number41weight230positionForwardhighschoolAustralian Institute of Sportfirst_nameAlexyearSeniorhometownSydney, Australiaheight6-10last_nameOpacicAS A JUNIOR (2007-08): Led Furman in scoring and rebounding while playing in all 30 games and earning 16 starts as a junior...averaged 10.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game...ranked third on the team with 35 assists and second with 10 blocked shots...posted 18 double figure scoring outings including three 20-point games...notched team-high three double-doubles...averaged 11.6 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting 49.1% from the field and 72.6% from the foul line in 20 SoCon games...connected on 8-of-12 field goals while totaling 20 points and 12 rebounds in a home loss against Elon...contributed 19 points and 13 rebounds in a 69-59 victory over UNCG on February 10, before adding 14 points and 11 boards in a 67-61 triumph over Wofford eight days later...scored 20 points and added nine rebounds in 74-66 victory over College of Charleston in January...AS A SOPHOMORE (2006-07): Fashioned a solid sophomore campaign serving asbackup over the first 21 games of the season before moving into thestarting lineup over the final 10 contests...averaged 6.2 points and 2.6rebounds per game for the season...enjoyed stretches of outstanding play,including a season high 20-point outing (8x8 FGs) in a 69-56 home victoryover Chattanooga...poured in 18 points, including 4-of-7 from 3-pointrange, in an 80-77 double overtime home loss to College ofCharleston...tallied 12 points in Furman's 88-69 season opening win overCharleston Southern...scored 11 points in an 83-69 home win over Mercerand 10 points versus Wofford in Greenville (68-65 win).AS A FRESHMAN (2005-06): Saw action in 17 games as a truefreshman...contributed 3.1 points and 1.8 rebounds...opened his collegiatecareer with an 11-point (4x5 FTs), five-rebound performance againstMacalester (100-58 win)...contributed a season high 11 points versus JohnsHopkins (91-55 win)...had seven points against Sewanee (99-69 win)...mostsignificant performance may have come in a 67-59 win over Wofford, when hecame off the bench to contribute seven points and a season high sixrebounds (and an assist) in a season high 22 minutes of action.HIGH SCHOOL: 2004 graduate of Westfields High School...basketball coachwas Bernie Slattery...averaged 19.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assistsper game in his final season at Westfields before being selected to attendthe Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) his senior year...AIS isconsidered the premier basketball development program in the country forfuture Olympians and professionals and has produced several players whohave competed collegiately in the United States, including 2004-05national player-of-the-year Andrew Bogut of Utah and Georgia Tech's LukeSchenscher...in all played on two regional championship teams, a statenational championship team, and a national title squad during his juniorbasketball career...also competed on an Australian national team in theunder 19 Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Germany that featured team from16 countries.PERSONAL: Full name is Alex Opacic...son of Dusko and NevenkaOpacic...born June 3, 1986, in Zandar in the former Yugoslavia...familyfled the Balkan conflict for Australia in 1996...has a sister,Katarina...communications major.