Roderick Anderson (born April 8, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. He attended

Angelina College Angelina College is a public community college with its main campus in Lufkin, Texas. It has nine off-campus centers in Crockett, Hemphill, Jasper, Livingston (Polk County Center), Nacogdoches, Pineland (Sabine Center), San Augustine, Tr ...

for two years before transferring to the

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, spending two years at

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. In 1994–95 he led the NCAA in steals, averaging 3.4 per game.

College career

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native, Anderson joined

Lufkin, Texas Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019. Lufkin was founded ...

in 1991. During his first season he averaged 29.3 points, 7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game,Stats at Angelina College as shown in the 1995–96 Classic Rookie Card #75 for Roderick Anderson, Classic Marketing, 1995. and was named a first-team junior college All-American at the end of his freshman season. In his sophomore season with the Angelina Roadrunners, Anderson posted averages of 28.6 points, 9 rebounds and 8.3 assists per game, and again earned first-team All-American honors. He scored 47 points in 1993 against

Navarro College Navarro College is a public community college in Texas with its main campus in Corsicana and branches in Fairfield, Mexia, Midlothian, and Waxahachie. The college has an annual student enrollment of more than 9,000 students. The Corsicana ...

, an all-time record for Angelina. He also holds the record for most free throws in a single game with 25. In 2015 Anderson was inducted in the Angelina Hall of Fame. Anderson's performances at JUCO level earned him attention from three Division I programs:

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and

. In April 1993 he signed with Texas. In his first year with the Longhorns he started 13 games of 29 played, and ranked second on the team in assists per game (behind B. J. Tyler) and fourth in points per game with 12.3, playing a total of 824 minutes over 29 games (28.4 per game). In his senior season Anderson was named co-captain with

Terrence Rencher Terrence Lamont Rencher (born February 19, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. He is an assistant coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Playing career Rencher was a prep star at St. Raymond High School for Boys in the B ...

and improved his averages to 7 assists and 20.3 points per game, ranking first on the team in assists and second in scoring (behind Rencher), playing a total of 1023 minutes (34.1 per game). On February 11, 1995 he tied a Texas record for most free throws in one half with 12 against

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. His 7 assists per game ranked him second in the SWC behind

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of Baylor, and he led the nation in steals per game with 3.4 (101 total). At the end of the season he was a consensus First-team All-SWC selection, and he was named the team co-MVP together with Rencher. He finished his career at Texas as the 9th player of all-time for assists with a total of 362, and 8th for total steals with 165.

College statistics

Junior college

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Division I

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Professional career

After the end of his senior season at Texas, Anderson was automatically eligible for the

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, but he was not selected by any franchise. He was drafted in the 2nd round (17th overall) of the 1995 CBA draft by the

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in September 1995. In October he participated in a preseason rookie camp for the

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, but was cut on October 16, 1995. He then joined the

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for the 1995–96 CBA season, and he played only 3 games with the team, averaging 3.7 points, 2.7 assists and 0.3 steals in 12.3 minutes per game. In 1996 he joined the Portland Wave of the

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, being waived in May 1997. Later in 1997 Anderson tried out for the Galveston Storm of the Southwest Basketball League, but did not make the final roster. He then spent the 1998–99 season with the

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of the

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. In 1999 he moved to

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, and signed for the

08 Stockholm Human Rights 08 Stockholm Human Rights is a Swedish basketball club located in Stockholm that has a men's and women's team. The club was established in 1996 when two of the most successful basketball associations, Alvik BK (established 1956) and the South YM ...

, where he spent the 1999–2000 season. In 2000 he moved to the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

and signed for

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, where he averaged 8.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists in the 2000–01 National Basketball League season. Anderson spent the 2001–02 season with Sloboda Dita, and played 22 games in the

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, posting averages of 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and a league-leading 2.4 steals per game. In 2002 he briefly joined Londrina in

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before being waived.

References

External links

Stats at Proballers.comProfile at DraftExpress.com
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