John Wallace (basketball)
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John Wallace (born February 9, 1974 in Rochester, New York) is a professional basketball player.
Wallace, a 6ft-8in, 220lb small forward, attended Syracuse University before being selected 18th in the 1996 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.
He played for a number of teams before playing overseas in Italy for Snaidero Udine.
During his senior season (1995-96) Wallace lead Syracuse in scoring averaging 22.2 points per game. He finished his career as Syracuse's third all-time leading scorer scoring 2,119 over 127 games between 1992 and 1996.
A second-team USBWA, AP, College Sport, Basketball Times, The Sporting News and third-team Basketball Weekly All-American in 1996.
A second-team Basketball Times and second-team Basketball Weekly freshman All-American.
Two-time All-Big East First Team selection.
Named to the West Regional and Final Four All-Tournament Teams in 1996.
Second-team All-BIG EAST in 1994.
BIG EAST All-Freshman Team honoree.
Holds the SU single-season record for points scored (845).
Holds the SU single-season record free throws attempted (291).
Holds the SU single-season record for double-figure scoring games (38).
Holds the SU single-season record for points scored as a senior (845).
Holds the SU single-season record for consecutive double-figure scoring (38).
Ranks third all-time in SU career scoring (2,119).
Ranks fourth in SU career double-figure scoring games (108).
Ranks fourth in SU consecutive double-figure scoring games (46).
Ranks third in SU career rebounds (1,065).
Ranks fifth in SU career three-point field goal percentage (.390).
Ranks 17th in SU career steals (145).
Ranks fifth in SU career blocked shots (209)
Helped lead the Orangemen to the 1996 Final Four and NCAA Championship game.
Wallace played Lonnie in the 1998 Spike Lee film He Got Game as a teammate of character Jesus Shuttlesworth.
[edit] Trivia
His Brother, Rickey, played on the Greece Athena basketball team that Jason McElwain managed.
[edit] External links
- NBA.com player file
- College & NBA stats at basketballreference.com
- John Wallace at the Internet Movie Database
- Player Profile at orangehoops.org
- [1] at "suathletics.com"
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