Former AU men’s basketball player Andre Ingram, who graduated in 2007, won the Three-Point Shooting contest Feb. 12 at the NBA D-League Dream Factory, the development league’s equivalent of an All-Star game.
Ingram was the only player selected to represent his team, the Utah Flash, at the third annual Dream Factory. In his first appearance in the D-League competition, Ingram defeated the defending champion Blake Ahearn, of the Bakersfield Jam, by a score of 39-37.
The former Eagle is considered one of the top three-point shooters in the league, according to NBA.com. The Web site said he is known as a three-point specialist and has always been a top long-range shooter.
Despite his success beyond the arc, Ingram had never competed in a shooting contest since high school and as a result had never shot using a three-point rack.
“I was curious to see how I was going to adjust, because I hadn’t gotten a chance to practice with the racks,” Ingram told NBA.com. “You just come out here and shoot and keep your face up because that sixty seconds goes fast. The more shots you get up, the better chance you have, so that’s what I was focused on.”
Ingram also a had lot of success behind the arc when he was at AU. He has 265 career three-pointers, good enough for third best in school history. He also ranks fifth on AU’s career points list with 1,655 points. The AU star was also named to four All-Patriot League teams and was named 2004 Patriot League Rookie of the Year.
To go along with his scoring records, Ingram also ranks second all time in career starts with 117 and fourth in games play over a career with 118. The 6-foot-3-inch guard graduated from AU in 2007.
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