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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 23
Nick Ellington
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High School:
- Cardinal Ritter College Prep HS
- Prev School:
- Eastern Illinois
Bio
2024-25
2023-24
Before MSU
Personal
- Vs Maryland Eastern Shore, hit 7-of-9 from the field & 5-of-7 from the line for 19 with six rebounds.
- Scored 17 points on 6-of-9FG vs Utah Valley with six rebounds.
- 15 points on 6-of-8 from the field vs Southeast Missouri with eight rebounds and tied career-high three steals.
- Returned to the starting lineup in MSU’s first win at Drake with a team-high eight rebounds.
- At home vs Valparaiso, scored 15 points on 5-of-9 from the field and 5-of-7 from free throw line with game-high eight rebounds.
- In MSU’s win at Southern Illinois, hit a career-best shooting game when he went 6-of-6 field goals and finished with 14 points.
- Ellington’s double-double is his fifth with the Racers in his two seasons.
- Scored his fifth career MSU double-double and his second against Valparaiso (Feb. 8) with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
- At the MVC Tournament scored eight points and grabbed nine rebounds in MSU's win over Evansville, and had a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds against Bradley.
2023-24
- Played his first MSU game vs Midway debuted with 22 points as the best for the Racers since Byron Hawkins scored 28 points against Brescia (11-10-17).
- Against TTU, became the first Racer to debut with back to back double-doubles since 2000 when Antoine Whelchel did it. A freshman at the time, Whelchel has 27pts/12reb vs Gardner Webb (11-20-00) and followed with 12pts/10reb vs Colorado Springs (11-28-00)
- Named MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 13)
- Tied his career-high with five blocked shots at Little Rock.
- Was a pair of rebounds from a double-double vs MTSU with 17 points.
- Led the Racers against UNI with 14 points, five rebounds and three blocked shots.
- Scored a career-high 29 points in MSU’s win at UIC on 13-of-16 from the field with seven rebounds and a pair of steals and blocked shots.
- Ellington’s 13 field goals made him the first MSU player to score 10 or more field goals in a single game since Rob Perry’s 10 made shots in his 30-point game at Valparaiso (12-04-22).
- The Last Racer to make 13 or more field goals in a game was 15 by KJ Williams at Tennessee State (02-10-22).
- Ellington’s 13 field goals was tied for sixth all-time at MSU for a single game. The all-time mark is 17 by both Garrett Beshear against Middle Tennessee in 1952 (12-29-52) and Herb McPherson against Marshall in 1966 (02-06-66).
- Named MVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 22) for the second time this season on the strength of his performance in a game against UIC.
- In the games vs UIC and INST, Ellington shot 77 percent (21-of-27) from the field and had a 23.0 points per game average for the pair of games. In addition, he grabbed 17 rebounds for an 8.5 per game average and also had four assists and six blocked shots.
- Scored 19 points in MSU’s win over Evansville on 8-16 shooting with six rebounds.
- Scored 23 points on 10-of-13 from the field in the home win over Missouri State with five rebounds and a pair of steals.
- Reached the 1000-Point Club today when combining his four-year collegiate career at Meridian (MS) CC, Eastern Illinois and Murray State.
Before MSU
- Played in all 31 games during the season making 21 starts during the 2022-23 season at Eastern Illinois.
- Shot a team-best 52 percent from the field (78-150).
- Had nine double-figure scoring games with a season high 21 points in road win at SIUE (9-of-13 shooting)
- Averaged 4.4 rebounds per game with 54 offensive rebounds which ranked 11th in the Ohio Valley Conference
- Pulled down a season high 10 rebounds vs. Alabama State.
- Played two seasons (2020-21 & 2021-22) at Meridian CC in Mississippi earning NJCAA All-Region 23 honors in 2021-22.
- Averaged 11.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game playing for coach James Green.
- His 3.4 blocks per game ranked third in the NJCAA ranks in 2021-22.
- In 2019-20, helped lead Cardinal Ritter College Prep to a Missouri Class 3A State Championship in 2020.
- In state quarterfinal game recorded 11 blocked shots in a win over Christian-O'Fallon HS.
Personal
- Born July 24, 2021, son of Nakia Thompson.
- Siblings: (Sisters) India Ellington, Nya Ellington, Breanna Ellington, Branee Ellington, Cidney Young. (Brothers) Ryon Young, Braden Ellington, Brandon Ellington and Cameron Young.
- Given name is Brandon, but goes by Nick.
Conlee Crossno Bye Week Press Conference
Tuesday, September 23
Jody Wright Bye Week Press Conference
Tuesday, September 23
09-22-25 Coach Ryan Miller Press Conference
Monday, September 22
09-22-25 Mason Miller & Fred King Press Conference
Monday, September 22
