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2003-04
Men's Basketball
Pape Sow (pronounced POP SOH) followed cousin Babacar Camara from Dakar, Senegal, to the Titans' roster two years ago afer a detour to Chaffey College... He has had an eventful career to date for the Titans... His outstanding athletic talent, potential to improve and willingness to work mixed with his tremendous development during the course of his first season and an impressive performance at Tim Grgrich's summer camp in Las Vegas have excited the professional scouts... Despite some rosy predictions, he went undrafted after an interrupted junior season... He has a wide wing span which leads to numerous blocked shots and steals at the defensive end... He has posted 14 career double-doubles (points and rebounds). CSF IN 2002-03: Averaged a team-high 8.8 rebounds and a second-best 13.8 points per game while playing in 18 games... Finished the year strong, averaging 11.3 rebounds over the final six games... Had 43 rebounds in the last three conference games including a Big West Conference high of 17 vs. Cal Poly on Mar. 8... His 14 free throw attempts at USC tied for the Big West single-game lead... After the season's first seven games he was averaging 15.9 points and 8.7 rebounds but the Titans were only 1-6... He then missed 11 games for disciplinary reasons and in that span the Titans went 5-6 without him... Fullerton lost its first three games after his return before splitting the final eight... He suffered an ankle injury on a hustle play that helped the Titans force overtime vs. Utah State in the opening game of the Big West Tournament and was sidelined for several weeks... He posted eight "double-doubles" of points and rebounds to lead the Big West despite missing more than one third of the season... Next best total was five... Had four in a row early in the season... He was featured in the 2002-03 College Preview edition of SLAM magazine... Spent one season at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga. CSF IN 2001-02: Earned second-team All-Big West Conference honors even though the Titans won only five games... Led the team in scoring (15.5 ppg) and rebounding (8.6 rpg) while playing about 33 minutes per game... Also led team in field goals and attempts, free throws and attempts and minutes... Was second on the team in blocked shots (32) and steals (35)... Aggressive to the basket, he went to the foul line 182 times, or more than twice as many times as any teammate and more than any player in the Big West except Player of the Year Jerry Green of UC Irvine (219)... Breakout game came Dec. 6 at Sacramento State when he came within two points of Richard Morton's school Div. I single-game record of 38 points... Scored 28 points at Cal State Northridge on Jan. 24 and 27 vs. Long Beach State on Jan. 31... Best rebounding total was 12 on three occasions... Had six double-doubles. CHAFFEY COLLEGE: Played in only the 2000-01 season for Coach Nerses Kopalyan... Averaged 15 points and 9 rebounds. JEAN DI LA FONTAINE HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Jean Di La Fontaine High School in Dakar but it did not have an interscholastic team... Graduated in 1999. PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 22, 1981, in Dakar, Senegal... Parents are Macodou Sow and Rokhaya Sarr, both of Dakar... Has a brother, Babacar, and sisters Magatte, Fatou, Adja and Nieye Faolo... Afro-American studies major... Speaks fluent English and French as well as native tongue of "Wolof"... Enjoys listening to music... Worked in the summer of 2002 as a lifeguard at the Cal State Fullerton swimming pool.
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