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Quarles played college basketball at Texas, As a freshman he joined Tom Penders’ program in 1992-93 as a center-forward from Fort Worth Trimble Tech and wore No. 4 for the Longhorns.

Texas finished 11-17 overall and 4-10 in Southwest Conference play in 1992-93, placing seventh in the league and missing the NCAA tournament and NIT.

In that 1992-93 freshman season, Quarles played 26 games and the available Sports Reference season row lists 12.3 minutes, 2.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game, while shooting 38.8 percent from the field and 66.7 percent at the free throw line.

That same freshman row also lists 1.0 made field goals on 2.6 attempts per game, no made three-pointers, 0.5 made free throws on 0.8 attempts per game, plus 0.4 steals, 0.6 blocks and 2.5 turnovers per game.

Quarles was part of a frontcourt group that included Albert Burditt, Sonny Alvarado and Brian Durdin, and he was noted as taking on a larger role at times during a difficult season for Texas.

He returned in 1993-94 for his sophomore season as Texas surged to a 26-8 overall record and a 12-2 mark in Southwest Conference play, finishing first in the league and closing the year ranked No. 20 in the final AP poll.

Texas reached the NCAA tournament in 1993-94 as a No. 6 seed in the Midwest Regional, beat Western Kentucky 91-77 in the first round, beat Indiana 91-82 in the second round, and then lost 82-78 to No. 2 seed Minnesota in the regional semifinal.

Quarles played 22 games and made 0 starts in 1993-94, and his exact Sports Reference season row was 107 minutes, 13-for-35 from the field for 37.1 percent, 0-for-3 from three-point range, 9-for-15 from the line for 60.0 percent, 22 total rebounds, and averages of 4.9 minutes, 1.6 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.0 assists per game.

That sophomore row also lists 0.3 steals, 0.2 blocks, 0.4 turnovers and 1.3 fouls per game, and his total scoring for the season was 35 points.

One of his documented games that year came against Kentucky on December 21, 1993, when he played 6 minutes, scored 2 points and collected 3 rebounds.

There is no separate 1994-95 Sports Reference season row for Quarles, and his next recorded season appears in 1995-96 when he was listed as a junior.

In 1995-96, Texas finished 21-10 overall and 10-4 in Southwest Conference play, placing third in the league before reaching the NCAA tournament.

That 1995-96 Texas team earned a No. 10 seed in the Midwest Regional, beat No. 7 seed Michigan 80-76 in the first round, and then lost 65-62 to No. 2 seed Wake Forest in the second round.

Quarles played 28 games in 1995-96, and his exact Sports Reference totals row was 235 minutes, 25-for-68 from the field for 36.8 percent, 0-for-2 from three-point range, 14-for-23 from the foul line for 60.9 percent, 59 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 steals, 12 blocks, 64 points and 10 turnovers.

His 1995-96 per-game line was 8.4 minutes, 2.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game, with 0.2 steals and 0.4 blocks per game.

Quarles was part of a Texas rotation that also featured Reggie Freeman, Sonny Alvarado, Kris Clack, Brandy Perryman, Lamont Hill, Dejuan Vazquez and Dennis Jordan.

A December 1995 report noted that Dennis Jordan made a start in Quarles’ place in one game, showing that Quarles was part of the center competition on that team even though he did not hold a regular starting role that season.

He finished his college career in 1996-97, when Texas went 18-12 on the court, later adjusted to 19-11 overall and 11-5 in league results, with the Longhorns going 10-6 in Big 12 play and finishing third in the conference in the program’s first season in the new league.

Texas again reached the NCAA tournament in 1996-97 as a No. 10 seed in the East Regional, beat No. 7 seed Wisconsin 71-58 in the first round, beat No. 15 seed Coppin State 82-81 in the second round, and then lost 78-63 to Louisville in the regional semifinal.

Quarles played 30 games and made 2 starts in 1996-97, and his exact Sports Reference totals row was 492 minutes, 58-for-142 from the field for 40.8 percent, 1-for-2 from three-point range for 50.0 percent, 18-for-39 from the free throw line for 46.2 percent, 146 rebounds, 4 assists, 18 steals, 23 blocks, 31 turnovers, 82 fouls and 135 points.

His 1996-97 per-game line was 16.4 minutes, 4.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game, along with 0.6 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.

That senior season, Quarles ranked among Texas’ better interior defenders and rebounders, and his per-40-minute line worked out to 11.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.

One of his best documented performances came in a December 1996 win when he scored 10 points and grabbed 8 rebounds.

He also played a critical late defensive role in Texas’ 82-81 NCAA tournament win over Coppin State, when his size on the final inbounds sequence helped force the errant pass that sealed the result.

Across his full Sports Reference college career, Quarles played 106 games and averaged 2.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game for Texas.

His exact career totals are not fully displayed in the available search snippets, but the Sports Reference record confirms the four recorded season rows of 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96 and 1996-97, with Texas team records of 11-17, 26-8, 21-10 and adjusted 19-11 for those seasons.

Taken together, Quarles’ Texas career spanned the end of the Southwest Conference era and the start of the Big 12 era, and he finished with three NCAA tournament teams on his résumé after beginning on a rebuilding 1992-93 Longhorns squad.