Notes: Has consistently been one of the best guards in the MAAC the last two seasons... Became the first junior to top the 1,000-career point scoring mark since Darren Fenn in 2000... Enters his senior season ranked 18th in career scoring with 1,130 points... Has a chance to finish in the top-10 in scoring at Canisius... Has started every game at Canisius and became the first freshman to start every game since Golden Griffin all-time leading scorer Ray Hall accomplished the feat in the 1981-82 campaign... Kevin’s father, Tom, was diagnosed with stomach cancer before the beginning of the 2002-03 season and passed away Feb. 13, 2003, at the age of 50... Decided to redshirt the 2001-02 season after a severely sprained ankle kept him out of action through December... Has good court awareness and the ability to shoot... Smart and steady player.
2004-05: Named second-team All-MAAC for the second-straight season... Became the first Canisius player to be named first or second-team All-MAAC in consecutive seasons since Darren Fenn in 1999-2000 and 2000-01... Also earned MAAC All-Academic honors... Became one of three Canisius players in school history to tally over 400 points, 150 rebounds and 100 assists in the same season; Craig Wise (1994-95) and Darrell Barley (1993-94) are the others... Finished the campaign with 479 points, 162 boards and 105 assists... Ranked seventh in the MAAC in scoring (16.5 ppg), 14th in rebounding (5.6/gm), seventh in assists (3.7/gm), seventh in steals (1.5/gm), third in field goal percentage (.408) and ninth in assist to turnover ratio (+1.31)... Led team in scoring in eight games and registered double figures in 26-of-29 contests, including the last 20... Scored 20 points or more in six games... Led the team in rebounding in five games and in assists in nine contests... Scored a career-high 30 points and added 10 rebounds, his first career double-double, and seven assists at Niagara (2/16)... Collected 27 points and seven rebounds against Fairfield (12/4)... Posted 24 points and eight rebounds vs. Saint Peter’s (1/8)... Named MAAC Co-Player of the Week Jan. 10... Had 26 points against Rider (1/22)... Had 27 points at Iona (1/30).
2003-04: Named second-team All-MAAC and earned All-MAAC Academic accolades... Ranked first in the league in three-point percentage (.451), seventh in field goal percentage (.481), seventh in assists (3.8/gm), 10th in scoring (13.1/gm) and seventh in assist to turnover ratio (+1.57)... Registered 55 assists and just 15 turnovers over the last nine games... Scored in double figures in 24 games, including the last eight, when he averaged 15.8 points a game... Led Canisius in scoring in 11 games... Led Canisius in assists in 11 contests... Scored a season high 19 points at Marquette and vs. Loyola (2/21)... Netted 18 points against Niagara (both games), Marist (1/16) and Iona (3/5)... Tallied 15 points, nine assists and five boards at Rider (2/16)... Named the Player of the Game after netting 14 points in the victory over Pacific at the Great Alaska Shootout.
2002-03: Fourth on the team in scoring with 9.2 points... Also averaged 3.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists... Second on the team in three-point shooting (.359)... Started all 28 games and averaged 32.3 minutes, the second-highest total for the Griffs... Ranked 11th in the MAAC in assists (3.1/gm) and fifth in assist to turnover margin (+1.76)... Scored in double figures in 11 games... Led Canisius in assists in four games... Netted 20 points at Marist (1/10)... Led Canisius with 18 points against Loyola (2/14), less than 24 hours after his father passed away... Earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors Feb. 18... Posted 16 points at Fairfield (2/6)... Tallied 11 points and seven rebounds at Loyola (1/26).
Before Canisius: Averaged 25.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists as a senior en route to earning All-Greater Rochester Co-Player of the Year honors... Led Livonia to the Section V Class B state title and a 23-1 record... Finished as the Bulldogs’ all-time leading scorer with 1,647 points... Named fourth-team all-state “Class B” as a senior... Three-time Livingston County Most Valuable Player... Three-time member of the “Class B” sectional team... Also earned two letters as a shortstop and pitcher in baseball... Named to the Livingston County first team twice and team MVP once.
Personal: The son of Linda Downey and the late Tom Downey... Has a sister, Christa (24), and a brother, Kyle (16)... Father was a beloved and decorated basketball coach at Livonia High, where he coached Kevin... Graduated in 2005 with a bachelor's degree biology and is slated to earn a master's in business administration in the summer of 2006.
Born: May 27, 1983, in Livonia, N.Y.
Total 3-Point
Year GP-GS FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Reb/Avg Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2002-03 28-28 101-241 .419 37-103 .359 19-28 .679 101/3.6 88 50 4 37 258/9.2
2003-04 30-30 152-316 .481 46-102 .451 43-57 .754 94/3.1 113 72 2 30 393/13.1
2004-05 29-29 181-407 .445 58-142 .408 59-79 .747 162/5.6 106 81 10 44 479/16.5
TOTAL 87-87 434-964 .450 141-347 .406 121-164 .738 357/4.1 307 203 16 111 1130/13.0
