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2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster

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14 Lindsey Drew

  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Encino, Calif.
  • High School Fairfax HS

Biography

2016-17 Honors
> Great Alaska Shootout all-tournament team

2017-18 Honors
> Mountain West defensive team

2019-20 Honors
> Mountain West defensive team
> Mountain West honorable mention selection (coaches & media)
> Nov. 11 Mountain West Player of the Week

    
Career:  
Member of three NCAA Tournament teams, three MW regular season championship squads, a Sweet 16 team and a MW Tournament Championship squad …  In his four-year career put Drew put his name in the Nevada record books in several categories … In his first year set the Wolf Pack freshman record with 56 steals and a year later set the sophomore assists record with 164 …  His career 654 rebounds ranks ninth, 508 assists is third, 106 blocks is ninth, 168 steals is fifth, 124 starts is third, 130 games played is tied for sixth, and 3,935 minutes is third at Nevada … He played 93 wins during his career to rank fourth in school history … In his freshman season he played in 37 games which ranks fifth at Nevada and the 36 he started in his first season is tied for the most for Wolf Pack player …  The 36 starts in 2015-16 is the high for a Nevada freshman …  In MW games his 263 assists, 93 steals, and 2,074 minutes played are school records  …  Only player at Nevada to score 900 points, grab 600 rebounds and dish out 500 assists. 

2019-20 (Sr.):  Started all 31 games …  Third on the team scoring 11.4 points per game …  Honorable mention Mountain West selection by the coaches and media …  Named to the MW Defensive team by the coaches for the second time in his career …  Named Nov. 11 MW Player of the Week after averaging 27 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists as the Pack split its first two games of the season …  Scored a career-high 30 points in his first game back after missing the entire 2018-19 season after rupturing his achilles at Boise State on Feb. 14, 2018 … The 30 points came in his 100th game at Nevada and 94th career start …    Only player at Nevada to score 900 points, grab 600 rebounds and dish out 500 assists and ended his career with 982 points, 654 rebounds,  508 assists and 168 steals in 130 games played  ... Led the team in rebounding and ranked seventh in the MW grabbing 6.6 per game …  Ranked in the MW in seven categories:  rebounding (6.6 rpg, 7th), assists (4.0 apg, T4th), steals (1.4 spg, 3rd), blocks (0.7 bpg, 9th), assist/turnover ratio (1.6 a/to ratio, 6th), defensive rebounds per game (5.7 drpg, 5th), minutes (30.9 mpg, 15th) …  His four assists per game was tops on the team and tied for fourth in the conference …  Led the Pack in rebounding a team-high 15 times and five times topped the team in scoring …  Three double-doubles led the team …  In 18 games scored in double figures which was his career high …  Twice posted game-highs in points coming in back-to-back games vs. Utah (30 pts) and Loyola Marymount (24 pts) … Six times posted game highs in rebounds and nine times in assists …  Tied his career high with nine assists in the home win over Boise State and did not commit a turnover ...  The nine assists vs. BSU was the high for a Pack player …  Earned fourth basketball letter.

2018-19 (RS):  Missed the season recovering from multiple surgeries ...  A ruptured achilles that he suffered in the Pack’s game at Boise State on Feb. 14, 2018 and surgery on both hips which cost his the season and forced him to redshirt.

2017-18 (Jr.):  Started 26-of-27 games before suffering an achilles injury at Boise State and missed the final 10 games of the season  ...  Earned first MW honor being named to the MW coaches defensive team  ...  Averaged a then career-high 8.1 points per game ...  Four times toped the team in rebounding and eight vs. San Francisco in Las Vegas was a game high  ...  Was rebound short of a triple-double in the home victory over San Diego State finishing with 12 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds but did record his second career double-double ...  The nine assists tied his career high that occurred three times in his junior year  ...  Scored in double figures in 10 games with a then career-high 17 coming at home against UNLV  ...  Had a career-high four game stretch of reaching double figures going into the game at BSU when he suffered the injury  ... Lettered for the third time.

