At Tech
> Prolific scorer as a prep player who played his sophomore season as Tech’s primary point guard, sharing the position with Mario West … Combo guard with a quick first step who worked hard in practice throughout his freshman year to transform himself from a scoring [quote]two[quote] guard … Intelligent player with ability to score off the dribble and shoot the three, and made strides as a ballhandler and passer … Transferred from Tech following the 2005-06 season.
2005-06
> Came off the bench for Tech[apos]s last eight games after starting 18 of the first 20 … Finished out the year (last eight games) by averaging 14.4 points a game … Scored 19 points at Florida State, 22 against NC State, 15 at North Carolina, 17 at Maryland, 13 against Duke, 17 at Clemson.
> Made 51.0 percent of his field goals during that stretch, 44.0 percent (11-of-25) from three-point range, and averaged 4.1 assists, including nine (a career high for an ACC game) against Duke … In Tech[apos]s win over NC State, had six assists and just one turnover, and made the two most important FG of the game, a three-pointer at 3:22 left and a baseline jumper with 1:03 left.
> Recent improvement could be traced to reduced minutes (25.9 per game over the last eight games vs. 31.6 in the first nine ACC games) which has kept him fresher.
> Reached double figures 12 times in Tech[apos]s last 19 games … Also scored 12 vs. Vanderbilt, 11 at NC State, 14 vs. Clemson and 10 vs. Maryland … Scored 18 at Centenary despite playing just 24 minutes due to foul trouble.
> Had three or fewer turnovers in 13 of the last 17 games … Had seven assists with just one turnover in 34 minutes on Jan. 14 at NC State, while scoring 11 points and taking a career-high seven boards … His overall assist average of 3.93 per game ranked eighth in the ACC.
> Shot the ball from long range much better over the final two months, 24-of-59 three-point shots (40.8 pct.) over his last 18 games (4-for-28 in the first 10).
> Averaged 11.1 points and 3.8 assists in regular season ACC games … In games against Top-25 teams, has averaged 11.6 points, 5.9 assists, shot 42.3 percent from three-point range.
> Put together an excellent game against Michigan State, scoring 11 points with a career-high 10 assists and five rebounds … Tried an open 30-footer for the winning points at the buzzer, but was just long and the shot bounced off the back of the rim.
> Had 16 double-digit scoring games, 10 of them in ACC games.
2004-05
> Played in 19 games, averaging 1.6 points and 0.8 assists … Shot less than 30 percent from the field, but took care of the ball (just 10 turnovers).
> Had his best performances against Georgia, Charleston Southern and Lafayette, with six points in each game …. Played a career-high 17 minutes vs. CSU, and went 2-for-5 (both threes) from the floor against Lafayette.
> Scored his first points against an ACC team against Florida State, knocking down a three in the first half of a game that was decided by three points … Played 14 key minutes against Virginia, dishing three assists and grabbing two rebounds and one steal … Played more limited minutes after that.
> Played double figures in minutes four times and usually was on the floor to give Jack and Bynum a rest … Played in only two of Tech[apos]s last 12 games, however, his only appearances coming against Virginia Tech in the first round of the ACC Tournament (scored two points) and Louisville in the NCAA Tournament.
High School
> Named [quote]Mr. Basketball[quote] in the state of South Carolina and a four-time all-state performer who set the state career scoring record with 3,481 points … Lettered five seasons for his father, Zam, Sr., at Calhoun County High School, served as team captain three years, and helped his team win three state championships … Averaged 34.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game as a senior … Averaged 32 points, nine rebounds as a junior.
> Ranked No. 68 nationally by Clark Francis in Basketball Times, No. 90 by TheInsiders.com and No. 126 by Rivals.com … Ranked No. 55 nationally by RivalsHoops and No. 23 among point guards … Hoopmasters.com ranked him No. 63 nationally and No. 15 among point guards … No. 94 nationally by Bob Gibbons and No. 81 by Van Coleman.
