1995-96 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
CAREER: A 2-year starter, center Paul Perkins appeared in 66 games during his career … Was a member of 2 GSAC championship team, including the 1996 team that advanced to the NAIA Championship Tournament … Noted for his consistent, blue-collar play … Provided solid defense on the post and id the little things to lift teammates.
1996: Started all 34 games, averaging 19.1 points and 7.1 rebounds … Led the team with 27 blocked shots, including a career-high 3 against Cal State Dominguez Hills … Registered 6 double-doubles, including back-to-back 10-point, season-14 14-reounbd performances against Fresno Pacific and Point Loma Nazarene. Concluded his collegiate career playing his best basketball ever … Registered 74 points (14. 8 avg.) and 34 rebounds (6.8 avg.) in the final 5 games of his career while shooting 64.7% (33-for-51) from the floor … Posted a career-high 19 points in 2 of those final 5 games (the GSAC Tourney semi-final win over Cal Baptist, and then again in the GSAC Championship Game vs. Westmont) … An unselfish player, collected 65 assists, third best on the team.
1995: Appeared in 32 of the Cougars’ 33 games, starting all but 1 … Averaged 7.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists .. Scored a season-high 15 points twice against national-ranked teams (Mary Hardin-Baylor and The Master’s) … Collected a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Cal State San Bernardino … Registered a trio of double-doubles (points-rebounds) vs. Cal State Hayward (13-10) in his Cougar debut, vs. Sonoma State (10-11) and Westmont (12-10) … Had trouble with fouls through the season, collecting 4 or more in 11 games and fouling out 6 times … Led team with 19 blocked shots.
MONTANA: As a 1994 sophomore played in 13 games for Big Sky Conference member Montana … Started first 3 games of the season against Sacramento State, Simon Fraser, and Washington … Had career-best game against Western Oregon State, scoring 10 points (4-for-4 from the field) and pulling down 109 rebounds … Averaged 3 points 3.5 rebounds and shot at a .517 (15-for-29) clip from the field … As a 1993 freshman, played in27 of 28 games with 3 starts coming against Simon Fraser, Pepperdine, and Rocky Mountain .. Had career-high 11 points in a game against Eastern Montana … Shot .426 (23-for-54) from the floor and averaged 2.4 points and 2.4 rebounds … Led team with 8 rebounds in second meeting with Eastern Montana.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned 11 letters at South Pasadena (Calif.) High, 4 in basketball, 2 each in football, volleyball, track & field and 1 in wrestling … As a 1991 senior, named all-state, All-CIF, team MVP and Top 15 Superstars pick in basketball … Was team captain in basketball, football, and volleyball his senior year … As a 1990 junior, Perkins shot 69% from the floor and averaged 13.1 points and 9.5 rebounds and was named All-Rio Hondo League.
PERSONAL Born Aug. 6, 1973, in Akron, Ohio … Is a member of Phi Beta Sigma … Majoring in social science with plans to pursue a career in law enforcement … Son of Shandra and Fred Sutton.
PERSKINS at APU ---TOTAL--- ---3-PT---
YEAR G-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG AST AVG TO STL BLK PTS AVG
1995 32-31 794-24.8 98-170 .576 0-1 .000 49-90 .544 193 6.0 42 1.3 68 32 19 247 7.7
1996 34-34 927-27.3 130-224 .580 0-2 .000 85-149 .570 240 7.1 65 1.9 76 52 27 145 10.1
66-65 1727-26.1 228-394 .579 0-3 .000 134-239 .561 433 6.6 108 1.6 144 84 46 590 8.9
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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1994-95Junior
F-C
6'6"
225 lbs
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1995-96Senior
Center
6'5"
230 lbs
