AL THORNTON FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FORWARD/6-8/208 PERRY, GA. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (LEONARD HAMILTON) PERRY HIGH SCHOOL (BRETT HARDY)

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1 AL THORNTON FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FORWARD/6-8/208 PERRY, GA. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (LEONARD HAMILTON) PERRY HIGH SCHOOL (BRETT HARDY) Al Thornton s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN , Totals , , , Al Thornton s Conference Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN Totals , Al Thornton s NIT Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN Totals ON THORNTON: One of the greatest players in school history will earn his degree in sociology before the NBA Draft on June 28 earned All-America Third-Team honors by the Associated Press, was an All-ACC First-Team selection and voted as the ACC Player of the Year runner-up as he enjoyed one of the top senior years in school and ACC history during the season the first player in school history to earn mention on the first, second or third team All- America teams by the Associated Press and the first Seminole since the 1989 season to earn All-America honors of third-team or better a unanimous selection to the All-ACC First-Team to become only the third Seminole (also Bob Sura in and Tim Pickett in ) in history to be named to the All-ACC First-Team named to the All-ACC Tournament Second-Team and to the 2006 Colonial Classic All-Tournament team the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Colonial Classic a finalist for the Wooden, Naismith and Rupp Awards as the nation s best collegiate player also earned All-America honors from Sports Illustrated (Second-Team), Rivals.com (Second-Team) and CollegeHoops.net (Third-Team) "Obviously Al Thornton is a great player. He wasn't going to let them lose. People talk about the great players in the country like Kevin Durant, Greg Oden, whoever. I don't know how you cannot talk about Al Thornton. I mean, he is phenomenal. What he did out there today was ridiculous. He just took the game on and he personally willed them to win, said Miami Hurricane Head Coach Frank Haith during Thornton s senior season finished his career ranked SEVENTH in school history with 1,521 points, THIRD in school history with a.438 career 3-point field goal percentage, SIXTH in school history with 366 career free throws made, 12 th in school history with 546 career field goals made, 13 th in school history with 74 blocked shots, 16 th in school history with 641 rebounds, tied for 16 in school history with 16 double/doubles, 20 th in school history with a.528 career field goal shooting percentage, 23 rd in school history with 103 career steals, 25 th in school history with 63 career 3-point field goals made and second in school history with 124 games played the only ACC player during the season to rank in the top-10 in scoring (FIRST, 19.7 ppg), field goal percentage (FIFTH,.530), free throw percentage (SEVENTH,.790), rebounding (EIGHTH, 7.2 rpg), blocked shots (EIGHTH, 1.1 bpg) and steals (TENTH, 1.5 spg) "He's (Al Thornton) probably as good a basketball player as there is in America. Are you going to tell me that there are five or 10 better players? I'd disagree." said Virginia Head Coach Dave Leito one of only eight players in school history to surpass the 1,500 points scored plateau (1,521 total points) and one of only 19 players in school history to earn 600 or more career rebounds one of only two players in school history with at least 1,500 points and at least 600 rebounds surpassed the 1,000 point plateau as a senior against Coastal Carolina on Dec. 21, 2006 and went over 1,500 points against Michigan on March 15 in the second round of the NIT in Tallahassee scored 1,174 points during his junior and senior seasons and averaged 18.1 points in his last 65 games (all starting assignments) one of only 16 players in school history with at least 1,000 points scored and at least 500 rebounds earned came within one point of tying the all-time single-game scoring record at Florida State with an amazing 45-point performance in the Seminoles final game of the regular season helped the Seminoles win at Miami, in overtime, and close out the ACC season with a win for the second consecutive season had the opportunity in the closing seconds of the overtime period to set the new Seminole record but chose not to because the game was already in hand named the National Player of the Week by nationally known sportscaster Dick Vitale for his performances in victories over Miami (March 3) and Duke (Feb. 4) the Seminoles victory over Blue Devils was the first in school history in Cameron Indoor Stadium set the Donald L. Tucker record for points in a half with 27 in the second half of the Seminoles victory over Virginia Tech on Jan. 17, 2007 AS A SENIOR (2007): Earned All-America Third-Team honors, All-ACC First-Team honors and was named the ACC Player of the Year runner-up following one of the top seasons in school history as a senior in 2007 earned All-District Six First-Team honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches averaged a career-high 19.7 points (first on the team), 5.2 rebounds (first), shot.530 from the field (first), shot a career-high.444 from the 3-point line (first), shot a career-high.790 from the free throw line (third), earned a career-high 40 steals (first, 1.1spg) and blocked a career-high 53 shots (first / 1.5 bpg) averaged a career-high 19.7 points, a career-high 7.2 rebounds, played in a career-high 35 games (all starting assignments), made a career-high 244 field goals, a career-high 36 3-point field goals, a career-high 166 free throws, shot a career-high.790 from the free throw line, blocked a career-high 40 shots, earned a career-high 53 steals and played in a career-high 1,092 minutes (career-high 31.2 minutes played per game) he averaged or scored at least 20 points against nine of the Seminoles 11 opponents as a senior averaged a double-double of 25.0 points and 11.5 rebounds in two games against NCAA Tournament participant Maryland recorded double-doubles against Virginia (30 points and career-high 16 rebounds), Virginia Tech (27 points and 13 rebounds) and Wake Forest (25 points and 11 rebounds) conference teams that the Seminoles played only once during his senior season averaged 18.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in the 2007 ACC Tournament to earn ACC All-Tournament Second-Team honors in a vote by the media in attendance at the event at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa became only the second player in school history to earn All-ACC Tournament team honors Charlie Ward earned All-ACC Tournament Second-Team honors in 1992 as he led the Seminoles to the tournament semifinals for the first time in school history scored a double-double of 25 points and 11 rebounds and hit the game winning free throw with 1.5 second remaining in the Seminoles victory over Clemson in the first round of the tournament on March 8 he scored 18 first half points and seven second half points in the victory over the Tigers his 25 points against Clemson is the second-highest single-game scoring total in an ACC Tournament game by a Seminole behind Terrell Baker s 28 points against Clemson on March 4, 1999 in Charlotte his ability to play big in big games was incredible during his senior season averaged 23.5 points in 16 ACC games as compared to 16.5 points per

