UNCP Athletics

AS A JUNIOR AT NEW HAMPSHIRE (2021-22)

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Played in 24 games (1 start) … Averaged 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds in 15.7 minutes per outing … Shot 43.9 percent (47-for-107) from the field, including a 6-for-22 (.273) success rate from the perimeter … Also canned 61.4 percent (27-for-44) of his free throw attempts … Added 22 assists, five steals and two blocks to his statistics line as well … Scored 10 or more points in six contests, including a season-best 26 points in 31 minutes of action against Stony Brook … Also added a season-high nine rebounds against the Seawolves.
 

AS A JUNIOR AT NEW HAMPSHIRE (2020-21)

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Did not see action … Sat out season due to NCAA transfer rules.
 

AS A SOPHOMORE AT HOUSTON BAPTIST (2019-20)

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Played in 29 games (5 starts) … Averaged 7.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in 19.0 minutes per outing … Shot 36.8 percent (70-for-190) from the field, including a 32-for-61 (.361) success rate from the perimeter … Was a 72.1 percent (44-for-61) shooter from the free throw line … Also added 14 steals and five blocks … Posted 10 or more points in eight outings, including a season-high 14 points against both Oral Roberts and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … Logged a season-best seven rebounds against Northwestern State … Tallied a season-best four assists against Incarnate Word.
 

AS A FRESHMAN AT HOUSTON BAPTIST (2018-19)

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Played in 21 games … Averaged 2.8 points and 2.0 rebounds in 9.7 minutes per outing … Shot 26.5 percent (18-for-68) from the field, including a 6-for-26 (.231) clip from the perimeter … Canned 60.7 percent (17-for-28) of his free throw attempts … Also added 15 assists, nine steals and five blocks … Logged a season-best nine points against both Sam Houston State and Northwestern State … Also turned in a season-high six rebounds, two assists and a pair of blocks against NSU.
 

HIGH SCHOOL

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A three-year starter at the Cannon School for coach Che Roth … Averaged 25 points, eight rebounds and five assists as a senior … Earned first team all-CISAA honors and was named honorable mention all-NCISAA … Averaged 20 points, seven rebounds and four assists as a junior … Averaged 14 points, six rebounds and three assists as a sophomore … Also played club basketball for Team United.
 

PERSONAL

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The son of Valerie and Ron Murphy … Hobbies include playing video games … Was a member of Honors Chorus as a prep senior, and played the saxophone in high school as well … Names his parents as his heroes … Favorite movies are Straight Outta Compton and 42 … Favorite sports teams are the Dallas Cowboys and the Carolina Panthers … Favorite food is Chinese food … A mass communication major at UNCP.

 

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 3/13/2023)
Points	13 vs. Catawba (11/13/22)
FG	5 vs. Catawba (11/13/22)
FGA	8, twice - last vs. Belmont Abbey (2/22/23)
3FG	3 vs. Catawba (11/13/22)
3FGA	5 vs. Catawba (11/13/22)
FT	1 vs. St. Augustine's (11/22/22)
FTA	2 vs. St. Augustine's (11/22/22)
Rebounds	7 vs. Shaw (11/26/22)
Assists	2 vs. Belmont Abbey (2/22/23)
Steals	2 at King (12/15/22)
Blocks	None
Turnovers	2, twice - last vs. North Greenville (1/14/23)
Minutes	19 vs. Shaw (11/26/22)
Double-Figure Points	1 time
Double-Figure Rebounds	None
Double-Doubles	None
20+ Points	None
7+ Rebounds	1 time
5+ Assists	None
5+ Steals	None