2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

Mark Nessia
Mark Nessia
Jesica Gonzalez
Jesica Gonzalez
Jesica Gonzalez
Jesica Gonzalez
Jesica Gonzalez
Jesica Gonzalez
Jesica Gonzalez
Jesica Gonzalez

4 Nick Dixon

4 Nick Dixon

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    180
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hillside, IL
  • Highschool:
    Proviso West High School

Summary

Biography

2017-18 Season Highs Category Career Highs
39 11/15/17 @ Corpus Christi Points 41 1/26/17 @ Utah Valley
10 2x, Last 1/27/18 @ CSU FGs Made 15 1/26/17 @ Utah Valley
20 1/18/18 vs. Utah Valley FG Attempts 26 1/26/17 @ Utah Valley
5 1/6/18 @ UMKC 3PTers Made 5 1/6/18 @ UMKC
9 1/2/18 vs. OLLU 3PT Attempts 9 1/2/18 vs. OLLU
21 11/15/17 @ Corpus Christi FTs Made 21 11/15/17 @ Corpus Christi
23 11/15/17 @ Corpus Christi FT Attempts 23 11/15/17 @ Corpus Christi
9 1/18/18 vs. Utah Valley Rebounds 10 2x, Last 1/14/17 vs. GCU
7 1/2/18 vs. OLLU Assists 8 12/16/16 vs. Lamar
1 6x, Last 3/8/18 at Seattle U Blocks 1 8x, Last 3/8/18 at Seattle U
6 2/15/18 @ Seattle U Steals 6 2/15/18 @ Seattle U
34 3x, Last 2/10/18 vs. CSUB Minutes 37 3/9/17 vs. UMKC

Career: Finished career tied for 10th in program history with 1,282 points, matching 2018 Hall of Famer Mire Chatman (2000-02) … One of only two players in proram history to score 600 or more points in a season twice.

2017-18 (Redshirt Senior): Scored 670 points, the seventh-highest single-season total in program history … Hit a program record 222 free throws … Led team in scoring 25 times, rebounding six times and assists five times … Reached double-figures in scoring 33 times, including 18 games of 20 or more points and two games of 30 or more points … Scored 11 points with six rebounds and five assists in CBI opening round at New Orleans (3/14) … Earned NABC All-District 6 Second Team honors (3/13) … Scored game-high 24 points with three steals vs. Seattle U in WAC Tournament Quarterfinals (3/8) … Earned All-WAC First Team honors (3/6) … Scored team-high 14 points with two steals vs. New Mexico State (3/3) … Scored game-high 23 points vs. Chicago State (2/24) … Scored game-high 20 points with seven rebounds vs. UMKC (2/22) … Scored game-high 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting with seven rebounds and three assists at Utah Valley (2/17) … Grabbed career-high six steals while scoring 17 points with six rebounds at Seattle U (2/15) … Went 9-for-10 from the line for team-high tying 14 points vs. CSU Bakersfield (2/10) … Scored game-high 22 points vs. Grand Canyon (2/8) … Scored team-high 15 points at New Mexico State (2/3) … Scored game-high 20 points vs. Wayland Baptist (1/30) … Earned WAC and Madness WAC Player of the Week honors (1/29) … Scored game-high 30 points with eight rebounds at Chicago State (1/27) … Scored 17 points with three steals vs. Seattle U (1/20) … Scored game-high 26 points with season-high nine rebounds and five assists vs. Utah Valley (1/18) … Scored 1,000th-career point while posting game-high 28 points and going 18-for-21 from the line at Grand Canyon (1/13) … Scored game-high 21 points at CSU Bakersfield (1/11) … Earned Madness WAC Player of the Week honors (1/8) … Went career-best 5-of-5 from behind the arc enroute to game-high 24 points at UMKC (1/6) … Dished out season-high seven assists with 14 points on career-high tying trio of three-pointers vs. Our Lady of the Lake (1/2) … Scored team-high 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting vs. Hampton (12/30) … Scored 15 points with team-high nine rebounds vs. UT Arlington (12/16) … Earned WAC and Madness WAC Player of the Week (12/11) … Scored game-high 23 points with career-high tying four steals vs. UC Irvine (12/9) … Scored team-high 24 points on 8-of-12 shooting vs. Corpus Christi (12/6) … Hit career-high tying three three-pointers for 19 points at Rice (12/2) … Scored team-high 13 points at No. 9 Texas A&M (11/30) … Went season-best 9-of-14 from the field for 26 points and eight rebounds vs. Grambling State (11/25) … Scored game-high 23 points at Georgia Tech (11/22) … Scored game-high 27 points at North Texas (11/20) … Grabbed career-high tying four steals with team-high 16 points at Texas State (11/18) … Scored game-high 39 while making program record 21 free throws in program record 23 attempts at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/15)  … Scored team-high 18 points with seven rebounds vs. Bethune-Cookman (11/13) … Scored 17 points with seven rebounds vs. Nicholls State (11/10) … Earned Preseason All-WAC First Team honors from the coaches and media (10/10) … Earned Madness Preseason All-WAC First Team honors (10/4).

2016-17 (Redshirt Junior): Led the WAC in free throws made (173, 21st NCAA) and attempted (226, 22nd NCAA), steals per game (1.88, 44th NCAA), total steals (60, 47th NCAA), scoring (18.8, 69th NCAA), and field goal percentage (.521, 80th NCAA) … Ranked second in the WAC in total points (603, 81st NCAA) and field goals made (201, 109th NCAA) and seventh in field goal attempts (386, 247th NCAA) … Put together one of the best individual seasons in program history, ranking fourth in free throws made, sixth in free throws attempts and 10th in total points … Led team in scoring 12 times, rebounding eight times and assists 16 times … Reached double-figures in scoring 28 times, including 14 games of 20+ points … Reach double-figures in rebounding twice en route to two double-doubles … Scored 17 points with five assists in career-high 37 minutes of WAC Tournament Quarterfinals vs. UMKC (3/9) … Earned All-WAC Second Team and All-Newcomer Team honors. In 14 WAC contests, averaged 21.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game while shooting .522 (97-for-186) from the field and .814 (96-for-118) from the foul line. Led the WAC in scoring and steals and ranked fifth in free throw shooting, seventh in field goal shooting, assists and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.7), and ninth in rebounding (3/7) … Scored 35 points on 14-of-19 shooting, including career-high tying 3-of-6 from behind the arc, at New Mexico State (3/4) … Scored 18 points vs. Seattle U (2/23) … Went career-high 15-for-16 from the line en route to 23 points vs. New Mexico State (2/18) … Scored game-high 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting at Grand Canyon (2/9) … Scored game-high 26 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including career-best 12-of-12 from behind the arc, with eight rebounds, six assists and career-high tying four steals at Seattle U (1/28) … Scored career-high 41 points on career-high 15-of-26 shooting, all from inside the arc, plus career-high tying 11-of-15 shooting from the line with seven rebounds, two assists and career-high tying four steals at Utah Valley (1/26) … Scored 22 points while going a career-best 11-for-12 from the line vs. Chicago State (1/21) … Posted second double-double with 17 points and career-high tying 10 rebounds vs. Grand Canyon (1/14) … Scored 20 points with game-high six assists vs. CSU Bakersfield (1/12) … Scored 15 points with nine rebounds, four assists and career-high tying four steals at UMKC (1/7) … Dropped game-high 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting with eight rebounds and four assists at Chicago State (1/5) … Scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting with four assists and two steals vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (12/31) … Scored 20 points vs. Our Lady of the Lake (12/29) … Dished out career-high eight assists while scoring 12 points with career-high tying four steals vs. Lamar (12/16) … Dished out career-high seven assists while scoring 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting vs. North Florida (12/12) … Scored 14 points with five assists vs. Texas State (12/7) … Scored 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting with game-high nine rebounds, five assists and two steals at Portland (12/5) … Hit career-high three three-pointers as part of 19-point night at Portland State (12/3) … Posted first-career double-double with 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting, career-high 10 rebounds and career-high six assists at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/29) … Scored game-high 25 points on career-high 10-of-17 shooting with career-high nine rebounds vs. St. Francis (11/26) … Scored 19 points with career-high five steals vs. Grambling State (11/25) … Made first start of season, scoring 13 points with six rebounds and two steals vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/16) …  Scored career-high 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting, plus 10-of-15 from the line, with career-high eight rebounds and career-high four steals at Memphis (11/14) … Scored career-high 16 points with career-high seven rebounds at UT Martin (11/13).

2015-16 (Junior): Missed final 28 games of the season … Scored eight points at North Florida (11/16) … Scored 12 points with seven rebounds, three assists and two steals in exhibition vs. Texas A&M International (11/7).

2013-15 (Morton College): Two-time NJCAA Division II All-American, All-Region IV, and Skyway MVP honoree … Finished career second in school history in scoring with a 1,622 career points, scoring 33.8 percent of his team’s points during his two years … Had 22 30-point games, 29 20-point games, and 11 10-point games, including a streak of 62 consecutive games in double-figures scoring, while becoming just the second Morton player to ever have back-to-back seasons of at least 800 points … Shot .544 (535-for-983) from the field, .388 (115-for-293) from behind the arc, and .792 (115-for-293) from the line while averaging 7.1 rebounds per game.
 
2014-15 (Sophomore): Led the nation in scoring at 27.2 points per game … Posted nine 30-point games, 19 20-point games, and two 10-point games while accounting for 34.7 percent of Morton’s offense (817 of 2,354 points), including a season-high 37 points in a win over No. 2 Kishwaukee … Shot .528 (268-for-508) from the field, .379 (61-for-161) from behind the arc, and .800 (220-for-275) from the line while also averaging 6.5 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game … Raised the bar in six games against ranked teams, averaging 28.3 points and 7.2 rebounds while shooting .553 (52-for-94) from the field, .484 (15-for-31) from behind the arc, and .779 (53-for-68) from the line. In two playoff games, averaged 28.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals while shooting .600 (18-for-30) from the field, .500 (6-for-12) from behind the arc, and .938 (15-for-16) from the line.
 
2013-14 (Freshman): Ranked seventh in the nation in scoring at 25.2 points per game while leading the nation with 805 total points scored … Recorded 13 30-point games, 10 20-point games, and nine 10-point games while scoring 32.9 percent of Morton’s points. Shot 56.2 (267-for-475) percent from the field, 40.9 (54-for-132) percent from behind the arc, and 78.3 (217-for-277) percent from the line while averaging 7.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
 
2009-13 (Proviso West High School): Played in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division … Former UTPA star Greg Guy (1992-94), who led the NCAA in scoring in 1992-93 by averaging 29.3 points per game, also played in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division, doing so at Oak Park and River Forest High School, just 7.6 miles from Proviso West High School.

Charity Stripe: Majoring in multidisciplinary studies.
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    2016-17Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    6'2" 175 lbs
    4
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    C

    2017-18Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    6'2" 180 lbs
    4
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