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2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster

Elyjah Clark

15 Elyjah Clark

15 Elyjah Clark

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 170
  • Position:
    G
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Edmond, Okla.
  • Prev School:
    Deer Creek HS
  • High School:
    Deer Creek HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors:
At the end of his career was first in games played (124), games started (123), minutes played (4,215), three pointers made and attempted (365-for-930), defensive rebounds (583) and three pointers attempted per game (10.8), second in minutes per game (33.9), third in rebounds (735), fourth in field goals attempted (1,341), fifth in points scored (1,813), seventh in free throw percentage (min. 100 FTM/ 2.00 FTMPG at 81.7%), eighth in field goals made (575), ninth in offensive rebounds (152), 10th in steals (134), 15th in free throws made (298), blocks (49) and three point percentage (min. 1.00 3PMPG at 39.3%), 18th in free throws attempted (365), 19th in assists (231) and true shooting percentage (min. 100 FGM at 60.4%), 22nd in points per game (14.6) and field goals attempted per game (10.8), 26th in rebounds per game (5.9).

MSSU Freshman (89-for-225), Sophomore (110-for-239) and Junior (91-for-263) Season 3-pointers made and attempted record holder
4x All-MIAA Guard (2nd-team in 2017-18, 3rd-team in 2019-20 & 2018-19, Honorable Mention in 2016-17)
MIAA Freshman of the Year (2016-17)

Professional Career

Olimpico LB - Liga Nacional de Básquet in Argentina (2022-23
Played in 37 games as a point guard finishing the season with 553 points, 165 rebounds, 106 assists, 55 steals and four blocks in 1,062 minutes while going 83-for-105 from free throws, 187-for-428 from the field and 87-for-236 from three ... Averaged 14.9 points, 11.6 attempted field goals, 6.4 attempted three pointers, 5.1 made field goals, 4.5 rebounds, 3.9 defensive rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.8 attempted free throws, 2.4 made free throws, 2.2 made free throws, 1.5 steals, 0.5 offensive rebounds and 0.1 blocks in 28.7 minutes per game while shooting 79.0 percent from free throws, 43.7 percent from the field and 36.9 percent from three for a 58.3 percent true shooting percentage ... Season-highs were 29 points (Oct. 13, 2022 vs. Ferro Carril Oeste), nine rebounds (Mar. 15, 2023 at Obras), 10 assists (Dec. 22, 2022 vs. Riachuelo), four steals (Nov. 7, 2022 vs. Gimnasia Indalo) and one blocks (Oct. 9 at Penarol, Dec. 2, 2022 at Instituto Cordoba, Dec. 9, 2022 vs. Atenas and Jun. 5, 2023 vs. Quimsa) ... Scored 10 or more points in 31 games, scored, scored 20 or more points in eight games, grabbed five or more rebounds in 17 games, dished out five or more assists in five games, dished out 10 or more assists in one game and made four or more threes in nine games.

Olimpico LB - Liga Nacional de Básquet in Argentina (2021-22)
Played in 38 games as a point guard finishing the season with 546 points, 143 rebounds, 79 assists, 35 steals and two blocks in 966 minutes while going 79-for-103 from free throws, 198-for-425 from the field and 71-for-177 from three ... Averaged 14.4 points, 11.2 attempted field goals, 4.7 attempted three pointers, 5.2 made field goals, 3.8 rebounds, 2.9 defensive rebounds, 2.7 attempted free throws, 2.1 made free throws and assists, 1.9 made three pointers, 0.9 steals, 0.8 offensive rebounds and 0.1 blocks in 25.4 minutes per game while shooting 76.7 percent from free throws, 46.6 percent from the field and 40.1 percent from three for a 58.0 percent true shooting percentage ... Season-highs were 26 points (Dec. 11, 2021 at Regatas Corrientes), 10 rebounds (Jan. 14, 2022 at Atletico Argentino de Junin), six assists (Mar. 21, 2022 vs. Atletico Platense and Dec. 16, 2021 at La Union), four steals (Jan. 31, 2022 at Comunicaciones) and one block (Jan. 20, 2022 vs. Obras and Apr. 11, 2022 vs. Atenas) ... Scored 10 or more points in 27 games, scored 20 or more points in 10 games, grabbed five or more rebounds in 14 games, grabbed 10 or more rebounds in one game, made four or more threes in four games and made seven or more threes in one game.

