| Wade Mason |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: New Orleans, La.
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 | Last College: Tyler J.C.
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 | Height / Weight: 6-2 / 185
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 | Position: Guard
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 | Experience: 2L
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As a Junior (1998-99): Had six double figure scoring games to his credit, including two of the last three regular season games . . . Scored in 20 straight games . . . Tallied a team-high four assists vs. DePaul in C-USA Tournament . . . Hit two key FTs late in the second OT to preserve win at South Florida on 2/27 . . . Added 12 points (5-of-9 FT) and three assists off the bench on 2/24 vs. Memphis . . . Scored a career-high 14 points (on 5-of-8 shooting) at N.C. State on 2/21 . . . Tallied three points and an assist on 2/18 vs. Louisville . . . Totaled six points on 2/13 at Houston . . . Passed out a career-high seven assists on 2/11 at Southern Miss . . . Played a career-best 33 minutes vs. South Florida on 2/6, scoring nine points . . . Equaled a career high with six assists on 2/3 at Cincinnati . . . Equaled career highs with nine FG attempts and seven 3-pt. attempts vs. DePaul on 1/30 . . . Posted totals of four points and two assists on 1/28 at Marquette . . . Scored 12 points on 7-of-9 FT shooting on 1/23 vs. Houston . . . Grabbed a season-best five rebounds at UAB on 1/21 . . . Attempted a career-high nine FGs and seven treys on 1/16 vs. New Orleans . . . Tallied six points and three assists on 1/14 at Memphis . . . Scored eight points and had three assists at Saint Louis on 1/9 . . . Hit both three-point attempts on 1/7 vs. UNCC . . . Posted a season-best four steals vs. UAB on 12/30 . . . Collected three steals on 12/28 vs. Hartford . . . Passed out four assists and scored 10 points on 12/12 vs. Lamar . . . Equaled a team high with six assists at Texas A&M on 12/9 . . . Played 15 minutes vs. Alabama on 12/5 . . . Had 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the line on 12/1 vs. Samford . . . Hit 2-of-4 treys vs. Stetson on 11/28 . . . Finished in double figures (10 points) for the first time in his college career on 11/24 vs. Nicholls State to go with three assists and two steals . . . Hit 2-of-3 shots and added an assist vs. Prairie View on 11/19.
Pre-Tulane: Point guard who averaged 11.9 points, 4.3 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game as a sophomore at Tyler ... Played only 15 games as a sophomore because of scratched cornea ... One of five Tyler players to sign national letter-of-intent with Division I school in 1997-98 ... Member of St. Augustine's 1995 prep national championship team that finished 38-1 ...Coached by Kyle Keller at Tyler, Bernard Griffith at St. Augustine ... Chose Tulane over Cincinnati, Creighton, South Alabama and Kansas State.
Personal: Born Feb. 25, 1976, in New Orleans, La. ... Son of Debbie Volter and Wade Mason Sr. ... Majoring in Media Arts.
Mason's Career Statistics
| Year | G-GS | Min | FG-A | Pct. | 3FG-A | Pct. | FT-A | Pct. | Reb | Avg. | PF-D | Ast | TO | Blk | Stl | TP | Avg. |
| 1998-99 | 27-0 | 589 | 55-151 | .364 | 21-78 | .269 | 37-57 | .649 | 34 | 1.3 | 60-3 | 70 | 59 | 1 | 27 | 168 | 6.2 |
| Totals | 27-0 | 589 | 55-151 | .364 | 21-78 | .269 | 37-57 | .649 | 34 | 1.3 | 60-3 | 70 | 59 | 1 | 27 | 168 | 6.2 |
Mason's Career Game-By-Game
| 1998-99 | Min | FG-A | 3G-A | FT-A | O | D | Rb | PF | Ast | TO | BS | Stl | TP |
| Prairie View A&M | 9 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nicholls State | 22 | 4-7 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Stetson | 17 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Samford | 21 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Alabama | 15 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas A&M | 19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar | 25 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Hartford | 21 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| UAB | 28 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Southern Miss | 17 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| UNC Charlotte | 20 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Saint Louis | 21 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Memphis | 21 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| New Orleans | 27 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| UAB | 22 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Houston | 28 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 7-9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Marquette | 19 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| DePaul | 23 | 3-9 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cincinnati | 29 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| South Florida | 33 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Southern Miss | 28 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Houston | 15 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Louisville | 16 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| N.C. State | 25 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| Memphis | 25 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 5-9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| South Florida | 25 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| DePaul | 18 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |