Lewis Clinch

General

> Versatile scoring guard whose explosive scoring in the final seven games of his career stacked up favorably against any Tech player over the last 35 years.

> Highest-rated member of Tech’s 2005 incoming freshman class who developed into a strong perimeter scoring threat before missing the last three months of his sophomore season due to a violation of Institute policy.

> Became the 38th player to surpass 1,000 career points on March 12 of his senior year against Clemson.

> His 176 career three-point field goals tied Jon Barry for ninth place on Tech’s all-time list … Finished his career 10th in three-point attempts.

> Had 52 career games with double-digit points, 28 vs. ACC teams.

> Gave up No. 33, which he wore as a freshman, to Thaddeus Young, and switched to No. 0, a number never worn by any previous Tech player.

2008-09

> Scored 20 or more points in six of his last seven games, including 30 in his final home game against Miami (March 4) and a career-high 32 against Clemson in the first round of the ACC Tournament.

> Averaged 25.1 points per game over that stretch, making 45.3 percent of his field goal tries (62-of-137), and 43.2 percent from three-point range (41-of-95).

> Among his 41 threes in the last seven games were nine against Miami, which tied a Tech record for threes against an ACC team and was two short of Dennis Scott’s Tech mark for all games … Made seven in his final game against Florida State in the ACC Tournament, and six in three other games.

> Finished the season as Tech’s leading scorer at 15.5 points per game, and also led the Jackets in scoring (14.7 ppg) in ACC games only.

> Made the ACC All-Tournament second team after averaging 28.5 points in two games (46.5 FG pct., 40 pct. on threes).

> Averaged 3.0 assists and served as Tech’s back-up point guard during Moe MIller’s absences this year … Had 35 assists in last 10 games (3.5 pg).

> Academically ineligible for the fall semester, but made the necessary grades to restore his eligibility … Took over the team lead in three-point attempts in his first six games … Took more than half his field goal attempts from behind the arc.

> Season-ending streak has boosted his season percentage on threes to 33.8 overall, 34.8 in ACC games … His percentage his first two years at Tech was 43.9 pct.

> Went just 2-for-12 from the floor (0-for-6 from three) against Georgia, but dished four assists, hit 8-of-11 free throws and made the play of the game when he went to the floor to wrestle his own missed three-pointer away from a Georgia player who rebounded the ball.

> Averaged a team-high and a career-high 34.7 minutes (35.4 mpg vs. the ACC).

2007-08

> One of Tech’s top two scorers early, along with Morrow, but dipped down below double figures (9.1 ppg) by the end of the season … Struggled in ACC games, averaging just 6.1 points in the regular season with two scoreless games.

> Finished regular season with a 10-point game (4-6 FG, 2-3 on threes) at Boston College, breaking a streak of eight single-digit games, but scored a total of 10 points in two ACC Tournament games.

> Had four double-figure scoring games against the ACC.

> Was 5-for-28 from three-point range in his last 11 games (20-of-65 from the floor overall).

> Started Tech’s first 14 games of the season before Tech’s Jan. 12 game at Miami … Averaged 5.9 ppg as a reserve.

> Was Tech’s top offensive performer following team’s return from the Paradise Jam, averaging 16.8 points over the next six games.

> Had 15 double-digit games on the season, 10 in a row between Nov. 11 and Dec. 27 … Scored a season-high 22 points each against Georgia State and Kansas.

> Averaged 13.3 points at the Paradise Jam, hitting 9-of-15 three-point attempts in three games.

> Looked more to find others for open shots (fifth in the team with 42 assists) … Had a career-best six assists against Winthrop, three each against four other teams.

2006-07

> Tech’s top scorer through the first 10 games of the season, reaching double digits in every game and exceeding 50 percent from the floor in all but two … Scored 20 or more four times (Georgia State, UCLA, Penn State, Miami) … Suspended from the team for spring semester following a violation of Institute policy, but remained in school.

> Shot the ball extremely well (53.2 percent overall, 47.6 percent on threes), carrying over a strong finish in his freshman year … Made at least one three in 22 straight games before missing his only attempt against Georgia.

