2009-10 (Through Dec. 4) Earned Big West Player of the Week honors on Dec. 7 after averaging 23.5 points and 9.0 rebounds while connecting on 63.0 percent of his field goal attempts in the Highlanders wins over CSU Bakersfield (Dec. 2) and San Diego (Dec. 4) ... In the San Diego win, he scored 22 of his career-high 28 points after the half, outscoring the Toreros by himself in the period (22-15) as the Highlanders erased a 19-point second-half deficit for the win ... Has three 20-point, 10-rebound games on the season —25 points and 11 boards vs. La Verne on Nov. 19; 20 points and a career-high 14 rebounds on Nov. 22; and 28 points and 10 boards vs. San Diego on Dec. 4 ...Has five double-figure scoring games and three games of 20 or more points ... Grabbed 10 or more more rebounds on three occasions ...
2008-09 Named First-Team All-Big West . . . Finished second in the Big West in scoring (16.8), seventh in rebounding (6.2), eighth in field goal percentage (.449), ninth in offensive rebounds (2.0), eighth in defensive rebounds (4.2) and seventh in minutes played (31.3) . . . Led the Highlanders in scoring and minutes played, finished second in rebounding and first in free throws made and attempted . . . Received two Big West Player of the Week Awards - for games played February 23 - March 1 when he averaged 21.5 points and 10 rebounds, and December 14-21 (his first two games at UCR) when he averaged 19.0 points and 6.0 rebounds . . . Scored 20 or more points on seven occasions and 10 or more points on 20 occasions . . . Grabbed 10 or more rebounds on four occasions . . . Recorded two 20-point, 10-rebound games - 21 points an 10 rebounds vs. Cal State Fullerton on February 26 and 24 points and 10 boards at UC Irvine on February 28 . . Established what were then career highs in nearly every category including points (24 on two occasions - vs. Cal Poly on January 2 and at UC Irvine on February 28), rebounding (11 vs. UC Davis on February 7), assists (4 on two occasions - at UC Irvine on February 28 and at Cal Poly on March 7), steals (2 on two occasions - vs. UC Davis on February 7 and at Cal Poly on March 7) and minutes played (38 on two occasions - vs. Long Beach State on February 11 and at UC Irvine on February 28) . . . Sat out the first seven games of the season due to NCAA Transfer Rules . . . Scored 20 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in his season-debut for the Highlanders at Loyola Marymount on December 15 . . . Became the second member of the Highlanders during the team’s Division I era to
make his UCR debut by scoring 20 or more points (Nate Carter, 24 points at USC on November 22, 2002) . . . Led the team in scoring in each of his first 8 games. Last person to lead the team in scoring in more consecutive games was Larry Cunningham who had a streak of seven straight in the 2007-08 season . . . Began his career with eight consecutive double digit scoring games joining Nate Carter (15 straight in 2002-03) as the only Highlander with that long of a streak . . .
USC (2006-08) Played basketball at USC under head coach Tim Floyd . . . Team advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2007. . .
High School Played basketball at Pasadena HS under coach Tim Tucker … Led the Bulldogs to a perfect league record his last two years … Named and Pacific League team Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Selected to the Press-Enterprise 2006 Division-IA First Team … Named San Gabriel Star News Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Two-time First-Team All-State … Received his school’s Outstanding Athlete Award as a senior … Volunteered as a camp counselor at a local park . . .
Personal Kyle Austin is the son of Greg Ware and Carol Austin … Majoring in sociology … Considers his father and coach Tony Brooks to be his greatest influences because they pushed and believed in him … Roots for the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Clippers … Favorite athletes include Ricky Davis, Stephen Jackson, and Kobe Bryant … Listens to Joda Kiss … Considers “Scarface”, “Goodfellas”, and “He Got Game” as his favorite movies … Sites his most memorable sports moment as making it to the CIF Championship … Considers Dio Saucedo his favorite teacher at UCR because he has learned the most from him.
Career Stats
| Year |
GP-GS |
Min |
Avg |
FG-FGA |
FG% |
3G-3GA |
3G% |
FT-FTA |
FT% |
O |
D |
Tot |
Avg |
PF-DQ |
A |
TO |
B |
S |
Pts |
Avg |
| 06-07 |
17-0 |
124 |
7.3 |
8-26 |
.308 |
0-1 |
.000 |
8-14 |
.571 |
13 |
15 |
28 |
1.6 |
9-0 |
4 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
1.4 |
| 07-08 |
1-0 |
2 |
2.0 |
0-0 |
----- |
0-0 |
----- |
0-0 |
----- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| 08-09 |
23-23 |
719 |
31.3 |
135-309 |
.437 |
21-67 |
.313 |
82-108 |
.759 |
46 |
94 |
140 |
6.1 |
55-2 |
30 |
46 |
2 |
12 |
373 |
16.2 |
| 09-10 |
29-29 |
996 |
34.3 |
180-401 |
.449 |
25-70 |
.357 |
125-200 |
.625 |
96 |
118 |
214 |
7.4 |
62-1 |
49 |
65 |
9 |
19 |
510 |
17.6 |
Totals
|
70-52 |
1841 |
26.3
|
323-736 |
.439
|
46-138 |
.333
|
215-322 |
.668
|
155 |
227 |
382 |
5.5
|
126-3 |
83
|
126
|
11
|
34 |
907 |
13.0
|