2 game in 19 non-league regular season games he scored more total points in 16 ACC regular season games (376 / 23.5 ppg) than in 19 non-acc regular season games (314 / 16.5 ppg) also played well away from home as he averaged 21.8 points in 13 road and neutral site games as a senior scored at least 30 points twice during his senior season his career-high 45 point performance against Miami (March 3) and a 30-point scoring total on the road at Virginia (Feb. 17) was one of only five ACC players who scored at least 30 points twice during the season and one of only two league players (also Zabian Dowdell of Virginia Tech) who scored at least 30 points in two games against another ACC team scored 376 of his 690 points on the season and averaged a league-high 23.5 points in the Seminoles 16 ACC games. He scored nearly 55 percent of his points for the season in 16 ACC games (376 of 690) as compared to just over 45 percent of his point total in 19 non-acc regular season games (314 of 690) was the only player in the league who averaged more than 20 points per game in conference play during the season pulled down a career-high 7.2 rebounds per game to rank eighth among all conference players in rebounding ranked tied for ninth in the league with six games of 10 rebounds or more and he had six double-doubles to tie for eighth among all league players led the league in conference games only rebounding with an 8.8 per game average pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds against Maryland on Feb. 21 named to the All-Tournament and as the Most Valuable Player of the Colonial Classic during which he helped lead the Seminoles to three victories in three games he averaged a tournament-best 17.3 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting.548 from the field and.842 from the free throw line scored at least 15 points in each of the three games and totaled his season-high of 20 points in the Seminoles' victory over Illinois State led the Seminoles in blocks with a single-season career-high 40 (1.1 bpg) as a senior had more blocked shots as a senior than he did during the first three years of his career blocked his career-high of four shots against Miami (March 3) and against High Point (Dec. 18) blocked at least one shot in 22 of the Seminoles 35 games during his senior season led the Seminoles in steals with a career-high 53 steals for a 1.5 steals per game average earned a single-game career-high four steals in three different games including four against North Carolina in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament (March 9) shot a career-high.790 from the free throw line as a senior made 166 free throws as a senior and 288 in his junior and senior seasons combined he improved on his career percentage entering the season by nearly 15 percentage points (.790 as compared to.641 during the first three seasons of his career) Thornton made a single-season career-high 174 free throws as a senior the most free throws made in a single-season by a Seminoles since Gary Schull during the season first Seminole to have consecutive 400+ points and 200+ rebounds in consecutive seasons since Bob Sura and (Thornton and 208 in , 690 and 251 in ), (Sura and 213 in , 573 and 213 in ) earned ACC Player of the Week honors once as a senior to bring his career total to three established a Seminole record for points scored in an ACC game (45 at Miami, March 3) and tied Florida State s records in an ACC game for free throw percentage (1.000 vs. Miami, and Boston College, nine-of-nine) the first player in school history to lead the Seminoles in blocked shots and steals in the same season led the Seminoles in scoring in 24 of the 35 games during the season (.686 percent), in rebounding 23 of 35 games (.657 percent), in steals 12 of 35 games (.343 percent) and in blocked shots 18 of 35 games (.514 percent) named the ACC Player of the Week for the third time in his career following his 45-point performance in the Seminoles victory at Miami (vs. Boston College): averaged 20.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in two games against NCAA Tournament participant Boston College scored 22 points and added eight rebounds as the Seminoles played at Chestnut Hill (Jan. 23) totaled eight first half points and 14 in the second half as Florida State nearly took the ACC win on the road before falling at the buzzer, 85-82, on a 3- point shot by Sean Marshall scored eight points in the last five minutes of the game as the Seminoles scratched back from as much as a seven-point deficit in the second half to lead by as many as five with the clock winding down made two free throws with 59 seconds left in the game to put Florida State up Marshall beat the buzzer from the left elbow to snatch the win from the visiting Seminoles "He's (Al Thornton) probably one of the hardest guys I've had to guard. The guy's basically an animal; a 6-8 freak athlete who can handle the rock and is as fast as a guard. He got me on the drop-step fade away, he jumped over me on another one," said Jared Dudley of Boston College after the game scored 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds in a near double-double as Florida State played host to Boston College in Tallahassee (Feb. 11) totaled nine first half points to stake the Seminoles to a lead at the intermission his late game heroics nearly led the Seminoles to the ACC victory at home two free throws with 5:04 left in the game put Florida State up while a second 3-point shot of the game put the Seminoles up with 1:50 left on the clock blocked a shot by Boston College s Shamari Spears with