps' reserve in the ACC Tournament ... had nine points and seven rebounds against Santa Clara in his first NCAA Tournament game.
At Caesar Rodney: The Gatorade Player of the Year in the State of Delaware for his senior season ... scored a school record 1,500 points during his career ... named the Most Valuable Player in the Delaware State High School All-Star game following his senior season ... considered to be a Top 50 national prospect following his senior season, he signed on the first day of the fall signing period in November ... caught the eye of many of the top-flight Division I schools as he averaged 22 points and eight rebounds as a junior and was a standout performer at the Nike Camp during the summer of 1994 ... a member of the U.S. team in the Capital Classic All-Star game at Cole Field House who was in contention for Most Valuable Player honors until the final buzzer ... was among the team's leading scorers with 12 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals in 26 minutes of play ... hit on 5-of-ll field goals and was second on the team in rebounds ... led Caesar Rodney to the state championship semifinals as he averaged 34 points per game in the Riders' two first-round games as a senior ... a two-time All-Henlopen Conference selection, his junior and senior years ... moved from point guard to wing guard midway through his senior season and enjoyed a marked improvement in his game ... averaged nearly 30 points a game over the last 10 games of his senior season and finished the season averaging 25.8 points per game, 8.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists ... also blocked 60 shots and was credited with 80 steals during the season ... first played in Cole Field House during the Charlie Webber AAU Tournament in September of his senior season ...an honor student who took college and advanced courses throughout his prep career and scored 1,010 on his first try at the SAT ... often likened to former Terp All-American Walt Williams ... played with the D.C. Players — the area's top AAU team the Summer before he arrived as a freshman at Maryland.
Personal: Born Aug. 5, 1977, ... full name is Bronta Laron Profit ... is well traveled, having grown up following his mother and stepfather to Air Force bases in Albuquerque, N.M., Dover, Del, and Panama... major is criminal justice.
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