Brent Klassen

Akron

Jan 9 (Fri)

8 p.m.

Height:
6-8
Weight:
235
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Kimball, Neb.
High School:
Kimball
Prev School:
Kimball

2001-02

TEAM WAS 44-20 IN GAMES HE HAS STARTED IN HIS CAREER ... finished 10th all-time with 52 career blocked shots...started 32 games...averaged 3.3 points and 2.2 rebounds...shot 51.1 from the field and 60.4 in MAC games...had six points and had a career high with three blocked shots against Buffalo ... had eight points and two rebounds against Akron ... tied a career high with four free throws made ... had four points and four rebounds against Miami ... had five points against Eastern Michigan ... set a school-record by making all eight field goal attempts vs. Marshall ... had a career-high 16 points ... had four points and three rebounds at Western Michigan ... had a season-best eight rebounds at Akron ... had eight points and seven rebounds at Buffalo ... had six points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals against Northern Illinois ... earned Player-of-the-Game honors for his defense and rebounding at Indiana State ... had six points against Detroit ... scored seven points against Washington and Delaware.

2000-2001

Captured the Earl Rupright Team Spirit Award... played in 28 games and started in 23... tied for team lead with 23 blocks...had seven points, four rebounds and two assists, steals and blocks against Kent State...contributed eight points and a career-high four steals against Eastern Michigan...had a career-high 13 points against Marshall...had eight points, seven rebounds and two steals at Buffalo...had four points and six boards at Ohio...had seven points and seven rebounds against Western Michigan ...played a season-high 32 minutes and added two blocks...had six points and five rebounds against Buffalo...had a career-high 10 points against Central Michigan... matched his previous season-best when he scored six points against Michigan State ...contributed three points and three rebounds in 11 minutes against Michigan.

1999-2000

Played in 29 games and started nine times ... averaged 11.2 minutes per game, 7.7 minutes in MAC play ... equalled his career high with nine points in the win over Miami (2/12) ... had career-best nine points in win over Urbana ... had seven points in the win over Cleveland State... posted a career-high nine rebounds in his first career start against Jackson State... had two steals and a career-high four free throws made at Northern Iowa.

1998-99

Played in 12 games with 14-minute stints against Illinois-Chicago and Urbana his longest... had one other game in which he played double-figure minutes (12 vs. Grambling)... scored points in eight games... did not start any games.

New Hampton

Attended one year... played for Coach Jamie Arsenault... averaged 15 points and nine rebounds earning New England Prep School League all-star honors... helped team to 22-5 record losing in the New England tournament finals.

High School

A 1997 graduate of Kimball High School... earned four letters and was a three-year starter for Coach Bill Wallace... helped the Longhorns to a 20-3 record as a senior winning the Western Trails Conference title before capturing the district title and advancing to the final eight of the state tournament...averaged 17.3 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 5.6 blocked shots as a senior earning first-team all-conference honors in addition to being the Co-Player of the Year in the region and a first-team Class C1 all-state honoree... he shot 65% from the field as a senior setting a school record while his career percentage of 54.3 also established a school mark... also set school records for points (1,254), rebounds (748), and blocked shots (461)... he played in a pair of all-star games following his final season... averaged 16.9 points and 10.0 rebounds as a junior helping the team to a school-record 22 wins with their only loss in the final eight of the state tournament... earned first-team all-conference and region while he was an honorable mention all-state selection... averaged 15.5 points and 9.3 rebounds as a sophomore and 4.9 points and 4.8 rebounds as a freshman.

Personal

Son of Tim and Jean Klassen... born March 10, 1979... a marketing major.

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg 1999.. 12-0 76/6.3 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 6-9 .667 4-6 10 0.8 7-0 5 2 6 4 20/1.7 2000.. 29-9 327/11.3 29-52 .558 0-0 .000 12-17 .706 13-33 46 1.6 35-0 9 16 9 8 70/2.4 2001.. 28-23 528/18.9 44-97 .454 0-1 .000 23-34 .676 17-58 75 2.7 61-1 15 31 23 18 111/4.0 2002.. 33-32 560/17.0 48-94 .511 0-3 .000 12-25 .480 20-52 72 2.2 64-2 12 20 14 14 108/3.3 TOTAL. 102-64 1491/14.6 128-258 .496 0-5 .000 53-85 .624 54-149 203 2.0 167-3 41 69 52 44 309/3.0