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#5 Ben Hunt
6-2 - Senior - Guard
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia / Stephen F. Austin

2004-05: Hunt was named 1st-team All-RRAC...started all 32 games and logged a team-high 34.9 minutes per game... ranked 2nd on the team with 17.5 points per game and 100 3-pointers while setting a school record with his lights-out 90.7% shooting from the free throw line...scored in double-figures in all but two contests including the final 28 games in succession...made at least on 3-pointer in each of his last 20 contests...recorded a triple-double in a 99-86 win at Paul Quinn (1/8) with  17 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists...followed that game with a double-double on a season-high 29 points and 11 boards in a 90-78 win at SAGU (1/10).

Prior to Wesleyan: A two-year letterwinner for Danny Kasper at Stephen F. Austin … helped lead the Lumberjacks to a 21-8 record and runner-up finish in the Southland Conference his sophomore season … averaged 8.5 points a game and shot .358 (44-123) from the three-point line his freshman season … scored 24 points vs. Louisiana-Monroe and was a perfect 10-for-10 from the field, including 4-for-4 from behind the arc his freshman season.

Prep: A three-year letterwinner for David Flint at Bendigo Senior Secondary College … helped lead team to a 18-4 record and a National Schools Basketball Championship his senior season.

Personal: Born Benjamin Alan Hunt on June 6, 1978, in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia … son of Peter and Ricky Hunt … has one brother, Joshua … majoring in kinesiology.