Biography
2022-23 Fifth Year
First Team All-MAAC selection … Third Team All-Met selection … Made the Preseason All-MAAC Team … Appeared in all 30 games, made 29 starts … Averaged 15.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 1.9 steals per game … Nine 20-plus point games … Hit the game-winning basketball at Quinnipiac (Feb. 26) as time expired … Seventeen games of five-plus assists … Surpassed 1,000 career points (1,162) in his career at Canisius (Jan. 29) … Scored 15 points and added eight rebounds and four assists against Marist (Mar. 7) in the First Round of the MAAC Tournament … Eclipsed 1,000 career points (1,006) at Manhattan against Marist in the MAAC Tournament …
2021-22 Senior Year
Preseason Third Team All-MAAC selection … Started 23 games and came off the bench in three more … Averaged 10.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game … Shot 42-percent from the field and 36-percent from behind the 3-point line … Added 42 steals on the year … Was 11th in the MAAC in 3-point percentage … Four games of 20+ points … A season-high 24 versus Siena (Dec. 3), played all 40 minutes … Had nine other games of 10+ points … Thirteen games of multiple steals and seven games of three-plus steals … Dished out five assists against Marist (Jan. 30) and Rider (Feb. 8) …
2020-21 Junior Year
All-MAAC Third Team
One of the top playmakers in the MAAC … Averaged a team-best 13.4 ppg (9th MAAC), 3.6 rpg, 3.1 apg (7th MAAC) and 1.2 spg (14th MAAC) … Notched double-figures in scoring a team-best 15 times, including hitting for at least 20 on three occasions, with two double-doubles … Handed out at least four assists eight times … Shot 37.8 percent from the floor and 75.8 percent (12th MAAC) from the line … Started all 20 games, playing an average of 31.7 minutes each time out … Named MAAC Player of the Week after averaging 23.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 3.0 apg while shooting 71.4 percent from the floor, including 85.7 percent from long range, and a perfect 100.0 percent from the line over two games against Rider (12/11-12/12) … Scored 19 points in the opener, before going for a career-high 27 points with six rebounds and four assists in the finale … Matched his career-high with 27 points at Siena (2/26), on 11-of-16 shooting, to go along with a season-high matching six assists … Notched his second career double-double with 16 points and a career-high matching 11 rebounds in MAAC Quarterfinal action against Fairfield (3/9) … Had 23 points with five assists and two steals over a career-high 41 minutes against Marist (12/20) ... Registered his first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds at Quinnipiac (1/8) …Had 14 points in victory at Delaware State (12/30) … Scored 13 points, on 5-of-8 shooting, with five assists and four rebounds against Fairfield (3/5) … Averaged 12.5 ppg and 5.5 apg over two games against Monmouth (2/5-2/6) … Followed that up by notching 12.0 ppg and 3.0 apg in split with Iona (2/12-2/13).
2019-20 Sophomore Year (Seton Hall)
Helped the Pirates to a share of the 2020 Big East Regular Season Championship ... Averaged 2.7 points and 2.3 assists per game … Shot 43.8 percent from the floor … Handed out at least four assists on 10 occasions, while posting a 1.6 assist/turnover ratio … Played in 27 games, making two starts, while seeing an average of 12.4 minutes each time out … Handed out five assists against No. 3 Michigan State (11/14) … Scored 10 points with four assists and two steals in win over No. 7 Maryland (12/19) ... Had 12 points with seven assists over 37 minutes in victory vs. Prairie View A&M (12/22) ... Handed out four assists in win at Xavier (1/18) … Scored seven points with six assists in victory over Wagner (11/5) … Notched eight points at Rutgers (12/14) and six in win vs. Marquette (1/11).
2018-19 Freshman Year (Seton Hall)
Helped the Pirates to a berth in the NCAA Tournament ... Notched 2.4 points and 1.8 assists per game … Dished out at least four assists on five occasions, while posting a 2.30 assist/turnover ratio … Played in all 34 games, while seeing an average of 10.5 minutes each time out … Scored 12 points in the Big East Final against No. 25 Villanova (3/16) … Followed that up with five points in just eight minutes in the NCAA Tournament against Wofford (3/21) … Handed out a career-high eight assists in victory over Sacred Heart (12/19) … Registered five assists in just 13 minutes of Wooden Legacy semifinal win over Hawai'i (11/23) ... Dished out five assists in win over Wagner (11/6) ... Produced four assists and two steals vs. Louisville (12/1) ... Had seven points in win at Xavier (1/2) ... Produced five assists in victory over Creighton (2/9).
Scholastic / Personal
Played his prep ball at the South Kent School (CT) under the direction of Bill Barton … Earned two letters ... Team captain as a senior, averaging 16 points, eight assists and five rebounds a game ... Named Class AA All-NEPSAC First Team and All-New England Third Team ... Led the Cardinals to the NEPSAC Tournament semifinals, thanks to 24-point outburst in a quarterfinal win over MacDuffie School ... 2016 All A State Championship ... Earned MVP honors ... Played AAU basketball for the New York Lightning under the direction of former Atlantic 10 standouts Dana Dingle and Shandue McNeil … Has aspirations of playing professionally ... Enjoys playing 2K and listening to music ... Born on October 20, 1998 … Son of Tonia Perry and James Nelson ... Has five siblings: Kreig, Cory, Courtney, Eboni and Taniel ... His brother Courtney played college basketball at Richmond, Rutgers and William Patterson ... Is majoring in business management at Manhattan.
