10 Zach Newkirk
Zach Newkirk
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Raleigh, NC
  • High School:
    Brunswick CC (NC)
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    21
  • pts/g
    6.7
  • fg %
    44.4
  • 3pt %
    27.8
  • ft %
    89.7
  • reb/g
    1.6
  • a/g
    1.9

Bio

2020-21: Northeast Conference Student-Athlete of the Year...Played 22.0 minutes per game in 21 contests, including 15 starts…Scored 6.7 points per game 1.9 assists and a 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio…Shot 44.4 percent from the field and 89.7 percent at the foul line…Scored double-figures in six games, including the last four games of the season…Had a career-high 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting at LIU (2/21)…Scored 19 points in season finale vs. Wagner (2/26) and went 8-for-8 at the foul line…Had four assists in 16 minutes at Saint Francis U (1/31)…Had four assists vs. Wagner (2/25)…Northeast Conference Academic and Commissioner’s Honor Rolls...Earned Athletic Director’s All-Academic Team and CCSU Student-Athlete Academic Award.

2019-20: Appeared in all 31 games, making 24 starts…Averaged 20.9 minutes per game…Averaged 3.2 points per game, 1.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists…Shot .379 on three-pointers in all games, .4000 in NEC play…Had a season-high eight points against Maine (12/7) in a season-high 36 minutes…Grabbed four rebounds with four assists at Fairleigh Dickinson (2/18)…Earned a spot on the Northeast Conference Academic and Commissioner’s Honor Rolls.

Before CCSU: Played at Brunswick Community College in 2018-19 for Walter Shaw...Started 31 out of 32 games for the Dolphins and averaged 7.4 points, 3.7 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game…Helped Brunswick to a 22-10 record and the Region 10 semifinals…Graduated high school from the Word of God Christian Academy as class valedictorian…Played for Brian Clifton at Word of God Christian Academy.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 12 Merrimack L, 72-52
Feb 17 Sacred Heart L, 82-70
Feb 20 at LIU L, 87-74
Feb 21 at LIU L, 81-79
Feb 25 Wagner L, 83-63
Feb 26 Wagner W, 83-77
  Total Conference
Games 21 18
Games started 15 15
Minutes 463 411
Minutes per game 22.0 22.8
FG 48-108 42-98
FG Pct 44.4 42.9
3PT 10-36 9-31
3PT Pct 27.8 29.0
FT 35-39 35-39
FT Pct 89.7 89.7
Off rebounds 9 9
Def rebounds 25 23
Total rebounds 34 32
Rebounds per game 1.6 1.8
Personal fouls 43 38
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 40 37
Turnovers 32 27
Assist to turnover ratio 1.3 1.4
Steals 7 5
Blocks 1 1
Points 141 128
Points per game 6.7 7.1
Points per 40 min 12.2 12.5

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 25 at Connecticut L, 102-75 - 24 3-4 75.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Nov 27 vs. Army West Point L, 79-57 - 16 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Dec 4 at Hartford L, 80-65 - 12 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 8 at FDU W, 94-87 - 9 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 3-3 100.0 3
Dec 9 at FDU L, 79-71 - 8 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 15 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 91-86 0 13 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 16 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 78-59 1 18 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 19 at Fordham   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 22 at Binghamton   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 7 at Bryant L, 93-68 1 33 5-9 55.6 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 11
Jan 8 at Bryant L, 76-64 1 34 5-9 55.6 2-4 50.0 5-6 83.3 17
Jan 14 at Sacred Heart L, 65-48 1 27 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 8
Jan 21 Mount St. Mary's L, 67-57 1 13 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Jan 22 Mount St. Mary's W, 65-64 1 13 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 3
Jan 30 at Saint Francis U. L, 62-59 1 19 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 31 at Saint Francis U. W, 85-77 1 16 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 6
Feb 11 Merrimack L, 62-46 1 20 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 2
Feb 12 Merrimack L, 72-52 1 15 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 17 Sacred Heart L, 82-70 1 30 1-6 16.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 20 at LIU L, 87-74 1 37 5-11 45.5 0-4 0.0 4-4 100.0 14
Feb 21 at LIU L, 81-79 1 37 7-12 58.3 1-4 25.0 5-6 83.3 20
Feb 25 Wagner L, 83-63 1 34 3-6 50.0 2-3 66.7 3-4 75.0 11
Feb 26 Wagner W, 83-77 1 35 5-10 50.0 1-3 33.3 8-8 100.0 19

