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Chuck
Rayford #20
Guard
• 6-1 • 184 •
Senior
• Greenville, SC
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Greenville High School
2002-03:
Returning
starter at shooting guard ... preseason All-South
Atlantic Conference (SAC) selection ... excellent in the
open floor ... can score points in different ways —
shooting the three-pointer, posting up and driving to
the basket ... conditioning and defensive intensity at
all times will be key to having a great season both
individually and for the team ... leadership by effort
and defense this season ... enters season needing 53
points to move into fifth place in SAC history in career
scoring ... his career scoring average (16.3 ppg) and
steals average (1.32 spg) both rank 8th-best in SAC
history ... enters season tied for eighth in league
history in made free throws (353) with Catawba’s Andre
Godfrey (89-92) ... 2001-02:
Played and started all 28 games ... led team and SAC
in scoring (17.4) and free throw percentage (.82.4%) en
route to second team All-SAC honors ... led team in
steals (1.04) ... scored in double figures on 21
occasions ... scored 20+ points 10 times and 30+ points
twice ... named to SAC All-Tournament team after
averaging 31.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists while
shooting 67.9% from the field, 45.4% from three-point
range, and 90.0% from the charity stripe ... finished
the season on a
scoring tear, averaging 28.0 points the last five games
... scored a career-high 37 points on 12-of-18 shooting
from the field and 11-of-13 from the free throw in
PC’s 82-65 regular season finale victory over Newberry
(2/02) ... his 37 points against the Indians is the
fourth-best single-game performance in SAC history ...
scored 28 points on 13-of-14 shooting from the line in
leading the Blue Hose to a 78-73 upset win over #15 Shaw
(12/01) ... named SAC Player of the Week once (12/01)
... made 145 free throws which ranks fourth-best in SAC
single-season history ...
2000-01: Played in and started all 29 games ... led team in scoring
(16.7), assists (3.1), and steals (1.6) en route to
first team All-SAC honors ... led team in scoring on 20
occasions ... scored 20+ points seven times ... tallied
a season-high 33 points in PC’s 80-69 win over Allen
(11/18) and in a 90-85 overtime loss to #3 Wingate (2/7)
... added a career-best 10 rebounds in overtime loss to
#3 Bulldogs ... scored 30 points on 10-of-10 shooting
from the free throw line in PC’s 65-61 loss to NCAA
Division I East Carolina (12/21) ... named to Daktronics
second team All-Region honors ... finished third in the
SAC in scoring, sixth in three-pointers made per game
(1.79), eighth in assist-to-turnover margin (+1.03), and
ninth in three-point field goal percentage (.369) ... 1999-2000:
Played in all 27 games with 20 starts ... led
the team in scoring (14.7) and was second in assists
(2.8) en route to SAC Freshman of the Year honors ...
scored in double figures on 19 occasions ... named to
the Division II
Bulletin’s All-Freshmen Team and SAC All-Freshmen
Team ... tallied seven 20-point games ... scored a
season-high 29 points and added five assists in PC’s
73-67 win over Carson-Newman (1/10) ... stepped up in
league play averaging 16.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.1
assists and shot 84.1% from the charity stripe ...
High
School: A
1999 graduate of Greenville High School ... played for
Bill Johnson ... averaged 23.0 points ...
Personal: Charles (Chuck)
Maurice Rayford ... born July 8, 1980 in Greenville,
SC ... son of Mary Franklin and Frank Rayford ...
majoring in computer science.
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Tray
Ballenger #24
Guard
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6-3 •
201 •
Freshman •
Wellford, SC •
Byrnes High School
Tremendous athlete ... strong, quick, and can run the floor
... physically ready to play college basketball ... can
take the ball to the basket and finish ... likes to play
defense which is great for a freshman ... can play both backcourt
positions and small forward ... 2002 graduate of Byrnes
High School where he played for Rick Leonard ... named
to All-Region team and participated in East/West and
North/South All-Star Games ... averaged 16.0 points and
2.1 assists per game ... PERSONAL:
Howard Tramaine Ballenger ... born February 3, 1984
in Spartanburg, S.C. ... son of Rejetta and Howard
Ballenger ... undecided upon a major.
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