Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars
announced on August 6 that the NBA champions have signed guard Horace Jenkins,
William
Paterson's all-time leading scorer and the 2001 NCAA Division III
Player of the Year, to a
contract. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
“We are happy to sign Horace Jenkins to a
contract,” said Dumars. “We feel that Horace is a player that can
contribute for us next season at the guard position. He has gained
valuable experience playing in Europe over the last three years and
we look forward to having him on the roster.”
Jenkins played on the Pistons summer league team
that competed at the Minnesota Summer League in July and averaged
8.2 points, 2.8 assists and 18.4 minutes in five games.
Undrafted out of William Paterson in 2001,
Jenkins spent the last three seasons playing in Europe with Aironi
Novara (2001-02), Vurtis Roma (2002-03) and AEK Athens (2003-04). In
12 games with AEK Athens he averaged 20.0 points, 3.3 assists, 1.8
rebounds and 1.83 steals in 33.8 minutes.
The 6-foot-1 point guard was a three-time NABC
Division III National Player of the Year and three-time NABC
Division III All-America selection in 1999, 2000 and 2001. At
William Paterson, Jenkins holds school records in scoring (1,940
points), single-season scoring average (27.1 ppg), single-season
total points (841), most free throws made in a season (257) and most
free throws made in one game (20). As a senior, he led the New
Jersey Athletic Conference and ranked third nationally in scoring
(27.1 ppg) and steals (120). In three seasons at William Paterson,
Jenkins averaged 23.7 points and 3.8 assists in 82 games. |