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NOTABLE
Local product who hails from
Phillipsburg, N.J.
GENERAL
Wing who will look to see increased playing time in his second season on the Kirby hardwood...possesses vast scoring potential.
2002-03 Has not played this season due to lower back injury.
2001-02
Played in six games, averaging 1.2 points and 2.0 rebounds per game... played a season-high 15 minutes, pulling down three boards at Colgate (2/24)...scored a season-high four points and grabbed two rebounds at Penn (1/21)... tallied three points and one rebound against Cornell (12/8)... made college debut at Miami (11/24) where he collected two rebounds in three minutes of action.
HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 23.6 points and 9.6 rebounds per game in his senior season at Phillipsburg High School for head coach Tom Fisher...as the team’s only returning starter, Mugavero guided the Stateliners to a 16-6 record and a No. 6 ranking in the region...shot 54 percent from the field, 32 percent from three-point land and 79 percent from the free throw line as a senior...also dished out 3.6 assists and 2.4 blocks per game...earned All-State Third Team honors as a senior as selected by the Associated Press...picked as the Western New Jersey Player of the Year by the Newark Star Ledger...selected Player of the Year by the Express-Times...
finished his high school career as the fifth all-time leading scorer at Phillipsburg with 1,061 points.