Ylli Therande - Kosovo Basketball Superleague  (2020-21)
Played in six games as a point guard finishing the season with 43 points, 17 rebounds, 15 assists and 10 steals in 153 minutes while going 15-for-17 from free throws, 11-for-47 from the field and 6-for-25 from three ... Averaged 7.8 attempted field goals, 7.2 points, 4.2 attempted three pointers, 2.8 attempted free throws and rebounds, 2.5 made free throws and assists, 2.2 defensive rebounds, 1.8 made field goals, 1.7 steals, 1.0 made three pointers and 0.7 offensive rebounds in 25.5 minutes per game while shooting 88.2 percent from free throws, 23.4 percent from the field and 24.0 percent from three for a 39.5 percent true shooting percentage ... Season-highs were 16 points (Jan. 31, 2021 vs. Vëllaznimi Gjakove), five rebounds (Jan. 24, 2021 at Trecpça Mitrovice), five assists (Jan. 27, 2021 at Sigal Prishtina) and three steals (Feb. 28, 2021 vs. KB Rahoveci and Jan. 27, 2021 at Sigal Prishtina) ... Scored 10 or more points in one game, had five or more rebounds in one game and dished out five or more assists in one game.

Ankara Anadolu - Turkish Basketball First League (2020-21)
Played in 14 games as a point guard finished the season with 259 points, 82 rebounds, 52 assists, 32 steals and two blocks in 464 minutes while going 44-for-50 from free throws, 89-for-201 from the field and 37-for-103 from three ... Averaged 18.5 points, 14.4 attempted field goals, 7.4 attempted three pointers, 6.4 made field goals, 5.9 rebounds, 4.8 defensive rebounds, 3.7 assists, 3.6 attempted free throws, 3.1 made free throws, 2.6 made three pointers, 2.3 steals, 1.1 offensive rebound and 0.1 blocks per game in 33.1 minutes per game while shooting 88.0 percent from free throws, 44.3 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from three for a 58.1 percent true shooting percentage ... Season-highs were 30 points (Dec. 4, 2020 vs. Istanbul Basket), 11 rebounds (Nov. 22, 2020 vs. Final Spor Bursa), eight assists (Nov. 25, 2020 vs. Samsunspor), six steals (Dec. 25, 2020 vs. Yeni Mamak Spor) and one block (Nov. 29, 2020 vs. Akhisar Bld and Oct. 17, 2020 vs. Sigortam. Net ITU BB) ... Scored 10 or more points in 12 games, 20 or more points in seven games and 30 points or more in one game, grabbed five or more rebounds in 10 games, grabbed 10 or more rebounds in one game, dished out five or more assists in three games and made four or more threes in three games.
 

2019-20 - Appeared and started in all 31 games for the Lions before Covid-19 ended the season before the NCAA Regional Tournament began ... Finished the season with 403 points, 173 rebounds, 48 assists, 34 steals and 12 blocks in 979 minutes while going 66-for-77 from free throws, 131-for-303 from the field and 75-for-203 from three ... Averaged 13.0 points, 9.8 attempted field goals, 6.5 attempted three pointers, 5.6 rebounds, 4.2 made field goals, 2.5 attempted free throws, 2.4 made three pointers, 2.1 made free throws, 1.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.4 blocks per game in 31.6 minutes while shooting 85.7 percent from free throws, 43.2 percent from the field and 36.9 percent from three ... Scored 10 or more points in 21 games, 15 or more points in 13 games and 20 or more points in four games, made five or more threes in three games, grabbed 10 or more rebounds and finished with five or more assists in two games and registered one double-double against Arkansas Tech (Dec. 21, 2019) with 10 rebounds and 19 points in 31 minutes.

