NIC MOORE

"He's one of the best leaders I've ever been privileged to coach. He makes his teammates better and he's as competitive as anyone" – Hall of Fame Coach Larry Brown

• 2016 Draft Prospect

• Hometown: Winona Lake, Ind.

• High School: Warsaw HS

• Height / Weight: 5-9 / 170

• Position: Guard

College Stats

2015-16 (Senior): Played in 29 games, started 29… Averaged 16.1 points (1st AAC), 5.2 assists per game (1st AAC)… 2.3 assist turnover ratio (3rd AAC)… 41.3% 3FG% (5th AAC)… 2.6 3FGM per game (1st AAC)… 80.0% on FT (4th AAC)... 1.3 steals per game (5th AAC)… GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Game highs of 25 points (8-18 FG, 2-4 3FG, 7-8 FT) and 11 assists with 2 rebounds, 2 steals and just 1 turnover in the win vs. Gonzaga 2/13...Game-high 27 points (10-17 FG, 6-10 3FG) with 3 assists, 3 rebounds and a steal vs. Tulsa 2/16...Team-high 22 points with 3 rebounds and 3 assists in win vs. Memphis 1/30...Had 14 points (6 in the final 2:28) with 5 rebounds , 4 assists and a steal in the comeback win vs. Cincinnati 1/7...Had 15 points (3-4 3FG) and 7 assists in the win vs. Michigan 12/8... Team highs of 26 points (19 in 2nd half, 5-9 3FG for game) and 6 assists with 3 rebounds and a steal in the win at TCU 12/2...Team highs of 17 points and 5 assists with 4 rebounds in the win at Stanford 11/19... MILESTONES: Became 37th Mustang to reach 1,000 career points (8 points in game) vs. Sam Houston State 11/14... AWARDS: AAC Player of the Year… Unanimous All-AAC First-Team selection… NABC All-District 25 first team… Wooden Award Late Season Top 20… Naismith Trophy Midseason Watch List… One of 10 Bob Cousy Award Finalists… Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List… Senior CLASS Award Candidate… U.S. Basketball Writers Association District VII All-District Team… AAC Honor Roll (Feb. 22, Feb. 15, Feb. 1, Dec. 28, Dec. 7)… Named to Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic All-Tournament Team (Most Outstanding Player)… Selected preseason AAC Player of the Year and a unanimous All-AAC First Team honoree by the league’s coaches... RECORDS: Climbed the top of several Mustang career records… No. 2 in assists (508)… No. 3 in 3FG made (225)… No. 4 in assists per game (5.1)… No. 4 on free throw percentage (83.8)… … No. 6 in 3FG percentage (42.1)… Tied No. 9 in steals (136)… Tied No. 10 in steals per game (1.4)… No. 11 in points (1,462).

Summer 2015 (Team USA): Helped Team USA to the gold medal at the World University Games from July 3-14 in Gwangju, South Korea...Bill Self (Kansas) coached the USA with a mostly Kansas roster (10 of 12 players)...Started all eight games of the tournament...Averaged 6.8 points, 2.5 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.9 steals in 27.5 minutes...Tied for second on the team in assists (20) and steals (15)...Second on the team in 3-pointers made (13)...Played tournament-high 47 minutes with 7 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists in a 2OT 84-77 victory against Germany in the gold medal game (had a steal and 2 FTs with a minute left in 2nd OT for 80-77 lead) on 7/13...In the quarterfinals, had 9 points, 6 steals, 4 rebounds and an assist in the 70-48 victory over Lithuania 7/11...Had 15 points (5-10 3FGs), 2 steals, an assist and a rebound in the 106-41 victory vs. Chile 7/7...Moore in WUG

2014-15 (Junior): Started all 34 games... Averaged 14.5 pts (4th AAC), 5.1 asts (2nd AAC), 2.3 rebs, 1.3 stls (8th AAC) & 2.0 ast/to (4th AAC)... 88.9% on FT (104-117) (1st AAC, 12th NCAA)... Shot 42.0% overall & 41.6% (77-185) from behind the arc (1st AAC)... 10+ pts in 25 games... 20+ pts in 9 games... 5+ asts in 21 games... 3+ 3-pointers in 15 games... NCAA TOURNAMENT: 24 pts (7-18 FG, 6-11 3FG, 4-4 FT), 4 rebs & 3 asts vs. UCLA (March 19)... AAC TOURNAMENT: 20 pts (6-14 FG, 3-9 3FG, 5-5 FT), 5 asts, 2 stls & 1 reb vs. East Carolina (Quarterfinal - March 13)... 11 pts (3-14 FG, 4-4 FT) & 3 asts vs. UConn (Final - March 15)... REGULAR SEASON: Missed first FT of the season, then made 23 consecutive... 16 pts (14 in the 2nd half, 5-11 FG, 3-6 3FG, 3-4 FT), 5 asts, 3 rebs at Memphis (Feb. 27)... 18 pts (6-12 FG, 3-7 3FG, 3-4 FT), 4 asts, 3 stls & 2 rebs vs. Temple (Feb. 19)... 23 pts (7-12 FG, 3-5 3FG, 6-8 FT), 7 asts, 3 rebs & 2 stls at Tulsa (Feb. 7)... Tied SMU & AAC record with 8 3-pointers (8-11 3FG, 4-4 FT) for career-high tying 28 pts along with 6 asts vs. Houston (Jan. 24)... 18 pts (5-12 FG, 3-8 3FG, 5-6 FT), 7 asts & 1 reb at Tulane (Jan. 21)... 21 pts (8-14 FG, 5-9 3FG), 4 asts & 2 rebs at UCF (Jan. 12)... 25 pts (10-14 FG, 3-4 3FG) & 4 asts vs. Wyoming (Dec. 5)... 17 pts (7-9 FG, 3-4 3FG), career-high 7 stls & 6 asts vs. Texas Southern (Nov. 26)... AWARDS: AP All-American Honorable Mention... NABC All-District First Team... AAC All-Championship Team ... AAC Player of the Year ... All-AAC first-team (unanimous)... Naismith Trophy Watch List ... AAC Player of the Week (Jan. 26)... AAC Weekly Honor Roll 7 times (Feb. 23, Feb. 9, Jan.12, Jan. 5, Dec. 22, Dec. 8, Dec. 1)... John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 (Nov. 17)... Preseason All-AAC First Team (Oct. 29)... RECORDS: No. 12 on season stls (54)... No. 3 on season FT pct. (88.9%).

