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Men's Basketball

  Thiago Cordeiro

Thiago Cordeiro

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Pernambuco, Brazil

High School:
Atual

Last College:
Barton County Community College

Height / Weight:
6-9 / 220

Position:
F/C

2007-08: Scored a career high 11 points in 13 minutes of play in a win over American. Recorded nine points and a career high nine rebounds off the bench at George Mason and blocked a career-best four shots to go with four points and six rebounds against Duquesne. Played in 27 games and averaged 2.4 points and 1.7 rebounds and led the team with blocks with 16 on the season.

Barton County CC:Thiago Prado Cordeiro led all junior college players in blocked shots per game (145, 4.3 per game) this season. Along with his defensive prowess, he brings the same kind of skill set a lot international big men have - the ability to pass the ball and step out and hit the medium-to-long-range jumper.

Cordeiro, who goes by "Tee," averaged 11.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.3 blocked shots in 2006-07 for Barton County CC, helping his team to the NJCAA Region 6 championship game. He shot 56.1% from the field (157-280) and 63.6% (77-121) from the line.

In his two years at Barton, Cordeiro's numbers made a steady climb. After coming to America as a freshman in 2005, he averaged 7.9 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.6 blocks in 30 games. Last year, he averaged 9.3 points in the season's first eight games, 10.4 points in the next eight, 11.8 in the next nine and 14.6 in the year's last nine games.

Barton County was 18-12 in 2005-06, and improved to 27-7 in 2006-07.

Personal Data
Son of Jorge and Maria Cordeiro
Birthday - December 18, 1985
Major - General Studies
Cordeiro has one brother - Rafael (23).
High School Coach - Rildo Accioly

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