2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 25
Samson Strickland
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Wilson, N.C.
- High School:
- Fike
- Prev School:
- Washington Academy
- Major:
- Environmental Health
AS A JUNIOR (2020-21)
Game-By-Game Statistics
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
Game-By-Game Statistics
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
AS A FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Game-By-Game Statistics
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
Game-By-Game Statistics
- Played in two games for a total of three minutes
- Did not record any statistics
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
Game-By-Game Statistics
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
- Played in 10 games, all during the conference season
- Made his season debut on New Year’s Day at Wichita State (1/1/20)
- Scored four total points, grabbed seven total rebounds and played 31 total minutes
- Made 1 of 4 field goal attempts during the year and 2 of 5 free throw attempts
- Went 2 for 3 at the free throw line and grabbed two rebounds at SMU (1/22/20)
- Credited with two rebounds at Tulsa (2/12/20)
- Scored his lone field goal of the season at Cincinnati (2/16/20)
- Collected two steals during the year
AS A FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Game-By-Game Statistics
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
- Saw action in three games
- Scored his lone points of the season in the first round of The American Basketball Championship by making two free throws
- Grabbed two total rebounds during the campaign
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended one year of prep school at Washington Academy in Greenville, N.C.
- Graduated from Fike High School in 2017
- Three-year letterman
- Averaged 19.1 points and 11.1 rebounds in leading the Golden Demons to an 18-9 mark for coach Brent Secrest
- Two-time 3A All-Big East Conference, Wilson Times all-area team and North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA) all-district performer
- Earned team MVP honors as a junior and senior
- Suited up for the East in the 2017 North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) East-West All-Star Game
- Participated in the 2017 Carolina Orthopedics All-Star Classic at West Craven High in Vanceboro, N.C.
- Competed in the 2017 Basketball Elite.com Fab 40 Eastern N.C. Regional
- Earned Thomas Law Attorneys Academic All-Area acclaim as a senior
- Recipient of the Harvey Reid, Jr. Memorial MVP Award in the 2016 Farris & Farris Holiday Tournament
- Scored over 1,000 points at Fike High School
- Member of Fike’s chapter of National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Society
- North Carolina Scholar-Athlete
- North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA) Academic All-Star
- Track and field letterman.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Samson Shamar Strickland
- Son of Melvis and Yulonda Strickland
- Father played semi-pro football
- Has a younger sister, Mesha
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