nine seconds left on the clock and the Seminoles up by one at the rebound of the blocked shot went to the Eagles as a team rebound and they won the game, 68-67, on a jumper by Tyrelle Blair with five second left to play (vs. Clemson): averaged 21.7 points and 7.3 rebounds in three games against NIT finalist Clemson scored 19, 21 and 25 points in three games against the Tigers 25 points but none more important than the final free throw of the game in the first round of the ACC Tournament to give Florida State a win at the St. Pete Times Forum (March 8) Thornton was fouled by Clemson s K.C. Rivers with one second remaining in regulation and went to the line for two shots and a chance to win the game after missing the first shot, he was pure on his second attempt to put the Seminoles ahead Clemson was unable to get a shot off and the Seminoles moved onto the second round he was incredible in the first half as he led all scorers with 18 points on six of eight shooting from the field and four-of-five shooting from the line scored nine points in the final five minutes of the first half to help Florida State parlay a tie with 4:47 left on the clock to a halftime lead Thornton tied the game at 30 with a 3-pointer, and added three free throws and another 3-point shot to give the Seminoles the all-important half-time lead his second 3-point shot of the span came with five seconds remaining and gave the Seminoles the momentum heading into the second half scored a game-high 19 points and added two blocked shots and three steals as Florida State played host to Clemson in the conference schedule opener for both teams (Jan. 3) his 19 points were tied for game-high honors scored 10 of his 19 points in the second half as the Seminoles nearly recovered from a deficit after the first 20 minutes to win the game his 10 second half points were critical as Florida State played catch-up through the final 20 minutes of the game a lay-up with 36 seconds remaining brought the Seminoles to within two at Clemson won the game on a bang-bang fast break lay-up by Cliff Hammonds, was stellar in a 21-point performance at Clemson as he made 12 of 15 attempts from the free throw line (Feb. 7) was seven of nine from the line in the second half including making his first six attempts of the second half as he worked to put Florida State on his back and get the Seminoles back into the game (vs. Duke): scored 21 points and added eight rebounds as the Seminoles defeated NCAA Tournament participant Duke in the only meeting of the season between Florida State and Duke (Feb. 4) third consecutive game of 20 points or more against Duke in leading Florida State to the first win in program history at Cameron Indoor Stadium, was on in both halves as he scored 11 first half points and totaled 10 second half points as the Seminoles outscored the Blue Devils, 35-31, in the final 20 minutes to gain the monumental victory in the see-saw game that saw the Blue Devils lead by as many as 17 in the first half, Thornton was calm, cool and collected in leading the Seminoles back from the depths and to the victory scored five of Florida State s first 10 points but the Seminoles were down with 9:47 left in the first half at that point scored 16 of the Seminoles next 58 points as the Seminoles outscored the Blue Devils, 58-47, over the final three-quarters of the game to gain the win he scored five points the rest of the way in the first half as the Seminoles outscored the Blue Devils 23-9 to close the half the Thornton-led spurt allowed the Seminoles to trail by only three at the end of the first half scored four of the Seminoles first seven points of the second half to push Florida State ahead, 40-38, with less than two minutes elapsed in the half scored six points and was a perfect four-of four from the free throw line during the final 10 minutes of the second half to led the Seminoles to the victory totaled eight rebounds in the win with his most important coming at the buzzer after Duke had missed three point blank shots at the basket (vs. Georgia Tech): averaged 18.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in two games against NCAA Tournament participant Georgia Tech totaled 20 points and pulled down six rebounds in 37 minutes of play as the Seminoles traveled to play at Georgia Tech (Jan. 13) was a perfect five-of-five from the free throw line and made seven of 13 shots from the field was especially accurate in the second half with 12 points as the Seminoles mounted a comeback only to fall short on the road scored 16 points and added six rebounds and two steals as the Seminoles played host to the Yellow Jackets in Tallahassee (Feb. 13) played only 11 minutes in the second half because of foul trouble scored all of his 11 second half points in the final 5:22 of the half as the Seminoles worked their way back into the game after being down by as many a eight points after halftime scored five points in the final 29 seconds of the game (vs. Maryland): averaged a double-double of 25.0 points and 11.5 rebounds in two games against NCAA Tournament participant Maryland led Florida State to one of the most important ACC victories of the season with 27 points and eight rebounds in the Seminoles victory over Maryland in Tallahassee (Jan. 30) enjoyed a monster game as he made 12 of 17 shots from the field (he was two-of-two from the 3-point line) and was a perfect two-of-two from the free throw line totaled 12 first half points including the basket that put the Seminoles up for good in the first half a Thornton jumper with 10:06 left before intermission put Florida State up and was a lead it did not relinquish for the

