Bryant University

2008-09
After sitting out one season, became main scoring threat inside asa junior, averaging a career-best 7.7 points and 2.6 rebounds forthe year... Played in all 29 games while earning 13 starts...Rankedsecond on the team in scoring behind Cecil Gresham... Went througha seven game, double figure streak in the middle of the season...Registered double figures ten times throughout the year.... Shot44.5 percent from the floor, second-best on the team... Led team inscoring on seven different occasions... Tied a career-high with 21points in win at Quinnipiac, going nine-for-15 from the floor...Had 18 points and seven rebounds in win over Fairleigh Dickinson...Scored 18 points against Brown... Contributed 15 second-half pointsin comeback win over Yale.

2007-08
Redshirted Junior year.

2006-07
Played in 31 of 32 games as a sophomore, earning starts in gamesvs. Assumption, UMass-Lowell, and at Bentley in December ...Averaged 6.0 ppg and 3.5 rebounds per game ... Double figures ineight games including season-best 13 vs. Bridgeport ...Posted adouble-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. UMass Lowell athome ... Made 53.3 percent of attempts from the floor and had 11steals on the season.

2005-06
Named to Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie team ... NE-10 Freshmanof Week honors following career-high 21 point performance againstUMass Lowell on Feb. 1 ... Also had 10 rebounds and made 10 of 12from the field in the game ... Had tremendous string of games inlate December with 18 points vs. Bloomfield and 10 points, 9rebounds vs. Holy Family at Holiday Classic and followed with 16points (7-for-10 FG) at Bentley ... Had five blocks in first fourgames.

High School
2005 graduate of New Bedford High School ... Three year varsitybasketball member for head coach Ed Rodriguez ... Led New Bedfordto league championship during junior and senior seasons ...Two-year All Southern Mass, All-Conference ... Participated inCoca-Cola Challenge All-Star Games as a junior and senior ...Massachusett's Gatorade Player of the Year and McDonald'sAll-American Nominee senior year ... Winner of the Dave CavansAward ... Also lettered in hockey and baseball ... Honor Rollstudent junior and senior years.

Personal
Nicholas D. Pontes, born January 28, 1987 ... Son of Glennand Robyn...Has two brothers (Andrew and Josh)...Marketing major... Biggest influence is Dave dos Santos for mentoring him throughhigh school.