Outlook

Chris has the ability to play both inside and out and is a 2-time consensus NCAA All-American basketball player. At 6-9 he has no problem taking a defender off the dribble and shooting over them or bringing them to the low block and posting up an opponent . An athletic player who can run the floor and can play anywhere on the basketball court, Chris has good shooting range out and can knockdown the 3-point shot.  Chris is a good rebounder on both ends of the court and is a shot-blocker.  Chris has a great work ethic and the hunger to improve. With his length and ability to create off the dribble and score, Chris will draw the attention of professional teams at all levels.

Pro Basketball Experience 

2010   BSW Wulfen, Germany - starting five averaged 21.1 points per game and 2010 WBV Cup Champion

2009   Al Ittihad Basket Club, Bahrain (Premier League) starting five -- 34 points per game

2009   NABC NCAA D2 All-Star game at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (March 27)

Chris scored 20 points (4-for-8 from 3-point range), nine rebounds and four assists to help lead the West All-Stars to a 138-117 win over the East All-Stars in the NABC Division II All-Star Game.

2007-2008 through 2008-2009   USC Aiken, South Carolina (NCAA D2 - Peach Belt Conference)

Chris Commons finished his two years at USC Aiken as a 2-time NCAA Division II consensus All-America selection. Chris was chosen to the All-America team by the NABC and Daktronics, the Basketball Times All-America Team and the Division II Bulletin All-America Team. Commons was selected to the first team by both the Basketball Times All-America Team and the Division II Bulletin. He was a second team selection after the 2007-08 season. Commons is the one of three players from the Peach Belt Conference to be named an All-American by the Basketball Times and the Division II Bulletin but is the only first team member from the PBC. In addition to his All-America plaudits from Basketball Times, He was an NABC and Daktronics All-America selection after the 2007-08 season as well. Commons was a third team choice by Daktronics in both 2007-08 and 2008-09.  Commons is the only player in USC Aiken Pacer in program history to record back-to-back All-America seasons.

Commons was a part of the most prolific two-year span in USC Aiken men’s basketball history. He was one of the main reasons that the Pacers won a school record 52 games and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in 2009 for the first time in program history in his two years with the program.  Commons ends his four-year college basketball career with 2,002 total points. Chris scored 1,229 of those points in a USC Aiken uniform. The point total ends Commons’ Pacer career with him No. 2 all-time in scoring in USC Aiken men’s basketball history. Commons averaged 19.2 points per game in 64 games as a Pacer. Commons scored over 20 points 33 times as a Pacer. He did not accomplish the feat in 2008-09, but he netted 30 or more seven times in his career.  The Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2007-08 and 2008-09, Chris averaged 16.8 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game in the 2008-2009 season.

Chris finished the 2008-09 regular season sixth in the Peach Belt Conference in field goal percentage (53.8 percent), 12th in the league in rebounds (6.1 per game), third in the conference in blocked shots (1.85 per game), 11th in offensive rebounds (2.3 per game),13th in defensive rebounds (3.85 per game) and fifth in minutes played (31.1 per game).

The sixth player to join USC Aiken’s illustrious 1,000-point club earlier this year, Commons became the sixth member of USC Aiken’s illustrious 1,000-point club in a Pacers win over UNC Pembroke in Pembroke, N.C. Commons’ 25 points in the game helped him end the game with 1,016 points. Commons reached the 1,000 points in only 48 games. In the 48 games, Commons had averaged 21.2 points per game. Commons played his first two years at Findlay, where he finished with 773 points in his first two seasons in the program. Commons scored 246 points during his freshman campaign in 2003-04 and 527 in his sophomore season of 2004-05. Commons finished his junior season at USC Aiken with a program season second-best 675 points. He finished this past season with 554 total points. The November 24, 2008 Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week, Commons won the weekly nod from the league office six times in his two years at USC Aiken. (weeks -- Nov. 24 '08, Mar.2 '08, Feb11 '08, Jan. 21 '08, Dec.3 '07, Nov. 27 '07) He claimed the award five times in the 2007-08 season. Commons was chosen to the 2009 Peach Belt Conference All-Tournament team at the conclusion of the tournament. He was also a member of the 2008 PBC All-Tournament team. Commons was also named to the 2009 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional All-Tournament team.

2008-09: Finished career as two-time consensus All-America selection ... Named Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year for second straight year ... Also named to PBC All-Tournament team ... Chosen to Daktronics All-South Atlantic Region First Team ... Became the sixth member of USCA’s illustrious 1,000-point club in win over UNC Pembroke ... His 25 points in the game left him with 1,016 points after contest ... Scored season-high 29 points in win over North Georgia... Picked up second double-double of year in contest with his 29 points and 13 rebounds ...