3 remainder of the game in improving its ACC record to 4-4 after an 0-3 conference start began the Seminoles second half run with four quick points to put the Seminoles up with 17:48 left in the game five straight points put Florida State up with a 16 point bulge (70-54 with 13:59 left) and a lay-up with 2:10 left put Florida State up by 16 at said Maryland Head Coach Gary Williams after the game: There is no question Al Thornton is a special player. When you are that big and you can go on the perimeter and make some of the dribble moves he made - pulling up for the jump shots in addition to his inside play...he certainly is a special player. He's to be congratulated for how hard he has worked over his four years. You look at his four years and he has gotten better each year. a terrific double-double of 23 points and 15 rebounds as Florida State traveled to play at Maryland (Feb. 21) was without-a doubt the best player on the floor as the Seminoles went in search of their sixth ACC win of the season was unstoppable in the first half with a near double-double of 16 points and nine rebounds in the first 20 minutes of the game helped the Seminoles recover from as much as an eight-point deficit in the final eight minutes of the first half with eight of the Seminoles final 10 points of the half helped stymie the Terps on defense as Florida State outscored Maryland, 10-2, to pull the game into a tie at the intermission totaled seven second half points as Maryland took the win in their home building (vs. Miami): averaged 30.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in two games against Miami one of the greatest single-game performances in school history against Miami (March 3) to close out his regular season with a near school-record 45 points, eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and four blocked shots as he rallied Florida State to a victory over the Hurricanes in overtime he was not going to be denied in his quest for a victory as he made 16 of 24 field goal attempts, two of three shots from the 3-point line and tied a school record for perfection as he was 11-of-11 from the free throw line scored 18 points in the first half, 19 in the second half and eight in the overtime to come within one of tying the all-time Florida State record for points scored in a single-game he scored 45 and the all-time record is 46 by Ron King against Georgia Southern on Feb. 11, 1971 had the chance to break the scoring record after receiving a pass from Toney Douglas and choosing not to go in for the uncontested lay-up saying afterwards: The game was over and I didn t want to embarrass Miami. I did not know about the record, but it wouldn t have mattered; the win was the most important thing for me. largely on the strength of Thornton s play, Florida State tied the game late in regulation and won the game in overtime with the Seminoles trailing by six (78-72) with 1:21 left in regulation, Thornton went on a mission, as he did many times during his Florida State career he made a short jumper and completed the three-point play after being fouled by Jimmy Graham to close the gap to two (74-78, 1:10 left), grabbed a defensive rebound and raced to length of the court a made another jumper to close the Seminoles deficit to one (77-78, 1:00 left) and committed a foul to stop the clock with 13 seconds left in the game and the Seminoles still down by one after Miami s Keaton Copeland made two free throw shots to up the Hurricanes margin to three, the game was sent into overtime on a spectacular 3-point shot by Florida State s Toney Douglas with the score tied a Thornton set a ball screen to help free up Douglas for the game-tying shot Thornton scored 13 of the Seminoles final 18 points of the game as Florida State outscored Miami, 26-14, in the last 6:21 of actual playing to in the leading his team to the victory scored 15 points and was one of four Seminoles in double figure scoring as the Seminoles defeated Miami, 86-78, in Tallahassee for their second ACC win of the season (Jan. 20) reached double figures with 10 points in the first half as the Seminoles bolted out to a halftime lead and never looked back in gaining the victory he was a perfect three-of-three from the free throw line in the victory (vs. North Carolina): averaged 20.5 points and 9.0 rebounds in two games against NCAA Tournament regional finalist North Carolina totaled one of the best road games of his career with a double-double of 29 points and 12 rebounds as the Seminoles traveled to play at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill (Jan. 7) earned game-high scoring honors as he out-dueled North Carolina s All-America Tyler Hansbrough on the offensive end as the Tar Heel center totaled 25 points was a stellar 11 of 19 from the field and made four of five free throw attempts scored 12 points and pulled down six rebounds as the Seminoles faced the Tar Heels in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa (March 9) was saddled with fouls as he played only 15 minutes in the first half (nine points and five rebounds) and only 11 in the second half (three points and one rebound) (vs. NC State): scored 17 points and pulled down five rebounds in the Seminoles victory over NIT participant NC State Florida State s leading scorer with 17 points and five rebounds as he made his Senior Day a success with a Seminole victory over NC State in the only meeting between the two teams during the season in a game played in Tallahassee (Feb. 24) fans knew it would be a good day as he scored on the Seminoles opening possession with a resounding dunk to send the team on its way scored six first half points and 11 second half points to total 17 in the win closed out the game with a 3-pointer to up the score to with 1:26 left in the game left the game after the shot to a thunderous approval from the Seminole faithful in the Donald L. Tucker Center (vs. Virginia): totaled a double-double of 30 points and 16 rebounds in the Seminoles only game against NCAA Tournament participant Virginia earned his first 30-point game of his senior season with 30 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in his first career game in the John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia (Feb. 17) once again, he nearly willed the Seminoles to the victory as 23 of his 30 points came in the second half as Florida State outscored Virginia but were unable to completely make up its six-point deficit from the first half Thornton outscored his Seminole teammates, 23-19, in the second half on an array of acrobatic and sensational shots that nearly led Florida State to the win After scoring only seven points in the first half, he scored 23 points on nine of 14 shooting in the second half Thornton scored the Seminoles final 15 points of the game (and 17 of their final 19) and represented Florida State s offense as they closed a 12-point second half deficit to a little as one in their attempt of a conference road victory in the final 7:53 of the game, Thornton scored four two-point baskets, two 3-point baskets and three free throws he was five of seven from the field and pulled down two rebounds as the Seminoles closed to within one late in the second half (vs. Virginia Tech): totaled a double-double of 27 points and 13 rebounds in one game against NCAA Tournament participant he scored 27 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in the second half of the Seminoles victory over No. 23 Virginia Tech in Tallahassee (Jan. 17) he finished the game with 27 points, 13 rebounds, one assist and two blocked shots in 37 minutes with his performance, he earned his 12 th career double-double and his 17 th career scoring game of 20 or more points after taking only one shot in the first half, Thornton was eight of 13 (.615) from the field in the second half in leading the Seminoles to the victory he also made 11 of 11 free throws (including his last six) as the Seminoles defeated their second ranked team of the year among the shots in Thornton s arsenal against Virginia Tech was a 3- pointer from nearly 40 feet as the shot clock ran down to zero -- the shot to give Florida State a lead with 4:09 remaining in the game Thornton scored 62.7 percent of the Seminoles points (27 of 43) in the second half as Florida State earned the victory (vs. Wake Forest): scored a double-double of 25 points and 11 rebounds in one game against Wake Forest earned game-high scoring honors with 25 points and game high rebounding honors with 11 as the Seminoles defeated the Deacons in Tallahassee (Jan. 27) for their third ACC victory in four games his 11 first half points helped the Seminoles stay in a tight game and trail by only two at the intermission scored six of Florida State s final 12 points of the first half as the Seminoles closed as much as an eight point deficit to two (30-32) at the intermission scored 14 second half points as Florida State outscored Wake Forest after intermission to gain the win over the Demon Deacons.he scored eight of his 14 points on eight of nine shooting from the free throw line his free throws tied the game once and extended the Seminoles lead three times in the second half as Florida State won the game by eight (vs. Florida): scored 28 points and pulled down nine rebounds as the Seminoles defeated then No. 4 ranked Florida in Tallahassee scored 28 points against the national champion ranked Gators was masterful in dissecting the Gators as he scored 18 second-half points to lead Florida State to the victory over their SEC in-state rivals hit two free throws with four seconds remaining to give the Seminoles an insurmountable lead was nearly perfect from the field in the second half (six of seven ) and was nearly as strong from the free throw line (five-of-seven ) made four of his final five free throws in the final seven minutes of the game as the Gators closed to within as few as two points before Florida State took the win Thornton scored 10 of the Seminoles final 12 points in the final 7:35 of the game as the Seminoles gained their biggest win of the season (vs. Toledo, Michigan and Mississippi State in the NIT): averaged 17.0 points and 5.7 rebounds in three games against Toledo, Michigan and Mississippi State in helping the Seminoles advance to the quarterfinal round of the 2007 NIT totaled his NIT careerhigh of 24 points and pulled down six rebounds to go along with two steals and two blocked shots in the Seminoles NIT opening victory over Toledo in Tallahassee (March 13) was very proficient in shooting the basketball as he was 11 of 17 from the field (.647), one of two from the 3-point line (.500) and a perfect one of one from the free throw line (1.000) totaled 15 points in the first half as the Seminoles ran to a lead at the intermission scored nine points in 13 minutes played in the second half as the Seminoles earned the first round national tournament win scored 11 points in the Seminoles victory over Michigan in the second round of the NIT in Tallahassee (March 15) 11 points in a balanced attack for the Seminoles that saw a season-high six players score in double figures in the victory over the Big Ten Wolverines scored 10 points in the first half as the Seminoles took an early lead and held as advantage at halftime scored only three points in the nine minutes as Florida State trailed by as much as eight started the Seminoles comeback with a dunk

4 and a free throw shot to get the Seminoles jump-started and on their way to the second round victory scored seven points in the second half of the first half to stake the Seminoles to their insurmountable lead closed his career with a 16-point, six rebound, three steal and two blocked shot performance against Mississippi State in the third round of the NIT (March 20) in a game played in Starkville scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half as he attempted to rally the Seminoles to the victory and the birth in the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden his overall game was hurt by foul trouble as he picked up his second foul of the game with only 4:12 elapsed in the first half that foul sent him to the bench and he scored only two points in four minutes played he unfortunately picked up his third foul on 52 seconds into the second half and was saddled with his fourth foul with 15:51 left in the game earned four awards at the Seminoles honors banquet the awards for best field goal and 3-point field goal percentage, the Bob Sura Outstanding Offensive Player and the Dave Cowens Chairman of the Boards awards. AS A JUNIOR (2006): Earned All-ACC Second-Team and All-District First-Team honors as he enjoyed an outstanding season in leading Florida State to 20 wins and into the second round of the NIT averaged 16.1 points (first on the team), 6.9 rebounds (second), while shooting.518 from the field (third),.744 from the free throw line (third) and.476 from the 3-point line named the ACC Player of the Week twice following his 37-point performance against Boston College and following his 37-point, 15-rebound performance at Duke led Florida State with three 30-point scoring games (37 vs. Duke, 37 vs. Boston College and 31 vs. Alcorn State) and tied for the team lead with four 20-point games (27 vs. Maryland, 26 vs. Duke, 22 vs. Virginia and 21 vs. Virginia Tech) led the Seminoles in scoring a career-high and team-leading 14 times and topped the team in rebounding in 13 different games tied for the team lead with nine games of 10 rebounds or more (15 vs. Duke, 13 vs. Miami, 12 vs. Virginia Tech, 12 vs. Maryland, 12 vs. Nebraska, 10 vs. Jacksonville, 10 vs. Alcorn State, 10 vs. Bowling Green and 10 vs. Campbell) ranked second on the team in double-doubles with a career-high eight including a career-high 37 points and a career-high 15 rebounds against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium ranked 12 th in the ACC with a 16.9 points per game average and ranked sixth in ACC games only as his scoring average improved to 18.4 points per game played his best against the nation s top teams as he averaged 23.