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Position:
Small Forward/Shooting Guard/Power Forward
Shooting Hand: Right Hand
Height: 201cm
Weight: 102kg
Birthdate: 10/18/1988
Passport: USA
College: UC
Riverside, NCAA 1
Available:
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Outlook |
 An extremely
talented player possessing GREAT size and NBA ability.
An athletic forward, whose versatility could see him spend time at either
forward position . Has a great scoring ability in close to the
bucket and will find a way to get a shot up in traffic. He sees the
floor extremely well and can find open teammates when he draws a double
team. He has worked on his 3pt range and shoots well beyond the arc with
great accuracy. Really is a complete player with great ability to
slash to the basket and finish with authority. He is an effective
defender on and off the ball always rotating to the correct spot on the
floor and has a knack for getting his hands on passes and deflecting them
to disrupt an offense. He is solid with his rebounding ability and
always contributes on the glass well.
Can score well
around the basket and uses his quickness to easily go by players
of his size or bigger. Effective on the low block both getting to the
rim and dunking with authority or utilizing a nice little touch to
bank in close range jumpers. Can put the ball on the floor
much better than most players his size. Had to spend some
time at the power forward spot due to his strength and size in his
college program.
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VIDEO: Get
aquainted with Kyle Austin's athletic ability and overall ability with a
quick glimpse of his complete game.
CLICK HERE
GAME 1: Watch
Kyle take apart the competition
as he leads UCR to a big win against Cal State Fullerton. He is
unstoppable as he finishes with 35pts, 11rebs while going 3-3 from beyond
the 3pt arc!
CLICK HERE
GAME 2:
This game followed the one above in the regular season and Kyle came back
the next night to score 39pts in a double overtime game against Cal Poly.
Perhaps the most amazing stat besides his 39pts and 9rebs is the fact he
recorded 0 turnovers in 50 minutes of play!
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 2009-10:
Austin
finished the 2009-10 regular season ranked second in the league in scoring
(17.6), fourth in rebounding (7.4), second in offensive rebounds (3.3),
10th in defensive rebounds (4.1), and third in minutes played (34.3). In
conference play, the Pasadena, CA native led the Big West in scoring
(19.4) while finishing fourth in rebounding (7.4), 10th in field goal
percentage (.440), third in three-point field goal percentage (.457).
third in offensive rebounds (3.2) and third in minutes played (36.2).
Austin's scoring averages, both overall and in conference, were the
highest ever in the Division I
history of the program. He had two 30+-point scoring games this season
including a career-high 39 vs. Cal Poly on February 13, and had five
double-doubles on the year.
Earned Big West Player of the Week
honors on Dec. 7 after averaging 23.5 points and 9.0 rebounds while
connecting on 63.0 percent of his field goal attempts in the Highlanders
wins over CSU Bakersfield (Dec. 2) and San Diego (Dec. 4) ... In the San
Diego win, he scored 22 of his career-high 28 points after the half,
outscoring the Toreros by himself in the period (22-15) as the Highlanders
erased a 19-point second-half deficit for the win ... Has three 20-point,
10-rebound games on the season —25 points and 11 boards vs. La Verne on
Nov. 19; 20 points and a career-high 14 rebounds on Nov. 22; and 28 points
and 10 boards vs. San Diego on Dec. 4 ...Has five double-figure scoring
games and three games of 20 or more points ... Grabbed 10 or more more
rebounds on three occasions ...
Named to the First-team All-Big West squad for
the second consecutive season
2008-09:
Named First-Team All-Big West . . . Finished second in the Big West in
scoring (16.8), seventh in rebounding (6.2), eighth in field goal
percentage (.449), ninth in offensive rebounds (2.0), eighth in defensive
rebounds (4.2) and seventh in minutes played (31.3) . . . Led the
Highlanders in scoring and minutes played, finished second in rebounding
and first in free throws made and attempted . . . Received two Big West
Player of the Week Awards - for games played February 23 - March 1 when he
averaged 21.5 points and 10 rebounds, and December 14-21 (his first two
games at UCR) when he averaged 19.0 points and 6.0 rebounds . . . Scored
20 or more points on seven occasions and 10 or more points on 20 occasions
. . . Grabbed 10 or more rebounds on four occasions . . . Recorded two
20-point, 10-rebound games - 21 points an 10 rebounds vs. Cal State
Fullerton on February 26 and 24 points and 10 boards at UC Irvine on
February 28 . . Established what were then career highs in nearly every
category including points (24 on two occasions - vs. Cal Poly on January 2
and at UC Irvine on February 28), rebounding (11 vs. UC Davis on February
7), assists (4 on two occasions - at UC Irvine on February 28 and at Cal
Poly on March 7), steals (2 on two occasions - vs. UC Davis on February 7
and at Cal Poly on March 7) and minutes played (38 on two occasions - vs.
Long Beach State on February 11 and at UC Irvine on February 28) . . . Sat
out the first seven games of the season due to NCAA Transfer Rules . . .
Scored 20 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in his season-debut for the
Highlanders at Loyola Marymount on December 15 . . . Became the second
member of the Highlanders during the team’s Division I era to his
UCR debut by scoring 20 or more points(Nate
Carter, 24 points at USC on November 22, 2002) . . . Led the team in
scoring in each of his first 8 games. Last person to lead the team in
scoring in more consecutive games was Larry Cunningham who had a streak of
seven straight in the 2007-08 season . . . Began his career with eight
consecutive double digit scoring games joining Nate Carter (15 straight in
2002-03) as the only Highlander with that long of a streak . . .
USC (2006-08): Played basketball at
USC under head coach Tim Floyd . . . Team advanced to the third round of
the NCAA Tournament in 2007. . .
High School Played
basketball at Pasadena HS under coach Tim Tucker … Led the Bulldogs to a
perfect league record his last two years … Named and Pacific League team
Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Selected to the
Press-Enterprise 2006 Division-IA First Team … Named San Gabriel Star News
Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Two-time First-Team All-State
… Received his school’s Outstanding Athlete Award as a senior …
Volunteered as a camp counselor at a local park . . .
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