#5 Darien Chavis

Guard • 5-11• 170 • Senior
Philadelphia, PA/Colorado State

2003-04: Started all 30 games ... Averaged 10 points per game, third best on team ... Ranked second in steals with 51 and third in assists with 83 on the year ... Shot 46 percent from field and 41 percent from three-point territory ... Scored 22 points against Wingate (11/21) and was named to Charlotte Classic All-Tournament team ... Also named to Wachovia Classic "Stars of the Classic" team ... Had 21 points in win over West Georgia (12/6) ... Had 18 points vs. NCAA Tournament team Francis Marion (1/10) ... Recorded a season high six steals and six assists vs. Carver (12/3) ... Pre-CCSU: Played in 25 games and averaged 12 minutes per game last year for Division I Colorado State University … Helped lead Colorado State to a 19-14 record, to the Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship and to the NCAA Tournament, where the squad faced Duke in the first round … Second on the Rams with 32 steals and 15th in the Mountain West Conference … His top game came against the Big Ten’s Purdue University, scoring 10 points and pulling five rebounds to go along with two assists and two steals in 20 minutes … Scored 10 points against the University of Southern Illinois, a team that advanced to the Division I NCAA Tournament, hitting 3-of-3 from the field … Scored six points and had two steals against the University of Utah, another team that advanced to the NCAA Tournament … Had a season high five assists against the University of South Florida and a season high five steals against the University of Denver … As a freshman, played at Kansas City Community College, and averaged 10 points and four assists per game.

High School: Two-time team captain and four-year letterwinner at Philadelphia’s Carver High School … Averaged 27 points, nine assists and four steals per game as a senior … Second leading scorer in city and helped lead team to a 16-8 record … Named All-City, All-Public and Mark Wood award winner … Team MVP and all-time leading scorer, breaking brother Will’s record … As a junior, helped lead team to a 23-1 record and the Final Four … Averaged 16 points, six assists and three rebounds per game … Named to All-Public team … As a freshman, helped lead team to a 22-4 record … Named to All-Public honorable mention … Helped lead team to a 20-1 record at University City High School and public runner-up finish.

Personal: Born Darien I. Chavis on March 2, 1982 in Philadelphia, PA … Son of Towand James and William Chavis … His brother Will started for two years at Texas Tech University for legendary coach Bobby Knight … Nickname: "DC" … Majoring in communication and media studies.