Release Date: 7/12/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PEARSON AND SIXERS CONCLUDE SUMMER LEAGUE WITH 1-4 RECORD

Mansfield- Former Mansfield University standout Omari Pearson (York/UNLV) concluded the Minnesota Timberwolves Summer League play with the Philadelphia 76ers this past Saturday finishing with a 1-4 record.

Pearson finished the summer league averaging 10.0 points per game which included 19 of 31 shooting from the field shooting .613 percent.  He also averaged 4.4 rebounds per game.

Against the Toronto Raptors on July 8, Pearson had a single game high of 16 points and eight rebounds in the Sixers 88-80 loss.

Other notables were the Sixers No. 1 draft choice and nine overall in the NBA 2004 draft Andre Iguodala ( Arizona ), who averaged 10.8 ppg and 5.8 rpg shooting 16 of 52 from the field for .308 percent.

Pearson, a three-year letter winner at UNLV before transferring to Mansfield this past season, led the PSAC in scoring this season averaging 19.7 points per game.

The 6-9 forward also ranked second in the conference in rebounding (11.3 rpg) while ranking sixth in free throw shooting percentage (82.1%) and seventh in field goal shooting percentage (54.7%). He led the PSAC in double-doubles with 16 on the season and scoring in double figures in all 26 games he appeared.

Pearson capped off his outstanding season by being named to the 2004 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball All-America Team.  He became the first player in Mountaineer history to make the Daktronics All-America Team. 

Pearson is the only player from the PSAC to be named to Daktronics All-America honors, allowing him to become one of just 15 players nationwide to be named to the All-America team.