samf
samf

 
 

Virtual Tour Of The Cooney Family Field House

Tickets

About Samford


Academics

Athletic Foundation

Broadcast Information

Bulldog Club


Camps

Compliance Corner
Corporate Sponsorships

Department Directory

Facilities

Kid's Club

Logos
Marketing
Mission Statement
Pete Hanna Center

The Red Sea


S-Club
Schedules

Site Map

Sports Information

Sports Medicine

Spring Broadcast Schedule

Strength & Conditioning

Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)

Travel Partners


 
 

Samford Men's Basketball
 

 
 

  Eddie Harper

Eddie Harper

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Laurel, Miss.

High School:
Northeast Jones

Height / Weight:
6-5 / 202

Position:
Guard

Birthdate:
12/15/1981

One of the Bulldogs' most explosive players . . . has the ability to make a difference on both ends of the court.

Junior (2002-03): Played in all 28 games, making eight starts . . . averaged 8.5 points and 3.0 rebounds per game . . . was in double figures 10 times . . . scored a career-high 18 points on two occasions . . . had 18 points and six rebounds in a home win over Jacksonville State . . . scored 18 points and grabbed a season-high seven rebounds while going 7-8 from the floor in a home victory over Gardner-Webb . . . also recorded a career-high five assists in the final home game of the season against Campbell . . . made 5-of-8 from three-point range, scoring 17 points in a victory at Arkansas State . . . played 37 minutes in a double-overtime victory at Georgia State . . . 13th in the Atlantic Sun in three-point field-goal percentage, hitting 34-93 (36.6%) from long range.

Sophomore (2001-02): Led the Bulldogs off the bench, averaging nearly six points a game . . . scored in double figures 10 times with a career-high 15 points against UCF in the Atlantic Sun Tournament . . . scored 10 points against Alabama, shooting 3-4 from the field . . . played 25 minutes against Georgia, shooting a perfect 5-5 from the field, and scored 14 points with six rebounds . . . scored in double figures three-straight games against Troy State, Illinois State and Florida Atlantic . . . notched 14 points at Stetson and 11 at Jacksonville in two key road games . . . shot 71 percent (5-7) from the field and 75 percent from the free-throw line . . . the sixth man for the Bulldogs, averaging 18 minutes per game.

Freshman (2000-01): Averaged 1.8 points and 1.5 rebounds per game . . . played in 18 games . . . set career highs with 11 points and eight rebounds at Georgia State Dec. 4 . . . shot 5-9 from the field against the Panthers Dec. 4 . . . played a season-high 24 minutes against Xavier . . . hit two three-pointers in the Bulldogs' Atlantic Sun Tournament win over Jacksonville . . . reached double digits in minutes seven times . . . shot nearly 38 percent from the field, hitting 11 of 29 shots on the season.

High School: Averaged 21 points, 7.3 rebounds, three steals and two assists as a senior for coach Todd Hutchinson at Northeast Jones HS . . . was a member of a state semifinal team and a member of the Mississippi State All-Star team.

Personal: Born December 15, 1981 . . . son of Eddie McMillan and Diane Harper . . . majoring in sociology.



 

Samford University Athletics Men's Basketball
 
  Printer-friendly format   Email this article