2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
                
                
            
            
            
            
            
                
                
                    
                        Biography
                    
                                                
                        2016-17: All-SWAC Preseason First Team selection (Forward).
2015-16 (GP/GS: 21/19)  Coming off a solid year where he averaged 12 points per game with a season-high 20 points against Ark Pine-Bluff (1/11/16)...also averaged six rebounds per game while shooting 48 percent from the field.
2014-15 (GP/GS: 11/0)  Fought through injuries all season and only saw action in 11 games…averaged over two points and a rebound per game…scored a season-high 10 points at 
Grambling State (3/5/15) on a perfect five-for-five shooting…finished the season shooting 54 percent from the field.
 
2013-14 (GP/GS: 23/7)  Saw action in 23 games with seven starts during his 
redshirt freshman campaign…shot 54 percent from the field while averaging 5.4 points per game…averaged 3.2 rebounds while picking up seven steals and blocking nine shots…scored a career-high 22 points in only 19 minutes against Texas Southern (2/3/14)…had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Prairie View A&M (2/1/14)…picked up 10 points in his first collegiate start at Mississippi Valley State (2/8/14).
 
2012-13: Redshirted
 
High School: Played at nearby Carver High School, averaging 14 points and 12 rebounds per game…helped lead the Wolverines to the 2012 6A State Championship…chosen to play in the Alabama vs. Mississippi High School All-Star Classic.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 22 vs. Texas Southern (2/3/14)
Rebounds: 11 vs. Southern (2/20/16)
Assists: 3 (twice) last at 
UAPB (2/8/16)
Steals: 2 (three times) last at Alabama A&M (2/13/16)
Blocks: 3 (twice) last vs. Texas Southern (1/30/16)
FG-Made: 11 vs. Texas Southern (2/3/14)
FG-Attempts: 16 (twice) last vs.Southern (3/10/16)
Free Throws Made: 10 vs. 
UAPB (1/11/16)
3-Point Field Goals: 0
Minutes: 39 vs. Alabama A&M (1/16/16)
 
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nickname:      Big Tony
Parents:          Tony Purdue
                       Patricia Armstrong
Siblings:         Cedric
 
 
	
		
			| Yr. | GP-GS | FG-A | Pct. | 3FG-A | Pct. | FT-A | Pct. | Reb. | Avg. | Ast. | Blk. | Stl. | Pts. | Avg. | 
		
			| 2015-16 | 21- | 97-205 | .473 | 0-0 | - | 59-93 | .634 | 124 | 5.9 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 253 | 12.0 | 
		
			| 2014-15 | 11-0 | 10-19 | .526 | 0-0 | .000 | 3-8 | .375 | 7 | 0.6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 2.1 | 
		
			| 2013-14 | 23-7 | 52-96 | .542 | 0-0 | .000 | 21-40 | .525 | 73 | 3.2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 125 | 5.4 | 
		
			| 2012-13 | Inj. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
		
			| Totals: | 55- | 159-323 | .492 | 0-0 | .000 | 83-141 | .588 | 204 | 3.7 | 30 | 39 | 20 | 401 | 7.2 | 
	
                     
                
                
                
                    
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                            Historical Player Information
                        
                        
                            
                                
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                                                    2013-14Redshirt Freshman
                                                    
                                                
                                             F 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'6"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        185 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2014-15Redshirt Sophomore
                                                    
                                                
                                             Forward 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'6"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        185 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2015-16Redshirt Junior
                                                    
                                                
                                             Forward 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'6"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        185 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2016-17Senior
                                                    
                                                
                                             Forward 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'6"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        205 lbs