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Gonzaga ● Senior ● Guard ● 6-2 ● 220 ● 3/7/86
10.2 ppg ● 3.4 rpg ● 4.9 apg (2008-09)
Highlights:
2008-09 (Senior): Started season with 10 assists and no turnovers in opener against Montana State-Billings Also had 10 assists at Washington State to give him five career double-digit assist games through first seven games had 53 assists and just 11 turnovers for 4.8 assist/turnover ratio did not commit more than three turnovers in game until having 7 turnovers to go with 7 assists against Arizona in game played at US Airways Arena in Phoenix scored 15 points in win over Oklahoma State in opener of Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Fla., to begin stretch of five straight double-digit games had 7 assists, 2 turnovers against Cowboys came back with 11 points, 3 assists, 1 turnover in semifinal win over Maryland and had 10 points, 7 assists, 2 turnovers in championship-game victory over 12th-ranked Tennessee averaged 12.0 ppg, 5.7 assists/game, had 5 steals and shot 43.8 percent from the field in earning Old Spice Classic MVP honors became 30th player in Gonzaga history to reach 1,000-point plateau with 11 points against Portland State scored 16 points against Connecticut in Battle In Seattle snapped out of an assist/turnover ratio slump against Santa Clara with 8 assists and three turnovers after having just a 1.3 assist/turnover ratio over the previous seven games also scored 11 points and grabbed 5 rebounds against SCU scored season-high 22 points at Portland, going 7-for- 10 from field, 2-for-2 from 3-point range and 6-of-10 from the line named West Coast Conference honorable mention had 7 assists and no turnovers against USC Upstate scored in double-digits in 10 of final 13 games through the WCC Tournament had 16 points in WCC Tournament semifinal against Santa Clara and 10 points in title game victory over Saint Mary's went 11-for-19 from field for 57.9 percent in WCC Tournament averaged 13.0 ppg, 4.5 assists, 2.0 steals and had 3.0 assists/turnover ration in the tourney over last nine games has 39 assists and just 7 turnovers for a 5.6 assist-toturnover ratio also has 13 steals in that stretch for 1.4/game in last eight games has gone 44-for-70 from the field for 62.9 percent scored 9 points in NCAA opener against Akron, 18 in second round against Western Kentucky and 16 in Sweet Sixteen against eventual national champion North Carolina averaged 14.3 ppg in three NCAA Tournament games, going 17-for-26 from field for 65.4 percent and had 2.5 assist/turnover ratio with 10 assists and 4 turnovers John R. Wooden Award Pre- Season Top 50, Naismith Award Top 30 candidate and 2009 Bob Cousy Award finalist.
2007-08 (Junior): Started all 33 games...scored in double-digits in first four games of the season... finished season ranked 13th in WCC in scoring (12.1 ppg), 9th in field goal percentage (149-for-300, 49.7 percent), 1st in assists (6.03/game), 10th in steals (1.42/game) and first in assist/turnover ratio (1.79)...named WCC Player of Year, eighth straight season a Bulldog has won the award, and named to All-WCC team...scored just 4 points in WCC Tournament semifinal against Santa Clara, but hit a pair of big free throws with :35 to play for 51-48 GU lead, Bulldogs going final 5:30 without a field goal...came back with 22 points in title-game loss to host San Diego, going 7-for-13 from field and 8-for-9 from the line...averaged 13,0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.0 assists in WCC Tournament to earn All-Tournament honors...scored 18 points against Davidson in NCAA Tournament First Round, going 5-for-10 from the field including 2- for-5 from 3-point range...had 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals...named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 14 second team and was an Associated Press honorable mention All- America selection.
2006-07 (Sophomore): Started all 34 games, one of only two players to do so... named WCC Co- Player of the Month for January, averaging 13.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 5.8 assists/game as Gonzaga went 7-2 for the month and 6-1 in WCC play...shot 46.9 percent from the field (38-81), 38.5 percent from 3-point range (5-for-13) and 81.3 percent from the line (39-for-48) for the month...recorded eight double-digit scoring games for the month, including the final six; had 5 or more assists in seven games, and 4 or more rebounds in seven games...named to the All-West Coast Conference team.
2005-06 (Freshman): Scored 10 points against Indiana in NCAA Second Round, his second game in double figures...went 2-for-4 from the field, 5-for-6 from the line...played 19 minutes against the Hoosiers...came back with 25 minutes against UCLA, going 1-for-3 from the field, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and just 1 turnover against the Bruins pressure...averaged 17.1 minutes/game for the season.
Personal: Brother, Jannero Pargo, is currently with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...Jannero attended Arkansas and was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent after going undrafted in the 2002 NBA Draft...played for the Toronto Raptors prior to being signed by Chicago.