> Played in the Pittsburgh Hoops World Classic in Pittsburgh and the Charm City Classic (16 pts., 4 reb., 2 ast.) in Baltimore, Md. … Played for Team USA in the fifth annual Global Games in Dallas, Texas, averaging 4.6 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in five games.
> Excellent student (4.0 GPA) who took community college courses during his senior year … Graduated second in his class, and was on the Principal[apos]s List every semester in high school … Was treasurer of the Student Government Association and senior class president.
Personal
> Full name is Zambolist Fredrick II … Goes by Zam or his nickname, [quote]Buck[quote] … Born February 3, 1986, in Pesaro, Italy … Son of Zam, Sr., and Debra Fredrick … Father Zam was a basketball star at South Carolina in the late 1970s and early 1980s, leading the nation in scoring in 1981 … Majoring in Management.
Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg2004-05 19-0 127/6.7 11-37 .297 5-18 .278 4-8 .500 5-7 12 0.6 9-0 15 10 2 3 31/1.62005-06 28-18 807/28.8 110-273 .403 28-87 .322 50-67 .746 12-59 71 2.5 81-2 110 97 1 25 298/10.6TOTAL 47-18 934/19.9 121-310 .390 33-105 .314 54-75 .720 17-66 83 1.8 90-2 125 107 3 28 329/7.0
Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg2004-05 8-0 39/4.9 1-9 .111 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-2 3 0.4 5-0 5 3 0 1 3/0.42005-06 16-9 467/29.2 66-162 .407 19-51 .373 26-37 .703 6-33 39 2.4 47-2 60 50 1 14 177/11.1TOTAL 24-9 506/21.1 67-171 .392 20-55 .364 26-37 .703 7-35 42 1.8 52-2 65 53 1 15 180/7.5
Points: 22, NC State, 2-12-06
Field Goals: 9, NC State (9-12), 2-12-06
Field Goal Attempts: 16, Clemson (6-16), 3-4-06
Field Goal Pct: .857, Centenary (6-7), 1-10-06
3-Pt Field Goals: 3, Centenary (3-4), 1-10-06; Florida State (3-4), 2-9-06; NC State (3-4), 2-12-06; North Carolina (3-5), 2-15-06
3-Pt Field Goal Att.: 9, Virginia Tech (2-9), 1-31-06
3-Point FG Pct.: .750, Centenary (3-4), 1-10-06; Florida State (3-4), 2-9-06; NC State (3-4), 2-12-06
Free Throws: 8, Elon, 11-21-05
Free Throw Attempts: 10, Elon, 11-21-05
Free Throw Pct.: 1.000, Maryland (4-4), 2-18-06; Wake Forest (4-4), 2-25-06
Rebounds: 7, NC State, 1-14-06
Assists: 10, Michigan State, 11-30-05
Blocked Shots: 1 vs. 3 teams, last vs. Boston College, 1-8-06
Steals: 2 vs. 6 teams, last vs. Maryland, 2-18-06
Minutes: 38, Boston College, 1-8-06
|---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 * 29 2-8 .250 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 5 0 1 6 6.0ELON 11/21/05 * 28 2-8 .250 0-2 .000 8-10 .800 0 2 2 1.0 4 0 4 3 0 0 12 9.0ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 11/25/05 * 34 7-14 .500 2-6 .333 1-1 1.000 0 4 4 2.0 3 0 1 4 0 2 17 11.7at Michigan State 11/30/05 * 31 5-12 .417 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 0 5 5 2.8 4 0 10 6 0 0 11 11.5VIRGINIA 12/04/05 * 34 4-11 .364 0-1 .000 3-7 .429 1 4 5 3.2 5 1 2 3 0 1 11 11.4at Georgia 12/07/05 * 26 1-12 .083 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 3 0 3 3.2 4 0 3 4 0 0 6 10.5TENNESSEE STATE 12/10/05 * 26 2-9 .222 1-4 .250 3-5 .600 0 1 1 2.9 1 0 3 2 0 1 8 10.1JACKSONVILLE 12/22/05 24 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 1 1 2 2.8 2 0 6 1 0 2 7 9.8at Air Force 12/28/05 33 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.8 3 0 4 8 0 0 6 9.3BETHUNE-COOKMAN 12/31/05 * 32 6-12 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 3.1 2 0 7 6 0 2 12 9.6VANDERBILT 1/3/06 * 33 5-11 .455 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.0 4 0 5 5 0 1 12 9.8BOSTON COLLEGE 1/8/06 * 38 3-9 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 4 5 3.2 1 0 4 3 1 1 7 9.6at Centenary 1/10/06 * 24 6-7 .857 