Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Teon Russell enters the senior season of his illustrious Rutgers-Camden career, poised to join the elite 1,000-point club and etch his name near the top of numerous program career lists. In only 56 career games, Russell has collected 21 double-doubles, scored 810 points and hauled down 483 rebounds. He currently ranks second on the program’s all-time list for rebounding average (8.6 rpg) and 16th for scoring average (14.5 ppg).
 
Russell needs 190 points to become the 14th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point plateau, 117 rebounds to become the fifth to reach 600 career rebounds and 25 steals to become the 16th Rutgers-Camden player to notch 100 steals in their career. With 217 rebounds, he’d be only the fourth player in program history to reach 700 career boards.
 
Basketball 2013-14: Played in 24 games, starting 22…Led the team with averages of 16.0 points and 8.8 rebounds…Second on the Scarlet Raptors with 39 steals and fourth in assists (37) and blocked shots (6)…Shot .384 (144-for-375) from the floor, including .313 (10-for-32) from three-point range…Shot .699 (86-for-123) from the foul line…Captured New Jersey Athletic Conference Honorable Mention…Named team Most Valuable Player for the second straight season…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week Dec. 30 and Feb. 17…Collected 10 double-doubles and finished one rebound shy of a double-double on four other occasions…Notched seven 20-point games, including his season high of 25 against eventual NJAC champion Richard Stockton College on Jan. 8…Shot 9-for-18 from the floor and 7-for-9 from the foul line in that game, while adding 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals…Among all NJAC players, finished eighth in the conference in scoring, fourth in rebounding, ninth in steals per game (1.6) and 15th in free throw percentage…Placed third in the conference with 6.3 defensive rebounds per game and sixth in offensive rebounds (2.5)…Fifth in the NJAC in minutes played, averaging 34.5 per game…Scored 23 points and added eight rebounds, two assists and his season high of four steals against Rowan University (Nov. 26)…Had 22-point games against Lycoming College (Dec. 1), Lehman College (Dec. 29) and Richard Stockton College in the second meeting during the season (Feb. 12)…Notched a season-high 15 rebounds, while adding 14 points, against The College of New Jersey (Feb. 10)…Had 13-rebound games against both Brooklyn College (Nov. 19) and Eastern University (Dec. 16)…Set a career high of five assists, while adding 20 points and 12 rebounds, against Kean University (Feb. 8)…Shot 8-for-11 from the floor to collect 16 points against Moravian College (Jan. 13).
 
Basketball 2012-13: Produced one of the finest seasons in program history on the way to being named a member of the DIII News All-America Third Team…Only the second  NCAA All-American in program history (the first was Brian Turner, during the 2001-02 season)…Named the NJAC Player of the Year and a NJAC First Team honoree…Rutgers-Camden’s Athlete of the Year…Team Most Valuable Player…Honored as a member of the Atlantic Region First Team from both the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and D3hoops.com…Selected to the ECAC Division III Metro Second Team…Named the NJAC Player of the Week on Nov. 19 and Feb. 4…Earned a berth on the Battle by the Bridge All-Tournament Team (Nov. 16-17)…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on Nov. 19, Dec. 17 and Jan. 21…Played in all 25 games, starting 24…Led team in points (397) and scoring average (15.9 ppg), rebounds (253) and rebounding average (10.1)…Second on the club with 21 blocked shots…Third in both assists (31) and steals (34)…Shot 164-for-349 (.470) from the floor, including 5-for-13 (.385) from three-point range…Shot 64-for-93 (.688) from the foul line…Tied for first in the NJAC in scoring during the regular season and ended up as the overall scoring leader after post-season play…Led the conference in overall rebounding and was the leader in defensive rebounds per game (8.6) by a wide margin…Finished fourth in the NJAC in minutes played per game (33.8), seventh in field goal percentage, tied for eighth in blocked shots per game (0.8) and 12th in free throw percentage…Among all NCAA Division III players, finished 25th in rebounds per game, tied for 39th in double-doubles (11), 167th in scoring average and 201st in field goal percentage…Sparked the Scarlet Raptors to a 9-16 record overall and a 6-12 mark in the NJAC, their best records since the team was 14-11 overall and 8-10 in the NJAC in 2001-02… His 253 rebounds rank eighth on the program’s single-season list, while his 10.1 rebounding average ranks ninth…Also ranks 26th among Rutgers-Camden season leaders with his 397 points…Set career highs in every category while scoring in double figures in 19 of his 25 games…Also hauled down double-digit rebounds 13 times on the way to averaging a double-double for the season..Compiled 11 double-doubles with points and rebounds…Notched career high of 29 points against Rowan University (Jan. 23), shooting 12-for-18 from the floor, including 1-for-3 from three-point range, and 4-for-4 from the foul line...Had a career high of 17 rebounds against Rutgers-Newark (Nov. 20), including 12 off the defensive glass…For the season, had nine games where he produced double-digit rebounds off the defensive glass alone…Had a career-high five steals against Rutgers-Newark twice (Nov. 20 and Jan. 16)…Victimized Montclair State University with a career-high three blocked shots on Dec. 15 and with a career high of four assists on Jan. 26…Notched double-doubles in first three games of the season against Penn State-Berks (Nov. 16, 15 points, 12 rebounds), Westfield State (Nov. 17, 24 points, 15 rebounds, all off the defensive boards) and Rutgers-Newark (Nov. 20, 16 points, 12 rebounds)…Had 11 rebounds in both games on the way to double-doubles against Berkeley College (Dec. 8, 20 points) and Montclair State University (Dec. 15, 24 points, including 10-for-14 shooting from the floor)…Notched 26 points and 12 boards at Kean University (Jan. 5) and added 12 points and 10 rebounds two days later at Rosemont College…Produced a double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds against Baruch College (Jan. 14)…Stole an in-bounds pass and hit a jumper at the overtime buzzer for a 62-61 victory over Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 16)…Collected 25 points (10-for-19 shooting from the floor) and 15 rebounds (14 defensive rebounds) at Ramapo College (Jan. 19)…In addition to his career-high 29 points against Rowan University (Jan. 23), added 12 rebounds…Final double-double of season came against The College of New Jersey (Jan. 30), with 25 points and 16 rebounds.
 
Basketball 2010-11: Joined the Scarlet Raptors during the semester break and played in seven games…Averaged 4.1 points and 2.6 rebounds…Had three or more rebounds in five of his seven games…Finished third on the team with four blocked shots…Added three assists and two steals…Made collegiate debut at The College of New Jersey (Jan. 5) and scored six points, grabbed three rebounds and added one assist and one steal…Also had three rebounds against Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 8), Elizabethtown College (Jan. 10) and Valley Forge Christian College (Feb. 7)…Set career highs with nine points and four rebounds against The College of New Jersey (Feb. 5), when he shot 4-for-6 from the field and 1-for-4 from the foul line…Notched his career highs of two blocks against both Elizabethtown (Jan. 10) and The College of New Jersey (Feb. 5).
 
High School: Basketball letterman at Woodrow Wilson High School for Coach Darrell Roberts…Olympic Conference National Division Second Team as a senior (2007-08)…Honored as Mr. Woodrow Wilson…National Honor Society…Graduated from Woodrow Wilson in 2008 and studied at Apex Academy and Shaw University before transferring to Rutgers-Camden.
 
Personal: Born October 26, 1989…Economics major and Mathematics minor at Rutgers-Camden…Teon is the son of Rosalind Russell of Camden.