2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Tim Blackwell
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cameron, Mo.
- High School:
- Cameron HS
2007-08 -- Appeared in 31-of-32 games on the year... among the starting line-up in 29 straight games... second on the team with a 12.0 scoring average... also averaged 2.9 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game... shot .398 (115-289) from the floor, .426 (55-129) from long range, and .759 (88-116) from the charity stripe... ranked fourth in The Summit League in minutes, sixth in three-point field goal percentage, ninth in assists, 12th in three-point field goals made, 14th in free throw percentage and 20th in scoring... finished with the fourth most starts (29), the fifth most minutes (1,106) and the sixth best three-point field goal percentage (.426) in a single season in UMKC history... finished in double figures in 18 games on the year, which included five games with 20 or more points... scored 14 points vs. Florida Atlantic (11/26)... finished with 19 points at IPFW (12/8) and 12 points in the win over Wichita State (12/15)... netted 21 points on 5-of-8 shooting and an 8-of-10 night from the charity stripe against Northern Iowa (12/19)... notched his second straight 20-point game when he finished with 24 points on 5-of-12 shooting (4-of-6 long range) and 10-of-13 from the free throw line against Loyola Chicago (11/22)... scored 10 points at Central Arkansas (12/29)... closed out the year by finishing in double digits in 13-of-15 games... scored 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting (4-of-6 long range) vs. Southern Utah (1/12)... netted 13 points at South Dakota State (1/17), 18 at North Dakota State (1/19), 13 vs. Centenary (1/26) and 17 at Western Illinois (1/31)... notched his fourth 20-point game of the season, when he scored 23 points on 6-of-10 shooting at Southern Utah (2/9)... finished with 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting to go along with eight rebounds in the win over South Dakota State (2/16)... became UMKC's eighth member of the 1,000-point club with his 14-point effort at Oral Roberts (2/21)... scored 14 points at Centenary (2/23), 12 points vs. IPFW (2/28) and 13 points vs. Oakland (3/1) in the regular season finale... closed out his career with 19 points on 7-of-13 (4-7 long range) shooting and six rebounds against IUPUI (3/8) at The Summit League Championship... recipient of UMKC's Lester Milgram Award, which is presented annually to the student-athlete who demonstrates excellent sportsmanship both on and off the playing field.
2006-07 -- Played in 30-of-32 games on the year, which included 15 starts... averaged 5.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per game... shot .378 (54-143) from the floor and .352 (37-105) from three-point land... also had 18 assists and seven steals... scored in double figures in four games on the season... finished with a season-high 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting, which included six three pointers, vs. IUPUI (2/17)... scored 13 points vs. Western Illinois (1/27), 15 points at Western Illinois (2/22) and 16 points in the Mid-Con Tournament semifinals vs. Oakland.
2005-06 -- Played in 26 games on the season, which included 24 starts... led the Mid-Con with a .846 (55-65) free throw percentage and ranked 17th with a 11.4 scoring average... also shot .420 (97-231) from the floor and .387 (48-124) from three-point range... finished the year with 83 rebounds (3.2 p/game) and 73 assists... scored in double figures in 15 games on the year and had two games with 20 or more points... scored in double digits in 9-of-first-10 games to start the year... finished with 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting at Penn State (12/7)... missed a pair of games due to injury vs. Western Illinois and Centenary... tied a career-high with 25 points at Centenary (1/28)... narrowly missed UMKC's first-ever triple double with nine points and career-bests with nine rebounds and 10 assists vs. Chicago State (2/6), while playing all 50 minutes of the double overtime thriller... the 10 helpers are tied for the fourth most in a single game in school history... scored 17 points on an efficient 7-of-9 shooting vs. Southern Utah.
2004-05 -- Named Mid-Continent Conference Freshman of the Year by CBSSportsLine.com... ranked second in the Mid-Con in free throw percentage (43-49, .878)... averaged 10.1 points and 2.9 rebounds in 24 games... also dished out 52 assists... converted 50 of 113 three-point attempts for a .442 percentage... scored a career-high 25 points, including 8-for-11 from the floor and 5-for-7 from three-point range at Centenary (1/8)... grabbed a career-high eight rebounds against Chicago State (2/5)... scored six points and added three assists in UMKC debut versus Central Florida (12/18).
At Creighton University -- Played in three games with Creighton, averaging 3.0 points and 0.7 rebounds per game.
High School -- Averaged 20 points and was named first-team all-state as a senior at Cameron (Mo.) High School... named St. Joseph News-Press Player of the Year his final two seasons... helped team to a 95-18 record in four years, including a 30-2 Midland Empire Conference record en route to winning four straight league titles... named first-team all-conference three times after earning second-team all-conference accolades as a freshman... holds school career scoring record with 2,184 points... 2002-03 finalist for the DiRenna Award, presented annually to the top boys basketball player in the Greater Kansas City area... nominated for the McDonald's All-American game... played in the Kansas-Missouri All-Star game as well as the Hall of Fame Game after his senior season.
Personal -- Born on June 26, 1984... son of Sam and Cora Blackwell... majoring in liberal arts.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 25 at Centenary, (twice; 1/8/05 & 1/28/06)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Chicago State, 2/6/06
FGM: 8 (twice)
FGA: 16 at North Dakota State, 1/19/08
3FGM: 6 (twice)
3FGA: 10 (three times)
FTM: 10 vs. Loyola Chicago, 12/22/07
FTA: 13 vs. Loyola Chicago, 12/22/07
Assists: 10 vs. Chicago State, 2/6/06
Steals: 3 (twice)
Blocks: 2 vs. Loyola Chicago, 2/6/07
Minutes: 50 vs. Chicago State, 2/6/06
