19 Facts About Rashad Anderson

Rashad Shaheed Anderson was born on November 9,1983 and is an American former professional basketball player.

Rashad Anderson played college basketball at the University of Connecticut.

Rashad Anderson's cousin introduced him to basketball when he was 10 years old.

At Kathleen High School in Lakeland, Florida, Anderson averaged 22.8 points a game and finished as the second leading scorer in school history.

Rashad Anderson chose UConn over the University of Florida, University of Tennessee, and University of Texas.

Rashad Anderson had a great career at UConn and was known as "the dagger" by UConn head coach Jim Calhoun because of his penchant for hitting shots at key moments of games.

Rashad Anderson finished his career with 276 three-pointers, the most in UConn history.

Rashad Anderson played in all 33 games, mostly coming off the bench, although he started in the last four contests of the regular season.

Rashad Anderson finished fourth on the squad with 8.2 ppg.

Rashad Anderson reached double figures in 19 total games on the season and was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team after scoring 18 points vs Georgia Tech in the Championship game and 14 points vs Duke.

Rashad Anderson scored 28 points in NCAA Elite Eight win over Alabama, matching the school-NCAA record of six three-pointers he set in First Round win over Vermont.

Rashad Anderson started 15 of 24 games at the shooting guard spot and finished as team's third leading scorer with 11.9 ppg.

Rashad Anderson returned to action for the Big East Tournament.

Rashad Anderson was important off the bench as a senior and was the leading scorer among players not in the starting lineup.

Rashad Anderson earned All-Big East Honorable Mention honors, and averaged 12.8 points off the bench in 22.4 minutes of play.

In one of the more memorable games of his collegiate career, Rashad Anderson scored the game-tying three-pointer at end of regulation against the Washington Huskies during the regional semifinals of the 2006 NCAA National Tournament sending the game into overtime with a score tied at 82.

In November 2009, Rashad Anderson was acquired by the Iowa Energy in the 1st round of the 2009 NBA D-League draft.

In February 2013, Rashad Anderson signed with Cocodrilos de Caracas of Venezuela.

On October 5,2016, Rashad Anderson joined Promitheas Patras returning to the Greek Basket League after 10 years.