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Lincoln -- Marcus Perry has signed a national letter of intent to attend the University of Nebraska and join the Husker basketball team in 2004-05, Nebraska basketball coach Barry Collier announced Wednesday.
"We are very excited to add Marcus Perry to our current recruiting class," Collier said. "Marcus has the experience and ability to excel in our program. We believe he will make a smooth transition and we all look forward to having him join us in the fall."
A 6-2, 180-pound shooting guard from Southern Union State Community College in Wadley, Ala., Perry will join the Huskers after helping his 2003-04 team to a 19-13 record and a tie for fourth place (9-7) in the 11-team Alabama Community College Conference. SUSCC ended the year by reaching the semifinals of the NJCAA Region XXII Tournament before falling to the eventual champion.
Perry, a first-team All-Region and honorable-mention All-America selection in 2003-04, ranked fifth nationally (NJCAA Division I) in scoring by averaging 25.4 points per game for Southern Union State. He added 4.1 rebounds, 2.6 steals, 1.8 assists and 0.9 blocks per game as a sophomore. Perry recorded a season-high 46 points on 16-of-28 shooting from the floor, including 8-of-16 from three-point range, against Wallace State-Hanceville on Jan. 26.
Perry scored at least 30 points nine times in 2003-04 and reached the 40-point plateau twice. His last 30-plus point effort came against Marion Military Institute on Feb. 12, when Perry poured in 37 points on 12-of-21 shooting, including hitting 10-of-17 from three-point range. Perry recorded at least six treys in a game six times and hit at least one three-pointer in every game of the season.
A native of Anniston, Ala., Perry hit 42.0 percent from the field, including a solid 39.5 percent from behind the three-point line, and ranked third on the team by hitting 75.2 percent from the free throw line. Southern Union State ranked 15th nationally as a team by hitting 38.1 percent from beyond the arc, while connecting on 69.7 percent from the charity stripe to rank 18th in the country.