PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Started 27 games for Newberry College as a sophomore ... Averaged 11.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game ... Hit 108 of 228 shots from the floor (.474) and 29 of 73 shots from three-point range (.397) ... Led Newberry in scoring five times, including a season-high 26 points in a 65-49 win over Lincoln Memorial on Jan. 14 ... Reached double digit scoring in 15 games.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for four years at Duluth HS in Duluth, Ga. ... Earned All-County and All-State honors for the Wildcats ... Led the team in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL: Born Jese Robert Wheeler on December 14, 1987, in Atlanta, Ga. ... Hometown is Suwanee, Ga. ... Son of Loyd and Patti Wheeler ... Majoring in liberal studies ... Lists Michael Jordan as a favorite sports personality.