Colton Iverson

2012-13 Men's Basketball- Colton Iverson

2012-13 Men's Basketball- Colton Inverson

Height:
6-10
Weight:
261
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Yankton, S.D.
Prev School:
University of Minnesota

2011-12 (REDSHIRT)
Used the 2011-12 season as a redshirt year after transferring to CSU from the University of Minnesota.

2010-11 (JUNIOR)
Played in all 31 games for Minnesota as a junior, starting 11 contests...Averaged career highs with 5.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per contest...Contributed nine boards and eight points against Wofford (Nov. 12)...Averaged 8.7 points and 6.3 rebounds at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off...Pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds against North Dakota State (Nov. 24)...Scored a team-high 15 points and played 26 minutes off the bench against South Dakota State (Dec. 23)...Went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line and finished with four points in 12 minutes against Indiana (Jan. 4)... Led the team with nine rebounds and scored nine points at Michigan (Jan. 22)...Tied a season-high with 15 points, while playing a season-best 30 minutes against Northwestern (Jan. 26)...Dished out a career-high seven assists and grabbed nine rebounds in 34 minutes at Penn State (Feb. 17)...Grabbed nine rebounds in 16 minues against Northwestern in the Big Ten tournament (March 10).

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)
Came off the bench for Minnesota to collect his first career double-double with 13 points and a then career-high 11 rebounds in the win over Butler on Nov. 26... Started his first game of the season against Texas A&M on Nov. 29 and finished the game with his second career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds... Averaged 10.5 points per game and four rebounds in the Big Ten Tournament while shooting 75 percent from the floor... Scored 12 points in a perfect 5-of-5 shooting from the field and 2-for-3 mark at the free throw line in 16 minutes in the Big Ten Tournament opener against Penn State on March 11... Played 27 minutes and made a team high six field goals (6-of-9) on his way to 12 points in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against Michigan State... Went 4-of-5 and scored 11 points in 19 minutes in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals against Purdue... Scored six points in 19 minutes in the Big Ten Tournament championship game against Ohio State... Contributed five points, six rebounds and five blocks in 17 minutes against Xavier in the first round of the NCAA Tournament... Finished the season with a career-high 4.4 rebounds and 16.9 minutes per game.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN)
For Minnesota, Iverson started all three games and averaged 7.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.3 blocks and 20.7 minutes played per game in the NABC Classic... Played 11 minutes and scored five points in first road game as a Gopher at Colorado State on Nov. 22... Established career-highs with 20 points and four assists against Eastern Washington on Nov. 26... Scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds in 26 minutes against Ohio State on Feb. 7... Scored four points, tied a career-high with eight rebounds and established a career-high with two steals in 28 minutes against Illinois on Feb. 26... Is fifth on the Gophers[apos] all-time single-season field goal percentage list after shooting .605 (69-114) as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL
A graduate of Yankton High School... Averaged 17.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game as a senior and led Yankton to a fifth place finish in the South Dakota State AA Tournament... Named to the All-Tournament Team... Averaged a double-double in 20 of the 26 games played during senior season... Named MVP of the Hoosier Shootout in the summer of 2007 as after leading the South Dakota Heat AAU team to the championship... Averaged 14.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks during the summer of `07... Averaged 12.4 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game as a junior... Three-time All-Conference performer... Two-time member of the All-State team.

PERSONAL
Born June 29, 1989 in Aberdeen, S.D.... Majoring in Economics... Son of Chuck and Karla Iverson... Father Chuck Iverson, a former University of South Dakota basketball standout, is a member of the USD Coyote Sports Hall of Fame and was later drafted by the Seattle Supersonics of the NBA as well as by Memphis of the ABA... Has two sisters, Cassie and Kara... Kara played four years of basketball for her father Chuck Iverson at Mount Marty... Cassie is a junior forward at the University of South Dakota.