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 25 at Connecticut L, 102-75 - 24 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
Nov 27 vs. Army West Point L, 79-57 - 16 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
Dec 4 at Hartford L, 80-65 - 12 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Dec 8 at FDU W, 94-87 - 9 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Dec 9 at FDU L, 79-71 - 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dec 15 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 91-86 0 13 0 1 1 6 2 1 0
Dec 16 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 78-59 1 18 2 2 4 1 1 1 0
Dec 19 at Fordham   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 22 at Binghamton   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 7 at Bryant L, 93-68 1 33 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
Jan 8 at Bryant L, 76-64 1 34 0 2 2 3 3 0 0
Jan 14 at Sacred Heart L, 65-48 1 27 2 1 3 2 0 0 0
Jan 21 Mount St. Mary's L, 67-57 1 13 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Jan 22 Mount St. Mary's W, 65-64 1 13 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Jan 30 at Saint Francis U. L, 62-59 1 19 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Jan 31 at Saint Francis U. W, 85-77 1 16 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
Feb 11 Merrimack L, 62-46 1 20 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
Feb 12 Merrimack L, 72-52 1 15 0 2 2 0 4 1 1
Feb 17 Sacred Heart L, 82-70 1 30 1 0 1 3 2 0 0
Feb 20 at LIU L, 87-74 1 37 0 2 2 2 2 0 0
Feb 21 at LIU L, 81-79 1 37 0 3 3 3 2 0 0
Feb 25 Wagner L, 83-63 1 34 1 2 3 4 2 0 0
Feb 26 Wagner W, 83-77 1 35 0 2 2 2 1 0 0

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 25 at Connecticut L, 102-75 - 2 0 1.0
Nov 27 vs. Army West Point L, 79-57 - 1 0 0.0
Dec 4 at Hartford L, 80-65 - 2 - 1.0
Dec 8 at FDU W, 94-87 - 2 - -
Dec 9 at FDU L, 79-71 - 1 - -
Dec 15 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 91-86 0 3 0 3.0
Dec 16 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 78-59 1 4 0 1.0
Dec 19 at Fordham   - - - -
Dec 22 at Binghamton   - - - -
Jan 7 at Bryant L, 93-68 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 8 at Bryant L, 76-64 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 14 at Sacred Heart L, 65-48 1 4 - -
Jan 21 Mount St. Mary's L, 67-57 1 4 - 0.0
Jan 22 Mount St. Mary's W, 65-64 1 4 - -
Jan 30 at Saint Francis U. L, 62-59 1 0 - 2.0
Jan 31 at Saint Francis U. W, 85-77 1 3 - 2.0
Feb 11 Merrimack L, 62-46 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 12 Merrimack L, 72-52 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 17 Sacred Heart L, 82-70 1 1 - 1.5
Feb 20 at LIU L, 87-74 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 21 at LIU L, 81-79 1 0 - 1.5
Feb 25 Wagner L, 83-63 1 1 - 2.0
Feb 26 Wagner W, 83-77 1 1 - 2.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2019-20 31 21.0 1.2-3.2 0.4-0.9 0.5-0.8 3.2
2020-21 21 22.0 2.3-5.1 0.5-1.7 1.7-1.9 6.7
2021-22 18 16.6 1.0-4.5 0.4-2.1 0.7-1.1 3.1
Total 70 20.2 1.5-4.1 0.4-1.5 0.9-1.2 4.2

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2019-20 31 24 650 37-100 37.0 11-29 37.9 15-24 62.5 100
2020-21 21 15 463 48-108 44.4 10-36 27.8 35-39 89.7 141
2021-22 18 7 299 18-81 22.2 7-38 18.4 12-19 63.2 55
Total 70 46 1412 103-289 35.6 28-103 27.2 62-82 75.6 296

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2019-20 31 650 21.0 2.3-6.2 0.7-1.8 37.9 0.9-1.5 6.2
2020-21 21 463 22.0 4.1-9.3 0.9-3.1 27.8 3.0-3.4 12.2
2021-22 18 299 16.6 2.4-10.8 0.9-5.1 18.4 1.6-2.5 7.4
Total 70 1412 20.2 2.9-8.2 0.8-2.9 27.2 1.8-2.3 8.4

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2019-20 31 0.4 1.4 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.4 0.1
2020-21 21 0.4 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.5 0.3 0.0
2021-22 18 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.0
Total 70 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2019-20 31 24 13 43 56 48 43 11 4
2020-21 21 15 9 25 34 40 32 7 1
2021-22 18 7 4 12 16 12 14 9 0
Total 70 46 26 80 106 100 89 27 5

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2019-20 31 0.8 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.6 0.7 0.2
2020-21 21 0.8 2.2 2.9 3.5 2.8 0.6 0.1
2021-22 18 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.2 0.0
Total 70 0.7 2.3 3.0 2.8 2.5 0.8 0.1