> Made the Maui All-Tournament team, also scoring 14 against Purdue and 17 against No. 11 Memphis … Averaged 17.3 points in that event, making 45.2 percent of his field goals and 41.2 percent of his threes … Scored 21 (6-11 FG, 3-7 on threes, 6-7 FT) against No. 5 UCLA in the championship game.

> Shot 76.7 percent on free throws (23-of-30) after going just 17-of-30 as a freshman.

2005-06

> Honorable mention ACC All-Freshman … Ranked third maong ACC freshmen in scoring average at 8.9 points a game overall … In ACC games, he averaged 9.7 points and shot 50.9 percent (28-of-55) from three-point range … Made a three-ball in his last 11 regular-season games.

> Started the final eight games of the season, the first starts of his career, and notched double-digit efforts in five of them … Averaged 11.8 points per game, shot 50 percent from three-point range (15-of-30), 44.7 percent overall, recorded 23 assists and 12 steals in that stretch.

> Established career highs in points in his final two regular season games, first with 20 points against Wake Forest on Feb. 25, then 22 at Clemson on Mar. 4 … Made 15 of 25 shots from the floor in those two games, 7-for-10 from three-point range.

> Missed five games in late December/early January with a stress fracture in the fibula of his left leg … Returned to the court about a week ahead of schedule on Jan. 8 against Boston College.

> Reached double digits in 10 games altogether (eight in ACC games) … Began his career quickly in the first two games of the season, 13 points vs. UNC-Asheville and 14 vs. Elon.

High School

> First-team all-state performer in class AAA at Crisp County High School … Four-year letterwinner for coach Fred Richard and team captain three years who set a school record with 1,997 points for his prep career … Also named all-Middle Georgia by the Macon Telegraph … Averaged 21 points a game as a senior at Crisp, leading his team to the state playoffs, after averaging more than 30 in AAU ball during the summer before his senior year … Went for 54 points against Worth County … Averaged 26 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals per game last season as a junior.

> Fourth-team All-American by Parade magazine … A high honorable mention All-America by Street & Smith’s magazine … Rated the 27th-best prospect in the United States by TheInsiders.com and No. 36 by Rivals.com … Played in the Jordan Capital Classic and for the Select Team at the Global Games.

Personal

> Full name is Earnest Lewis Clinch, Jr. … Born June 29, 1987 … Son of Dorothy Bryant and Earnest Clinch, Sr. … His aunt, Betty Bryant, played basketball at Alabama … His first cousin, Johnnie Bryant of Oakland, Calif., was starting point guard at Utah … Majoring in Management … Worked in the Tech Alumni Association office the summer before his freshman year, and has served a term as the team’s representative on Tech’s Student-Athlete Advisory Board.

