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10 Zach Newkirk
Zach Newkirk
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Raleigh, NC
  • High School:
    Brunswick CC (NC)
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    18
  • pts/g
    3.1
  • fg %
    22.2
  • 3pt %
    18.4
  • ft %
    63.2
  • reb/g
    0.9
  • a/g
    0.7

Bio

2021-22: Northeast Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll...Played in 18 games, averaging 15.7 minutes...Scored 3.1 ppg and had nine steals...Started 7 games...Totaled 13 points, 2 assists, 1 steal vs. Fordham...Recorded 4 steals at Maine

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 17 at Bryant L, 75-61
Feb 19 at Wagner L, 78-68
Feb 24 Saint Francis U. L, 79-63
Feb 26 Mount St. Mary's L, 65-46
Feb 28 at FDU W, 67-66
Mar 2 at Bryant L, 73-59
  Total Conference
Games 18 6
Games started 7 1
Minutes 299 63
Minutes per game 16.6 10.5
FG 18-81 1-12
FG Pct 22.2 8.3
3PT 7-38 0-6
3PT Pct 18.4 0.0
FT 12-19 2-2
FT Pct 63.2 100.0
Off rebounds 4 0
Def rebounds 12 1
Total rebounds 16 1
Rebounds per game 0.9 0.2
Personal fouls 27 3
Disqualifications 1 0
Assists 12 2
Turnovers 14 2
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 1.0
Steals 9 0
Blocks 0 0
Points 55 4
Points per game 3.1 0.7
Points per 40 min 7.4 2.5

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 9 at Connecticut L, 99-48 - 14 1-6 16.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 14 at Brown L, 75-57 - 6 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0
Nov 16 vs. NC State L, 79-65 - 24 1-6 16.7 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 2
Nov 17 vs. UMass Lowell L, 77-53 - 20 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 20 at Quinnipiac L, 76-65 - 23 1-7 14.3 1-5 20.0 3-4 75.0 6
Nov 23 at Maine W, 64-56 1 20 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Nov 28 Fordham L, 89-83 1 27 4-9 44.4 1-3 33.3 4-4 100.0 13
Dec 1 Holy Cross W, 73-67 1 28 3-7 42.9 1-3 33.3 1-1 100.0 8
Dec 4 at New Hampshire L, 67-45 1 20 1-9 11.1 0-5 0.0 1-4 25.0 3
Dec 11 at Providence L, 68-53 - 5 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 14 at Stony Brook L, 87-67 1 23 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 18 Hartford W, 75-65 1 26 1-7 14.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
Dec 29 Bryant L, 80-76 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 31 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 67-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 1 at Rutgers L, 79-48 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 6 Sacred Heart   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 8 Merrimack L, 66-57 1 15 1-5 20.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 15 at LIU L, 83-61 - 21 0-5 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 17 at Sacred Heart L, 74-66 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Saint Francis U. L, 68-67 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 23 at Mount St. Mary's L, 65-50 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 27 LIU W, 65-62 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 at FDU L, 75-55 - 20 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 2
Feb 3 Wagner L, 54-52 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 FDU W, 91-82 - 4 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 10 at Merrimack W, 60-57 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 12 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 67-50 0 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 17 at Bryant L, 75-61 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Wagner L, 78-68 - 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 24 Saint Francis U. L, 79-63 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 26 Mount St. Mary's L, 65-46 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at FDU W, 67-66 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 2 at Bryant L, 73-59 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 9 at Connecticut L, 99-48 - 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Nov 14 at Brown L, 75-57 - 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 16 vs. NC State L, 79-65 - 24 0 2 2 1 1 0 0
Nov 17 vs. UMass Lowell L, 77-53 - 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nov 20 at Quinnipiac L, 76-65 - 23 1 2 3 1 1 1 0
Nov 23 at Maine W, 64-56 1 20 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Nov 28 Fordham L, 89-83 1 27 1 0 1 2 1 1 0
Dec 1 Holy Cross W, 73-67 1 28 0 4 4 2 3 0 0
Dec 4 at New Hampshire L, 67-45 1 20 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Dec 11 at Providence L, 68-53 - 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dec 14 at Stony Brook L, 87-67 1 23 1 1 2 2 2 2 0
Dec 18 Hartford W, 75-65 1 26 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Dec 29 Bryant L, 80-76 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 31 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 67-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 1 at Rutgers L, 79-48 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 6 Sacred Heart   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 8 Merrimack L, 66-57 1 15 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Jan 15 at LIU L, 83-61 - 21 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Jan 17 at Sacred Heart L, 74-66 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Saint Francis U. L, 68-67 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 23 at Mount St. Mary's L, 65-50 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 27 LIU W, 65-62 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 at FDU L, 75-55 - 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 3 Wagner L, 54-52 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 FDU W, 91-82 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 10 at Merrimack W, 60-57 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 12 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 67-50 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 17 at Bryant L, 75-61 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Wagner L, 78-68 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 24 Saint Francis U. L, 79-63 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 26 Mount St. Mary's L, 65-46 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at FDU W, 67-66 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 2 at Bryant L, 73-59 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 9 at Connecticut L, 99-48 - 3 0 0.0
Nov 14 at Brown L, 75-57 - 0 0 -
Nov 16 vs. NC State L, 79-65 - 1 0 1.0
Nov 17 vs. UMass Lowell L, 77-53 - 1 0 0.0
Nov 20 at Quinnipiac L, 76-65 - 1 - 1.0
Nov 23 at Maine W, 64-56 1 5 1 1.0
Nov 28 Fordham L, 89-83 1 2 0 2.0
Dec 1 Holy Cross W, 73-67 1 3 0 0.7
Dec 4 at New Hampshire L, 67-45 1 3 0 -
Dec 11 at Providence L, 68-53 - 0 0 -
Dec 14 at Stony Brook L, 87-67 1 2 0 1.0
Dec 18 Hartford W, 75-65 1 3 0 -
Dec 29 Bryant L, 80-76 - - - -
Dec 31 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 67-55 - - - -
Jan 1 at Rutgers L, 79-48 - - - -
Jan 6 Sacred Heart   - - - -
Jan 8 Merrimack L, 66-57 1 2 0 1.0
Jan 15 at LIU L, 83-61 - 1 0 1.0
Jan 17 at Sacred Heart L, 74-66 - - - -
Jan 21 at Saint Francis U. L, 68-67 - - - -
Jan 23 at Mount St. Mary's L, 65-50 - - - -
Jan 27 LIU W, 65-62 - - - -
Jan 30 at FDU L, 75-55 - 0 0 -
Feb 3 Wagner L, 54-52 - - - -
Feb 5 FDU W, 91-82 - 0 0 -
Feb 10 at Merrimack W, 60-57 - - - -
Feb 12 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 67-50 0 0 0 -
Feb 17 at Bryant L, 75-61 - - - -
Feb 19 at Wagner L, 78-68 - 0 - -
Feb 24 Saint Francis U. L, 79-63 - - - -
Feb 26 Mount St. Mary's L, 65-46 - - - -
Feb 28 at FDU W, 67-66 - - - -
Mar 2 at Bryant L, 73-59 - - - -

