2013-14 SALUKI BASKETBALL
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NCAA Tournament in 1977, 93, 94, 95, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07
Career Stats
Season
GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2012-13 23 0 102 4.4 6
17 .353 4 12 .333 1
3 .333 2
4
6 0.3 5
0 7
10 0 1
17 0.7
Conference Games Only
Season
GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2012-13 12 0
58 4.8 5
11 .455 3
9 .333 1
3 .333 0
4
4 0.3 4
0 1
6
0 0
14 1.2
Returning Player Bios
COLBY
LONG
Guard • 6-0 • 180 • Senior
Major:
Sports Administration
Hometown:
Mt. Zion, Ill.
High School:
Mt. Zion
2012-13 Season
Joined the team as a walk-on and went on to play significant
minutes off the bench in 23 games...Recorded a career-high six
points versus Creighton...Played double-digit minutes in three
games.
High School
Averaged 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds as a senior for Class
3A Mt. Zion High School in 2009...Mt. Zion lost to Decatur
MacArthur in Regionals...Named All-Conference and All-County
his senior year...Played three seasons of varsity basketball for
coach Jay Driscoll...Also played football his senior year.
Dawg Bites
Born Oct. 21, 1990, in Decatur, Ill...Son of Tom andTami Long...
Father is an engineer and mother is a medical transcripitionist...
Has three siblings, including an identical twin brother, Caleb,
who played in seven games for the Salukis as a walk-on during
the 2009-10 season...Majoring in sports administration with a
minor in military science.
#11
Q&A
Favorite sports quote:
“I
went to a fight the other
night and a hockey game
broke out.” - Rodney
Dangerfield
Favorite sports movie:
Remember the Titans
Favorite guilty-pleasure
movie:
The Godfather
Part II
If you could be one NBA
player for a day:
LeBron
James
Favorite pump-up song:
I Surrender
Favorite pre-game meal:
Pasta
What would you consider a good night:
Going to the movies
Your celebrity crush:
Scarlett Johansson
Favorite person to follow on twitter, Instagram, Vine:
LeBron
James
Your nickname:
Ranger Colby
Favorite food:
Steak
Favorite subject:
History
Favorite TV shows:
Band of Brothers
After college, I plan to:
Be an Army officer
Hobby outside of basketball:
Reading
Favorite actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Favorite place to eat in southern Illinois:
17th Street
Favorite video game:
Grand Theft Auto
I chose SIU because:
Family tradition
A Saluki is:
A dog
Best thing about Saluki fans:
Passion
My hero:
My dad
My values:
God, family, friends
Hidden talent:
Distance running
Talent I wish I had:
Dunking a basketball
My motto:
To die is gain, to live is Christ.
If you walked into my apartment you would say:
Nice place
Not many people know this about me:
I have the best nieces and
nephews in the world.