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 21 22.0 2.3-5.1 0.5-1.7 1.7-1.9 6.7
Conference 18 22.8 2.3-5.4 0.5-1.7 1.9-2.2 7.1
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 9 21.2 1.6-4.6 0.6-1.6 1.6-1.8 5.2
Away 11 23.3 2.9-5.7 0.4-1.7 1.9-2.1 8.1
Neutral 1 16.0 2.0-4.0 1.0-3.0 0.0-0.0 5.0
Result            
Wins 5 18.2 1.8-4.6 0.2-1.2 2.8-2.8 6.6
Losses 16 23.3 2.4-5.3 0.6-1.9 1.3-1.6 6.8
Month            
November 2 20.0 2.5-4.0 0.5-2.0 0.0-0.0 5.5
December 5 12.0 0.8-2.4 0.2-0.4 0.6-0.6 2.4
January 7 22.1 2.4-5.1 0.4-1.7 1.7-1.9 7.0
February 7 29.7 3.1-7.4 0.7-2.6 2.9-3.3 9.9

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 21 15 463 48-108 44.4 10-36 27.8 35-39 89.7 141
Conference 18 15 411 42-98 42.9 9-31 29.0 35-39 89.7 128
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 9 8 191 14-41 34.1 5-14 35.7 14-16 87.5 47
Away 11 7 256 32-63 50.8 4-19 21.1 21-23 91.3 89
Neutral 1 - 16 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Result                    
Wins 5 4 91 9-23 39.1 1-6 16.7 14-14 100.0 33
Losses 16 11 372 39-85 45.9 9-30 30.0 21-25 84.0 108
Month                    
November 2 - 40 5-8 62.5 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 11
December 5 1 60 4-12 33.3 1-2 50.0 3-3 100.0 12
January 7 7 155 17-36 47.2 3-12 25.0 12-13 92.3 49
February 7 7 208 22-52 42.3 5-18 27.8 20-23 87.0 69

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 21 463 22.0 4.1-9.3 0.9-3.1 27.8 3.0-3.4 12.2
Conference 18 411 22.8 4.1-9.5 0.9-3.0 29.0 3.4-3.8 12.5
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 9 191 21.2 2.9-8.6 1.0-2.9 35.7 2.9-3.4 9.8
Away 11 256 23.3 5.0-9.8 0.6-3.0 21.1 3.3-3.6 13.9
Neutral 1 16 16.0 5.0-10.0 2.5-7.5 33.3 0.0-0.0 12.5
Result                
Wins 5 91 18.2 4.0-10.1 0.4-2.6 16.7 6.2-6.2 14.5
Losses 16 372 23.3 4.2-9.1 1.0-3.2 30.0 2.3-2.7 11.6
Month                
November 2 40 20.0 5.0-8.0 1.0-4.0 25.0 0.0-0.0 11.0
December 5 60 12.0 2.7-8.0 0.7-1.3 50.0 2.0-2.0 8.0
January 7 155 22.1 4.4-9.3 0.8-3.1 25.0 3.1-3.4 12.6
February 7 208 29.7 4.2-10.0 1.0-3.5 27.8 3.8-4.4 13.3

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 21 0.4 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.5 0.3 0.0
Conference 18 0.5 1.3 1.8 2.1 1.5 0.3 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 9 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.9 1.7 0.3 0.1
Away 11 0.3 1.1 1.4 2.1 1.4 0.3 0.0
Neutral 1 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 5 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.0
Losses 16 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.8 0.4 0.1
Month                
November 2 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
December 5 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.0 0.8 0.6 0.0
January 7 0.6 0.9 1.4 2.0 1.3 0.1 0.0
February 7 0.4 1.7 2.1 2.0 2.1 0.1 0.1

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 21 15 9 25 34 40 32 7 1
Conference 18 15 9 23 32 37 27 5 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 9 8 6 12 18 17 15 3 1
Away 11 7 3 12 15 23 15 3 0
Neutral 1 - 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
Result                  
Wins 5 4 3 7 10 10 4 1 0
Losses 16 11 6 18 24 30 28 6 1
Month                  
November 2 - 0 1 1 2 4 2 0
December 5 1 2 6 8 10 4 3 0
January 7 7 4 6 10 14 9 1 0
February 7 7 3 12 15 14 15 1 1

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 21 0.8 2.2 2.9 3.5 2.8 0.6 0.1
Conference 18 0.9 2.2 3.1 3.6 2.6 0.5 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 9 1.3 2.5 3.8 3.6 3.1 0.6 0.2
Away 11 0.5 1.9 2.3 3.6 2.3 0.5 0.0
Neutral 1 0.0 2.5 2.5 0.0 5.0 2.5 0.0
Result                
Wins 5 1.3 3.1 4.4 4.4 1.8 0.4 0.0
Losses 16 0.6 1.9 2.6 3.2 3.0 0.6 0.1
Month                
November 2 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 0.0
December 5 1.3 4.0 5.3 6.7 2.7 2.0 0.0
January 7 1.0 1.5 2.6 3.6 2.3 0.3 0.0
February 7 0.6 2.3 2.9 2.7 2.9 0.2 0.2

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