A senior wing player who has been a key contributor since day one at Bucknell ... has played in all 92 games over the last three years ... one of the top sixth men in the league ... has the potential to bring "instant offense" off the bench ... has a sweet lefthanded shooting stroke with deep range ... impressive physical specimen who was already one of the team's top performers in the weight room before ever playing a game ... has excellent length for a 6'4" player ... strong defender ... confident player who is not afraid to take a big shot ... also likes to drive the ball and can finish strong at the basket ... ranks T-10th on Bucknell's career 3FG list and 20th on the 3FG% list ... brought an outstanding academic reputation to Bucknell, where he is majoring in biomedical engineering ... spent the summer of 2010 doing research with the Geisinger Medical Center, working on the design of a special pacifier used to extract DNA from babies.
2009-10
Played in all 31 games, including one start at La Salle ... averaged 7.0 ppg and 2.9 rpg ... shot 34.1% from the field, 31.4% from 3FG range and 76.9% from the FT line ... ranked 3rd on team with 37 3FGs and 12 blks. ... scored in double figures eight times, with a high of 18 pts. in a home win over eventual Patriot League champ Lehigh ... scored 12 pts. in final 1:39 of regulation and OT in that win over Lehigh ... also had 17 pts. against Boston University, 16 vs. Navy and Colgate and 15 vs. Lafayette ... averaged 7.8 ppg in league games ... hit career-high 5 3FGs at Boston U. ... canned his 100th career 3FG at Dartmouth ... tied career high with 9 reb. at Dartmouth and grabbed 8 reb. vs. Army and Lafayette.
2008-09
Appeared in all 30 games with 14 starts ... joined the starting lineup for good in late January and started the final 13 games of the year ... hit team-high 53 3FGs and averaged 9.8 ppg and 4.4 rpg ... shot 39.0 FG%, 39.3 3FG% and 71.9 FT% ... among Patriot League leaders ranked 19th in scoring, 18th in rebounding, fifth in 3FG% and seventh in 3FG made ... scored in double figures 13 times, including seven straight games in January ... posted career-high 24 pts. against Wagner and had 20 vs. Navy and Lafayette ... had big game in win at Holy Cross, scoring 16 pts. on 4-7 3FG ... was named Holy Cross' Winter Homecoming MVP after hitting three 3FGs on three straight possessions early in the second half to send the Bison on their way ... scored 166 pts. in 376 min. as a reserve, including 20 pts. in 23 min. at Navy, 24 pts. in 31 min. vs. Wagner and 15 pts. in 20 min. at Cornell ... canned four 3FGs in a game five times and had at least one in 24 of 30 games ... career-high 9 reb. against both Binghamton and American ... named Patriot League Player of the Week and Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week on Jan. 26 after scoring a total of 35 pts. in wins over Lafayette and Colgate ... missed two weeks of preseason practice due to a shoulder injury and got off to a bit of a slow start.
2007-08
Played in all 31 games as a freshman, including four starts ... averaged 4.3 ppg and 1.6 rpg ... third on team with 29 3FGs ... that total was also third-most among Patriot League freshmen ... averaged 16.6 min. per appearance and played 20+ min. 11 times ... scored 11 pts. in 14 min. against No. 23 Villanova in just his third collegiate game ... season-high 12 pts. came in win over Long Beach State ... hit four 3FGs in that game ... third double-figure game was a 10-pt. showing at Drexel ... hit a big game-tying 3FG with 0:41 left in triple overtime against Navy in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals ... made two big 3FGs in OT win at Colgate ... hit two critical second-half 3FGs and finished with 6 pts. in win over American ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Dec. 31.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Full name is Garfield Wilbur Boon III ... born Jan. 13, 1989 in St. Louis, Mo. ... shares a birthday with classmate Darryl Shazier ... son of Constance and Garfield Boon Jr. ... has two siblings, Tracey and Wesley ... 2007 graduate of Sparkman High School in Harvest, Ala., near Huntsville ... four-year basketball letterman ... team captain as a senior ... earned first-team all-state honors as a senior, when he averaged about 18 points and eight rebounds per game ... two-time All-Metro selection ... three-time all-tournament selection at Huntsville Times Classic ... two-time all-tourney pick at Sportsmed Shootout and Region 8 Tournament ... former high school teammates include former Georgetown guard Jonathan Wallace and Nebraska guard Jay-R Strowbridge ... played for coach Luther Tiggs ... had 16 points and six rebounds in the 2007 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game ... terrific student with a 4.2 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale ... received the Wendy's High School Heisman for his school ... served as class Vice President ... four-year recipient of the Presidential Award for Scholastic Achievement and was voted "Most Commendable Senior" ... played AAU basketball for the Nashville Celtics and was named to the North team at the Alabama High School Athletic Association All-Star Game ... majoring in biomedical engineering at Bucknell.