2016-17 (So.):  Appeared in all 35 games and started 31 at point guard  ...  Helped the Pack capture the 2016-17 Mountain West regular season and tournament titles  ...  Member of Nevada team that advanced to the NCAA Tournament  ...  Set the school sophomore record with 164 assists that was previously held by NBA veteran Ramon Sessions  ...  Topped the Mountain West averaging 4.7 assists per game and was second in conference play averaging 4.4 per game  ...  Posted his first career double-double and nearly made it a triple-double with 11 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists in a 91-69 win at Bradley  ... The 14 rebounds at Bradley and 10 at home vs. Utah State were game highs  ... Third double figure rebound game was 10 vs. Santa Barbara in Las Vegas  ...  Four times led the team in rebounding and 22 times in assists  ...  Second in the MW and in conference play with a 2.6 assist to turnover ratio that was also 39th in NCAA I  ...  Led MW and ranked 50th nationally with 164 assists  ...  Averaged 0.9 blocks per game that ranked eighth in MW play and ninth overall in the conference  ...  Lettered for the second time.

2015-16 (Fr.):  Earned a starting spot in his first season in the program …  Appeared in 37 games and started 36    …  Only game he missed was the third game of the season at Hawai`i with an ankle injury  …  Helped the Pack become the first MW and Nevada team to win a postseason championship as the Wolf Pack captured the CBI  …  His 56 steals set the Nevada record for a freshman  …  Ranked 68th national with the 56 steals  …  Fourth in the MW averaging 1.5 steals per game and tied for fourth in conference play averaging 1.7 per game  …  Finished eighth in the MW blocking one shot per game in conference action  …  In six CBI games averaged 7.8 points, 4.3 assists, five rebounds and 1.2 steals per game  …  On the season averaged 5.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.8 blocks in 28.8 minutes per game  …  Three double figure scoring games on the season with 12 vs. Fresno Pacific, 13 at Colorado State and a season-high 16 in the first game of the CBI vs. Montana  …  Of the 16 points in the Montana game, 14 were scored after halftime  …  Three-pointer with 1:35 to play against Montana put the Pack up 70-68 and they did not trail the rest of the game  ... Also had six assists, three rebounds, a steal and did not commit a turnover playing 38 minutes vs. the Grizzlies  …  Led the Pack with eight rebounds in the game at Boise State ... Also scored eight points, blocked two shots and collected three steals at BSU  ...  Dished out a season-high eight assists, grabbed a season-high nine rebounds, and scored eight points playing a season-high 43 minutes in the overtime win over Colorado State  ...  Block in 23-of-37 games played ...  Made the final two free throws in the USU home game to seal the victory  ...  Three blocks in back-to-back games vs. BSU and at Wyoming  ...  Steal in 29 games and two or more steals in 18 games  ...  Season-high four steals twice vs. Fresno Pacific and at New Mexico  ...  Six assists vs. Coastal Carolina tied for game-high honors and six in the Santa Clara game was a game high  ...   Scored in double figures for the first time in his career finishing with 12 points against Fresno Pacific  ...  Tied for game high honors with seven rebounds in the FPU contest and grabbed a game-high seven rebounds at Cal State Fullerton  …  Free throw with 21 seconds to play in regulation tied the Pacific score at  65 and sent the game into overtime ...  Filled the stat sheet in his first collegiate start in the win over Coastal Carolina  ...  Scored four points but had six assists, five rebounds, two blocks and three steals playing a game-high 38 minutes against CCU  ...  Did not commit a turnover in the CCU game  …  Earned his first letter.
    
HIGH SCHOOL

Named the City Section, All-City and All-Open Division Player of the Year his senior season at Fairfax High School  ...  CIF Los Angeles City Section Wooden Award recipient  ...  Averaged 14.2 points, 9.6 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game for coach Harvey Kitani  ...  The Lions went 32-3 on the season, 11-1 in league play and captured the Los Angeles city championship ...  FHS ended the year ranked 23rd nationally  ...  Scouthoops.com ranked him as a three-star recruit  ...  Ranked as the 25th best point guard nationally, third in the state of California and fifth in the west.

PERSONAL
General studies major ...  Son of Larry and Sharon Drew  ...  Father played 10 years in the NBA, was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks,Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers  ...  Brother Larry II played at North Carolina and UCLA while his brother Landon played at Cal State Northridge  ...  Enjoys listening to music and watching movies  ...  Chose the Pack over Cal and Oregon State  ....  Sports hero is Lebron James.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015-16Freshman

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    2016-17Sophomore

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    2017-18Junior

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    14
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    2018-19Senior

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    14
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    2019-20Senior

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    14