Cory Pflieger Class: Senior Hometown: Dickson, Tenn. High School: Dickson County HS Height / Weight: 6-3 / 185 Position: G Birthdate: 11/05/1986 Experience: 3L

Returned to the Rice lineup as a junior for the 2008-09 season after received a medical red-shirt for the previous season ... if he stays healthy, will likely rank among the school leaders in games played after seeing action in five games prior to an ankle injury which sidelined him for most of the 2007-08 season ... has now played in 91 career games, starting 49 ... with 130 career three-pointers made, ranks 10th all-time at Rice ... 345 three-point attempts rank just outside the program's top 10 ... enters his senior season with 574 points (6.3 ppg), 230 rebounds (2.5 pg) and 125 assists (1.4 pg).

2008-09
Played in all 32 games of his junior season, averaging 8.2 points and 3.5 rebounds ... also had 69 assists and 20 steals during the season ... connected on 38.7 percent of his field goal attempts (87-of-225) and also knocked down 54 three-pointers ... shot .362 (54-149) from three-point range and would have ranked among the top 10 in Conference USA had he met the three-pointers per-game minimum (2.0 pg) ... raised his career free throw percentage to 66.7 percent by making 33-of-46 of his free throw attempts as a junior (.717) ... drew eight charges during the year ... began the year by scoring 17 points in the Owls' first two games ... helped Owls to first win of the season with 17 points against Cal Poly at the Basketball Travelers Invitational ... later at the tournament scored 14 points and had five rebounds in a win over North Florida ... among his eight rebounds against Texas were three offensive boards which led to second-chance points for the Owls ... scored 21 points against UTSA, going 7-for-9 from the field ... also had six rebounds and two assists against the Roadrunners ... established a new career scoring high with 28 points against Texas State ... was 8-for-15 from the field, knocking down 5-of-10 three-pointers ... also perfect on seven free throw attempts, had five rebounds, three assists and three steals against the Bobcats ... played a career-high 39 minutes in the Texas State game and also matched a career high with three steals in the contest ... was 3-for-11 from the field, scoring seven points before being sidelined in the second half of the Harvard game with cramps ... also had seven rebounds against the Crimson ... a 17-point effort against Oklahoma marked fourth double-double scoring game in five contests.

Broke out of a mid-year scoring slump against Southern Miss, scoring 18 points and dishing out four assists ... was 6-for-8 from the field and his 5-for-6 performance from three-point range was part of a school-record, 16-trey night for the Owls in a victory over the Golden Eagles ... only other double-figure scoring game during Conference USA play came against Tulsa in the regular-season final ... scored eight points on 4-for-7 shooting against the Golden Hurricane ... knocked down 2-of-5 three-pointers ... also had four rebounds and two assists in the victory ... closed out the season with an 8-point, 8-rebound effort against Tulsa at the Conference USA Tournament.

2007-08
Played the first five games of the year, starting four, before being sidelined with an ankle injury ... was averaging 8.0 points and 3.8 rebounds when injury occurred in the Eastern Illinois game at the Hawkeye Challenge ... was 11-of-28 from three-point range during injury-shortened season (39.3 percent) ... prior to the EIU game, had scored in double figures in the Owls' previous two outings ... against Richmond, scored 14 points, knocking down 5-of-10 shots and drilling 4-of-9 three-pointers ... the following week against UALR scored 13 points and hit 4-of-7 three-pointers ... earlier in the week, had suffered a broken nose during practice prior to the Owls' traveling to Iowa.

2006-07
Appearead in all 32 games with 22 starts ... averaged 6.3 points and 2.1 rebounds as a sophomore ... ranked third in Conference USA in three-point field goal percentage (41.9) ... in C-USA games, ranked second in three-point field goal percentage (46.3) and was 15th in three-pointers made (1.56) ... nailed at least one trey in 24 games ... scored a career-high 17 points against Paul Quinn College in season opener, making four three-pointers ... also had 17 points in league play at UAB, finishing with a career-high, five three-pointers ... scored in double figures a total of six times during the year, including 12 points against Colorado State and 10 points against North Texas in non-conference play ... had 15 points against UTEP and 10 on the road at Memphis ... against the Miners, knocked down 6-of-8 field goals to match a season shooting high ... was 3-for-5 from three-point range in the 73-67 win over UTEP ... during the season, also recorded 67 rebounds, 41 assists, and 14 steals ... made 69 field goals of which 49 were beyond the arc (1.53 per game).

2005-06
Competed in 22 games, starting five ... averaged 3.3 points and 1.5 rebounds as a freshman ... scored a season-high 13 points and pulled down a career-high nine rebounds in win over Palm Beach Atlantic ... played a career-high 21 minutes vs. Prairie View A&M, scoring eight points ... poured in a career-high 13 points and had a career-high nine rebounds vs. Palm Beach Atlantic... also scored nine points against Yale ... made a three-point basket in each of his first five collegiate games ... in first collegiate game on the road at Marquette, scored six points, making 2-for-4 shots from three-point range and had two rebounds.

Dickson County High School
2005 graduate of Dickson County where he was a four-year letterman for coach Keven Tuck ... all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,784 points ... averaged 22.6 ppg, 6 rpg, and 5 assists as a senior ... averaged 22.3 points as a junior and 20 as a sophomore ... all-state first-team as a senior and named to the Associated Press All-State squad ... third-team all-state as a junior ... All-District 10-3A for three years ... District 10 most valuable player as a senior... was also the Cougars' team MVP three straight years ... team posted 20-9 record, including 12-0 in District 10 action as a senior.

Personal
Michael Cory Pflieger was born Nov. 5, 1986, in Dickson, Tenn ... son of Carl Pflieger and Alisha Mathis ... has one sister ... kinesiology major ... Lovett College.

Pflieger Career Statistics

Lovett College