Salute to Seven Bronco Seniors

#12—Guard La’Shard Anderson

Anderson came to Boise State from Irvine Valley Community College, where he played one season.  Anderson played all 32  games in his first season with Boise State and averaged 5.6 points per game.   Last year, Anderson was fourth on the team in scoring with 9.9 points per game.  He led the Broncos in steals, accumulating the second-most in single-season history (83).  La’Shard’s 2.59 steals per game paced the Western Athletic Conference.  He was among the top 10 players in the WAC with 3.63 assists per game and dished out 116 on the season. 

Anderson has almost “willed” this Bronco team to victory on several occasions in his senior year.  La’Shard had 31 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in a 102-101 overtime win at San Jose State and netted 33 points in last week’s win at Fresno State.  He is averaging 15.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, leads the team with 136 assists and has 70 steals.  La’Shard is 144-334 (43.1%) and 29-89 (32.6%) from three-point land.  His strong moves to the hoop have paid off with a team-leading 143 free throws.  Arnold has made 114 of them for a sizzling 79.7%.

Earlier this season, Anderson became the 49^th player in school history to score 400 points in a season.  He is currently tied with Ron Austin (1969-1970) for 39^th with 431 points and is also 74 points shy of joining teammate Paul Noonan on the career 1,000-points list.  Anderson passed Frank Jackson (1984-1985) for fifth with 136 assists in a season.  La’Shard is just 15 assists shy of Anthony Thomas’s record of 151 in a single season.  Anderson, who is already second all-time with 83 steals last season, is fifth so far with 70 steals this year.  The all-time record is steals king Doug Usitalo (105 in 1986-1987).  Anderson can tie the career record, currently held by Chris Childs (1985-1989) with 26 more steals.  Anderson is also seventh all-time with 316 career assists. 

								3	-	Point
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg.	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct.
2008-09	32	0	696	21.8	59	170	34.7%	15	57	26.3%
2009-10	32	29	1061	33.2	108	291	37.1	30	101	29.7
2010-11	28	28	917	32.8	144	334	43.1	29	89	32.6
Total	92	57	2674	29.1	311	795	39.1%	74	247	30.0%

FT	FTA	Pct	Reb	Avg.	Ast	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg.
46	64	71.9%	63	2.0	64	6	36	179	5.6
70	96	72.9	80	2.5	116	14	83	316	9.9
114	143	79.7	92	3.3	136	11	70	431	15.4
230	303	75.9%	235	2.6	316	31	189	926	10.1

#1—Forward Robert Arnold

Arnold played at Antelope Valley College prior to joining the Broncos.  He started 28 games in his first season with Boise State and was the Broncos’ second-leading scorer, averaging 11.8 points a game.  Arnold also pulled down 3.4 rebounds per game and was second on the Broncos with 22 blocked shots.  Robert scored in double figures 18 times, including seven straight games that included a career-high of 35 points and 15 rebounds at New Mexico State. 

Arnold is second on the team in scoring this season, hitting 12.6 points per game.  Robert also is second on the Broncos with 4.6 rebounds per game and has 35 steals, a team-leading 21 blocks and 23 assists.  Arnold has hit 113-289 attempts (39.1%) and is second on the team with 46 three-pointers (in 143 attempts).  He is second on the team in trips to the free-throw line and is averaging 68.3% (82-120).  Arnold poured in 26 points against Eastern Washington and had 25 points in the win at San Diego.

								3	-	Point
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg.	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct.
2009-10	31	21	882	28.5	133	297	44.8%	35	115	30.4%
2010-11	28	27	795	28.4	113	289	39.1	46	143	32.2
Total	59	48	1677	28.4	246	586	42.0%	81	258	31.4%

FT	FTA	Pct	Reb	Avg.	Ast	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg.
64	95	67.4%	134	4.3	69	22	27	365	11.8
82	120	68.3	129	4.6	23	21	35	354	12.6
146	215	67.9%	263	4.5	92	43	62	719	12.2

#20—Forward Sean Imadiyi

Imadiyi is a junior college transfer from Arizona Western College.  Sean appeared in 30 games as a junior and averaged 2.1 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.  Imadiyi redshirted last season.  This season, Sean has started seven games and is averaging 1.8 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.  He has five assists, six steals and six blocks.  Imadiyi scored a career-high 10 points against Texas-Pan American.

								3	-	Point
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg.	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct.
2008-09	30	0	270	9.0	28	52	53.8%	0	0	0/0%
2010-11	21	7	142	6.8	17	31	54.8	0	0	0.0
Total	51	7	712	14.0	45	83	54.2%	0	0	0.0%

FT	FTA	Pct	Reb	Avg.	Ast	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg.
8	16	50.0%	46	1.5	3	8	10	64	2.1
3	15	20.0	26	1.2	5	6	6	37	1.8
11	31	35.5%	72	1.4	8	14	16	101	2.0

#2—Forward Daequon Montreal

Montreal is a JC transfer from one of the top junior colleges in the nation—College of Southern Idaho.  Montreal started 14 games down the stretch last season and was named to the Western Athletic Conference All-Newcomer Team.  Daequon was third on the team with 10.8 points per game and also pulled down 5.3 rebounds per game.  Montreal scored in double figures 19 times, with a season-high of 24 against Fresno State. 

