2005-06 Men's Basketball
Roster
Jesse Byrd
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- Oakland, CA
- High School:
- Bishop O'Dowd HS
Versatile forward with all-around game...powerfulrebounder...can score inside or on the perimeter.
SOPHOMORE: Missed the first three games of the season...made his season debut at Ohio State...recorded two blocksvs. SE Louisiana in Lou Henson Classic...four points off bench vs.UCSB....four points, three rebounds at Hawaii...4 points, 3 rebounds at Louisville...six points, seven rebounds in win over LMU...six points, including game winning basket at Pepperdine...season highs of nine rebounds and 26 minutes vs. St.Mary's...increased his playing time from 10.1 in preconference to 13.4 in WCC play and is averaged 3.2 rpg in league...made 25 of 31ft's.
FRESHMAN: Oakland native provided qualitydefense and rebounding for USF as a freshman...played in 26 games with six starts...freshman had a career best 10 rebounds in 31minute stint vs. Pacific...got his first career start vs. Wichita State...recorded a double-double against CS Fullerton with career highs of 12 points and 10 rebounds in championship game of USF Invitational at War Memorial Gym...hit five of seven shots... madea critical play in that contest, grabbing an offensive rebound with: 10 left which he fed to Armondo Surratt...Surratt nailed a wide-open three to send the game into overtime...USF won the gameand the tournament championship in the extra session...started fivestraight games in January before returning to bench.
HIGHSCHOOL: Two-time All-Hayward Athletic League and All-BayArea...averaged 16.5 points and 11.1 rebounds per game as a seniorand helped lead Bishop O'Dowd High School to a 21-10 record and thesemifinal of the Northern California Championships...went to the"Slam and Jam" All-Star game...scored 30 points and pulled 13rebounds in contest against San Lorenzo...Bishop O'Dowd is the same High School that gave USF Mark McCathrion, a two time All-WCCselection and now a member of the USF athletic staff...played on two North Coast Section championship teams and reached the titlegame once...played in the State championship game as ajunior...played for the prestigious "Oakland Soldiers" AAU team.
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
| Year | GP-GS | Min-Avg | FG-FGA | Pct | 3FG-3FGA | Pct | FT-FTA | Pct | OR-DR | Tot-Avg | PF-FO | Ast | TO | Blk | Stl | Pts-Avg |
| 2005-06 | 26-6 | 360-13.8 | 17-45 | .378 | 0-0 | .000 | 4-10 | .400 | 30-48 | 78-3.0 | 22-0 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38-1.5 |
| 2006-07 | 27-0 | 327-12.1 | 15-37 | .405 | 0-0 | .000 | 25-31 | .806 | 30-42 | 72-2.7 | 45-1 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 55-2.0 |
| TOTALS | 53-6 | 687-13.0 | 32-82 | .390 | 0-0 | .000 | 29-41 | .707 | 60-90 | 150-2.8 | 67-1 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 18 | 93-1.8 |
