2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Namon Wright
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- Pacific Hills/Missouri
Career:Â Played in 44 games at Colorado averaging 8.8 points and 3.3 rebounds. Combined with his two seasons at Missouri, Wright played in 105 games with 890 points (8.5 ppg) and 121 3-point field goals.
2018-19 (Senior): Averaged 7.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in 14 games. His final season started off with a bang, scoring a Colorado personal-best 25 points against Drake (11/13). He was 8 of 12 from the field with five 3-pointers, his best in a Colorado uniform. He came off the bench for all 14 games, averaging 17.1 minutes while shooting 45 percent from the field and 38 percent from 3-point range. His season was cut short due to a nagging foot injury that he elected to have surgery on, ending his Colorado career in January. Missed the final 19 games and all but five minutes of the final 23 contests. Signed a professional contract with the Leicester Riders of the British Basketball League in July 2019.
2017-18 (Junior): Averaged 9.7 points and 3.5 rebounds in 30 games during his first season in a Colorado uniform. He ranked third on the team in scoring and fourth in assists (34) and 3-pointers made (29). Scored in double-digits 15 times with a season-best 20 points on two occasions; first at No. 13/14 ranked Xavier (12/9) and then at Oregon (12/31). In the game at Xavier, he registered a personal-best and team season-high six steals, tying for the 14th best single-game mark in team history and the most by a Buffalo since Spencer Dinwiddie also had six against Jackson State on Nov. 16, 2013. In the home win over Washington State (1/18) he logged his second collegiate double-double, and first as a Buffalo, with 16 points and a season-best 10 rebounds. He averaged 16 points and shot 83 percent from the foul line (19-23) at the Paradise Jam. Against Quinnipiac (11/17) he scored all 16 of his points in the second half, helping Colorado erase a 13-point deficit with 5:25 remaining in the game. He hit a season-best 9 of 11 from the free throw line in the Paradise Jam semifinal win over Drake (11/18). Made 13 starts; six coming in the first seven games of the season and the other seven in the early part of Pac-12 Conference play.
2016-17 (Redshirt): Sat out the 2016-17 season as a redshirt in the Colorado basketball program per NCAA rules after transferring from Missouri. He averaged 8.2 points and 3.8 rebounds in 61 games with the Tigers. Wright sank 79 3-pointers during his two-year career, hitting just under 35 percent from long range.
2015-16 (Sophomore at Missouri): Averaged 9.6 points and a team-best 5.2 rebounds per game. Logged 25 starts in 31 games. Scored a season-high 20 points at Ole Miss (2/23), hitting 7-of-9 from the field, including 6-of-7 from 3-point range. Scored in double-digits 14 times, finishing his Missouri career with a 19-point, 7-rebound effort against Florida (3/5). Recorded a double-double at Arkansas (2/20), scoring 12 points and pulling down 12 rebounds. Nearly had a second double-double with 16 points and 9 rebounds against Mississippi State (1/30). Made 76 percent of his free throw attempts (86-of-113).
2014-15 (Freshman at Missouri): Scored in double figures in seven different games, averaging 6.8 points over 30 games played (20 starts). Finished the season as the Tigers' go-to scorer, averaging 13.6 points per game over Mizzou's final five contests. His season-ending scoring flurry included an impressive 28 points vs. Florida (2/24), leading the Tigers to a 64-52 win over the Gators. His scoring output vs. UF was the third-highest scoring performance by a freshman in Mizzou history, a game in which he shot 10-of-13 from the field, including 6-of-8 from downtown. The 28 points were the most for a Tiger freshman since 2000.
High School: A 2014 graduate of Pacific Hills High School in West Hollywood, Calif. He averaged 24.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals as a senior. Wright was one of California's more prolific scorers as a senior, dropping in 42 points in a game against Compton and 40 vs. Long Beach Millikan. He shot 51 percent from the floor and 41 percent from three-point range. Ranked as one of the Top 100 players in the class of 2014, he was selected to participate in the 2014 BallisLife.com All-America Game in Long Beach Calif., after the completion of his senior season. Helped lead Pacific Hills to the Division IV state championship as a junior and averaged 15.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists for the balanced squad. Scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the state championship game win over Cardinal Newman and dropped in 20 points in the semifinal victory against Bishop Montgomery. He participated in the Pangos All-America camp in both 2012 and 2013. Was a Division IV second team all-state selection in 2013 and capped his senior season with League MVP accolades in 2014.
Academics: Graduated with his bachelor's degree in Sociology in May 2019.
Personal: Born June 25, 1994, in Los Angeles. Son of Michelle Burnside. He would like to play professional basketball after college. His favorite team is the Los Angeles Lakers.
