g ▁ 4 . 1 ap g ▁ 4 . 0 sp g . ▁ ▁College ▁career ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁a ▁rock y ▁transition ▁from ▁the ▁juni ors ▁to ▁the ▁sen iors ▁division ▁for ▁Rome o . ▁Although ▁he ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁top ▁ro ok ie , ▁sharing ▁the ▁court ▁with ▁then ▁U A AP ▁M VP ▁R R ▁Gar cia ▁proved ▁challeng ing ▁for ▁the ▁younger ▁guard , ▁especially ▁since ▁he ▁was ▁re leg ated ▁to ▁the ▁second ▁option ▁( something ▁he ▁wasn ' t ▁used ▁to ). ▁Rome o ' s ▁shooting ▁percentage ▁was ▁somewhat ▁below ▁par ▁at ▁ 3 2 ▁percent , ▁scoring ▁a ▁mere ▁( for ▁his ▁standards ) ▁ 9 . 9 ▁points ▁in ▁his ▁ro ok ie ▁season . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁season ▁seemed ▁to ▁fare ▁better ▁for ▁the ▁scoring ▁guard . ▁He ▁aver aged ▁ 1 1 . 4 1 pp g ▁ 3 . 2 4 ▁as st ▁ 4 . 7 6 reb . ▁Both ▁him ▁and ▁Gar cia ▁formed ▁a ▁form id able ▁du o . ▁They ▁carried ▁F E U ▁to ▁the ▁final s , ▁only ▁to ▁lose ▁in ▁a ▁best ▁of ▁ 3 ▁series ▁against ▁A ten e o . ▁ ▁In ▁U A AP ▁Season ▁ 7 5 ▁Rome o ▁became ▁( arg u ably ) ▁the ▁first ▁option ▁of ▁the ▁team . ▁He ▁improved ▁as ▁a ▁more ▁pot ent ▁sc orer ▁after ▁last ▁year ' s ▁heart bre aking ▁loss , ▁aver aging ▁a ▁team ▁best ▁