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One of the best guards in school history ... holds 10 school records including three-pointers made in a game (8), season (75) and career (189) and three-pointers attempted in a game (12) and career (498), assists in a game (14) and career (427), consecutive free throws made in a game (14) and season (44) and regular season games played (113) ... finished career ranked second in career steals (131) and total games played (114) and eighth in points (1,226). 2004-05: Played in all 29 games, starting 27 of those contests ... named Northern Colorado Male Senior Athlete of the Year ... led the team with 89 assists and a 87.7% (57-65) free throw percentage and ranked second with 45 three-pointers ... had the team's top scorer six times and assist leader in 16 total games ... became the 14th member of the UNC 1,000-point club on Nov. 22 at Colorado State with a three-pointer at the 16:31 mark of the first half ... became the program's all-time assist leader against Texas-Pan American (Jan. 8) after assisting on Sean Taibi three-pointer at the 13:32 mark of the second half; became first player in school history to reach 400-plus assists for a career when the Bears battled Texas-Pan American on the road later that month (Jan. 29) ... became program's all-time leader in three-pointers attempted versus CU-Colorado Springs (Feb. 14) and all-time leader in three-pointers made the following week against Colorado College (Feb. 22) on a three-pointer from the left-wing with 4:19 to play in the game ... played in his 113th regular season game in his career finale against UC Davis (Mar. 5), setting a new school record; that game was his 114th overall game, which ranked him second in school history for career games played, one off the record ... took an elbow in the face against Texas State (Dec. 22), breaking three bones in his face; he stayed in the game and played the final 12 minutes of the game and had seven assists in the game ... had to wear a protective face mask for the next two games, including at Texas Tech (Jan. 4) when he scored seven points and dished out six assists in 28 minutes of action and garnered kudos from Tech head coach Bob Knight after the game ... scored a season-high 22 points on 7-10 shooting and a season-high 5-7 three-pointers at Texas-Pan American (Jan. 29) ... had a stretch in late-January and early-February where he hit four or more three-pointers in six of seven games ... scored 16 points while hitting a season-high 9-9 free throws at Colorado State (Nov. 22) ... also scored 16 points against Longwood (Jan 10), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Jan. 22), at Longwood (Feb. 4) and Denver (Feb. 7) ... dished out a season-high eight assists in win over Colorado College (Feb. 22), a game in which he came off the bench ... at the beginning of January had three straight games (Texas Tech, Texas-Pan American and Longwood) with six assists each ... had a stretch of hitting a three-pointer in 13 of 14 games during the middle of the season ... saw a string of 48 consecutive starts end at Iowa State (Nov. 26); did not score in that game marking the first time in 41 games he had failed to score ... failed to register an assist against Loyola Marymount (Nov. 24), snapping a string of 27 straight games with at least one helper ... hit 22 of final 23, 42 of 46 and 54 of final 59 free throw attempts on the year ... hit 13-16 (81.3%) of his free throw attempts in the final five minutes of games during the year ... Division I Independent All-Academic selection.
2003-04: Played in six games before foot injury forced him to miss the rest of the season and receive medical hardship ... in those six contests averaged 10.2 points (fourth on team) and team-best 6.8 assists per game ... in 80-63 victory over Kendall College dished out career-high 14 assists which set UNC single-game record for assists, breaking previous record of 13 that had stood for 18 years ... five was the fewest amount of assists he dished out during year ... scored 16 points against CSU-Pueblo (Dec. 5) by connecting on 4-6 three-pointers. 2002-03: All-NCC selection ... started all 26 games ... led the NCC in three-pointers per game (2.88) and ranked fourth in scoring (18.1), assists (4.8), free-throw percentage (88.5%) and three-point percentage (43.1%) and eighth in assists-to-turnover ratio (1.38) ... only NCC player to finish in the top five in five different NCC statistical categories ... canned 75 three-pointers (75-174) which set the UNC single season three-pointers mark, which was previously 68 held by Derek Chaney (1993-94); hit a three-pointer with 8:42 left in the first half against North Dakota (Feb. 22) to claim the record ... made 30 consecutive free-throws at one stretch of the season ... made 14-14 free-throws against Minnesota State (Jan. 18) to set UNC single game record for consecutive free-throws (previous record was 12) ... hit on 94.1% (32-34) from the free-throw line in the game's final five minutes during the season ... tied UNC record for three-pointers made in a game by connecting on eight and set UNC single game record for three-pointers attempted with 12 (previously record was 11) against Colorado Christian (Dec. 7) ... scored a career-high 33 points against South Dakota (Jan. 11) on 11-16 shooting, including 4-6 three-pointers and 7-7 free-throw shooting ... scored 30 points in 83-75 victory over Colorado Christian (Dec. 7) by hitting 8-12 three-pointers and dishing out eight assists ... led the team in assists in 20 games, including a season-high nine assists in a 93-57 victory over Grand View (Nov. 30) ... played in a stretch of six games where he played in 236 of a possible 240 minutes; in the final 13 games of the season played in all but 30 total minutes of game-time and averaged 37.6 minutes per contest in NCC-only games ... named to all-tournament team at Chuck Stephens/Holiday Inn Classic in December after averaging 15 points a game in two UNC victories ... named UNC Student-Athlete of the Month for December after averaging 20.2 points, 4.8 assists and 2.0 rebounds in leading UNC to a 5-0 record that month ... NCC All-Academic honorable mention.
