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AS A JUNIOR (2011-12): Played in 27 games forUNCP with 13 starts to his credit … Averaged 27.1 minutesper contest … Averaged 10.5 points and 3.9 rebounds pergame, while also grabbing 88 assists (3.3/game) and 26 steals (1.0)… Also tallied four blocks on the campaign …Connected on 42.4 (101-for-238) percent of his shots from thefield, including a 29-for-86 (.337) success rate from the perimeter… Also canned 76.8 (53-for-69) of his attempts from the freethrow line … Turned in double-digit scoring efforts on 15occasions, including a season-best 20 points against Morris… Tallied seven or more rebounds against five opponents,including a season-high eight rebounds against Flagler at home… Registered five or more assists against seven opponents,including a season-best seven assists against Allen …Tallied lone blocks against Flagler and Montevallo in the firstround of the PBC Tournament … Shot 65 percent or better fromthe field against four opponents including a 5-for-6 outing atNorth Georgia … Was 3-for-5 from beyond the arc in theseason opener against St. Andrews … Connected on 10 freethrows (11 attempts) in the victory at Armstrong Atlantic.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010-2011): Played in 30 gameswith 22 starts to his credit… Tied for third on the teamwith 25.7 minutes per game… Averaged 7.6 points pergame… Third on the team with 23 3-point baskets made…Shot 44.4 percent from the field… Shot 65.2 percent from thefree throw line… Shot 33.8 percent from 3-point land…Averaged 3.7 rebounds per game… Led team and finished 14thin the PBC with 89 assists on the year for an average of 3.0 pergame… Finished second on the team with a 1.2assist-to-turnover ratio… Season-high 21 points in 110-107triple-overtime victory over Flagler on Feb. 5… Recorded 18points, six rebounds and eight assists in win over The ApprenticeSchool on Nov. 28… Scored 20 or more points on oneoccasion… Scored 15 or more points on threeoccasions… Recorded five or more assists on sixoccasions… Recorded five or more rebounds on nineoccasions… Season and career-high 13 rebounds againstFrancis Marion on Jan. 2… Season and career-high nineassists in win over Johnson & Wales on Nov.14.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009-2010): Played in 26 gameswith eight starts to his credit… Averaged 20.3 minutes pergame… Averaged 5.3 points per game… Averaged 2.8rebounds per game… Tied for 15th in PBC with 2.50 assistsper game during league contests… 66 assists on the seasonand a 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio… Season-high 13 points inwin over Armstrong Atlantic on Jan. 23, featuring 3-3 fromthree-point range… Season-high seven rebounds in win overLander on Dec. 20… Season-high three steals in win over St.Andrews on Nov. 20.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for North EdgecombeHigh School...  Finished career as the all-time leading scorerfor the Warriors... Averaged 21 points and seven rebounds per gameas a senior while also dishing out four assists and tallying threesteals per contest... Earned Area Player of the Year honors hissenior season while also earning All-Conference, ConferenceTournament Most Valuable Player, and Team MVP honors... NEHS wonback-to-back conference championships over the course of his juniorand senior years while finishing second in the 1A state playoffshis junior year... Was a four-year member of the NEHS honor roll...Graduated in top-10  students in his senior class.

PERSONAL: Is the son of Phyllis and KerbyCooper, Sr.... Full name is Kerby Antonio Cooper, Jr. ... Has twoyounger brothers, Deon and O’Kaveon... Born on May 18, 1990in Enfield, N.C.... Pre-major studies at UNCP.

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP
Points: 21 vs. Flagler(2/5/11)
Rebounds:  13 vs. Francis Marion (1/2/11)
Assists:  9 vs. Johnson & Wales(11/14/10)
Steals: 4 at Wingate (11/30/10)
Blocks:  2 vs. Fayetteville State(11/29/11)
3-Point Field Goals: 3 (5x)last vs. Morris (12/01/11)
Free Throws: 5 (2x) last vs. Flagler(2/5/11)
Minutes: 44 vs. Flagler (2/5/11)
Double-Doubles: -