Hot Prospect: Dante Cunningham

Posted by admin on June 15, 2009

Villanova ● Senior ● Forward ● 6-8 ● 230 ● 4/22/87
16.1 ppg ● 7.5 rpg ● 1.2 apg (2008-09)

Highlights: An extremely athletic forward … A tremendous leaper and quick enough to play on the perimeter … Developed into a dependable scoring option last season … Named Most Outstanding Player at the 2009 Men’s Basketball Banquet.

2008-09 (Senior): Named BIG EAST Most Improved Player … Second team All-BIG EAST Selection … One of 15 finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy … One of two players to start all 38 games … Has led the team in scoring and rebounding the entire season … Averaged 16.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game while playing 31.6 minutes per contest … Led the team in blocks with 47 and was fourth in steals with 47 … Shot .525 (244-465) from the field and .697 (124-178) from the foul line … Scored in double figures 34 times, with nine games scoring at least 20 points and two games with at least 30 points … Grabbed at least 10 rebounds on 11 occasions and has 11 double-doubles… Displayed a breakout performance in the second game of the season against Fordham, going for 31 points and 11 rebounds on 11-of-17 shooting … The scoring output was a career-high and he matched the feat with 31 points on 12-of-15 shooting in a win over Syracuse on February 7 … Had 25 points and seven rebounds in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against American … Registered double-doubles against both UCLA and Duke.

2007-08 (Junior): The lone player to start every game this season ranked second on the team with 30.0 minutes per game … Leading rebounder with 6.5 rebounds per game and second on the team in scoring at 10.4 points per contest … Shot .544 percent from the field (142-261) and .690 percent at the foul line (80-116) … Owned 19 games with at least 10 points and eight games with double figures in rebounding … Produced five double-doubles… Delivered 10 points and seven rebounds in the Sweet 16 loss to Kansas … Scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting and pulled down six rebounds in win over Siena … Also had two steals … Tallied eight points and four rebounds in first round win over Clemson … Averaged 12.5 points in the two BIG EAST Tournament games … Went 11-of-12 at the free throw line in the conference tournament, including 8-of-8 against Georgetown as Villanova stayed in the game early on with their strong foul shooting.

2006-07 (Sophomore): Averaged 8.7 points and 5.4 rebounds over the course of 33 games … Started 27 times and connected on a team-high .513 of his field goal attempts … Contributed 12 points and nine rebounds to help lead VU past DePaul 75-67 in the opening round of the 2007 BIG EAST Tournament … Notched new career highs in points (21) and free throws (11) in a 78-75 win over Syracuse on Mar. 3.

2005-06 (Freshman): Played in all 33 games, starting four … Averages 19.1 minutes per game … Named Philadelphia Big Five Rookie of the Year … Played a season-high 31 minutes and responded with a season-best nine rebounds against Arizona on Mar. 19 … Scored two points and also had a block in the contest … Matched season highs of seven rebounds and two steals in NCAA first round game against Monmouth on Mar. 17 … His layup off an in-bounds feed with 3.0 seconds left helped lift VU to a 74-72 win over Cincinnati on Feb. 23 … He ended that night with four points and six rebounds in a career-high 28 minutes.

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