Name: Number: Height: Weight: Year: Position: Hometown: High School:	Anthony Jerome Epps 25 6' 2" 180 Senior Guard Lebanon, Kentucky Marion Co.

General:

Named co-captain for 1996-97 ... A solid performer at point guard ... Can pass, shoot and run the break ... Also consistent from the foul line ... Will run the point guard spot once again but could see action at the two-guard spot ... Currently seventh on the all-time UK assist list (351).

1995-96:

Started 25 of the Cats' 36 games, leading the team in assists and free throw shooting (81.7%) ... His 175 assists were the sixth highest total ever recorded by a Wildcat in a single season ... Assist-to-turnover ratio 3.3-to-1 ... Named "Best Playmaker" by the coaching staff ... Had seven points, four boards and four assists vs. UMass in the national semis and seven assists and four rebounds against Syracuse in the final ... Hit three threes in the first three minutes against Utah and finished with 14 points, four boards and eight assists ... Followed that Midwest Region tourney effort with 12 points and six assists to earn all-tournament team honors ... Averaged 7.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 6.3 apg and 2.7 spg in the six NCAA games and committed only five turnovers ... Tied his career high with six steals against San Jose State in the tourney's opening game ... Earned Player-of-the-Game honors three times during the season -- vs. Louisville, Arkansas and Auburn ... His most complete game of the season came against Auburn, finishing with 12 points, six rebounds, seven assists and four steals ... Had 10 assists with no turnovers against Tennessee, his third double-digit assist performance ... Scored a career-high 17 points against the Razorbacks during the regular season ... Came off the bench vs. South Carolina, scoring 10 points, hitting two threes, grabbing five rebounds and dishing out six assists ... Opened the season with six assists against Maryland and another half dozen vs. UMass.

1994-95:

Led team in assists with 138 and free throw shooting, 68-80 (85.0%) ... Earned team's "Best Free Throw Shooter" award ... Started first six games of the season, playing in all 33 games ... His first collegiate start came against UT-Martin with three points and seven assists ... Solid performance against UCLA (12 pts., 5 reb., 4 ast., 3 stl.) ... Had a career-high 13 assists vs. LSU on Senior Night ... Grabbed a key steal and then hit two clutch free throws with 19 seconds left in victory over Arkansas in the SEC Tournament Championship ... Led the team in assists with 18 during the Italy trip ... Also averaged 8.0 ppg overseas.

1993-94:

Received "Most Improved" award from Coach Pitino ... Played in 32 games during the season, scoring a career-high nine points at South Carolina ... Had six points and two rebounds in six minutes against Mississippi State ... Earned Player-of-the-Game honors at Tennessee as he hit two three-pointers to key the Cats' victory ... Gained valuable experience as backup to Travis Ford.

High School:

Averaged 21 ppg, 7 apg and 6 rpg as a senior ... Named MVP of the 1993 KHSAA Sweet Sixteen, where he led Marion County to the state championship ... His high school team advanced to the state tournament his junior and senior seasons ... Finished first on school's all-time career scoring and assists lists with 2,044 and 728, respectively ... Named 1993 Kentucky Male Athlete of the Year by The Associated Press ... Selected first-team All-State as a senior ... Led his team in scoring both his junior and senior seasons ... Marion County High School retired his jersey (25) ... Voted team MVP his sophomore, junior and senior years ... Played for Coach Tim Davis ... Played on Kentucky All- Star Team ... Also played baseball and football for three years ... Led the state in receiving with 1,100 yards his senior year ... Considered playing college football, but opted for basketball.

Pitino On Epps:

"Anthony Epps is a winner. Period. Next to the definition of winner in Webster's Dictionary should be Anthony's picture."

Epps' Highs

		Opponent	Date
Points:	17	Arkansas	2/11/96
FG Made:	7	Arkansas	2/11/96
FG Atts:	13	Arkansas	2/11/96
3FG Made:	3	Three times
3FG Atts:	7	So. Carolina	2/1/95
FT Made:	5	Four times
FT Atts:	8	Vanderbilt	1/21/95
Rebounds:	7	So. Carolina	1/7/95
Assists:	13	LSU	3/4/95
Turnovers:	6	Georgia	1/14/95
Blocks:	1	Twice
Steals:	6	Twice

UK Season Stats

YEAR     G-S   MIN-AVG    FG-A     PCT  3FG-A     PCT  FT-A    PCT   REB-AVG  PF-D    A  TO  BS   S   TP-AVG
95-96   36-25  818-22.7   70-163  42.9   43-105  41.0  58-71   81.7  111-3.1  41-0  175  53  2   55  241-6.7
94-95   33-6   652-19.8   60-145  41.4   32-80   40.0  68-80   85.0   70-2.1  30-0  138  62  1   45  220-6.7
93-94   32-0   248-7.8    23-52   44.2   11-28   39.3   7-13   53.8   22-0.7  10-0   38  16  0   16   64-2.0
TOTALS 101-31 1718-17.0  153-360  42.5   86-213  40.4 133-164  81.1  203-2.0  81-0  351 131  3  116  525-5.2

The Epps File:

Full Name: Anthony Jerome Epps
Nickname: Big E or Ant
Birth date: May 4, 1975
Place of birth: Louisville, Ky.
Parent: Immaculate Epps and Jerome Adams
Major: Social Work
High school coach: Tim Davis
Favorite food: Pizza and chicken
Favorite class: Math
Favorite book: To Kill A Mockingbird
Favorite TV show: Martin
Favorite movies: Happy Gilmore/Friday
My highlight of last summer: Getting a chance to spend time with family and friends
Favorite sports figures: Michael Jordan and Deion Sanders
Favorite NBA team: Chicago Bulls
If I started a team, the four other players I'd pick are: Tony Delk, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and Tim Duncan