Emmitsburg, MD -- Former Mount St. Mary’s men’s basketball star Fred Carter will have his jersey retired at a ceremony at halftime of the Mount’s game against longtime rival Loyola on Saturday, December 1st.
Carter, who went on to play eight years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), is third all-time on the Mount’s scoring list with 1,840 career points. The first African-American resident student at the Mount, Carter averaged 21.9 points and 11.0 rebounds in 84 career games at Mount St. Mary’s. Carter later coached the Mount’s women’s basketball team for three seasons.
Nicknamed Mad Dog, Carter was selected in the third round of the 1969 NBA Draft by the Baltimore Bullets. He played eight seasons in the league, scoring 9,271 career points while playing for the Bullets, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Milwaukee Bucks.
Carter went on to coach the 76ers from 1992-94 and is currently an analyst on NBA-TV. Carter’s #33 will be place alongside the #830 that the Mount retired in honor of legendary head coach Jim Phelan, who is fourth all-time in NCAA Division I with 830 career wins.
On December 1st, the Mount women’s team will host Loyola at 5:00 p.m. with the men’s team to follow at 7:30 p.m. The ceremony to retire Carter’s number will at halftime of the men’s game.
For ticket information, contact the Mount Ticket Office at 301-447-5700. The men’s game will be carried live on the Mid Atlantic Sports Network while the women’s game will be shown on tape delay.