| Wesley Clemmons |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.
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| High School:
Northwest
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 195
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| Position:
G
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| Birthdate:
01/13/1986
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Updated Oct. 15, 2008
2007-08 Season
Had a career-high 24-point performance against Western Kentucky, in which he made 4-of-5 3-point shots and 8-of-10 from the free throw line...Missed the first four games due to a severe left ankle sprain that happened in practice on Nov. 17...Started 25 games, including 24 in a row to end the season.
2006-07 Season
*MVC All-Bench team
The first guard substitution off the bench...Averaged more minutes (15.9 mpg) than any other Saluki sub...Had his best game of the season, a 12-point, 7-rebound outing at Western Kentucky...The seven rebounds were a career high...Had a four-game stretch from Feb. 7 to Feb. 17 in which he made 12-straight free throws...Improved his free throw shooting to 66.0 percent versus 51.7 percent last year.
2005-06 Season
*MVC All-Bench team
During a two-week span from Feb. 7 to Feb. 21, he made 8-of-10 from 3-point range...Started for the virus-stricken Jamaal Tatum against Missouri State on Feb. 7, and recorded a career-high 13 points...The first guard substitution off the bench...Plays a physical style reminscent of previous Saluki guards Darren Brooks and Stetson Hairston...Has a defensive mindset...A willing rebounder.
2004-05 Season
Redshirted.
High School
Honorable mention all-state by the Associated Press his senior year...Averaged 15.6 ppg and 7.4 rpg and helped lead his team to a 20-5 record as a senior, while earning Indianapolis Star First-Team All-City honors...Averaged 14.0 ppg and 6.0 rpg as a junior...One of 10 players named to the all-city team...Played all 32 minutes of most of his high school games...Ranked as ninth-best senior in state of Indiana by the Rick Bolus recruiting service...Named to the Hoosier Basketball Magazine list of Top 40 seniors in Indiana...Played in the Indiana North-South All-Star Classic and Indiana-Kentucky All-star game.
Dawg Bites
His grandmother (who passed away in 2001) was his best friend. She lived across the street from Wesley as he was growing up...An avid collector, who collects stamps, shoes and hats. He treasures his stamp collection, which he inherited from his grandmother...From same H.S. as Rodney Carney, a 2006 first-round pick of the Philadelphia 76ers...Was also recruited by Akron, South Florida and a host of MVC schools...Majoring in health education...Son of Karen and Forrest Clemmons...Mother works for Blue Cross/Blue Shield...Born January 13, 1986 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2005-06 33-1 607/18.4 41-120 .342 20-57 .351 15-29 .517 35-42 77 2.3 47-0 17 30 1 22 117/3.5
2006-07 36-0 573/15.9 30-82 .366 14-48 .292 33-50 .660 24-73 97 2.7 56-0 19 41 1 12 107/3.0
2007-08 29-25 754/26.0 60-168 .357 21-62 .339 32-46 .696 16-68 84 2.9 64-2 43 43 4 14 173/6.0
TOTAL 98-26 1934/19.7 131-370 .354 55-167 .329 80-125 .640 75-183 258 2.6 167-2 79 114 6 48 397/4.1