                                         |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---|             |----REBOUNDS----|2005-06                Date     GS  Min   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA  Pct Off Def  Tot  Avg  PF FO   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UNC-ASHEVILLE          11/18/05      23    6-12   .500   1-3    .333   0-0   .000   0   2    2  2.0   3  0   3   0   0   2   13 13.0ELON                   11/21/05      24    3-8    .375   2-6    .333   6-9   .667   1   2    3  2.5   2  0   2   2   0   1   14 13.5ILLINOIS-CHICAGO       11/25/05      28    2-13   .154   0-5    .000   0-0   .000   1   1    2  2.3   3  0   1   2   0   1    4 10.3at Michigan State      11/30/05      15    2-5    .400   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   1   1    2  2.3   1  0   1   1   0   0    4  8.8VIRGINIA               12/04/05      16    1-4    .250   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   1   1    2  2.2   2  0   0   2   0   0    2  7.4at Georgia             12/07/05      18    4-8    .500   0-0    .000   0-0   .000   1   2    3  2.3   4  0   0   0   0   0    8  7.5BOSTON COLLEGE         1/8/06        12    2-2   1.000   1-1   1.000   0-0   .000   1   1    2  2.3   1  0   0   1   0   0    5  7.1at Centenary           1/10/06       19    1-5    .200   0-2    .000   0-0   .000   1   1    2  2.3   2  0   2   2   0   1    2  6.5at NC State            1/14/06       26    6-10   .600   2-4    .500   0-1   .000   2   1    3  2.3   3  0   1   1   0   0   14  7.3at Wake Forest         1/18/06       34    6-12   .500   2-5    .400   0-0   .000   2   2    4  2.5   3  0   4   4   1   1   14  8.0CLEMSON                1/21/06       21    0-7    .000   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   3   2    5  2.7   3  0   3   5   0   1    0  7.3MARYLAND               1/25/06       13    2-4    .500   2-3    .667   0-2   .000   0   0    0  2.5   2  0   2   1   0   0    6  7.2at Boston College      1/29/06       29    6-13   .462   4-6    .667   0-0   .000   1   0    1  2.4   3  0   3   5   0   2   16  7.8at Virginia Tech       1/31/06       22    1-7    .143   1-4    .250   0-0   .000   1   2    3  2.4   2  0   2   4   0   0    3  7.5MIAMI                  2/4/06        27    2-8    .250   1-4    .250   0-0   .000   1   3    4  2.5   1  0   1   0   0   0    5  7.3at Florida State       2/9/06    *   32    4-9    .444   2-6    .333   0-0   .000   0   3    3  2.6   2  0   3   2   0   0   10  7.5NC STATE               2/12/06   *   31    4-7    .571   1-2    .500   2-2  1.000   0   3    3  2.6   2  0   3   1   0   0   11  7.7at North Carolina      2/1506    *   15    2-4    .500   2-3    .667   0-0   .000   1   0    1  2.5   2  0   1   2   0   1    6  7.6at Maryland            2/18/06   *   30    4-11   .364   2-3    .667   2-2  1.000   4   2    6  2.7   3  0   1   4   0   3   12  7.8DUKE                   2/22/06   *   31    3-10   .300   1-2    .500   2-2  1.000   1   4    5  2.8   3  0   4   1   0   2    9  7.9WAKE FOREST            2/25/06   *   31    7-12   .583   5-7    .714   1-3   .333   1   4    5  2.9   2  0   4   2   0   3   20  8.5at Clemson             3/4/06    *   29    8-13   .615   2-3    .667   4-7   .571   1   0    1  2.8   3  0   2   4   0   0   22  9.1vs Maryland            3/9/06    *   26    2-10   .200   0-4    .000   0-2   .000   1   2    3  2.8   5  1   5   3   0   0    4  8.9Totals.........................  8  552   78-194  .402  31-76   .408  17-30  .567  26  39   65  2.8  57  1  48  49   1  18  204  8.9

|—TOTAL—| |—3-PTS—| |—-REBOUNDS—-| 2006-07 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ———————————————————————————————————————————— ELON 11/10/06 * 20 6-11 .545 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.0 3 0 2 1 0 1 14 14.0 JACKSON STATE 11/13/06 * 20 7-9 .778 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.5 1 0 1 3 0 2 16 15.0 GEORGIA STATE 11/16/06 * 18 8-9 .889 3-4 .750 1-3 .333 1 1 2 1.7 2 0 1 1 0 4 20 16.7 vs Purdue 11/20/06 * 24 4-10 .400 2-6 .333 4-6 .667 2 0 2 1.8 1 0 1 3 0 0 14 16.0 vs Memphis 11/21/06 * 36 4-10 .400 2-4 .500 7-9 .778 1 4 5 2.4 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 16.2 vs UCLA 11/22/06 * 28 6-11 .545 3-7 .429 6-7 .857 2 3 5 2.8 2 0 3 1 0 3 21 17.0 PENN STATE 11/28/06 * 28 8-13 .615 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.6 2 0 1 1 0 0 20 17.4 at Miami 12/3/066 * 32 7-14 .500 4-8 .500 4-4 1.000 1 1 2 2.5 2 0 1 1 0 1 22 18.0 at Vanderbilt 12/9/06 * 25 5-9 .556 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2.6 1 0 0 2 0 0 13 17.4 CENTENARY 12/18/06 * 15 6-11 .545 1-4 .250 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 2.4 1 0 0 2 0 1 14 17.1 GEORGIA 12/22/06 * 8 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.5 TROY 12/28/06 * 14 3-10 .300 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.2 1 0 1 2 0 0 9 15.0 SAINT FRANCIS PA 12/30/06 10 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 0 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14.2 WINSTON-SALEM STATE 1/3/07 5 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.2

