#5 Steve Barnes
G, 5-11, 180, Senior
Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View High School/Snow College

2005-06 Season Highs: 24 pts at UMKC; 6 rebs vs. IUPUI; 9 assists vs. IUPUI

Career Highs: 24 pts at UMKC (2/18/06), 7 rebs vs. Oral Roberts (1/31/05), 9 assists vs. IUPUI (2/25/06)

2005-06 Season Highlights: Earned honorable mention All-Mid-Continent Conference honors after leading the league in assists (5.5 in league games, 4.9 overall) and 3-point percentage (58.1 percent in league games and .500 overall). Dished out a career-high nine assists vs. IUPUI, also had a season-high six boards and eight points vs. the Jaguars. Scored a career-best 24 points at UMKC on 7-of-9 shooting from 3-point range and 3-of-3 FTs. Moved into sixth place on the SUU single-season assist list last year, is currently sixth on both the career and single-season lists. Had seven or more dimes in the final three games and in five of the last seven. Started 29 of 30 games, led or co-led squad in assists in 23. Had at least four assists in 22 games and averaged 6.0 the last 19 times out. Was third in the Mid-Con in assists/turnover ratio at 2.03. Tied his then-career-high with eight assists at CSU and again at Western Illinois where he also scored a then-season-high 15. Had seven assists vs. Oakland, at IUPUI, and at UNLV. Tallied 14 assists in the two games vs. Weber State, with eight at home and six in Ogden.

2004-05 Season Highlights: Led team and ranked third in the Mid-Con in both assists (4.54 per game) and assists/turnovers ratio (2.51); averaged 5.21 assists in league-games only, which ranked second. Led or co-led team in assists 18 times – including 14 of the last 15 games – also led team in steals and co-led in blocks once. Had at least one assist in every game he played and scored in all but two. Had a five-game streak of seven or more dimes. Had 14 points, five rebounds, four assists and a steal at Valpo. Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds, dished out seven assists, had a steal and hit 5-of-8 shots for 12 points vs. Oral Roberts. Posted season-highs of eight assists and 16 points (on 4-of-5 shooting) vs. Western Illinois. Dished out a team-high seven assists vs. Valpo, also scored 10 points.

At Snow College: Played one season for the Badgers. Averaged 6.9 points and 4.27 assists per game in 2003-04 while hitting .479 percent of his shots, including a .511 effort (24-of-47) from 3-point territory. Hit .726 percent of his free throws. Led the Scenic West Athletic Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.91, was fifth in the league in assists, 12th in steals (1.27 spg), and 14th in defensive rebounds (3.06 rpg) in helping the Badgers to a 22-8 overall record.

At Canyon View High School: Averaged 10.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game as a senior for now-SUU women’s coach Steve Hodson’s Canyon View Falcons, earning 3A first-team all-state status along the way. Also helped the Falcons to region and state titles during his junior campaign. Also competed in football and track at CVHS.

Coach Evans On Steve: “I’m very proud of Steve and the effort he has made to become a better basketball player. Last year he led our league in assists and three-point shooting and was among the leaders in assists-to-turnover ratio. There are some good point guards in this league but I’m not sure there are any better pure point guards than Steve. He runs the show, gets the ball where it needs to be and needs to continue to do that but he also needs to take more shots for us this year.”