The 13 boards tied a career high ... Has scored in double figures in every game but three, netting 20 or more in 11 of the 26 games ... Named Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 24 ... Tied career high with four assists in season-opening victory over Wingate ... Picked up first double-double of year with 25 points and 11 rebounds in loss to Saint Joseph’s ... Acquired third double-double of year with 20 points and 11 rebounds in win over Francis Marion ... Perfect 6-for-6 from free throw line en route to 27 points in win over Georgia Southwestern. PBC Regular Season Champions, NCAA Tournament Participant

2007-08: Started in all 31 games for the Pacers.  Finished just 17 points shy of breaking USCA’s single-season

scoring record ... Named 2007-08 Peach Belt Co-Player of the Year, PBC All-Conference, PBC All-Tournament,

South Atlantic All-Region First-Team, and an All-American by three different sources ... Ranked second nationally in scoring ... Won a record five PBC Player of the Week awards ... Went 258-for-475 (.543) from the field, 48-for-126 (.381) from the line and 111-for-163 (.681) beyond the arc ... Averaged 6.4 rebounds and 21.8 points per game... Had 21 steals ... Led the team in scoring 17 times and 19 times in rebounds... Scored over 30 points in five different games, tied for highest in the conference, 21 times over 20 points for conference high ... Recorded a career-high 38 points on Nov. 17 against Mars Hill ... Had five double-double (points/assists) performances ... Recorded five 10-rebounds games ...Second in the PBC in scoring with an average of 21.8 per game ... Averaged 1.35 steals per game, good for 14th in the conference ... Led the Pacers in field goals made (258), free throws made (111), points (675), scoring average (21.8), rebounds (198), blocks (32) and minutes (1022) … Seventh in the PBC in rebounding (6.4), fourth in field goal percentage (.543), 14th in steals (1.35), eighth in blocked shots (1.03) and fifth in minutes (32.97) …Recorded a career-high 13 rebounds on Dec. 1 against Armstrong Atlantic… Made 16 field goals on Jan. 19 against Columbus State … Blocked four shots on March 8 against North Georgia for a career-high ... Recorded 26 double figure points games and four double-figure assist games.

College Career Highs

Points ............................................................... 38 vs. Mars Hill (11/17/07)

Rebounds ............................................ 13 vs. Armstrong Atlantic (12/1/07)

Assists ........................................................... 4 vs. Clayton State (3/15/08)

Blocks ............................................................ 4 vs. North Georgia (3/8/08)

Steals ....................................................................... 4 vs. Three Opponents

Field Goals .............................................................. 16 vs. Two Opponents

Free Throws ................................................ 11 vs. Francis Marion (2/6/08)

3-Pt. FGs .................................................................... 4 vs. Two Opponents

Minutes .......................................................... 48 vs. Clayton State (3/9/08)

Year     GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3PT-3PTA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg

2007-08 31-31 1022/33.0 258-475 .543 48-126 .381 111-163 .681 57-141 198 6.4   82-1   32   65  32 42 675/21.8

2008-09 33-32 1032/31.3 216-406 .532 33-91   .363  89-137 .650 73-118  191 5.8   83-2   49  83  53 31 554/16.8

2003-2004 through 2004-2005  Findlay University, Ohio (NCAA D2 - GLIAC Conference)

Averaged 16.1 points and six rebounds per game while shooting 59.4% from the field ... Named First-Team All-GLIAC and to GLIAC All-Academic Team ... Scored 29 points and pulled down nine rebounds in the 2005 Great Lakes Regional Final to lead the Oilers to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.

2004-05 -- 34 GP: 15.5 PPG: 3.8 RPG: 0.8 APG: 1.6 BPG: 0.7 SPG: 58.8 FG%: 42.6 3PT%: 69.6 FT%

2003-04 -- 32 GP; 7.7 PPG ; 2.5 RPG; 0.6 APG; 0.8 BPG; 0.4 SPG: 49.5 FG%; 33.3 3PT%; 63.5 FT%

2003  Central Catholic High School

Averaged 19 points and six rebounds per game as a senior for the Irish ... Named Toledo First-Team All-City, First-Team All-Northwest Ohio, and All-State.

Awards/Achievements 

2010  WBV Cup Champion - Germany (Wulfen)

2009  Consensus All-American (USC Aiken)

2009 1st team All-American Basketball Times (USC Aiken)

2009  NABC All-American team (USC Aiken)

2009  Daktronics All-American team (USC Aiken)

2009 1st team All-American Division II Bulletin All-America Team (USC Aiken)

2009  NCAA D2 Post-Season Tournament - advanced to Sweet 16 (USC Aiken)

2009  NCAA D2 tournament All-Southeast Region (USC Aiken)

2009  Daktronics All-Southeast Region 1st Team (USC Aiken)

2009  NABC  All-District 1st Team (USC Aiken)

2009  Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year (USC Aiken)

2009  Peach Belt All-Conference Team (USC Aiken)

2009  Peach Belt All-Tournament Team (USC Aiken)

2009  Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week - 6 times (USC Aiken)

2009  NABC NCAA D2 All-Star game

2009  NCAA D2 pre-season Player of the Year as named by Basketball Times

2008  Consensus All-American (USC Aiken)

2008 1st team All-American Basketball Times (USC Aiken)

2008  NABC All-American team (USC Aiken)

2008  Daktronics All-American team (USC Aiken)

2008 1st team All-American Division II Bulletin All-America Team (USC Aiken)

2008  Daktronics All-Southeast Region 1st Team (USC Aiken)

2008  NABC  All-District 1st Team (USC Aiken)

2008  Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year (USC Aiken)

2008  Peach Belt All-Conference Team (USC Aiken)

2008  Peach Belt All-Tournament Team (USC Aiken)

2009  Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week (USC Aiken)

2005  NCAA D2 Post-Season Tournament - advanced to Elite 8 (Findlay)

2005  GLIAC Tournament Champions (Findlay)

2005  1st Team All-GLIAC (Findlay)

2005  GLIAC All-Academic Team (Findlay)