Totals……………………. 12 283 66-124 .532 30-63 .476 23-30 .767 9 18 27 1.9 21 0 13 17 0 13 185 13.2

|—TOTAL—| |—3-PTS—| |—-REBOUNDS—-| 2007-08 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ———————————————————————————————————————————— UNC GREENSBORO 11/9/07 * 28 2-13 .154 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 2 1 3 3.0 1 0 2 2 0 1 5 5.0 at Tennessee State 11/11/07 * 27 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 1 0 3 2 1 0 10 7.5 vs Charlotte 11/16/07 * 28 6-10 .600 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.3 2 0 4 2 0 0 14 9.7 vs Winthrop 11/18/07 * 34 5-13 .385 3-7 .429 1-2 .500 1 2 3 2.5 1 0 6 6 0 1 14 10.8 vs Notre Dame 11/19/07 * 25 4-6 .667 4-4 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.2 2 0 1 2 0 0 12 11.0 at Indiana 11/27/07 * 34 6-15 .400 3-5 .600 3-4 .750 1 3 4 2.5 4 0 3 3 0 1 18 12.2 at Vanderbilt 12/1/07 * 29 5-12 .417 1-5 .200 4-5 .800 0 1 1 2.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 12.6 at Georgia State 12/05/07 * 33 7-15 .467 2-6 .333 6-6 1.000 0 1 1 2.1 1 0 1 3 0 0 22 13.8 KANSAS 12/18/07 * 37 8-16 .500 3-10 .300 3-4 .750 1 1 2 2.1 3 0 0 2 0 2 22 14.7 CENTENARY 12/22/07 * 22 5-8 .625 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1 5 6 2.5 2 0 1 6 0 0 13 14.5 TENNESSEE TECH 12/27/07 * 23 5-12 .417 0-4 .000 1-1 1.000 1 2 3 2.5 2 0 1 6 0 1 11 14.2 FLORIDA STATE 12/30/07 * 26 2-6 .333 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 0 0 0 2.3 3 0 3 3 0 1 7 13.6 PRESBYTERIAN 1/6/08 * 21 3-7 .429 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.3 4 0 0 1 0 1 7 13.1 at Georgia 1/9/08 * 32 4-11 .364 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.3 2 0 1 3 0 1 11 12.9 at Miami (Fla.) 1/12/08 28 3-10 .300 2-5 .400 5-6 .833 1 2 3 2.3 0 0 1 1 0 1 13 12.9 NORTH CAROLINA 1/16/08 22 2-6 .333 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 12.4 VIRGINIA TECH 1/19/08 23 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0 2 2 2.2 4 0 1 3 1 5 0 11.7 at NC State 1/23/08 20 2-6 .333 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.1 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 11.3 at Virginia 1/27/08 21 5-8 .625 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 11.5 MARYLAND 2/2/08 20 4-9 .444 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 1 8 11.3 at Wake Forest 2/6/08 16 4-8 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 11.2 at Connecticut 2/9/08 16 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.9 2 0 2 2 0 0 6 11.0 at Clemson 2/14/08 17 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.9 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 10.7 MIAMI (FLA.) 2/17/08 15 0-5 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1.9 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 10.3 at Virginia Tech 2/23/08 17 1-7 .143 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 9.9 at Duke 2/27/08 21 2-7 .286 1-2 .500 2-4 .500 3 4 7 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 9.8 WAKE FOREST 3/1/08 20 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 9.6 VIRGINIA 3/3/08 16 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 2.0 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 9.4 CLEMSON 3/6/08 17 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0 0 0 1.9 2 0 1 3 1 1 4 9.2 at Boston College 3/8/08 23 4-6 .667 2-3 .667 0-3 .000 0 1 1 1.9 2 0 2 0 0 1 10 9.2 vs Virginia 3/13/08 23 3-11 .273 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 1 4 5 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 9.2 vs Duke 3/14/08 19 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9.0