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 0 3 3 3.2 4 0 3 2 0 1 18 10.2at NC State 1/14/06 * 34 4-13 .308 1-3 .333 2-4 .500 1 6 7 3.4 2 0 7 1 0 0 11 10.3at Wake Forest 1/18/06 * 25 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 3.5 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 9.6CLEMSON 1/21/06 * 37 6-11 .545 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.3 4 0 3 5 0 2 14 9.9MARYLAND 1/25/06 * 30 3-13 .231 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 1 0 1 3.2 4 0 4 2 0 2 10 9.9at Boston College 1/29/06 * 23 1-6 .167 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 3.2 2 0 3 3 0 0 4 9.6at Virginia Tech 1/31/06 * 33 2-11 .182 2-9 .222 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.1 2 0 3 2 0 1 6 9.4MIAMI 2/4/06 * 26 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 2.9 3 0 1 2 0 1 5 9.2at Florida State 2/9/06 23 7-11 .636 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2.8 5 1 2 3 0 2 19 9.6NC STATE 2/12/06 23 9-12 .750 3-4 .750 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 2.9 4 0 6 1 0 0 22 10.2at North Carolina 2/1506 32 6-12 .500 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.9 3 0 4 5 0 1 15 10.4at Maryland 2/18/06 29 6-11 .545 1-5 .200 4-4 1.000 0 0 0 2.8 4 0 4 2 0 2 17 10.7DUKE 2/22/06 32 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2.7 2 0 9 9 0 1 13 10.8WAKE FOREST 2/25/06 19 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000 0 2 2 2.7 2 0 2 3 0 0 6 10.6at Clemson 3/4/06 29 6-16 .375 1-4 .250 4-6 .667 0 1 1 2.6 1 0 3 2 0 0 17 10.8vs Maryland 3/9/06 20 3-8 .375 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.5 2 0 3 1 0 1 6 10.6
Totals……………………. 18 807 110-273 .403 28-87 .322 50-67 .746 12 59 71 2.5 81 2 110 97 1 25 298 10.6
|—TOTAL—| |—3-PTS—| |—-REBOUNDS—-| 2004-05 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ———————————————————————————————————————————— ALABAMA STATE 11/19/04 8 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3.0 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK 11/26/04 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 MICHIGAN 11/30/04 8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0.7 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1.7 GEORGIA 12/05/04 16 2-7 .286 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.0 3 0 2 1 0 0 6 2.8 vs Air Force 12/11/04 10 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1.2 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 2.8 JAMES MADISON 12/15/04 9 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.3 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 12/22/04 17 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 2-4 .500 2 0 2 1.1 1 0 2 1 0 1 6 2.9 LAFAYETTE 12/28/04 9 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 3.3 at Kansas 01/01/05 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.9 MIAMI 01/06/05 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 VIRGINIA 01/08/05 14 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 2.4 at North Carolina 01/12/05 6 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2.2 at NC State 01/16/05 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 WAKE FOREST 01/27/05 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 at Maryland 01/30/05 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 FLORIDA STATE 02/02/05 4 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.8 at Duke 02/05/05 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 vs Virginia Tech 03/11/05 2 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.7 vs Louisville 03/20/05 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.6
Totals……………………. 0 127 11-37 .297 5-18 .278 4-8 .500 5 7 12 0.6 9 0 15 10 2 3 31 1.6