2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
2024-25
- Played in and started 32 games, averaging 30.6 minutes
- Ranked third on the team in scoring at 10.7 points per game
- Grabbed 4.7 rebounds per game
- Led team in assists (136) and steals (54)
- Scored season-best 21 points twice, vs. College of Charleston (11/27) & Norfolk State (12/15)
- Grabbed career-high 14 rebounds in near triple-double vs. Robert Morris (12/29)
- Dished out eight assists vs. Detroit Mercy (12/18)
2023-24
- Appeared in and started in 13 games before injury ended his season in late December
- Averaged 13.3 points per game before injury
- Grabbed 34 steals
2022-23
- All League Third Team
- Horizon League All-Defensive Team
- Averaged 11.4 PPG, 4.1 REB, 3.0 AST, and 2.4 STL per game
- 66 steals ranked 12th in the country
- Helped lead NKU to Horizon League Championship
- Scored 15 points as NKU battled No. 1 Houston in NCAA Tournament Round of 64Â
Sam Vinson's 2021-22 statsÂ
2021-2022
- Kyle Macy Freshman All-American Team selection, finalist for Kyle Macy Award for top freshman in college basketball
- Horizon League Freshman of the Year and member of the league's All-Freshman Team; earned seven Horizon League Freshman of the Week honors, tying four others for third-all time in Horizon League annalsÂ
- Set new Horizon League freshman record with 66 steals, surpassing former No. 1 Jordan Fouse (55 in 2012-13)
- Ranked 12th nationally in total steals (66) and 31st in steals per game (2.1) at the end of NKU's season
- Scored a career-high 24 points on 9-for-18 shooting at UIC Jan. 20
- Scored in double-figures 19 times throughout the season, including three 20+ performancesÂ
- Was the only Norse player to start all 32 games
- Averaged 11.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.1 steals while logging 32.7 minutes; finished with 357 pointsÂ
PRIOR TO NKU
- 2021 Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year and finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year award
- 2021 Lexington Herald Leader, Louisville Courier Journal, BluegrassPreps.com All-State First Team, while being named Bluegrass Preps and MaxPreps Kentucky Player of the Year honors
- Led Highlands (30-4) to the 2021 Kentucky State Championship, earning tournament MVP status after registering 23.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists in the tournament
- Kentucky's 9th Region Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball finalist
- Averaged 22.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while connecting on 56.7% of his field-goal attempts
- Scored 1,791 points during prep career
Statistics
Season Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2021-22Freshman
Guard
6'5"
195 lbs
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2022-23Sophomore
Guard
6'5"
205 lbs
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2023-24Junior
Guard
6'5"
205 lbs
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2024-25Senior
Guard
6'5"
205 lbs
