| Broderick Hicks |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Houston. TX
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| High School:
Strake Jesuit
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| Height / Weight:
6-1 / 171
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| Position:
Guard
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An athletic, exceptionally quick guard who has been a key backcourt reserve the last two seasons ... spent most of last season spelling Robert O’Kelley, but was also used alongside O’Kelley in Wake’s small, quick lineup ... has the tools to be an outstanding point guard ... has good court awareness ... a very good passer with an unselfish attitude ... can be a scoring threat, too, with a solid jumper and the ability to penetrate and break down defenses ... a quality defensive player because of his quickness ... has seen action in all 67 career games ... owns the team’s highest one-step vertical leap (38 inches).
1999-00
Saw action in all 36 games and started twice ... saw significant minutes throughout the season ... played 20 minutes late in the year against Virginia when O’Kelley was in foul trouble ... played 22 minutes in NIT semifinal win over NC State at Madison Square Garden ... scored six points and added three assists in NIT win over California ... scored five points in five minutes against New Mexico in NIT action ... had six points on 2-of-3 shooting and added three assists and a steal at Vanderbilt in the opening round of the NIT ... started against UNC Greensboro and against Florida State in the ACC opener ... played a career-high 30 minutes at Davidson, where he scored eight points ... hit 5-of-6 free throws in the final minutes of the North Carolina game to help seal the win over the Tar Heels ... came off the bench for four crucial free throws (4-of-4) at Clemson ... scored 12 points in 19 minutes at Arkansas and went 4-of-4 from the line in the final minute to secure the six-point victory ... scored a season-high 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting against Maryland-Eastern Shore ... hit 18-of-23 free throw attempts in 16 ACC games.
1998-99
Started seven times at point guard, and played in all 31 games ... came off the bench in the last 18 games of the season, seeing quality action in most contests … outstanding in win over Florida State, scoring 15 points in the final 9:09 as the Deacs rallied from a 19-point deficit to claim a 67-65 win … hit two free throws with 5.2 seconds left to seal that victory … first starting opportunity came versus UNC Greensboro in November and he responded with 10 points and turnover-free play in 18 minutes … scored a season-high 20 points (all in 2nd half) in the following game vs. Mercer (a 75-57 Wake Forest victory) ... registered a third-straight double-figure scoring outing with 10 points in win over WIlliam & Mary … owned six double-figure scoring outings on the season (the Demon Deacons were a perfect 6-0 in those contests) ... scored six or more points in nine games (the Deacs went 9-0 in those games, too) ... began the year on a hot streak, hitting 17-of-27 shots (63.0%) in the season's first five games ... struggled from the free throw line in the first half of the season, hitting just 8-19 free throws ... however, he was 13-17 (76.5%) from the line thereafter … recorded season-highs of 6 assists and 5 rebounds in win over Coastal Carolina … matched that assist total with 6 at Duke ... finished the season with 48 assists, tied for the second-highest total on the team.
High School
Considered one of the best point guards nationally among 1998's high school seniors … starred in one of the premier independent school programs in the state of Texas … helped Strake Jesuit High to a 27-6 record and a state title in 1998, the fifth for the Crusaders in six years … scored 32 points, handed out 8 assists and made 6 steals in championship victory over Dallas Jesuit … says winning that state championship ranks among his biggest thrills as an athlete ... averaged 21.7 points, 7.2 assists and 4.1 steals per game as a senior under coach Chuck Kenny … had played for Butch Sigler his first three years at Strake Jesuit … scored 25 points and dished out 5.2 assists per contest as a junior ... teammate on the Strake Jesuit basketball squad with Ed Kargbookorogie, who plays linebacker on the Wake Forest football team and played as a freshman on the Deac basketball team … the school has produced numerous Division I players, including Jake Voskuhl (UConn) and Michael LeBlanc (Vanderbilt).
Personal / Miscellaneous
Comes from an athletic family ... his father Jim played baseball and football at Illinois before going on to a major league baseball career (White Sox, Cardinals & Angels from 1964-1970) … enjoys playing tennis when not working on his hoops game … member of the Black Student Union in high school and was a "Minorities in Medicine" honoree … not sure what he wants to do post-college but says he hopes to have a big family … joined the Wake Forest program with an early commitment in the November signing period (1997) … the combination of Wake Forest's great academic offerings and the chance to play in the ACC helped to make him a Demon Deacon … a good student who was named to the ACC honor roll last year ... age 21 (9/25/79).
