UC Riverside Athletics

Maurice Pullum played two seasons for the Highlanders, leading UC Riverside to a pair of CCAA championships as well as its best record in program history—a 30-4 campaign in 1988-89, which ended with a third place finish in the NCAA Tournament.

The Midlothian, Illinois native led UCR in scoring both years, and was named an All-American after his senior campaign. In addition to leading the Highlanders to the Final Four that year, Pullum set the school's single-season scoring record (632) while connecting on a program-record and CCAA-record 100 three pointers. No member of the Highlanders has come within 96 points of Pullum's single-season scoring mark since.

On Christmas Day, 1988, Pullum poured in a game-high 33 points as UCR upset the fourth-ranked Division I team in the nation, the Iowa Hawkeyes, at the Chaminade Christmas Classic in Hawai'i.

Despite playing just two seasons for the blue and gold, As of 2014, Pullum is still ranked first in UCR history in made three pointers (193), fifth in scoring average (16.7), seventh in points (1,068), third in three-point field goal percentage (.467) and fourth in free-throw percentage (.821).

He earned All-CCAA honors as both a junior and a senior, and the Highlanders honored him as part of their Bring Back The Past series of events on February 20, 2013 (watch Pullum BBTP highlight video).