Dionte Christmas

Position:
G
Height:
6-5
Weight:
205
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Philadelphia, PA
High School:
Philadelphia Lutheran Christian

Team co-captain...All-America Candidate.

2007-2008: Started all 34 games averaging 37.2 minute per contest...Named Most Outstanding player of the Atlantic 10 Tournament...First Team All-Atlantic 10 and First Team Big 5...Named ESPN.com National Player of the Week (3/10)...Three time A-10 and Big 5 Player of the Week (3/9, 1/27, 12/23)...Named to the ESPNU Puerto Rico Shootout All-Tournament Team...USBWA First Team All-District player...Named NABC Second Team All-District...Became just the third person to win back to back A-10 scoring titles, averaging 19.7 points per game...Scored a career high 37 points vs. Duquesne (3/5)...Scored his 1000th point vs. #20 Xavier (1/16)...Tallied 20 points or more in 18 games...Second on team with 5.9 rebounds per game...Scored 22 points, hitting five three pointers in A-10 Championship vs. Saint Joseph[apos]s...Posted double doubles vs. Towson (12/6), Eastern Michigan (12/22) and #21 Villanova (1/9)..Set school record with 104 three pointers in the season....Career-high seven three pointers vs. Ohio (11/29)...Scored in double digits in 32 of the 34 games...Led team in scoring in 23 games, tallied 30 or more points three times...Became third Temple player with consecutive 600 point games, his 670 points ranks 12th on all-time school list.

2006-07: Played in all 30 games, starting 29... Named Second Team All-District and All-Atlantic 10 and Atlantic 10[apos]s Most Improved Player...Earned First Team All-Philadelphia Big 5, Most Improved Player in Big 5, and picked up Cy Kaselman and Palumbo awards as city-league[apos]s top free throw percentage leader and scoring champion, respectively...Led team in minutes per game (34.3)...Led team and Atlantic 10 in points per game (20.0)-just the fifth Temple player to accomplish that feat, joining David Hawkins (2003-2004), Aaron McKie (1992-1993), Mark Macon (1990-1991) and Terence Stansbury (1982-1983)...Fourth on team in rebounds per game (4.2), second in steals (41), and fifth in assists (62)...Led Atlantic 10 in 20-point games (18) and 30-point games (5)...10th player in Temple history to score 600 points in one season...First career double-double with 26 points, 11 rebounds at Fordham...Career-high 34 points at Pennsylvania (1/24)...Led team in scoring in 15 games...Four-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Week and five-time Big 5 Player of the Week.

2005-06: Played in all 32 games, making lone start in final game of season against Akron...Averaged 3.5 points per games, sixth best on squad and tops among reserves...Scoring average is deceiving as he averaged 11.3 minutes per game...Posted season highs of 12 points, seven rebounds and 33 minutes in 54-47 preseason NIT road loss to #18/19 UCLA (11/17)...Next best scoring outing came against Akron, eight points in just 13 minutes...Tallied seven points on four different occasions...Played double figure minutes in 15 games.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked among the Top 40 prep school players in the nation by Hoop Scoop[apos]s Clark Francis...Averaged 18 points per game in his one year at Philadelphia Lutheran Christian Academy...An all-tournament selection at the 2005 National Prep Invitational held at the University of Rhode Island...Led his squad to a 35-3 record and a #5 ranking by theinsidershoops.com...One of nine Lutheran players that will be on NCAA Division I basketball rosters in 2005-06...Prior to his year at Lutheran, Christmas played four years at Samuel Fels High in Philadelphia...Earned first team all-Public League and third team all-City honors as a senior in 2003-04...Leading scorer in the City with a 26.5 scoring average that season...Averaged 17.7 points per game as a junior in 2002-03, earning honorable mention all-Public honors.