2018-19 - Appeared and started in all 33 games as a junior for the Lions … All-MIAA Third Team selection … went over the 1,000-point plato for a career during the team’s stretch in Puerto Rico … became the all-time leading 3-point shooter in program history as he holds the records for 3-pointers in a single-season and career … he averaged 14.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 39.7 percent from the field, 34.6 percent from beyond arc, and 82.5 percent from the free-throw line … finished first in three-point field goal attempts (263) and minutes per game (35.54), second in in three-point shots made (91), third in three-point field goals per game (2.76), fourth in three-point field-goal percentage (34.6), and fifth in total minutes (1184:42) among the MIAA rankings while ranking tenth in three-point field goal attempts and 14th in total minutes nationally … scored a season-high 28 points (9-for-18, 8-for-17) in the squad’s  NCAA Central Region first round contest against Washburn (3/16) … recorded three double-doubles, including a season-high 11 rebound versus cross-state rival Pittsburg State (2/19) … converted on a season-high ten shots for a 26-point outburst against Central Oklahoma (12/6) … also part of squad that finished No. 1 in the MIAA in scoring offense (86.7), total rebounds (1,279), rebounds per game (38.76), assists (550), three-point field goals per game (10.9), free-throw attempts (730), and free throws made (531) on top of finishing top-20 in the country in ten categories: sixth in three-point field goals (966), eighth in three-point field goals made (359), 13th in total assists, 14th in three-point field goal per game, 15th in free throws made and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.49), 16th in in free-throw attempts and defensive rebounds per game (28.55), and 17th in scoring offense and total rebounds.
 
2017-18 - Second-team All-MIAA selection ... for the second-straight year, broke the school single-season record for three pointers with 110 ... enters the season with 199 three's, just 66 off the career record ... helped the Lions to break the team single-season record for three's as well ... For the season, averaged 16.8 points per game in 36.3 minutes per contest ... also led the team with 6.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 46.1 percent from the field and 46 percent from the three point line, while hitting 82 percent of his free throws ... led the MIAA in three pointers per game, three point percentage and total three pointers, while ranking seventh in scoring ... made a three pointer in every single game and has 47 consecutive games with a three, dating back to January of 2017. 

2016-17 - Played and started in all 30 games during his impressive rookie season...Named the MIAA's Freshman of the Year; became the sixth Lion in the history of the program to earn that honor, joining Carlos Newberry (96-97), Carlos Escalera (99-00), Skyler Bowlin (07-08), Jason Adams (08-09), and Marquis Addison (10-11)...Became the highest-scoring freshman this year in the MIAA as he finished the regular season averaging 13.9 points and 4.9 rebounds...His 13.9 points per game ranked him 12th in the MIAA...Second in the MIAA in three point attempts (225), three pointers made (89), and three pointers per game (3.0)...Ranked  41st and 43rd nationally in three point makes and attempts, respectively...Finished third on the team in scoring, while averaging 4.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists, to along with 36 total steals for second on the team...Recorded one double-double at Emporia State (18 points & 10 rebounds) and four 20-point performances, including a season-high 23 point game in a 89-76 victory at Washburn (Jan. 19). 

Prior to Southern -  Clark prepped at Deer Creek HS for coach Matt Bailey where he was a four-year letter winner for the Deer ... The school's all-time leader in scoring, he was a three-year starter and also has the second-highest single-game scoring mark with 40 ... As a senior, Clark averaged 25.5 points and was an All-Conference selection ... As a junior he was also an All-Conference pick ... Clark finished his career being selected to the COAC All-Star Game and was named a Big All-City All-Star ... He also played football at Deer Creek. 

Personal - Clark is the son of Steven and Jennifer Clark ... he intends to major in business at Southern.
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    2016-17Freshman

    G
    6'3" 170 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2017-18Sophomore

    G
    6'3" 170 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2018-19Junior

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    6'3" 170 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2019-20Senior

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    6'3" 170 lbs
    15