2011-12 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com

meet the pride
At Hofstra:
2010-11: Took a medical
red-shirt after suffering
an injury over the
summer.
At Hofstra:
2009-10: Played in all
34 games, including
22 starts…Averaged
8.0 points and 4.8
rebounds…Averaged 6.3
points and 4.9 rebounds
in conference games…
Scored a season-high
21 points against
Farmingdale State…
Also had 19 points in
a win over Yale at the
NIT Season Tip-Off…
Pulled down a careerhigh
tying 11 rebounds
against Connecticut on
the second day of the
NIT…Scored 18 points
in a narrow 84-80 home
win over Fairfield…
Tallied 17 points and
seven rebounds in a road
win over Florida Atlantic,
while adding a key steal
in the final minute as
Hofstra was clinging to a one-point lead…Had a double-double with 14
points and 10 rebounds in a home game against William & Mary….Tallied
14 points, including 8-8 shooting at the foul line in an overtime win over
Rider as part of ESPN Bracket Buster Weekend…Averaged 24.9 minutes
per game.
2008-09: Played in all 32 games, including 14 starts…Averaged 6.6 points
and 4.3 rebounds…Averaged 7.9 points and 5.3 rebounds in conference
games…Scored in double-figures eight times in the final 13 games of the
year…Had a career high 22 points and matched his career high with 11
rebounds in a home win over James Madison…Had 21 points, including 19
in the second half, of a home win over Towson…Tallied 18 points in a road
win over UNC Wilmington…Had 10 points in only seven minutes played
in an opening round win over UNC Wilmington in the CAA Tournament…
Had 11 points and 10 rebounds in a home win over Old Dominion…Tallied
12 points and nine rebounds in a road win over Delaware…Averaged 20.8
minutes per game.
2007-08: Played in all 30 games, including seven starts…Averaged
6.3 points and 2.5 rebounds…Averaged 4.9 points and 1.7 rebounds in
conference games…Hit numerous clutch shots for the Pride during his
freshman season, including a tying three-pointer with 0.1 seconds left in
an overtime loss to UNC Wilmington, when he finished with 17 points…
Gave Hofstra the lead for good with a three-pointer with just over 2:00 to
play in the Pride’s home win over Charlotte…Hit a three-pointer with 47
seconds left to cut Hofstra’s deficit to three in a road loss at Delaware…
Had four points in the second overtime of a home loss to George Mason…
Had seven points in the final 1:40 of a home game against Stony Brook,
while scoring a season high 20 points…Had 17 points and 11 rebounds in
Nathaniel Lester’s Career Statistics
Year G/GS FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. Reb. Avg. PF A TO BS S TP Avg.
07-08 30/7 64-187 .342 40-58 .690 74 2.5 58 14 53 7 14 189 6.3
08-09 32/14 72-187 .385 52-79 .658 137 4.3 62 35 44 11 17 211 6.6
09-10 34/22 88-211 .417 87-113 .770 163 4.8 82 27 57 18 31 273 8.0
Totals 96/43 224-585 .383 179-250 .716 374 3.9 202 76 154 36 62 673 7.0
3-point FG: 07-08: 21-85 (.247), 08-09: 15-54 (.278), 09-10: 10-43 (.233), Totals: 46-182 (.253)
a loss to Marist at the Aeropostale Holiday Festival…Had 13 points and
eight rebounds in a starting assignment against Longwood…Averaged 18.7
minutes per game.
High School/Personal: Capped off his stellar high school career by
helping Canarsie to the New York Public School Athletic League (PSAL)
Semifinals as a senior, including a 30-point performance in Canarsie’s
semifinal loss to Lincoln… Averaged 29 points per game overall, as well
as 10 rebounds a game in PSAL contests…Considered by some recruiting
analysts to be the top senior in New York City in 2006-07… Averaged
24.5 points per game at Canarsie as a junior during the 2005-06 season,
while leading the team to the Public School Athletic League (PSAL)
semifinals…Also
averaged 21.4 points
and 10 rebounds per
game as a sophomore
during the 2004-05
campaign…A New
York Post All-PSAL
selection as a senior…
Has one older sister…
Also recruited by
Rutgers, Massachusetts
and St. John’s…Started
playing basketball at
age 14…Lists He Got
Game as his favorite
movie…Born April
28, 1988…Graduated
in December 2010...
Pursuing a master’s
degree in linguistics.
Career Highs:
PTS: 22 vs. James Madison, 2/18/09
REBS: 11 (three times, most recently at Connecticut, 11/17/09)
ASTS: 5 vs. Northeastern, 1/17/09
FGM: 8 (twice, most recently vs. Yale, 11/16/09)
FGA: 19 vs. Marist, 12/29/07
3FGM: 3 (twice, most recently at Delaware, 2/27/08)
3FGA: 11 vs. Marist, 12/29/07
FTM: 8 vs. Rider, 2/20/10
FTA: 10 at Florida Atlantic, 12/29/09
OR: 6 at William & Mary, 1/16/10
DR: 8 at Delaware, 2/14/09
TO: 5 (twice, most recently vs. Longwood, 1/28/08)
ST: 5 vs. Farmingdale State, 11/20/09
BS: 2 (seven times, most recently vs. Rider, 2/20/10)
MIN: 48 vs. James Madison, 2/18/09
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