| Dionte Christmas |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Philadelphia, PA
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| High School:
Philadelphia Lutheran Christian
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| Height / Weight:
6-5 / 205
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| Position:
G/F
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2006-07: Played in all 30 games, starting 29... Named Second Team All-District and All-Atlantic 10 and Atlantic 10'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'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)...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'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.
