Russell Carter (basketball)

Infobox NBA player
name = Russell Carter


league = NBA Developmental League
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 220
position = Shooting guard
birth_date = birth date and age|1985|3|30
birth_place = Frankfurt, Germany
highschool = Paulsboro High School flagicon|New Jersey Paulsboro, New Jersey
college = University of Notre Dame
conference = Big East Conference
team = Tulsa 66ers
Nationality = USA
sport = Basketball
career_start = 2007
career_end =
former_teams = Solsonica Rieti (2007-2008)
Sioux Falls Skyforce (2008)

Russell Demetrius Carter (b. March 30, 1985) is an American former college basketball player for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish [http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/carter_russell00.html UND Player bio - Russell Carter] . Accessed January 5, 2008.] and current player for the NBA Development League Tulsa 66ers.

Personal

Born in Frankfurt, Germany to Russell and Tina Carter, Russell moved to Paulsboro, New Jersey in the United States as an infant. Carter hails from an athletic bloodline, as his father played football for Pittsburgh during the mid-1970s [ [http://notredame.scout.com/2/581062.html Scout.com: "Lessons Learned"] ; dated October 19, 2006. Accessed January 5, 2008.] , his cousin (Sean Redman) played football for Penn State, and his uncle (George Jamison) played football for Cincinnati. He is also the oldest of three children.

Paulsboro High School

Russell Carter played basketball for his hometown high school's Red Raiders from 2000-2003. Carter was a four-year starter and saw his scoring average increase each year. As one of the best players in South Jersey during his junior and senior seasons, his reputation as a tremendous jumper and deadly shooter spread.As a senior, Carter averaged 30.0 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists while leading his team to Colonial Conference and South Jersey Group I crowns. Paulsboro High School fell to Bloomfield Tech High School in the Group I State Championship by a score of 61-59, however, on a full-court driving lay-up as time expired. [ [http://njhoops.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=174514 NJHoops.com: "Bloomfield Tech wins thriller"] ; dated March 16, 2003. Accessed January 5, 2008.]

Despite having never won a state championship, Russell Carter garnered countless achievements and accolades during his high school tenure:
*Finished as the school's second all-time leading scorer (2,287 career points):-Career point total ranks 17^th all-time in South Jersey history
*Scored 869 points during senior season alone
*Two-time South Jersey scoring champion:-Just the fifth player in South Jersey boys prep history to lead the region in scoring in back-to-back seasons
*Established school record for three-point field goals in a game (9)
*Led team to consecutive NJSIAA South Jersey Group I titles in his junior and senior seasons, winning his senior year:-Served as team captain both seasons:-First Team All-Conference both seasons
*First Team All-State his senior year ('02-03)
*Named consecutive Gloucester County Boys' Basketball Player of the Year by the "Gloucester County Times" in 2002 & 2003:-Named the 2003 South Jersey Player of the Year by both the "Courier-Post" and "Newark Star Ledger" newspapers

University of Notre Dame

Freshman season

Carter's collegiate debut came against Mount St. Mary's, where he played for five minutes (Carter's season high in minutes was seven against Central Michigan). Also in the Mount St. Mary game, Carter scored his first career points, hitting his only three-point attempt. He appeared in 11 total contests.

ophomore season

Russell's second year at Notre Dame marked steady improvement in all areas of his game. He more than doubled his contest appearances from freshman year by checking into 24 games, even making his first career start (in the NIT opening round versus Holy Cross).

Junior season

During the 2005-2006 season, Carter more than tripled his scoring average (from 3.5 to 11.5), started 28 of the 30 contests he appeared in, and even led the Irish in scoring on five occasions. During a consecutive three-game streak, Carter scored 20, 21 and 22 points (against Marquette, Providence and DePaul, respectively). His season and then-career high of 24 came against Louisville on an 8-for-11 shooting performance. He received the Wendell Smith Award as MVP of the Notre Dame-DePaul game on March 4, 2006.

enior season

After being named as a tri-captain with teammates Rob Kurz and Colin Falls, Russell managed to not only up his points per game by 5.6 to lead his team at 17.1, but also led the Fighting Irish into the NCAA tournament, losing to Winthrop in the first round. He scored a career-high 32 points on 10-for-20 shooting against St. John’s, but fell just 17 points shy of scoring 1,000 for his career, ending with 983. Carter garnered a First Team All-Big East selection along with teammate Falls as a senior.

He went undrafted in the 2007 NBA Draft after failing to impress any scouts during pre-draft camps. [ [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Russell-Carter-1160 DraftExpress Profile: Russell Carter] . “In a camp that is proving to be tough for non-floor general guards, Russell Carter’s play has been nothing short of underwhelming. After the dominant Portsmouth performance, Carter has struggled in Orlando with his outside shooting and just hasn’t shown much to separate himself from the pack.” Accessed January 8, 2008.] Two months later, however, a professional team in Italy signed him.

Awards and honors

*First Team All Big East (2007)
*Big East All Tournament Team (2007)
* NABC District 10 First Team (2007)
* USBWA All-District V (2007)
*Notre Dame Monogram Club Team MVP (2007)
*Big East Player of the Week "(three times)"::-Week of December 27, 2006:-Week of January 2, 2007:-Week of January 15, 2007
*Big East Weekly Honor Roll:-Week of March 6, 2006
*Wendell Smith Award (March 4, 2006)
*Notre Dame Most Improved Player Award

Professional career

Carter is currently playing for the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Developmental League [ [http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/russell_carter/index.html?nav=page Tulsa 66ers player page] . Accessed May 17, 2008.] after being traded from the Sioux Falls Skyforce in March 2008. [ [http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/SPORTS0302/803210360 Journalgazette.net: "Freshmen learn on Irish bench"] "… Former Notre Dame guard Russell Carter found his way back to the United States, signing with Sioux Falls (S.D.) Skyforce of the D-League."; dated March 21, 2008. Accessed March 21, 2008.] Previously, Carter played overseas in Italy's Serie A League for the Nuova AMG Sebastiani Basket Rieti team where his jersey number was 5. [ [http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/8846522.html Philly.com: "Ex-Paulsboro star gets the call - from Italy"] ; dated August 1, 2007. Accessed January 5, 2008.]

ee also

*Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

References

External links

* [http://www.nsbrieti.it/navigator.php?section=nsb&area=roster&detail=41 Russell Carter's official Nuova Sebastiani Basket player page] it icon
* [http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=CAR-RUS-85&year=2007&team=1151 Carter's 2007-08 Serie A statistics] it icon
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrBNddRf5IM YouTube video of Carter dunking (during college game)] .
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGMMj_d2yDE YouTube video of Carter dunking (during Serie A game)] .
* [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Carter Carter's Italian Wikipedia article] it icon
* [http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/index.jsp?player=russell_carter Sioux Falls SkyForce player page]