2015-16 (So.): Key member of Nevada's CBI Championships team … Played in all 38 games in his second year and earned one start coming against Holy Names … Averaged 9.3 points in the CBI finals series and 7.8 points in the six CBI games … Netted 15 points in the first game of the CBI final series at Morehead State … Topped the team with 56 made 3-pointers and 31.3 percent shooting from behind the arc … Scored in double figures 19 times on the season which ranked fifth on the team … Four times led the Pack in scoring on the season; 11 at Boise State, 14 at Colorado State, 16 at Wichita State, and 19 at Cal State Fullerton … Reached double figures in eight of the final nine road games which included a stretch of five in a row ... Scored a career-high 24 points at UNLV in 39 minutes off the bench ... In the UNLV game set career-highs for points (24), field goals made (8), field goals attempted (23) and three-point field goals attempted (13) ... Tied his career and season high with four made 3-pointers at CSU and vs. Fresno Pacific … Scored in double figures in five consecutive road games; at Fresno State (10 pts), Air Force (16 pts), Wyoming (13), Utah State (13) and CSU (14) ... Made 6-of-7 free throws at Wyoming ... Fifth on the team averaging 9.3 points per game ... Made a 3-pointer in 29-of-38 games and three or more in 14 games ... Lettered for the second time.
2014-15 (Fr.): Played in all 31 games and started the final 14 of the season ... Scored a game-high 20 points in his first start at Fresno State ... Fifth on the team averaging 7.3 points per game ... In his 14 starts averaged 11.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game ... Netted 20 points for the second time at Air Force making him the only Pack player with two 20-point games on the season ... Six times leading the team in scoring was third best on the team and nine double figures scoring games was fifth ... Posted game highs with 20 points at Fresno State, 16 points at home against UNLV and with 20 points at Air Force ... Also led the team with 17 points in the San Diego State home game, 14 at Utah State and 10 at UNLV in the MW Championship ... Reached double figures in six of his first seven starts that included a stretch of four in a row ... Made four 3-pointers at Fresno State and Air Force which was the high by a Pack player ... Topped the team with 38 three-pointers made ... Scored in double figures in 8-of-14 starts ... Three-pointer with 1:04 to play at UNLV put the Pack up 61-60 ... Earned first basketball letter.
PRIOR TO NEVADA Played one year at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. for coach John Mahoney ... Averaged 17.5 points and made 47 percent of his shots ... Connected on 43 percent of his three-point attempts and was good on 79 percent of his free throw attempts ... Dished out 3.4 assists per game ... In the final four games of the season he averaged 24 points per game and 54 percent from behind the arc.
HIGH SCHOOL Played his senior year at St. Anthony High School in Long Beach, Calif. for his father Eric Cooper, Sr. ... Played three years at Lutheran High School in La Verne, Calif. also for his father ... Averaged double figures as a junior (15.6 ppg) and senior (22.7 ppg) ... At SAHS he averaged 2.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds his senior season ... Helped LHS to state titles in 2010 and 2011 ... As a high school athlete he was named to the Cal High Sports All-State freshman, sophomore and junior teams ... Senior year he earned Cal High Sports All State Division IV honors ... Junior season was selected to All-CIF southern section, All-San Gabriel Valley and all-area first team ... Senior season he was selected to the All-CIF southern section, the Santa Fe League MVP, All-Santa Fe League and All-Long Beach Press Telegram team.
PERSONAL Undecided on major ... Son of Eric, Sr. and Eileen Cooper. ... In his free time likes to watch football, play video games, go to the beach and spend time with friends ... Chose Nevada over Arizona, UC Irvine, Tulane, Minnesota, UTEP, Boise State and St. Mary's ... Father played at Arizona and UTEP before playing professionally overseas ... Sports heroes are his father, Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry.
