▁per ▁game . ▁He ▁finished ▁ 1 1 th ▁in ▁scoring ▁and ▁ 1 7 th ▁in ▁re bound ing ▁in ▁the ▁MAC , ▁while ▁his ▁ste als ▁and ▁ass ists ▁ranked ▁him ▁ 5 th ▁and ▁ 7 th ▁nation ally . ▁He ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁MAC ▁F resh man ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁while ▁also ▁helping ▁the ▁Bob c ats ▁ups et ▁the ▁# 3 - se eded ▁Ge or get own ▁Ho y as ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁NCAA ▁Tournament . ▁No ▁player ▁in ▁the ▁conference ▁recorded ▁more ▁minutes ▁played ▁than ▁Cooper ▁all ▁year ▁and ▁he ▁also ▁set ▁new ▁school ▁records ▁in ▁single - season ▁ste als ▁( 9 3 ) ▁and ▁ass ists ▁( 2 1 8 ). ▁ ▁He ading ▁into ▁his ▁s oph om ore ▁campaign , ▁Cooper ▁was ▁tab bed ▁as ▁the ▁MAC ▁Pres e ason ▁Player ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁Although ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁win ▁the ▁award , ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁a ▁first ▁team ▁all - con ference ▁selection ▁after ▁breaking ▁his ▁own ▁school ▁record ▁for ▁ass ists ▁( 2 6 3 ), ▁while ▁his ▁ 7 . 5 ▁ass ists - per - game ▁average ▁ranked ▁third ▁nation ally . ▁In ▁a ▁game ▁against ▁the ▁Miami ▁Red H aw ks ▁he ▁scored ▁his ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 th ▁career ▁point ; ▁in ▁another ▁game ▁against ▁the ▁Ak ron ▁Z ips , ▁he ▁almost ▁recorded ▁a ▁triple - double ▁with ▁ 2 5 ▁points , ▁nine