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Roy Marble

Player Profile

Hometown:
Flint, MI

High School:
Beecher HS

Position:
Guard

Iowa Items: Iowa's all-time leader in eight statistical categories...ended as 10th leading scorer in Big Ten history...four-year Iowa starter...participated in the 1987 Pan American Game trials...tried out for U.S. national team in 1985.

1988-89 Season: Honorable mention all-American by AP and The Sporting News...third team all-Big Ten by UPI and honorable mention by AP...Iowa's all-time leader in points (2,116) and steals (183)...only Hawkeye with over 2,000 career points...sixth Hawkeye to lead team in scoring three times...ranked in several Iowa season lists: 2nd in points (675), 5th in FTs (172), 5th in FTAs (226), tied for 5th in FGs (241), 8th in FGAs (459), tied for 9th in steals (50), 10th in 3-point FGs (21) and 10th in 3-point FGAs (53)...finished third in Big Ten scoring (22.4), fourth in steals (1.7) and ninth in FG percent (52.3)...career-high 37 points vs. Illinois...scored 32 and 30 vs. home-stat school Michigan...averaged 28.7 points his last three regular-season contests...first Hawkeye since Bruce King (1977) to average better than 20 points...averaged a career-best 5.6 rebounds...Iowa was 14-1 when Roy has 20-29 points.

1987-88 Season: One of Iowa's tri-MVPs...all-district Five by USBWA...second team all-Big Ten by UPI and honorable mention by AP...named to All-College Tournament team...AP and UPI Big Ten Player of the Week twice...honorable mention all-Midwest by Basketball Weekly...finished second in Big Ten field goal percentage (59.6) and 12th in scoring (16.1)...on Iowa season lists for steals (fifth), FTs (seventh) and FTAs (eighth)...top games: Michigan State (15 points, 11 rebounds), Minnesota (24 points, 11-14 FGs), Northwestern (21 points, 10-15 FGs, 6 steals) and Indiana (24 points, 12-13 FTs).

1986-87 Season: Second team all-Big Ten by AP and UPI...shared Iowa's MVP award...named to USBWA District Five team...MVP of Great Alaska Shootout, Amana-Hawkeye and Anteater Classics...topped the Big Ten in FG percentage (59.2) and was 19th in scoring (13.4)...led team in minutes, FGs, FGAs, FTs, FTAs and points...double figure scoring 27 times...CBS-TV Player of the Game vs. Arizona and UTEP...top games: Northeastern (29 points, 11-11 FTs), UC-Irvine (28 points, including 23 in the first half, 10 rebounds), UTEP (28 points, 10-11 FTs).

1985-86 Season: First team freshman all-America by NBC...honorable mention all-Big ten...led the Hawkeyes in scoring with 399 points, an Iowa freshman record...finished 22nd in Big Ten scoring...played six minutes the first two games but started the last 30...Iowa's top scorer eight times...topped squad in scoring, FGs, FGAs, FTs, FTAs...made game-winning FT vs. Illinois in 60-59 win.

High School Honors -- Parade and McDonald's all-America, three-time all-state, captain of Class B all-state team, three-time league MVP and runner-up for Michigan's Mr. Basketball at Beecher...1984-85 Season: Averaged 26.5 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and shot 67% from the field for 27-0 state champions...made 18 of 19 field goals in one game...Personal: born December 13, 1966.

Iowa Career Rankings: 1st in games (134), 1st in starts (131), 1st in points (2,116), 1st in FGs (787), 1st in FGAs (1,459), 1st in FG% (53.9), 1st in FTs (516), 1st in FTAs (707), 1st in steals (183), 5th in 3-point FGAs (76), tied for 6th in 3-point FGs (26), 8th in assists (288) and 9th in rebounds (668).

YEAR	G/GS	FG/FGA	FG%	3PT FG/FGA	3PT FG%	FT/FTA	FT%	PTS	AVG	REB	AVG	PF/D	AST	TO	BLK	STL	MIN
1985-86	32/30	157/300	.523	0/0	.000	85/118	.720	399	12.5	157	4.9	82/2	48	73	2	38	930
1986-87	35/35	199/357	.557	4/14	.286	118/173	.682	520	14.9	178	5.1	74/3	97	86	8	35	1052
1987-88	34/33	190/343	.554	1/9	.111	141/190	.742	522	15.4	147	4.3	75/3	69	71	2	60	959
1988-89	33/33	241/459	.525	21/53	.396	172/226	.761	675	20.5	186	5.6	75/1	74	77	3	50	1031
Totals	134/131	787/1459	.539	26/76	.342	516/707	.730	2116	15.8	668	5.0	306/9	288	307	15	183	3972