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in six games against Seminole opponents who played in the NCAA Tournament averaged two points more per game in the second half of the ACC season (19.4 points per game) vs. the first half of the conference season (17.4 points per game) and averaged one rebound more in the second half of ACC play (7.4 rebounds per game) as compared to the fist half of the conference slate (6.4) despite having defenses designed to shut him down shot the ball well in both halves in the first half as compared to.509 in the second half he scored 37 points and pulled down 15 rebounds against Duke on Feb. 4 in Durham, scored 26 points and pulled down six rebounds against Duke on March 1 in Tallahassee, totaled 37 points and pulled down six rebounds against Boston College on Feb. 14 in Chestnut Hill and scored 19 points and pulled down five rebounds against North Carolina on Jan. 22 in Tallahassee first of three 30-point scoring games came in the Seminoles victory over Alcorn State (31 points) in the second game of the season (Nov. 21) also totaled 10 rebounds as he began the year with double-doubles in the first two games of the season he opened the year with 12 points and 10 rebounds in Florida State s season opening victory over Jacksonville (Nov. 19) scored 12 points in 23 minutes of play as the Seminoles defeated Purdue, 97-57, in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in a game nationally televised on espn2 (vs. Boston College): scored 37 points and pulled down 6 rebounds in the Seminoles only game against Boston College in a game played in Chestnut Hill (Jan. 14) announced his national presence with authority as an impact player in the ACC for the remainder of his career as he scored 37 points and was named the ACC Player of the Week after leading Florida State against Boston College his 37 points came on an incredible 15-of-18 (.833 shooting percentage) from the field as the Seminoles took the Eagles to the limit on the road in a loss was on fire in the first half with 17 points on seven-of-10 shooting from the field and a perfect three-of-three from the free throw line to bolster Florida State to as much as an 11- point lead and a advantage at halftime Thornton s 37 points on the road against the Eagles is tied for the 13 th best single-game scoring effort in school history and while his 15 field goals (also a career-high) are tied for the 10 th best single game effort in school history his 37 points are the most scored by a Seminole player in a single game since Ron Hale scored 37 at Wake Forest on Jan. 4, 2000 and tied Hale s school record for points scored in an ACC game by a Florida State player against Boston College, Thornton scored 17 first half points and totaled 20 second half points was a perfect eight-of-eight from the field and was three-of-five from the free throw line in the second half. He scored 10 points in a four minutes span during the second half and scored eight points in the final 4:22 of the game as the Seminoles nearly won their second consecutive ACC road game Thornton played all 20 minutes of the second half and 19 of 20 in the first half. Said Jeff Goodman of the Boston Herald: It was the Al Thornton show in the first half. Thornton surpassed his scoring average in the first half (15.3 ppg) prior to the break with 17 and the Seminoles appeared poised to pull away. (vs. Clemson): averaged 13.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in two games against NIT participant Clemson shot.500 percent (nine-of-18) in the two games against the Tigers led Florida State with 15 points in addition to four rebounds, a season-high two blocked shots and two steals in the Seminoles victory over Clemson in Tallahassee (Feb. 1) the win came after an overtime loss against Miami and allowed Florida State to win their fourth ACC game of the season scored six second half points including two in a span of 26 seconds to help Florida State stretch its lead from two to six with 6:32 remaining in the game and begin to put the game away Thornton s first of the two baskets began a game-closing spurt that helped the Seminoles gain the win the game had been tied at 49 just over one minute prior to Thornton s mini explosion led the Seminoles with 12 points and eight rebounds as Florida State traveled to play at Clemson (Jan. 4) six points in each half as the Seminoles never got into the offensive flow of the game in their conference opener (vs. Duke): averaged a double-double of 31.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in two games against NCAA Tournament participant Duke continued his mandate to be recognized as one of the nation s top players with a phenomenal 37- point, 15-rebound effort against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium (Feb. 4) he shot an incredible 17 of 32 (.531) from the field and was a perfect three-ofthree from the free throw line as the Seminoles took the No. 2 ranked Blue Devils to the limit before falling, 97-96, in overtime dueled All-America and National Player of the Year J.J. Redick throughout the game as he scored a career-high tying 37 to outscore Redick by one at on top of his game in the first half with a near double-double of 19 points, eight rebounds and two steals in 17 minutes remained on fire in the second half with 14 points, five rebounds and three assists nearly put the Seminoles over the top in the overtime period with four points and two rebounds in playing all five minutes of the bonus basketball session also established career-highs for field goals made (17), field goals attempted (32), assists (five), steals (three) and minutes played (42) while tying his career-high for points (37), free throw percentage (1.000) tied the game at 80 with a lay-up at the 1:21 mark of the second half and had two defensive rebounds in the last minute to help send the game into overtime left no national doubt as to his All-America status with a 26-point, five rebound performance in leading the Seminoles past No. 1 ranked Duke in Tallahassee (March 1) his 26-points scored is tied for the fifth highest scoring total of his career scored 13 points in each half as the Seminoles outscored the Blue Devils in both period (36-33 in the first and in the second) to gain the second victory over the nation s No. 1 ranked team in school history Florida State led the game throughout the entire first half and for the first five minutes of the second half before the Devils took their first lead of the game he made a career-high 15 free throws in a