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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Weight:
- 170
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- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
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- Position:
- G
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- Year:
- JR
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- High School:
- Purdue North Central
Bio
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2011-12: IU East's first first-team NAIA All-American with a spot on the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball All-America first team. ... Also an NABC NAIA Division II All-American. ... IU East's first men's basketball Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year. ... IU East's first KIAC Male Athlete of the Year (all-sports). ... All-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. ... Led IU East and 23rd in the nation with 19.0 points per game. ... Added 3.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, and tied for team lead with 25 blocks. ... Ranked second in the nation in free throw percentage at .894. ... Ranked sixth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at .467. ... Only player in the NAIA Division II ranked in the nation's top 31 in free throw percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, points per game and overall field goal percentage. ... Scored a season-high 34 points and made season-high five steals in win against Brescia University on Feb. 2. ... Distributed season-high five assists in IU East's wins against Berea College on Jan. 28 and Feb. 10. ... Scored 29 points and grabbed season-high eight rebounds in season opener Oct. 29 against Indiana Institute of Technology. ... Scored in double digits in 31 of 32 games, and scored 20 or more points in 12 games. ... Led IU East with 23 points in win against then-No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan University on Dec. 7. ... KIAC Player of the Week for weeks of Feb. 13, Feb. 6 and Nov. 14. ... Named to IU/PU Challenge All-Tournament team. ... Named to Marian University St. Vincent Sports Performance Holiday Tournament All-Tournament team. ... University of Dubuque Holiday Tournament MVP after scoring 25 points in championship game win against Dubuque on Dec. 30.
2010-11: Averaged 13.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 14 games after joining the Red Wolves at midseason. ... Set a school single-season record by making 50 percent of his 3-point field goal attempts. ... Scored season-high 25 points in win at Berea College on Jan. 28. ... Scored in double figures 11 times in 14 games, all off the bench.
AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTH CENTRAL: Led Purdue North Central with 13.9 points per game as a freshman. ... Named to Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference all-conference team. ... Connected on 45 percent of his field goal attempts and 39 percent of his 3-point shots. ... Finished second on the team in rebounds with 4.1 per game.
HIGH SCHOOL: Part of Class 4A Indiana state champion at Lawrence North High School.
ALL ABOUT MARCUS
PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Purdue University North Central
AREA OF STUDY: Business management
PARENT: Audra Buchanan
SIBLINGS: Amy Jackson, Michael Isaac and Mikel Isaac
FAVORITE FOOD: Pasta
FAVORITE TV SHOW: "The Game"
FAVORITE SUBJECT: Biology
FAVORITE MOVIE: "Money Talks"
FAVORITE PERFORMER: Common
ATHLETE I ADMIRE MOST: Carmelo Anthony
NON-ATHLETE I ADMIRE MOST: My mother
DID YOU KNOW: Marcus' favorite quote is "Work hard ... be successful."