Zabian Dowdell Season 2005-06

1 - Zabian DowdellPosition: Guard
Class: Junior
Height: 6' 3"

Weight: 200 lbs.

High School: Pahokee
Hometown: Pahokee, Fla.

One of the best guards in the ACC ... Returning two-year starter at point guard ... Seth Greenberg's first signee at Virginia Tech ... Can also play the two-guard spot ... Deceptively quick and is tricky with the ball ... Outstanding passer and floor general ... Has good range as a shooter ... Sees the court well and does a good job of distributing the ball ... Not afraid to penetrate with the ball ... Vastly improved his shooting as a sophomore ... Improving defensive player with long arms and quickness to knock balls away ... Good student with a magnetic personality ... Strong candidate for preseason honors.

2004-05: Honorable mention All-ACC ... First-team All-State by the VaSID and Richmond Times-Dispatch ... 16^th in scoring in the ACC and 11^th in steals ... Tenth in the ACC in scoring in league games ... Third in three-point field goal percentage ... Played in all 30 games for the Hokies, starting 29 times ... Played 25 minutes in season opener versus Loyola, totaling seven points, five rebounds and one assist ... Hit four-of-seven from the field for 12 points against Maryland-Eastern Shore ... Netted 17 points in 24 minutes of action against William & Mary ... Hit seven shots from the field, tying a then career high ... Tied his career high against Chattanooga, with four steals ... Tallied 13 points, pulled down six rebounds and added four steals against VMI ... Scored 14 points and dished out three assists at St. John's ... Had 12 points and three assists against James Madison ... Scored a then career-high 21 points in the ACC opener versus North Carolina ... Tallied 13 points and seven rebounds against Western Michigan ... Had a game-high 17 points against Morgan State ... Tied a career high with four steals against Mississippi State while tallying 10 points ... Totaled 18 points on 5-11 shooting at Florida State ... Had 15 points and five rebounds in 36 minutes of action against Clemson ... Hit four-of-seven three's against NC State and finished with 20 points on eight-of-sixteen shooting from the field ... Netted 18 points on seven-of-fifteen shooting while adding six rebounds and four steals in the win at #12 Georgia Tech ... Had 14 points and four assists in the win over Virginia ... Netted 15 points and had three rebounds in 35 minutes at Duke ... Tied a career high with five made three-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points in the win at Miami, in front of a strong contingent from his home town of Pahokee, Fla. ... Tied a career high with four steals against Wake Forest ... Also had 13 points and seven assists in the game ... Totaled 17 points and had five boards and five assists at Maryland ... Had 20 points in 37 minutes of action at Virginia ... Hit the game-winning three-pointer and tallied 11 points and two assists in the win over #7 Duke in Cassell Coliseum ... Recorded 17 points and three boards in the win over Miami ... Netted 12 points and added four rebounds at NC State ... Had 12 points and three assists at Clemson ... Scored 13 points while adding four assists and three steals in the win over Maryland ... Tallied 16 points and three assists in the NIT win over Temple ... Scored eight points at Memphis in the second round of the NIT.

2003-04: Started first nine games and the last 19 as a freshman for the Hokies ... Missed the William & Mary game due to a death in the family ... Second on the team in assists and scoring ... Made his first collegiate start in the win over New Hampshire, scoring 15 points, with five assists and three steals ... Scored 14 points in the win over Western Carolina ... Handed out four assists in the loss at Virginia ... Had a career-high eight assists in the win over Morgan State ... Scored 12 points and had four assists in the overtime loss to Old Dominion ... Set a then career-high by leading the Hokies with 18 points in the loss at Ohio State ... Tied then career-high with 18 points in the win over VMI and also handed out five assists against the Keydets ... For the third straight game, tied his then career-high with 18 points in the win over Radford, also dishing out three assists ... Named the BIG EAST Rookie of the Week for the wins over VMI and Radford ... Saw limited action in the win at Towson following a death in the family ... Scored 17 points and had three assists and three steals in the loss to East Carolina ... Scored 13 points in the loss at Pittsburgh ... Recorded a then career-high with 20 points in the win at West Virginia, including five-of-nine from three-point range ... Scored 18 points in the loss to Notre Dame ... Scored 14 points and had three assists in the loss at Seton Hall ... Scored nine points in the win over Providence ... Scored 15 points, grabbed a then career-high six rebounds, handed out four assists and tied a then career-high with three steals in the win over Georgetown ... Led the Hokies with 12 points in the win over St. John's ... Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds, dished out four assists and had three steals in the home win over West Virginia ... Had eight points and five assists in the win over Rutgers ... Scored 14 points and had three assists and four rebounds in the win at Georgetown ... Scored eight points, had four assists and three steals in the BIG EAST Tournament win over Rutgers ... Scored 13 points, had four assists and four steals in the loss to Pittsburgh in the BIG EAST quarterfinals.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in basketball for Christopher Maxon at Pahokee H.S. ... Four-year starter and team captain ... First team all-state as a junior and senior ... Palm Beach Post 6A-3A Player of the Year as a senior ... Averaged 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds a game as a senior ... Also was named the Palm Beach Post Small School Player of the Year in 2002 and the 2003 Florida Dairy Farmers 3A Player of the Year ... Honors Graduate at Pahokee ... Member of the Student Council.

Personal: Zabian Dowdell ... Born September 10, 1984, in Pahokee, Fla. ... Son of Albert Dowdell and Isabelle McDonald .... Has two older brothers, a younger brother and a younger sister ... Older brother Bernard Jackson played for College of Charleston and older brother Jermaine Jackson played for the University of Maine ... Younger sister Tamara Dowdell redshirted on the University of South Florida women's team last year ... Majoring in apparel, housing and resource management.

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