2013-14 (Sophomore): Started all 37 games, averaging 13.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.5 steals in 32.2 minutes. In conference play, averaged 14.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.4 steals...CONFERENCE RANKINGS: 15th in scoring (13.6), 15th in FG% (46.4), 2nd in assists (4.9), 6th in FT% (82.5), 2nd in 3PT FG% (43.6), 7th in 3PT made (1.9) and 4th in assist/turnover ratio (2.1)...NATIONAL RANKINGS: 57th in assists per game (4.9), 33rd in total assists (181) and 93rd in assist/turnover ratio...AWARDS: NIT All-Tournament Team NABC District 25 First Team, USBWA All-District Team American Athletic Conference First Team - American Athletic Conference Honor Roll eight times (11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 1/6, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 and 2/24)...STREAK: Scored in double figures in 30 of 37 games, and has made multiple 3PT field goals in 23 of 37 games...GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Netted a game-winning 3PT FG with 6.5 seconds left in SMU's 67-65 win over California in the NIT Quarterfinals, three of his 11 in the game. Tallied 16 points and 5 assists in SMU's NIT Second Round win over LSU. Scored 20+ points (21) for the sixth time this season to go along with 5 assists to lead SMU to a road win over Rutgers. Tied a season-high in the game with 5 3PT FGs made (4 in the second half). Tallied his second-career double-double in the Mustangs 87-72 win over No. 22/22 Memphis, netting 14 points to go along with 10 assists... Recorded his second-straight 20+ point game and his fifth of the season, scoring 23 in SMU's 78-71 loss at USF. Scored a career-high 28 points, including 22 in the second half to lead the Mustangs to a come-from-behind 75-68 win over Houston. Tied a season-high (on Jan. 4) with 20 points to go along with 6 assists in 35 minutes to lead SMU to an upset over No. 17/15 Connecticut. Led SMU to its first road win of the season on Dec. 4, scoring 20 points on 6-11 shooting (3-5 from three), while adding 7 assists. First player to go 5-for-5 or better from beyond the arc since Rodney Clinkscales did so on 11/12/10 against Arkansas- Little Rock...SEASON RANKINGS: 28th in points (503), 8th in 3PT field-goal percentage (43.6), 10th in three-pointers made (72), 9th in assists (181), 12th in assists (54) and 21st in free-throw percentage (82.5)...CAREER RANKINGS: 2nd in 3PT field-goal percentage (43.6), 20th in 3PT field goals made (72), 4th in assists average (4.9), 8th in steals average (1.5) and free-throw percentage (82.5).

2012-13 (Transfer): Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.

2011-12 (Freshman at Illinois State): Started 29 games and played in all 35 contests...Led the team with 135 assists, while posting a 1.71 assist-to-turnover ratio...During the NIT run, shot 11-for-15 (.733) from three-point range in the two games...Over the final three games of the season, averaged 23.0 points per game and 5.7 assists...Posted a career-high 25 points in the final game at Stanford...Poured 24 points, thanks to a 6-for-6 effort on threes, and added a career-best 10 assists at Ole Miss on (March 14) to open the NIT...Posted his second career 20-point game against No. 25 Creighton (March 4) in the Valley Championship...Drained both three-point tries against Wichita State (March 3), after entering the game on a 0-for-8 streak...Named to the 2012 Valley All-Freshman Team, first Redbird since Jackie Carmichael (2010)...Dished out three or more assists in 24 games...Collected 16 points and seven assists at Indiana State (Feb. 14)...At Evansville (Jan. 21), finished with a team-high 17 points, on 3-for-4 three-point shooting, and added six assists and four rebounds with only one turnover...Poured in 23 points in only 19 minutes of play at Wichita State (Jan. 10) on 7-for-10 shooting...Collected 17 points against UALR (Dec. 20), which included a 3-for-5 effort on threes and 6-for-6 from the free throw line...Handed out seven assists with only one turnover and 10 points against Bethune-Cookman (Nov. 27).

Prep at Warsaw HS: Finished runner-up for 2011 Indiana Mr. Basketball... Ended his prep career with 1,891 career points, the second-most in school history behind Missouri State's Kevin Ault (2,028)...During his senior season, averaged 27.2 points, 4.7 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game...A three-star recruit by Rivals.com...As a junior, led the Tigers to a 23-3 record and a berth in the state championship game...Averaged nearly 21 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals per game...Three-time Warsaw Times-Union Player of the Year...First team all-state selection in 2011 and named second team in 2010...A two-time all-conference selection...Participated in the 2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky All-Star Classic...Coached by Doug Ogle.

Personal: Born July of 1992...Son of Michael and Karla Moore...Youngest of three boys.

Major: Sport Performance Leadership