| Romeo Garcia |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Cypress, Texas
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| High School:
Cypress Creek
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| Height / Weight:
6-4 / 212
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| Position:
Guard
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| Birthdate:
09/25/1988
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• Garcia Named to Patriot League All-Rookie Team (March 3, 2008)
• Garcia Nets Patriot League Rookie of the Week Accolade (Feb. 25, 2008)
• 2008-09 Game-by-Game Statistics
• 2007-08 Game-by-Game Statistics
As a Sophomore
Garcia had an injury-plagued sophomore campaign, appearing in just nine games with seven starts ... he averaged 5.2 ppg and 2.9 rpg and had 10 steals, eight blocks and six assists in limited action ... missed the first five games of the season, seeing his first action against NCAA-Tournament bound Radford. He tallied eight points with three steals, two blocks and two rebounds against the Highlanders ... scored a season-high 11 points against Canisius and grabbed seven rebounds at Penn ... despite playing nine games, he led the team in steals and blocked shots in four of them ... then missed 13 more games with an injury to his right hamstring ... came back to play in late February against Holy Cross and Army, but injured the hamstring again against the Black Knights, forcing him to miss the rest of the year.
As a Freshman
Garcia had a fantastic freshman season, earning Patriot League All-Rookie Team honors ... earned the team's Defensive Player of the Year Award at the season-ending banquet ... appeared in 28 games, starting the last 26, while averaging 4.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.2 apg, 0.9 spg and 0.6 bpg in 21.8 minutes per contest while shooting 41.2 percent from the field ... saw his averages increase to 5.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.4 spg and 0.6 bpg in 22.4 minutes per outing in Patriot League play ... was one of two freshman guards nationally (Arizona State's James Harden) to score 100 points with 100 rebounds, 30 assists, 25 steals and 15 blocked shots ... in league games only, Garcia led the league's freshmen in steals (20) and rebounds (4.2 rpg), was second in assists (18) and blocks (8) and was fourth in scoring (5.2 ppg) ... he ranked in the top 30 among Navy freshmen in scoring (30th), rebounds (16th), assists (23rd), steals (8th) and blocked shots (7th) ... scored a career-high 12 points with nine rebounds against Bucknell in the Patriot League Tournament (March 5), while playing a career-best 36 minutes ... was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Feb. 25, after averaging 9.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg and 2.0 apg in wins over Holy Cross and Army ... tallied 10 points with four rebounds and two blocks in a win over NJIT (Jan. 2). After NJIT big man Nesho Milosevic (6-10) torched the Mids in the first half, Lange made a switch to put Garcia on him, and the freshman shut him down, despite giving up six inches ... hauled down a career-high 10 rebounds and played tremendous defense on leading scorer Kirk Williams in a win over Longwood (Jan. 5).
High School
Garcia had an outstanding high school career, leading Cypress Creek High School to a 23-12 record as a senior and a Spring Branch Championship ... was a two-time Class 5A all-district player ... earned team MVP honors in 2006 and was the team's top defensive player as a sophomore in 2005 ... averaged 15.3 ppg and 6.7 rpg as a senior ... ranked in the top 100 by TexasHoops.com in its final 2007 recruiting rankings ... was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America while at Cypress Creek.
Miscellaneous
Full name is Romeo Garcia III ... born Sept. 25, 1988, in Houston, Texas ... son of Romeo, Jr., and Viola Ney Garcia ... attended the same high school as professional football players Sam Adams (former Texas A&M star) and Josh Williams (former Michigan cornerback) ... is close friends with Texas-San Antonio junior, Devin Gibson, who was the NCAA steals leader as a freshman. The two played on the same AAU team (the Houston Heat). Gibson was heavily recruited by Lange as well ... also received interest from Army and Air Force ... majoring in political science.
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