| Senior Forward Ryan Anderson |
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| Ryan's Four Year Composite Varsity Stats |
| Games - 71 2Pt Field Goals- 43-107-40% 3Pt Field Goals- 44-132-33% TL Field Goals- 87-239-36% Free Throws - 55- 76- 72% |
| Points - 373 - 5.3ppg Rebounds - 103 - 1.5rpg Blocks - 1 Assists - 40 Steals - 54 |
| Photos Courtesy Of Mr. Tim Cooper |
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| One year ago Ryan Anderson built a reputation for hitting clutch three's when we needed them most. In last year's Bluegrass-Buckeye Classic at the Cintas Center against GCL Badboy Cincinnati Elder, it was Anderson who shined by hitting three long range jumpers, including a pair of bookend three's - one from each side of the arena in back-to-back fashion giving the Mustangs the lead in the game, putting his team in a postition to win. In the All "A" State Tournament it was a Ryan Anderson Three-ball that sparked a Mustang rally that would lead his team to victory against University Heights and another just ahead of the buzzer in the third quarter of the semi-finals matchup with NCC that would be the turning point in the game, giving the Mustangs momentum going into the fourth quarter propelling his team into the State "A" Finals with the win over the rival Thoroughbreds. When the Mustangs were struggling in the 38th District Tournament opening round vs Bracken County it was Anderson who hit the clutch three-pointer that gave his team a one-point lead at 39-38 and should have been the game-winner after the Polar Bears traveled on the ensuing possession with mere seconds left to play earning himself a spot on the 38th District All-Tournament Team. He would connect on 35 long-range bombs throughout the course of the season to lead the 2003-04 Mustangs in that category. But that was then and this is now. Coming into this season the dead-eye Junior who had started nearly every game, put 197 points on the board, shot 41% from behind the arc, and led the Mustangs from the free-throw stripe, hitting on 40-51 attempts for an amazing 78% would lose his shooting touch and his confidence this season. |
| Nothing can be more frustrating for a senior than to know what he is capable of but failing to deliver. Such was the case in Ryan Anderson's senior basketball season. The big righthander, who everything had come easy to the previous year struggled with his shot early on after nailing a pair of three's in the season opener at home against St. Henry where it appered to be business as usual. But failure to connect vs Campbell County in the Crosstown, Fleming County at home, or in Winchester vs Clark County had Anderson scratching his head and searching for answers. The answer seemed to come at the Cintas Center where he had shined the previous year vs Elder, and under the bright lights on the 94 foot floor, Anderson got his game together, scoring 11 points including three-threes contributing to a major Mustang victory over a rough and physical Cincinnati Oak Hills, our first ever at the home of the Xavier Musketeers. A pair of threes next out in the 5th/3rd Classic vs Clay County and another which contributed to our upset of LexCath seemed to signal that Anderson was back. While it appeared that he had it back together, he would forget where he put it for the remaining sixteen games in which he would hit only one additional three-pointer, that against Paris in the finals of the 10th Region All-A Tournament. It is hard to stay positive when things are going so badly. When you shoot expecting to miss, you are rarely disappointed and therefore Anderson changed his identity from being a prolific scorer to being a support player who specialized in getting the ball to those who were. He lost his starting spot in the lineup and relegated himself to contributing where he could - making his teammates better at practice, where he would work endlessly with Coach Code on a daily basis to regain his shooting touch. It just didn't happen. Anderson finished his senior year hitting on a total of only 9 three's as compared to 35 the year before and put up only 65 points, down 132 from the his junior season and even dropped his free-throw percentage from an impressive 78% to a very ordinary 64%. To say Ryan Anderson had a tough senior season would be an understatement. |
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| Like Evan McDole, Anderson's ticket is baseball, where he has been a mainstay in the Mustang pitching rotation since his freshmen season. He is looking forward to a big senior season on the baseball diamond and hopes to continue his baseball career for the next four years while playing in college. We wish him the best. |
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| Ryan Anderson was the second leading scorer on his freshmen basketball team that won twenty games and finished as 10th Region Runners-Up. He scored 295 points that season. He, Michael Schenk, and Steven McCarthy combined to average 30 points per game among them. |