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38 ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 2 f 0 Jon Octeus Senior • Guard • 6-4/175 Miami (Royal Palm Beach) As a Junior (2013-14): Started all 32 games helping the Rams to a 16-16 record, 7-11 mark in the Mountain West … Ranked third on the team in scoring (13.4 ppg), rebounding (4.7 rpg) and assists (2.3 apg) in 33.6 minutes per game … Made 38.8 per- cent (19-of-49) three-point attempts in league play… Connected on 130-of- 320 (.406) field goal attempts, 27-of-76 (.355) three-point attempts and 143-of- 189 (.755) free throw attempts … Had seven games where he attempted at least 10 free throws. By contrast, Pur- due had 10 as a team during the 2013- 14 season … Averaged 16.6 points in last 13 games … Posted six 20-point contests, including a career-high 27 points against NCAA Tournament team Gonzaga As a Sophomore (2012-13): Appeared in all 35 games mostly off the bench for a team that reached the 2013 NCAA Tournament's third round, falling to eventual national champion Louisville … Averaged 4.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 19.6 min- utes per game … Had 12 points, six rebounds in 24 minutes in 84-72 win over Missouri in NCAA. As a Freshman (2011-12): At Wabash Valley in Mt. Carmel, Ill., ap- peared in 29 games, earning first-team all-conference … Averaged 12.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 steals. High School: Three-year letter winner earning first-team all-confer- ence and second-team all-state honors his senior season … Team captain as a senior, he averaged 14.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 3.1 apg, helping the Wildcats to one of their most successful seasons (18-8) in school history ...Also played football. Personal: Will pursue a master's degree in the school of technology… Born on Oct. 23, 1991, in Miami, Fla. …Son of Jacinthe Mesidaz, and has a younger sister, Tatyana … Earned his degree at CSU in communications with a minor in business. 1 Bryson Scott Sophomore • Guard • 6-1/206 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop) As a Freshman (2013-14): Scott had an up-and-down rookie sea- son, appearing in all 32 games with two starts. Scott averaged 6.2 points and 2.6 rebounds and led the team in steals with 30 … Was named Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week twice, the first Purdue player to earn the acco- lade two times … Tallied a career-best 18 points against No. 5-ranked Okla- homa State in the Old Spice Classic … Scored in double-figures in seven of his first 11 games, but just three times in the last 20 contests … Re- corded first career double-double with a 13-point, 10-rebound effort against Nebraska (Feb. 23) … Averaged 9.3 points while shooting 42.7 percent in non-conference play, but dropped to 3.7 points and 27.0 percent shooting in Big Ten play. High School: A four-star recruit, Scott was ranked No. 75 on the Rivals 150, and was named one of the 10 best perimeter defenders in the country by Rivals.com … Finished fourth in the voting for Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 2013 … Averaged 23.5 points, 6.7 re- bounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game … Was named second-team As- sociated Press All-State during his last two years at Northrop, being the only junior (in 2012) to be named on the top two squads … Averaged 25.2 points per game as a junior and finished his high school career with 2,042 points to rank 33rd on the state's all-time list … Was able to get to the free throw line at will, shooting 739 free throws during his four years, an average of almost eight per game. Personal: Full name is Bryson Ervin Scott … Majoring in organi- zational leadership and supervision … Born on July 27, 1994 … Son of Brent and Wendy Scott … Has two brothers, Brenton and Jay, and one sister, Braelyn … Twin brother, Brenton, plays basketball at Indiana State. The 2014-15 Boilermakers M E E T T H E B O I L E R M A K E R S 38 ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 2 f