career-high 16 attempts (.938) including 11 of 12 (.917) from the line in the second half his 15 free throws made and 16 free throws attempted against the Blue Devils established the single-game records for an ACC game in school history scored 10 points on a perfect eight-of-eight shooting from the field in the final 7:54 of the game to bring the Seminoles from a one-point deficit to the wonderfully awesome victory Thornton was composed enough to make two free throw attempts to seal the victory at after the court had been stormed by the Florida State student section with 1.7 seconds remaining on the clock order was restored and court cleared before putting Thornton on the line to close out the game Thornton corralled the most important rebound of the night on a missed 3-point shot by J.J. Redick with six seconds remaining in the game he was fouled by Duke s Patrick Johnson and made his two shots with one second remaining in between the foul and Thornton s two free throws, Redick made two free throws after a technical had been assessed to the Florida State bench for too many players on the court (vs. Georgia Tech): scored 10 points and pulled down four rebounds in the Seminoles only game against Georgia Tech one of five Seminoles to score in double figures as Florida State earned the come-from-behind win to beat the Yellow Jackets in Tallahassee (Feb. 9) was a perfect three-of-three from the field and made three free throws in the victory seven of his points came in the first half as Florida State fought furiously to stay with the hot Jackets Thornton s seven first half points allowed the Seminoles to pull within four (43-39) at halftime after trailing by as many as eight in the first half (vs. Maryland): totaled a double-double of 27 points and 12 rebounds in 39 of 40 minutes played in Florida State s only game of the season against NIT participant Maryland his 27 points against the Terps was his fourth highest scoring total of the season had a near-double-double of 10 points and eight rebounds by halftime scored in

5 nearly every way possible against Maryland which had no answer for the All-ACC selection was 10-of-15 (.667) from the field, a perfect two-of-two (1.000) from the line and made five free throws made both of his 3-point shots in the first half as the Seminoles pushed their lead to as many as 14 in the first 20 minutes his first 3-point shot at the 11:30 mark of the first half extended a two-point lead to a five point lead and his second from the bonusphere extended Florida State s lead to 11 at the 7:38 mark all 10 of his baskets and all five of his free throws extended the Seminoles lead during the game in leading Florida State to its seventh conference victory of the season and 17 th overall victory (vs. Miami): averaged 9.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games against NIT participant Miami a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds in the Seminoles regular season ending victory over Miami, 67-64, in Coral Gables (March 5) eight of his 18 points came from the free throw line with all eight made free throws made and all 10 free throws attempted coming in the second half was four of five from the free throw line (.800) to help Florida State outscore Miami, 10-7, in the last five minutes to gain the victory two most important free throws came with eight seconds remaining in the game as he was a perfect two-of-two to give Florida State a lead and making the game a two-possession must for the Hurricanes the Hurricanes made one but not a second 3-point shot and Florida State gained the victory his only basket of the second half came on a dunk with 11:23 remaining in the game to bring the Seminoles to within three at lowest scoring game of the season came at home against the Hurricanes (Jan. 29) as he was held scoreless after suffering a knee injury early in the first half attempted only four shots (all in the first half) in proving his importance to Florida State s offense as it lost the game in overtime, (vs. North Carolina): scored 19 points and pulled down five rebounds in the Seminoles only game against NCAA Tournament participant North Carolina tied for the team scoring lead as he nearly willed the Seminoles to the victory in Tallahassee against the No. 22 ranked Tar Heels (Jan. 22) scored eight points in the last nine minutes as the Seminoles attempted to recover the lead and gain the ACC win made six consecutive free throws in the final 8:46 of the game in trying to bring Florida State back from as much as an eight point deficit beginning with a Thornton jumper with 9:01 left in the game, Florida State outscored North Carolina, 17-12, but couldn t hold on to gain the victory two free throws with 8:46 by Thornton pulled Florida State to within six a two more by the All-ACC Second-Team selection with 6:33 left brought Florida State to within two a Thornton tied the game at 73 with 3:38 remaining with two more free throws an assist on an Alexander Johnson dunk put the Seminoles up with 1:08 left on the clock a 5-3 run to end the game put the win in the column for the Tar Heels Thornton missed a desperation 3-point attempt to win the game at the buzzer was a near-perfect seven-of-eight from the free throw line including a perfect six-of-six in the second half (vs. NC State): scored 14 points and pull down one rebound in Florida State s lone game against NCAA Tournament participant NC State seven first-half points and seven second-half points as the Seminoles played in Raleigh for the second consecutive season (Feb. 15) (vs. Virginia): averaged 16.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games against NIT participant Virginia scored 10 points and pulled down four rebounds as Florida State defeated Virginia in Tallahassee (Feb. 18) scored seven second-half points as the Seminoles stretched their half time lead to their largest ACC victory (+14) of the season scored 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds as the Seminoles won in overtime, 87-82, in Charlottesville (Jan. 11) for their second ACC victory of the season scored three points (on three-of-four free throws in the overtime period as Florida State outscored Virginia, 10-5, to win the game first two free throws with 3:09 remaining in the bonus session gave the Seminoles an lead and one of two from the line put the Seminoles up with 23 seconds left in the game biggest play of the game was a blocked shot on a 3-point shot attempt by J.R. Reynolds with Florida State up and only three seconds remaining the Seminoles sealed the game on two free