July 24, 2006

Washington, D.C. - Former Georgetown University men's basketball player Ashanti Cook (Inglewood, Calif./Westchester) has signed a contract to play for Braunschweig in the German Basketball League. Braunschweig plays in the German league's top division.

Cook is the second member of the 2005-06 team to take the step to the professional level, as his former high school and college teammate, Brandon Bowman (Santa Monica, Calif./Westchester) was a member of the Portland Trailblazers team during the NBA Summer League.

Cook finished the 2005-06 season fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 10.2 points per game. He shot 47.0 percent from the field (119-of-253), including 43.7 percent from outside the arc (52-of-119). In addition, he was third on the team, handing out 2.5 assists per game and was fifth on the team with 2.5 rebounds per game.

When he scored 16 points against Marquette during the BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinals, Cook became the 36th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career. He finished his four-year career playing in 117 games, with 93 consecutive starts. Cook is 31st all-time in scoring with 1,057 points, a 9.0 per game average. The guard also ranks third all-time at Georgetown with 157 three-pointers made, fourth in attempts (412), sixth in percentage (38.1) and 16th all-time in assists with 297 (a 2.5 per game average).

Georgetown enjoyed one of its most successful seasons in recent memory in 2005-06. The Hoyas posted a 23-10 overall record, including a 10-6 mark in the BIG EAST Conference, and were ranked among the top-25 teams in the country for the final eight weeks of the season.

Cook helped lead GU to three wins over teams ranked among the top-10 in the country - including an 87-84 win over then No. 1-ranked Duke at the Verizon Center - during the regular season and was a key figure as the Hoyas reached the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament and the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.

During the postseason, Cook averaged 13.3 points per game, connecting on 50.9 percent of his shots from the field (28-of-55) and 50.0 percent of his three-pointers (13-of-26).