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Donta Bright
- Player
- Number: 4
- Position: F
- Height: 6' 6“
- Weight: 223 lbs.
- Hometown: Baltimore, MD
- High School: Dunbar
- Prep School: none
- Transfer From: none
- Birthdate: April 18, 19731)
At UMass
- Appeared in all 106 of UM's games in his three seasons, starting 77.
- Scored 1224 points, averaging 11.6 and 5.4 rebounds per game across his three seasons. See where he currently ranks among UM's 1000 point scorers.
- Career high: 32 points vs. Rhode Island (1/17/96).
1995-96 Senior year
- Atlantic 10 First Team selection.
- NABC All-District First Team selection.
- All-Region Team, NCAA Tournament East Region.2)
- Co-captain, along with Dana Dingle.
- Second on the team in scoring (14.5 ppg), third in rebounding (5.8). Ranked tenth in the A-10 in scoring.
- Started all 37 of the team's games. Bright and Dingle lead the UM record books for number of games started in a season.3)
- Shot .794 from the free throw line to lead the team. Improved a great deal from .683 in the previous season.
- Hit a string of 40 consecutive free throws during the season (1/10 thru 2/1).
- Went 14-14 from the line against Rhode Island (1/17). This was UM's best for free throw perfection in a game in the Atlantic 10 era, until matched by Stephane Lasme (14-14 vs Duquesne on 3/5/2005). Others in UM history have hit more free throws in a game, but none without a miss.
- Averaged 20.8 points in the four games UMass was without Marcus Camby.
1994-95 Junior year
- Atlantic 10 Third Team selection.
- Played in all 34 of the team's games, started 14.
- Fourth on the team in scoring at 9.2 ppg, fifth in rebounding at 4.6 rpg.
1993-94 Sophomore year
- Third on the team in scoring (10.8 ppg), fourth in rebounding (5.8 rpg).
1992-93 Freshman year
- Ineligible under Proposition 48 rules.
Statistics
| Season | G | GS | MP | MPG | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | PTS | PPG | ORB | DRB | TRB | RPG | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-94 | 35 | 26 | 892 | 25.5 | 142 | 307 | .463 | 137 | 294 | .466 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 88 | 133 | .662 | 377 | 10.8 | 79 | 123 | 202 | 5.8 | 42 | 35 | 24 | 78 | 123 | 2 |
| 1994-95 | 34 | 14 | 741 | 21.8 | 120 | 251 | .478 | 117 | 238 | .492 | 3 | 13 | .231 | 71 | 104 | .683 | 314 | 9.2 | 50 | 107 | 157 | 4.6 | 75 | 28 | 44 | 60 | 83 | 1 |
| 1995-96 | 37 | 37 | 1130 | 30.5 | 202 | 422 | .479 | 191 | 386 | .495 | 11 | 36 | .306 | 123 | 155 | .794 | 538 | 14.5 | 87 | 126 | 213 | 5.8 | 64 | 43 | 25 | 80 | 101 | 3 |
| Career | 106 | 77 | 2763 | 26.1 | 464 | 980 | .473 | 445 | 918 | .485 | 19 | 62 | .306 | 282 | 392 | .719 | 1229 | 11.6 | 216 | 356 | 572 | 5.4 | 181 | 106 | 93 | 218 | 307 | 6 |
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Post-UMass
- 1998-99: Played for Go Pass Pepinster in Belgium.
- 1997-98: Played for Essen club in Germany.
- 1996-97: Drafted 22nd overall (10th pick in 2nd round) by the CBA's Quad City Thunder. Played with Quad City for the season.
- 1996: Not selected in the NBA Draft, was still invited to join John Calipari's New Jersey Nets for the pre-season, but was cut prior to the start of the regular season.
Pre-UMass
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