| Josh Howard |
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 | Class:
Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Winston-Salem, N.C.
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| High School:
Hargrave Academy
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| Height / Weight:
6-6 / 191
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| Position:
Forward
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An athletically-gifted swingman who was one of the ACC’s top freshmen last season ... possesses excellent quickness, leaping ability and defensive skills ... earned a spot in Wake’s starting lineup last season in 34 of 36 games ... averaged nearly 25 minutes of action per game ... the only member of the Deacs’ sophomore class ... has the ability to take the ball to the basket and score off the dribble ... has sound ballhandling skills for a player of his size and is a capable passer who creates opportunities for other players ... one of the team’s best perimeter defenders ... demonstrated last season to be a force on the offensive glass ... his 52 offensive boards in 16 ACC games were the second-most by any player in the league ... made improvements in his game as his freshman season rolled on ... averaged 11.6 points and 5.9 rebounds over the team’s last 19 games ... owns a no-step vertical leap of 34.5 inches and a one-step vertical leap of 37.0 inches.
1999-00
Saw action in all 36 games and started 34 times ... ranked fourth on the team in scoring (9.1 ppg) ... led the team with 44 steals and ranked second with 33 blocked shots ... scored 10 points and was 4-of-6 from the field in the NIT championship game against Notre Dame ... tallied 14 points, seven rebounds and three assists in NIT semifinal win over NC State ... scored 13 points, went 5-of-6 from the field and grabbed 7 boards (5 offensive) in NIT win over New Mexico ... had a strong effort at Vanderbilt in the first round of the NIT with 17 points and three blocked shots ... netted a career-high 19 points in ACC Tournament semifinal versus Duke ... was 7-of-10 from the field and 2-of-2 from three-point range against the Blue Devils ... scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds at Virginia ... recorded 11 points and grabbed a game-high four offensive rebounds at Duke ... had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Georgia Tech ... added 7 assists against the Yellow Jackets ... recorded his first career double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against NC State (in 36 minutes of action) ... scored 18 points at Florida State.
High School
Came to Wake Forest after spending a year honing his skills at the Hargrave Academy in Chatham, VA ... familiar with Winston-Salem and the Demon Deacons, though, as he played his high school ball at nearby Glenn HS ... one of the top high-school basketball players ever produced in Forsyth County … averaged 19.9 ppg and 10.1 rpg in leading Hargrave to a 27-3 record under coach Scott Shepherd … shot 56% from the floor, including 44% from three-point range and 85% from the free throw line ... once hit five three-point baskets in a single game ... an adept passer, he also averaged 6.0 assists per contest … a first-team all-state selection as a high school senior at Glenn when he averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks per game and shot an amazing 70% from the floor ... averaged 24 points and 14 rebounds as a junior ... played for coach Napoleon Cloud at Glenn ... twice the recipient of the "Frank Spencer Award" as the top player in Northwest North Carolina (as selected by the Winston-Salem Journal) ... played in the ACC-SEC basketball All-Star game in the summer of 1999 in Raleigh, an event that featured players that signed with schools in those two leagues ... scored 14 points in 15 minutes in that event, helping the ACC squad to a 145-115 victory.
Personal / Miscellaneous
Signed with Wake Forest during the spring of 1999, and was the only member of WFU's recruiting class ... chose the Demon Deacons over several other schools because of the close proximity to his family and friends ... age 20 (4/28/80).
HOWARD’s 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 |
| 1999-00 | 36 | 34 | 896 | 24.9 | 130 | 278 | .468 | 12 | 42 | .286 | 63 | 108 | .583 | 168 | 4.7 | 103-6 | 64 | 61 | 33 | 44 | 335 | 9.3 |
| Total | 36 | 34 | 896 | 24.9 | 130 | 278 | .468 | 12 | 42 | .286 | 63 | 108 | .583 | 168 | 4.7 | 103-6 | 64 | 61 | 33 | 44 | 335 | 9.3 |
HOWARD Game-By-Game 1999-00 *started
| OPPONENT | MP | FG-A | 3P-A | FT-A | O-D-R | PF | AS | TO | BS | ST | PTS |
| CAMPBELL | *21 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 5-0-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| at Navy | *23 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1-4-5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| MD. E-SHORE | *20 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| WISCONSIN | *24 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| TEMPLE | *11 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1-1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| vs. Georgia | *21 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| UNCG | *27 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-2-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| HIGH POINT | *16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| at Arkansas | *26 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 2-3-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| vs. Oregon | *15 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 1-0-1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| vs. Ohio | *34 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 6-8 | 4-1-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| vs. Villanova | *29 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| FLORIDA STATE | *35 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 3-5-8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| at Clemson | *16 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-3-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| N. CAROLINA | *23 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-0-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| at NC State | *19 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| at Maryland | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-1-6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DUKE | 17 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| at Georgia Tech | *28 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 5-4-9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| VIRGINIA | *14 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-3-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| at Davidson | *36 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 3-5-8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| at Florida State | *30 | 7-14 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 4-3-7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| CLEMSON | *34 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 1-3-4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| at North Carolina | *27 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-3-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| NC STATE | *36 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 6-6-12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| MARYLAND | *33 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 3-2-5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| at Duke | *26 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-3-7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| GEORGIA TECH | *30 | 4-13 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 7-3-10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| at Virginia | *26 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2-4-6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| vs. North Carolina | *24 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| vs. Duke | *32 | 7-10 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 2-2-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| at Vanderbilt | *29 | 7-13 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 1-4-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| NEW MEXICO | *27 | 4-15 | 0-4 | 5-6 | 5-2-7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| vs. California | *14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2-0-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| vs. NC State | *32 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3-4-7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| vs. Notre Dame | *27 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 2-1-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Career Highs
POINTS
19 vs. Duke
(Mar. 11, 2000)
REBOUNDS
12 vs. NC State
(Feb. 15, 2000)
ASSISTS
7 vs. Georgia Tech
(Feb. 27, 2000)
STEALS
4 vs. UNC Greensboro (Dec. 15, 1999)
BLOCKED SHOTS
3, four times
FIELD GOALS
7, three times
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
15 vs. New Mexico (Mar. 21, 2000)
FREE THROWS
6 vs. Ohio
(Dec. 29, 1999)
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS
8 vs. Ohio
(Dec. 29, 1999)
3-POINT FIELD GOALS
2, two times
3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
6 at Vanderbilt
(Mar. 14, 2000)
MINUTES PLAYED
36, two times
Howard Info
FULL NAME:
Joshua Jay Howard
MAJOR:
Undecided
BIRTHDATE:
April 28, 1980
BIRTHPLACE:
Winston-Salem, NC
PARENTS’ NAMES:
Nancy and Terry Henderson
HIGH SCHOOL COACHES:
Napoleon Cloud at Glenn; Scott Shepherd at Hargrave Academy
Up Close
FAVORITE TV
SHOW:
Martin
CD I WOULD CHOOSE IF COULD
HAVE JUST ONE:
The Hot Boyz
IF I LOST
ALL POSSESSIONS BUT ONE, I’D KEEP:
My Bible
SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
I’m shy
MY GREATEST MOMENT IN SPORTS
WAS:
Dunking on a college player while still in high school
THE PERSON WHO INFLUENCED MY LIFE THE
MOST:
My mom
IF I WERE HEAD COACH FOR A
DAY, I WOULD:
Give my players a break
TEAMMATE WHO MAKES ME LAUGH THE HARDEST:
Antwan Scott
BEFORE EVERY GAME:
I listen to Hot Boyz
PERSON I WOULD CALL AS MY
LIFELINE:
My mom
