Anthony Cox

3 Anthony Cox

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Flower Mound, TX
  • High School:
    Flower Mound HS
  • Position:
    Guard

2008-2009 (Junior Year)
Started every game for the Pirates this season...averaged 30.5 minutes per game...shot 40.2 percent from the floor (78-194) and 42.6 percent from beyond the arc (26-61) and 85.3 percent from the free throw line (99-116)...averaged 10 points per game...led the team in assists with 108 and steals with 32...member of SCAC All-Sportsmanship team...2009 All-SCAC Honorable Mention.

2007-2008 (Sophomore Year)
Cox started 7 of 23 games that he appeared in and saw action in all 15 SCAC contests making 5 starts in his second season as a Buc...logged 381 minutes, averaging 16.6 minutes per game and in SCAC play averaged 17.4 minutes per game...averaged 3.4 points per game scoring 79 total points and in SCAC play averaged 3.7 ppg...shot 24-54 from the floor (.444%)...and went 8-17 from the 3-pt arc (.471%)...shot .793% from the charity stripe going 23-29 from the line...in SCAC shot even a higher percentage from the free throw line going 19-23 for a .826 FT percentage...grabbed 44 rebounds (1.0 per game), dished out 40 assists and had 19 steals...ranked second on the team in steals at .8 per game (19)...ranked second on the Pirates squad in assists (40) and ranked tied for first with assists per game (1.7)...was third on the team in FT percentage at .793...led the team in assists 7 times with his high of 4 coming in games vs. Ohio Northern (12/29/07) and Wabash (12/30/07)...led the team in steals four times with a personal season high of 4 in a win vs. the University of Dallas (2/10/08), also led the team in scoring in the UD game with a game high 12 points.

2006-2007 (First Year)
Cox started 5 games and appeared in a 24 games logging 453 minutes (18.9 mins per game, ranked 5th in minutes on the team) on the floor and in SCAC play started 4 playing 13 games with 228 minutes (17.5 mins per game) in his rookie campaign...averaged 4.5 points per game on the year scoring 109 total and averaged 3.7 points per game in SCAC play and was 31-85 on the season with a .365 shooting percentage overall, in SCAC he was 14-34 with a shooting percentage .412...Cox went 6-21 from three for .286 3-point shooting percentage and 3-7 for in SCAC (.429)...ranked fourth in free throw percentage, he shot 78 percent from the line going 41-52 and 17-21 in SCAC shooting 81 percent...averaged 1.5 rebounds per game and ranked third on the team in steals with 23...ranked third on the team in assists (49) averaging 2.0 per game...led the team with 3 steals vs. Schreiner (Nov. 11), DePauw (Jan. 20), Univ. of Dallas (Feb. 12), and had a career high 4 assists vs. Rhodes (Dec. 2), Sewanee (Jan. 28), Trinity (Feb. 9)...led the team and had a career high 20 points in a overtime win vs. the University of Dallas (Feb. 12).

High School
Cox was and Academic All-State pick and a 2nd team All-District selection and a member of the National Honor Society as a Jaguar at Flower Mound HS.

Personal
Anthony is the son of Anthony and Brenda Cox...born on August 14, 1988...has siblings - Katrina, Joshua, Hope and Tres...is majoring in Business with a Spanish minor at SU.