2005-06: Played in 23 games in his first year with the program, starting seven consecutive games from Nov. 22 to Dec. 11 ... returned to the state of Kansas, where he played junior college basketball, to score a season-high 13 points against Kansas (Dec. 22); in that game hit on 4-of-5 shots, 2-of-3 from 3-point range and 3-of-3 from the free throw line ... dished out a season-high five assists in the season-opener against Lipscomb (Nov. 13) at the Guardians Classic at Rupp Arena; matched that total against Cal State Northridge (Nov. 26) at the Cal Golden Bear Classic ... in first start of the season at Wyoming (Nov. 22), played 38 minutes and dished out four assists ... 83.7 percent field goal percentage ranked second on the team ... hit 6-of-6 free throws in a win over Colorado-Colorado Springs (Jan. 9), 5-of-6 attempts at Utah Valley State (Jan. 21) and 4-of-5 attempts against California (Nov. 25) ... did not play in the final eight games of the season.
Prior to UNC: Attended Allen County Community College in Iola, Kan. ... played for coach Mike Hayes ... averaged 8.0 points, 4.1 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.7 steals/game and shot 48.6 percent from the floor and 71.8 percent from the line in 31 games as a sophomore ... the Red Devils finished the season 12-19 overall and 7-11 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division; that division is the same as current UNC teammate Cedric Owens played in at Independence C.C. ... had a season-high 11 assists in his team's season finale (vs. Pratt).
Prep: 2002 graduate of Coastal Christian Academy in Virginia Beach, Va. ... averaged 12 points and three assists per game as a senior for coach Walter Webb and was named the Hurricane's Best Defender ... spent junior year at Mt. Zion Academy in Durham, N.C., the same school where the Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady played ... averaged 11 points and three assists per game for coach John Lewis and was the team captain and won the squad's Best Defensive Player award ... played AAU ball with the Maryland Stallions ... honor roll student ... also recruited by Oregon, Tulsa, Evansville, Boston University and Pacific among others.
Personal: Born June 23, 1983, in Washington, D.C. ... son of Detta Jefferies and Greg Wright ... has three siblings ... majoring in sport and exercise science.
Jefferies' Career Highs
Points: 13 vs. Kansas (Dec. 22, 2005)
Rebounds: 4, three times, last vs. Texas-Pan American (Jan. 14, 2006)
Assists: 5, twice, last vs. California (Nov. 25, 2005)
Field Goals: 4, twice, last vs. Kansas (Dec. 22, 2005)
FG Attempts: 6 vs. Northern Arizona (Dec. 3, 2005)
3-Pointers: 2 vs. Kansas (Dec. 22, 2005)
3-Pt. Att.: 3, twice, last vs. Northwestern (Jan. 1, 2006)
Free Throws: 6 vs. UC-Colorado Springs (Jan. 9, 2006)
FT Attempts: 6, twice, last vs. Utah Valley State (Jan. 21, 2006)
Steals: 2, twice, last vs. California (Nov. 25, 2005)
Blocks: 1 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Jan. 28, 2006)
Minutes: 38 vs. Wyoming (Nov. 22, 2005)
Jefferies' Career Statistics
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
2005-06 23-7 406/17.7 19-52 .365 7-19 .368 36-43 .837 3-37 40 1.7 41-1 40 42 1 13 81/3.5
TOTAL 23-7 406/17.7 19-52 .365 7-19 .368 36-43 .837 3-37 40 1.7 41-1 40 42 1 13 81/3.5
Jefferies' Game-by-Game Statistics
2005-06