throws by Jason Rich after he grabbed the rebound of Thornton s blocked shot Thornton did what an All-America candidate should do on a blocked shot keep the ball in bounds also had three rebounds in the overtime period nine second half points including three on an old fashioned three-point play with 4:30 left in regulation as Florida State rallied to recover from a second-half deficit to tie the game and send it into overtime made five free throws in the second half and the overtime period combined (vs. Virginia Tech): averaged 17.0 points and 8.0 rebounds in two games against Virginia Tech a double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds as the Seminoles defeated Virginia Tech in Tallahassee to win their first ACC game of the season (Jan. 7) scored the first two points of the game and helped the Seminoles bolt to an 8-0 lead before the Hokies got on the scoreboard scored six of the Seminoles final eight points of the first half and 10 total in the first half as Florida State jumped to a commanding lead at the intermission was five of six from the free throw line in the second half including one of two with 1:25 seconds left in the game and Florida State up by only three his free throw put the Seminoles up and though the Hokies closed to within two with under one minute left, Thornton s free throw proved pivotal in the games outcome totaled 13 points and four rebounds as Florida State traveled to play in Blacksburg (Feb. 25) scored nine second half points as the Seminoles attempted to win a tightly contested contest that see-sawed back-and-forth during the entire game (vs. Wake Forest): averaged 15.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in two games against NIT participant Wake Forest a major factor in the Seminoles victory over Wake Forest in Winston-Salem (Jan. 24) with 13 points and four rebounds part of Florida State s 3-point barrage in the first half with one of the team s eight in leading the Seminoles to a lead at the break his contribution from the 3-point line started a half-ending run that put Florida State in the drivers seat for their third ACC victory of the season a second 3-pointer came in the second half as the Seminoles jumped to a 13-point lead (47-34, their largest of the game) with 18:09 left in the second half also added three assists in the win which tied for his second highest total of the season in an ACC game led the Seminoles with 17 points and eight rebounds in the top ACC Tournament performance of his career against Wake Forest in Greensboro (March 9) led all scorers in the first half as he scored 11 points and pulled down five rebounds in 17 minutes of play scored five of Florida State s first nine points to stake the No. 5 seeded Seminoles to a quick 9-0 advantage added a 3-pointer with 6:55 remaining in the first half to put the Seminoles up Florida State led, 40-32, at halftime (vs. Butler and South Carolina in the NIT): averaged 6.5 points and 6.5 rebounds against Butler and South Carolina as the Seminoles advanced to the second round of the NIT for the second time during Thornton s career scored five points and pulled down seven rebounds in 23 minutes as Florida State defeated Butler, 67-63, in the first round of the NIT in a game played in Tallahassee three points early in the second half on a 3-point shot gave Florida State a lead with 16:58 left in the game a big play block on a 3-point shot attempt by the Bulldog s A.J. Graves allowed Florida State to hold their 5-point advantage with 11:03 remaining in the second half scored eight points and pulled down six rebounds in the second round of the NIT against South Carolina in a game also played in Tallahassee (March 21) scored two points and pulled down one rebound in the overtime period against the Gamecocks his lay-up tied the game at with 2:55 remaining in the extra session in the game won by the eventual NIT Champion Gamecocks, (vs. Florida): scored nine points and pulled down one rebound against Florida limited to five first half minutes as he was whistled for two fouls in the first 2:26 of the game scored all nine of his points in only five minutes played during the first half picked up his third and fourth fouls in the first 2:44 of the second half and played only eight minutes the remainder of the game in desperate foul trouble helped limit Joakim Noah to a season-low three points and two rebounds while playing his season-low of only 15 minutes. AS A SOPHOMORE (2005): Averaged 9.1 points (second on the team), 4.4 rebounds (tied for first), 0.6 blocks (first) and shot.543 from the field (first) led the team with 48 offensive rebounds (1.7 orpg) and pulled down 128 rebounds tied with Adam Waleskowski for the team lead with his 4.4 rebounds per game average and finished tied for second on the team with 128 total rebounds established career-high statistics for blocked shots (18) more than tripled his scoring average in overall games ( ) and scored nearly seven times as many points against ACC competition ( ) in 2005 as compared to his freshman season tied for second on the team with the first two 20-point scoring games of his career career-high 26 points in the Seminoles fantastic victory over No. 3 Wake Forest in overtime in Tallahassee (Jan. 18) and 20 points against Georgia Tech in Tallahassee (Feb. 20) also tied for first on the team with two double figure scoring games his season-high of 13 rebounds came against Maryland (Dec. 19) and 10 came in the victory over Wake Forest at home his double figure rebounding efforts gave him the first two double-double efforts of his career his two double-double also tied for the team lead with Waleskowski and Anthony Richardson tied for second on the team as he led the team in scoring in a career-high five different games led with the team with 20 points vs. Georgia Tech (Feb, 20), 19 vs. North Carolina (Mar. 3), 15 vs. Texas A&M (Nov. 22), 15 vs. Clemson (Feb. 27) and 12 vs. Miami (Feb. 22) second on the team as he led the Seminoles in rebounding nine games pulled down a team leading 10 rebounds in the victory over Wake Forest (Jan. 18), eight vs. Miami (Feb. 22), seven rebounds against South Alabama (Dec. 16), NC State (Jan. 26) and against Georgia Tech (Feb. 20), six against Kent State (Nov. 27), LSU (Dec. 30) and North Carolina (March 3) and five against Texas A&M (Nov. 22) 12 double figure scoring games as a sophomore as compared to one during his junior season totaled 12 points in the Seminoles come-from behind victory over Minnesota in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge scored six