HICKS’ Career Statistics
| Season | G | GS | MP | MPG | FG | FGA | PCT | 3PT | 3PA | PCT | FT | FTA | PCT | REB | AVG | PF-DQ | AS | TO | BS | ST | PTS | AVG |
| 1998-99 | 31 | 7 | 499 | 16.1 | 53 | 134 | .396 | 21 | 65 | .323 | 21 | 36 | .583 | 59 | 1.9 | 69-3 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 21 | 148 | 4.8 |
| 1999-00 | 36 | 2 | 472 | 13.1 | 43 | 129 | .333 | 17 | 59 | .288 | 35 | 46 | .761 | 52 | 1.4 | 59-0 | 52 | 39 | 1 | 18 | 138 | 3.8 |
| Total | 67 | 9 | 971 | 14.5 | 96 | 263 | .365 | 38 | 124 | .306 | 56 | 82 | .683 | 111 | 1.7 | 128-3 | 100 | 86 | 2 | 39 | 286 | 4.3 |
HICKS Game-By-Game 1999-00 *started
| OPPONENT | MP | FG-A | 3P-A | FT-A | O-D-R | PF | AS | TO | BS | ST | PTS |
| CAMPBELL | 18 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 6-6 | 1-3-4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| at Navy | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1-1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| MD. E-SHORE | 19 | 7-8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-2-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| WISCONSIN | 13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEMPLE | 8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| vs. Georgia | 12 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| UNCG | *23 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-0-1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| HIGH POINT | 15 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-3-3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| at Arkansas | 19 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 7-8 | 1-2-3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| vs. Oregon | 15 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| vs. Ohio | 9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| vs. Villanova | 10 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FLORIDA STATE | *9 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| at Clemson | 9 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0-2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| N. CAROLINA | 15 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 1-2-3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| at NC State | 18 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0-0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| at Maryland | 21 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 2-3-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DUKE | 10 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| at Georgia Tech | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VIRGINIA | 22 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0-1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| at Davidson | 30 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1-2-3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| at Florida State | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CLEMSON | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| at N. Carolina | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NC STATE | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MARYLAND | 8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| at Duke | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GEORGIA TECH | 20 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1-1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| at Virginia | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| vs. North Carolina | 7 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| vs. Duke | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| at Vanderbilt | 10 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-2-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| NEW MEXICO | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| vs. California | 17 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1-3-4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| vs. NC State | 22 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3-3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| vs. Notre Dame | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Highs
POINTS
20 vs. Mercer
(Nov. 21, 1998)
REBOUNDS
5, two times
ASSISTS
6, twice
STEALS
5 at Navy
(Nov. 22, 1999)
BLOCKED SHOTS
1, two times
FIELD GOALS
8 vs. Mercer
(Nov. 21, 1998)
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
11 vs. Mercer
(Nov. 21, 1998)
FREE THROWS
7 at Arkansas
(Dec. 20, 1999)
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS
8 at Arkansas
(Dec. 20, 1999)
3-POINT FIELD GOALS
3, three times
3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
6 vs. Mercer
(Nov. 21, 1998)
MINUTES PLAYED
30, two times
Hicks Info
FULL NAME: Broderick K. Hicks
MAJOR: Business
BIRTHDATE: Sept. 25, 1979
BIRTHPLACE: Houston, TX
PARENTS’ NAMES: James and Ruth Hicks
HIGH SCHOOL COACH: Chuck Kenny (as a senior), Butch Sigler (1st three seasons)
Up Close
FAVORITE MOVIE: The Usual Suspects
CD I WOULD CHOOSE IF COULD HAVE JUST ONE: Notorius BIG’s ‘Life After Death’
IF I LOST ALL POSSESSIONS BUT ONE, I’D KEEP: My Bible
MY GREATEST MOMENT IN SPORTS WAS: Winning the state title my senior year of high school
THE PERSON WHO INFLUENCED MY LIFE THE MOST: My parents and my family -- foundation
IF I WERE HEAD COACH FOR A DAY, I WOULD: Press
TEAMMATE WHO MAKES ME LAUGH THE HARDEST: Antwan Scott and Rafael Vidaurreta
IN THE MOVIE ABOUT MY LIFE, WHO WOULD PLAY ME: Denzel Washington and/or Chris Tucker
