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1  Sam Grooms Class: Junior Hometown: Greensboro, NC High School: Charis Prep Last College: Chipola College (FL) Height / Weight: 6-1 / 203 Position: Guard

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Rated as nation's third-best junior college player in 2010-11 by JucoRecruiting.com and 11th-best by JucoJunction.com ... Started 50 games in his two seasons at Chipola College (located Marianna, Fla.) ... Averaged 11.1 points, 5.9 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore when he earned first-team All-Panhandle Conference honors ... Shot .382 from 3-point range (26-for-68) and .720 from free throw line (77-for-107) ... Led team to 25-6 record, a league title and NJCAA Region VIII championship game ... Coached by Jake Headrick ... Other Division I signees from 2010-11 team included Shamarr Bowden (East Carolina), Keith DeWitt (Southern Miss) and Marcos Knight (Middle Tennessee State).

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Smith and Northeast Guilford High Schools in Greensboro, N.C., before transferring to Charis Prep in Wilson, N.C.

MISCELLANEOUS
Born in Washington, D.C., and moved to Greensboro, N.C., at age 10 ... Parents are Ora and Samuel Grooms ... Originally signed with South Florida before going to junior college ... Chose OU over Baylor, Illinois, North Carolina and Oklahoma State ... Major is multidisciplinary studies.