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Melvin Ely

Position: Center

6-10, 260lb (208cm, 117kg)

Hometown: Harvey, IL

School: Fresno State (Men)

Draft: Los Angeles Clippers, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 2002 NBA draft

HS Parade AA
2x WAC POY
3x All-WAC
2002 All-WAC Tourney
4x WAC All-Defense

SUMMARY

Career

124

PTS

15.7

TRB

7.5

AST

1.1

FG%

57.7

FG3%

33.3

FT%

64.8

eFG%

57.8

21.1

Per Game

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	SOS
1998-99	Fresno State	WAC	FR	32		30.9	4.8	8.6	.562	4.8	8.6	.562	0.1	.500	1.5	3.5	.432	3.0	3.5	6.5	0.5	0.8	2.8	2.4	3.1	11.2	3.54
1999-00	Fresno State	WAC	SO	31	31	33.4	5.8	9.6	.606	5.8	9.6	.606	0.0		1.6	2.5	.662	2.5	4.5	7.0	0.9	0.7	3.0	2.1	3.1	13.3	3.58
2000-01	Fresno State	WAC	JR	33	33	30.6	6.3	10.8	.583	6.3	10.8	.583	0.0		3.4	5.1	.671	2.6	4.8	7.5	1.4	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.6	16.0	5.13
2001-02	Fresno State	WAC	SR	28	28	35.7	8.8	15.6	.563	8.8	15.6	.564	0.0	.000	5.8	7.8	.735	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.8	0.7	3.1	2.6	2.4	23.3	5.21
Career	Fresno State			124	92	32.5	6.4	11.0	.577	6.4	11.0	.578	0.0	.333	3.0	4.6	.648	2.8	4.6	7.5	1.1	0.8	2.9	2.4	2.8	15.7	4.36

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Totals

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1998-99	Fresno State	WAC	FR	32		988	155	276	.562	154	274	.562	1	2	.500	48	111	.432	95	112	207	17	26	91	76	98	359
1999-00	Fresno State	WAC	SO	31	31	1035	180	297	.606	180	297	.606	0	0		51	77	.662	78	138	216	27	23	92	65	96	411
2000-01	Fresno State	WAC	JR	33	33	1009	208	357	.583	208	357	.583	0	0		112	167	.671	87	160	247	45	29	90	89	85	528
2001-02	Fresno State	WAC	SR	28	28	999	246	437	.563	246	436	.564	0	1	.000	161	219	.735	90	164	254	50	19	88	73	67	653
Career	Fresno State			124	92	4031	789	1367	.577	788	1364	.578	1	3	.333	372	574	.648	350	574	924	139	97	361	303	346	1951

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1998-99	Fresno State	WAC	FR	32		988	6.3	11.2	.562	6.2	11.1	.562	0.1	.500	1.9	4.5	.432	8.4	0.7	1.1	3.7	3.1	4.0	14.5
1999-00	Fresno State	WAC	SO	31	31	1035	7.0	11.5	.606	7.0	11.5	.606	0.0		2.0	3.0	.662	8.3	1.0	0.9	3.6	2.5	3.7	15.9
2000-01	Fresno State	WAC	JR	33	33	1009	8.2	14.2	.583	8.2	14.2	.583	0.0		4.4	6.6	.671	9.8	1.8	1.1	3.6	3.5	3.4	20.9
2001-02	Fresno State	WAC	SR	28	28	999	9.8	17.5	.563	9.8	17.5	.564	0.0	.000	6.4	8.8	.735	10.2	2.0	0.8	3.5	2.9	2.7	26.1
Career	Fresno State			124	92	4031	7.8	13.6	.577	7.8	13.5	.578	0.0	.333	3.7	5.7	.648	9.2	1.4	1.0	3.6	3.0	3.4	19.4

Advanced

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1998-99	Fresno State	WAC	FR	32		988	.546	.563	.007	.402	18.8	1.4	2.2	3.6	.147
1999-00	Fresno State	WAC	SO	31	31	1035	.616	.606	.000	.259	16.3	2.6	1.9	4.5	.173
2000-01	Fresno State	WAC	JR	33	33	1009	.605	.583	.000	.468	16.9	3.2	3.1	6.3	.248
2001-02	Fresno State	WAC	SR	28	28	999	.603	.563	.002	.501	11.9	4.2	2.6	6.7	.270
Career	Fresno State			124	92	4031	.595	.578	.002	.420	15.6	11.3	9.8	21.1	.209

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