Bio

2008-09
After sitting out one season, became main scoring threat inside as a junior, averaging a career-best 7.7 points and 2.6 rebounds for the year... Played in all 29 games while earning 13 starts...Ranked second on the team in scoring behind Cecil Gresham... Went through a seven game, double figure streak in the middle of the season... Registered double figures ten times throughout the year.... Shot 44.5 percent from the floor, second-best on the team... Led team in scoring on seven different occasions... Tied a career-high with 21 points 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 points in comeback win over Yale.

2007-08
Redshirted Junior year.

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

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

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

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