Totals……………………. 14 753 105-264 .398 44-132 .333 33-51 .647 16 46 62 1.9 69 0 42 64 4 19 287 9.0

|—TOTAL—| |—3-PTS—| |—-REBOUNDS—-| 2008-09 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ———————————————————————————————————————————— GEORGIA STATE 12/17/08 * 33 6-13 .462 4-8 .500 2-2 1.000 0 4 4 4.0 0 0 4 2 0 2 18 18.0 at Pepperdine 12/20/08 * 29 4-12 .333 1-6 .167 3-5 .600 0 3 3 3.5 1 0 3 3 1 0 12 15.0 at USC 12/22/08 * 38 9-23 .391 3-8 .375 4-6 .667 0 2 2 3.0 2 0 2 2 0 0 25 18.3 VIRGINIA 12/28/08 * 42 6-16 .375 3-10 .300 3-7 .429 1 8 9 4.5 2 0 2 2 0 1 18 18.3 TENNESSEE STATE 12/30/08 * 27 1-6 .167 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.6 3 0 4 2 0 0 3 15.2 at Alabama 1/3/09 * 32 3-11 .273 1-6 .167 3-4 .750 1 1 2 3.3 4 0 1 3 0 0 10 14.3 GEORGIA 1/6/09 * 36 2-12 .167 0-6 .000 8-11 .727 3 3 6 3.7 4 0 4 3 0 1 12 14.0 at Maryland 1/10/09 * 37 6-17 .353 2-9 .222 1-2 .500 2 3 5 3.9 3 0 4 5 0 0 15 14.1 DUKE 1/14/09 * 32 3-5 .600 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0 1 1 3.6 2 0 4 2 0 1 8 13.4 at NC State 1/17/09 * 38 6-15 .400 6-10 .600 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.4 3 0 2 2 0 1 18 13.9 BOSTON COLLEGE 1/20/09 * 38 3-12 .250 2-9 .222 0-0 .000 2 4 6 3.6 2 0 3 1 1 1 8 13.4 at Clemson 1/25/09 * 31 2-10 .200 1-5 .200 1-1 1.000 0 3 3 3.6 3 0 1 1 0 0 6 12.8 WAKE FOREST 1/31/09 * 37 7-17 .412 0-6 .000 5-6 .833 2 2 4 3.6 2 0 2 1 1 0 19 13.2 at Florida State 1/5/09 * 28 2-11 .182 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3.6 1 0 1 3 0 1 5 12.6 MARYLAND 2/8/09 * 35 1-11 .091 1-6 .167 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 3.5 2 0 5 3 0 0 5 12.1 at Virginia Tech 2/11/09 * 32 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.3 4 0 5 1 0 0 2 11.5 NC STATE 2/14/09 * 35 4-12 .333 2-7 .286 2-2 1.000 2 0 2 3.2 2 0 4 5 0 2 12 11.5 at Wake Forest 2/18/09 * 37 9-22 .409 6-13 .462 0-0 .000 2 4 6 3.4 2 0 5 6 0 1 24 12.2 CLEMSON 2/22/09 * 37 10-16 .625 6-9 .667 1-3 .333 1 3 4 3.4 0 0 3 1 0 0 27 13.0 at North Carolina 2/28/09 * 34 8-20 .400 6-15 .400 0-2 .000 1 2 3 3.4 2 0 3 5 1 0 22 13.5 MIAMI 3/4/09 * 37 10-19 .526 9-16 .563 1-2 .500 1 4 5 3.5 0 0 4 0 0 3 30 14.2 at Boston College 3/7/09 * 36 5-17 .294 2-12 .167 4-5 .800 0 3 3 3.5 1 0 3 0 0 0 16 14.3 vs Clemson 3/12/09 * 35 11-20 .550 5-12 .417 5-5 1.000 2 4 6 3.6 3 0 2 4 0 1 32 15.1 vs Florida State 3/13/09 * 36 9-23 .391 7-18 .389 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.5 3 0 1 4 0 1 25 15.5

Totals……………………. 24 832 128-346 .370 71-210 .338 45-66 .682 20 64 84 3.5 51 0 72 61 4 16 372 15.5