Jeremy Montgomery Class: Sophomore Hometown: Chicago, IL High School: Lincoln Park Height / Weight: 6-2 / 190 Position: G

Jeremy Montgomery is ready to take his game to the next level. After a freshman campaign that saw him gradually develop from an untested freshman to a valuable reserve, he is ready for more. A combo-guard who possesses good ball-handling skills and good shooting accuracy from the perimeter, he provided the Vikings with quality minutes off the bench last season. He has good size and ball-handling skills and quickly adapted to the CSU defensive plan, developing into one of the better perimeter defenders.

2008-09 Season
• Top reserve at point guard, averaging 4.1 points and 0.9 assists in 13.9 minutes a game.
• Named the squad's Freshman of the Year at the post-season awards banquet.
• Played 27 minutes against Arizona in the NCAA Tourney, scoring seven points with four rebounds.
• Came off the bench to score 11 points, going three-for-four from three-point, in championship game win at Butler (3/10/09).
• Came off the bench and played 24 minutes in second round league tourney win over UIC, finishing with 5 points and 3 assists (3/6/09).
• Scored a career-high 21 points, including the game-deciding trey with 27 seconds left, in win at UIC. He was 7-for-9 from the field and 5-for-7 from three-point (2/5/09).
• Totalled nine points with a career-high 5 rebounds vs. UIC (1/10/09).
• Scored eight points, making a pair of treys, in win over Loyola (1/8/09).
• Tallied nine points in 19 minutes vs. Notre Dame College, going three-for-six from the field (12/27/08).
• Scored seven points, on three-for-four shooting, in the win at Syracuse (12/15/08), adding a steal and an assist.
• Had his breakout game vs. Toledo (11/25/08), scoring 10 points with four assists and four steals, playing 20 minutes.
• Tallied seven points in win over Florida International (11/26/08).
• Had six points vs. Valparaiso (12/2/08).

High School
• A third-team all-state selection as a senior at Lincoln Park High, playing for coach Tom Livatino.
• Averaged 21.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists, shooting .610 from the field, .872 from the line and .414 from three-point, making more than 75 treys during the year.
• A three-year starter, he was named first team all-area by the Chicago Sun Times and first team All-Chicago Public League choice as a senior.
• Scored over 1,000 points during his high school career.
• Averaged 16.1 points a game as a junior.
• Was a three-star prospect by Rivals.com.

Personal
Born March 11, 1989 in Chicago, Ill. . . son of Randall and Renee Rachel. . . has one older brother, Jonathan, a junior on the basketball team at Chicago State. . .his cousin, JaVale McGee, is in his second season as a member of the NBA's Washington Wizards. . . social work major.