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 18 16.6 1.0-4.5 0.4-2.1 0.7-1.1 3.1
Conference 6 10.5 0.2-2.0 0.0-1.0 0.3-0.3 0.7
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 6 17.0 1.5-5.0 0.5-2.3 0.8-0.8 4.3
Away 10 15.3 0.6-4.2 0.3-2.0 0.7-1.3 2.2
Neutral 2 22.0 1.5-4.5 0.5-2.0 0.0-0.5 3.5
Result            
Wins 4 19.5 1.2-5.0 0.5-2.8 0.5-0.8 3.5
Losses 14 15.8 0.9-4.4 0.4-1.9 0.7-1.1 2.9
Month            
November 7 19.1 1.4-5.4 0.6-2.4 1.1-1.7 4.6
December 5 20.4 1.4-6.2 0.6-3.0 0.4-1.0 3.8
January 3 18.7 0.3-3.3 0.0-1.3 0.7-0.7 1.3
February 3 2.3 0.0-0.7 0.0-0.7 0.0-0.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 18 7 299 18-81 22.2 7-38 18.4 12-19 63.2 55
Conference 6 1 63 1-12 8.3 0-6 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 6 4 102 9-30 30.0 3-14 21.4 5-5 100.0 26
Away 10 3 153 6-42 14.3 3-20 15.0 7-13 53.8 22
Neutral 2 - 44 3-9 33.3 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 7
Result                    
Wins 4 3 78 5-20 25.0 2-11 18.2 2-3 66.7 14
Losses 14 4 221 13-61 21.3 5-27 18.5 10-16 62.5 41
Month                    
November 7 2 134 10-38 26.3 4-17 23.5 8-12 66.7 32
December 5 4 102 7-31 22.6 3-15 20.0 2-5 40.0 19
January 3 1 56 1-10 10.0 0-4 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
February 3 0 7 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 18 299 16.6 2.4-10.8 0.9-5.1 18.4 1.6-2.5 7.4
Conference 6 63 10.5 0.6-7.6 0.0-3.8 0.0 1.3-1.3 2.5
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 6 102 17.0 3.5-11.8 1.2-5.5 21.4 2.0-2.0 10.2
Away 10 153 15.3 1.6-11.0 0.8-5.2 15.0 1.8-3.4 5.8
Neutral 2 44 22.0 2.7-8.2 0.9-3.6 25.0 0.0-0.9 6.4
Result                
Wins 4 78 19.5 2.6-10.3 1.0-5.6 18.2 1.0-1.5 7.2
Losses 14 221 15.8 2.4-11.0 0.9-4.9 18.5 1.8-2.9 7.4
Month                
November 7 134 19.1 3.0-11.3 1.2-5.1 23.5 2.4-3.6 9.6
December 5 102 20.4 2.7-12.2 1.2-5.9 20.0 0.8-2.0 7.5
January 3 56 18.7 0.7-7.1 0.0-2.9 0.0 1.4-1.4 2.9
February 3 7 2.3 0.0-11.4 0.0-11.4 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 18 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.0
Conference 6 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 6 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.0
Away 10 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.0
Neutral 2 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 4 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Losses 14 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.0
Month                
November 7 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.0
December 5 0.4 1.4 1.8 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.0
January 3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0
February 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 18 7 4 12 16 12 14 9 0
Conference 6 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 6 4 1 5 6 6 5 1 0
Away 10 3 3 5 8 5 7 8 0
Neutral 2 - 0 2 2 1 2 0 0
Result                  
Wins 4 3 0 5 5 4 4 4 0
Losses 14 4 4 7 11 8 10 5 0
Month                  
November 7 2 2 4 6 5 7 6 0
December 5 4 2 7 9 5 5 3 0
January 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0
February 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 18 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.2 0.0
Conference 6 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 6 0.4 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.0 0.4 0.0
Away 10 0.8 1.3 2.1 1.3 1.8 2.1 0.0
Neutral 2 0.0 1.8 1.8 0.9 1.8 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 4 0.0 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.0
Losses 14 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.4 1.8 0.9 0.0
Month                
November 7 0.6 1.2 1.8 1.5 2.1 1.8 0.0
December 5 0.8 2.7 3.5 2.0 2.0 1.2 0.0
January 3 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.0
February 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0