This season, Montreal is averaging 10.6 points and leads the Broncos with 5.3 rebounds a contest.  Daequon has 24 assists, 18 steals and 13 blocked shots.  He is 108-232 in field goal tries (46.6%) and is a dependable 78-103 (75.7%) from the free-throw line.  Montreal had 28 points and 8 rebounds in the narrow 86-84 loss at Utah and had 21 points and 12 rebounds in Boise State’s win over New Mexico State. 

								3	-	Point
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg.	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct.
2009-10	32	14	799	25.0	132	270	48.9%	10	32	31.3%
2010-11	28	28	747	26.7	108	232	46.6	3	17	17.6
Total	60	42	1546	25.8	240	502	47.8%	13	49	26.5%

FT	FTA	Pct	Reb	Avg.	Ast	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg.
70	106	66.0%	170	5.3	37	21	17	344	10.8
78	103	75.7	92	5.3	24	13	18	431	10.6
148	209	70.8%	262	4.4	61	34	35	775	12.9

#32—Center Zack Moritz

Moritz played in three games as a redshirt freshman in 2007-08 but missed most of the season with an injury.  In his sophomore year, Moritz averaged 2.0 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.  Moritz played in 30 games last season, averaging 3.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.  He recorded his first double-double against Houston Baptist when he hit 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. 

This year, Zack is averaging 3.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.  He has 11 assists, 6 steals and 2 blocked shots.  Moritz has scored in double figures three times this season, including an 18-point effort against Eastern Washington.

								3	-	Point
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg.	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct.
2007-08	3	0	14	4.7	1	1	100%	0	0	0
2008-09	21	0	130	6.2	17	36	47.2	0	0	0
2009-10	30	1	281	9.4	46	91	50.5	0	0	0
2010-11	26	3	286	11.0	35	71	49.3	0	0	0
Total	80	4	711	8.9	99	199	49.7%	0	0	0

FT	FTA	Pct	Reb	Avg.	Ast	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg.
1	2	50.0%	6	2.0	0	1	0	3	1.0
7	13	53.8	28	1.3	2	4	1	41	2.0
12	26	46.2	73	2.4	7	2	3	104	3.5
22	33	66.7	63	2.4	11	2	6	92	3.5
42	74	56.8%	170	2.1	20	9	10	240	3.0

#25—Forward Paul Noonan

Paul Noonan has become a leader in two areas, as a sharpshooting three-point threat and as a calm free-throw artist.  Noonan has shot plenty of threes, but he won’t have enough free-throw attempts to qualify for the school record.  Although Noonan is “money” at the charity stripe, he averages less than the two attempts per game to qualify for the record.  Noonan appeared in 33 games as a freshman and averaged 4.8 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.  He immediately led the Broncos in free throw percentage (86.5%), hitting 45-of-52, and was named Academic All-WAC.  Noonan began to make a presence his sophomore year, starting 30 games and averaging 10.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.  Noonan hit double figures 16 times, including a career-high 25 against Montana State.  Last season, Noonan started seven games last year and averaged 8.8 points and 3.5 rebounds a game.  Paul was sixth in the WAC with 2.13 three-pointers per game. 

Noonan is averaging 10.1 points and 3.5 rebounds a game.  He also has 48 assists and 22 steals.  Noonan is 87-202 from the field (43.1%), including 51-131 from beyond the arc (38.9%).  He has canned 57-68 free throws (83.8%).  Noonan hit 23 points in Boise State’s 71-60 win over Louisiana Tech. 

Noonan became the 20^th member of the career 1,000-point club and is now 17^th in career scoring with 1,028.  He will pass Greg Bunn with five more points.  Noonan is also in fourth place for career three-pointers with 196 and will tie Eric Lane for third with three more treys.  Noonan is also fourth with 522 three-point attempts and fifth in career games played with 123.

								3	-	Point
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg.	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct.
2007-08	33	1	360	10.9	44	99	44.4%	27	68	39.7%
2008-09	32	30	789	24.7	103	251	41.0	54	160	33.8
2009-10	30	7	730	24.3	89	207	43.0	64	163	39.3
2010-11	28	11	830	29.6	87	202	43.1	51	131	38.9
Total	123	49	2709	22.0	323	759	42.6%	196	522	37.5%

FT	FTA	Pct	Reb	Avg.	Ast	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg.
45	52	86.5%	42	1.3	14	5	6	160	4.8
61	72	84.7	114	3.6	61	4	29	321	10.0
23	30	76.7	105	3.5	59	6	21	265	8.8
57	68	83.8	98	3.5	48	8	22	282	10.1
186	222	83.8%	359	2.9	182	23	78	1028	8.4

#4—Guard Justin Salzwedel

Salzwedel is a transfer from Phoenix College.  He played in 17 games last year and averaged 1.8 points and .4 rebounds a game.  Salzwedel scored a career-high 12 points against Cal State Bakersfield with 4-7 shooting from behind the arc.  Justin has played in eight games this season but has not scored.

								3	-	Point
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg.	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct.
2009-10	17	0	98	5.8	9	25	36.0%	9	23	39.1%
2010-11	8	0	19	2.4	0	4	0.0	0	3	0.0
Total	25	0	117	4.7	9	29	31.0%	9	26	34.6%

FT	FTA	Pct	Reb	Avg.	Ast	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg.
4	4	100%	6	0.4	3	0	0	31	1.8
0	0	0.0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	4	100%	7	.28	3	0	0	31	1.2