2001-02: Played in all 27 UNC games, starting 18 ... recorded a then career-high 22 points against South Dakota (Feb. 2) by connecting on 4-7 three pointers ... shot 38-100 (38%) from long range on the season, knocking down a career-high five trifectas against Minnesota State (Jan. 12) ... twice dished out then career-high 10 assists in a game ... had a greater than 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio ... pulled down a career-high eight rebounds against Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 23) ... scored in double figures in seven of his last 10 games of the season ... shot 91.4% from the free-throw line ... set UNC record for consecutive free-throws made with 44. 2000-01: One of only six players to play in all 26 games ... started in nine contests ... scored in double figures in seven games ... shot 72.7 percent from the free throw line to rank third on the squad ... was a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line against Augustana (Feb. 17) ... solid defender as he fouled out in only one game. Prep: Spent 1999-2000 season at Bridgton Academy, a prep school in Maine ... at Overland High, averaged 18.4 points and 7.6 assists as a senior ... also shot 48 percent from three-point range ... two-time All-Centennial League selection ... earned all-state honors as a senior ... helped Overland to a No. 2 ranking in the state as a senior ... nominated for McDonald's All-America squad. Personal: Born Apr. 22, 1981 in Aurora, Colorado ... son of Pat and Kris Nolen ... majoring in speech communications ... spent summer prior to senior season playing with teammate Erik Olson for an Athletes in Action team that toured East Asia ... wore jersey No. 24 his first two years before switching to No. 11. Nolen's Career Highs Points: 33 vs. South Dakota (Jan. 11, 2003) Rebounds: 8 vs. North Dakota (Feb. 26, 2002) Assists: 14 vs. Kendall College (Nov. 28, 2003) Field Goals: 11 vs. South Dakota (Jan. 11, 2003) FG Attempts: 20 vs. South Dakota State (Feb. 13, 2003) 3-Pointers: 8 vs. Colorado Christian (Dec. 7, 2002) 3-Pt. Att.: 12, twice, last vs. North Dakota (Jan. 31, 2003) Free Throws: 14 vs. Minnesota State (Jan. 18, 2003) FT Attempts: 14 vs. Minnesota State (Jan. 18, 2003) Steals: 3, six times, last vs. Colorado College (Feb. 22, 2005) Blocks: 1, seven times, last vs. South Dakota State (Mar. 1, 2003) Minutes: 40, seven times, last vs. North Dakota (Feb. 22, 2003) Nolen's Career Statistics
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2000-01 26-9 498/19.2 40-102 .392 25-70 .357 32-44 .727 12-39 51 2.0 40-1 46 41 0 19 137/5.3
2001-02 27-18 812/30.1 91-212 .429 38-100 .380 85-93 .914 21-55 76 2.8 50-0 127 59 0 23 305/11.3
2002-03 26-26 914/35.2 144-313 .460 75-174 .431 108-122 .885 11-57 68 2.6 42-0 124 90 7 24 471/18.1
2003-04 6-6 203/33.8 21-49 .429 6-24 .250 13-19 .684 2-10 12 2.0 15-0 41 12 0 2 61/10.2
2004-05 29-27 825/28.4 75-206 .364 45-130 .346 57-65 .877 11-56 67 2.3 46-0 89 57 0 27 252/8.7
TOTAL 114-86 3252/28.5 371-882 .421 189-498 .380 295-343 .860 57-217 274 2.4 193-1 427 259 7 95 1226/10.8
Nolen's Game-by-Game Statistics 
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