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24 Robert Nyakundi

  • Position Forward
  • Class SR
  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 220
  • Hometown Arlington, Texas
  • Previous School Bowie HS

Biography

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SMU Career Records: 2nd in 3FGs (267), 2nd in 3FG% (43.4), 2nd in FT% (84.3), T-3rd in games played (123), T-12th in games started (91), 15th in points (1353), 21st in steals (97), 25th in FGs made (452)...C-USA Career Records: 6th in 3FGs (267), 6th in 3FG% (43.4, 267-615)...SMU Season Records: T-2nd in 3FGs (84), 10th in 3FG% (41.4)...2011-12 (Senior): Team captain...Played and started 31 games ...Averaged 14.8 points (7th C-USA), 4.8 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.0 assist...shot 46.3% FGs (13th C-USA), 41.4% 3FGs (84-203) (1st C-USA) and 78.0% FTs (64- 82) (6th C-USA)...Team Leader: Led in scoring 19 times, rebounds 12 times, steals 11 times...Levels: 10+ points 25 times, 20+ points 5 times, 8+ rebounds 5 times, 3+ steals 5 times...C-USA Games: Averaging 14.2 points (10th C-USA), 38.8% on 3FGs (6th C-USA), 2.7 3FGs per game (1st CUSA), 1.6 steals (6th C-USA)...Injury: missed the game at East Carolina 2/1 - hamstring...Honors: All-Conference USA Third Team, USBWA All-District VII, NABC All-District 11 Second Team...Preseason All-C-USA 2nd Team, Best Shooter in C-USA by The Sporting News, Preseason All-C-USA second team by Lindy's Sports Annuals...Team Rankings: 1st in scoring (14.8), 1st in rebounds (4.8), T-1st in steals (35, 1.1), 1st in FG% (46.8), 1st in 3FG% (41.4)...C-USA Rankings: 7th in scoring (14.8), 1st in 3FG% (41.4), 2nd in 3FGs per game (2.7), 13th in FG% (46.3), 6th in FT Pct (78.0), T-12th in steals (1.1), 14th in defensive rebounds (3.7)...In C-USA games, 1st in 3FG (2.7), 6th in 3FG% (.388), 6th in steals (1.6), 10th in scoring (14.2)...NCAA Rankings: 25th in 3FG% (41.4), 32nd in 3FGs made (2.7),116th in FG Pct (46.3), 196th in scoring (14.8)...Game Highlights: Had 21 points (21 in the 2nd half) on 6-10 3FGs and 4-4 FTs with 3 steals and 2 rebounds at Houston 2/25...Team-high 26 points (10-14 FG, 4-6 3FG, 2-2 FT), scoring 20 in the second half, at Tulane 1/25...Had team-highs of 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals going 5-10 FG, 2-4 3FG, 2-2 FT in 57-55 win at Tulsa 1/7...Had 20 points (7-14 FG, 3-6 3FG, 3-3 FT) and a career-high 11 rebounds with 3 steals vs. Oklahoma State 12/28...Tied career-high of 29 points (8-13 FG, 5-9 3FG, 8-9 FT) (24 pts in 2nd half) with 4 rebounds and 3 steals in 84-65 win at SEMO 12/19...Had 15 points, including 9 in OT as SMU won 69-63 at UALR 12/4...Team-high 27 points (8-9 FG, 4-5 3FG, 7-9 FT) with 5 rebounds and a block in 64-55 win vs. Ark-Pine Bluff 11/22...Totaled 18 points (4-6 3FG, 6-6 FT), 8 rebounds and a career-high 2 blocks in 65-64 win vs. Florida Gulf Coast 11/19.

Robert Nyakundi, 2011-12

Nyakundi 2010-11 Stats Get Acrobat Reader

Career rankings: 4th in 3FG (183), 2nd in 3FG percentage (44.4, 183-412), 2nd in FT percentage (88.1, 118-134) 2010-11 (Junior): Started all 35 games...averaged 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals...hit 48.1% on FGs and 49.7% on 3FGs (97-195)...had 20+points 10 times and led the team in scoring 11 times (7-4)...had 3 double-doubles...had 22 games with at least 3 three-pointers made... Honors: All-Conference USA Third Team...Named to the SMU Invitational All-Tournament Team (Avg. 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists while hitting 16-31 FGs (.516) and 10-19 3FGs (.526))...Team Awards: FT%, Most Improved...Team Rankings: 2nd in scoring (14.3, 501), 2nd in FGs made (4.7, 166), 1st in 3FG% (49.7, 97-195), 1st in FT% (90.0, 72-80), 2nd in rebounds (4.3), 2nd in assists (1.9), 2nd in steals (1.0), 3rd in minutes (30.6, 1071)...Conference USA Rankings: 11th in scoring (14.3), 8th in FG% (48.1), 3rd in FT% (90.0), 1st in 3FG% (49.7), 2nd in 3FGs made (2.8)...In C-USA games, 13th in scoring (13.8), 6th in FG% (51.8), 3rd in FT% (88.9), 1st in 3FG% (54.3, 44-81, C-USA record), 3rd in 3FGs made (2.8)...NCAA Rankings: 2nd in 3FG% (.497, 97-195), 34th in 3FGM (2.8)...SMU Season Records: 1st in 3FGM (97), 2nd in 3FG% (49.7, 97-195), 1st in FT% (90.0, 72-80), 28th in points (501)...C-USA Season Record: Set the C-USA record in league play by hitting 54.3% on 3FGs (44-81)...CIT: Averaged 10.5 points and 4.5 rebounds...hit 8-of-11 3-pointers (72.7%) and was 60% on FGs (15-25)...had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the semifinal vs. Santa Clara...Buzzer-Beater: Hit the game-winning 3-pointer off a pass from Jeremiah Samarippas with 1.1 seconds left in a 59-58 triumph at Tulsa 1/26 (totaled 10 points, 3 steals, 3 rebounds, 2 assists)...Game Highlights:Had 14 points and a career-high tying 10 rebounds (3rd career-dbl-dbl) while hitting 4-5 3FG vs. Santa Clara in CIT semifinal 3/25...Had 11 points, all 2nd half, on 3-5 3FG in CIT quarterfinal win at Northern Iowa 3/21...Had 15 points (5-8 FG, 1-1 3FG, 4-4 FT) in CIT opener vs. Oral Roberts 3/16...Had team-high 26 points (7-9 FG, 4-6 3FG, 8-9 FT) and 5 rebounds in OT win vs. Rice 2/23... Totaled 22 points (6-8 FG, 5-7 3FG, 5-5 FT) with 5 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal vs. Tulsa 2/19...Had 16 points (5-8 FG, 4-6 3FG) with career-highs of 6 assists and 5 steals at Houston 2/16...Career-highs of 29 points and 7 3FGs (7-11) with 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and a steal at Rice 1/29... Had a career-best in league play of 22 points and 3 assists vs. Houston 1/15...Added 15 points (4-8 FG, 3-5 3FG, 4-4 FT) with 3 rebounds in the win over Memphis 1/12...Had a team-high 22 points with a career-high six 3FGs vs. Ole Miss 1/5...Team-highs in points (23), rebounds (10), assists (3) and steals (3) while hitting 10-10 FT and 3-3 3FG vs. SE Missouri St 12/29...Team-high 21 points, tying a career-best with 5 3-pointers vs. Alabama State 12/22...Had 22 points (7-8 FG, 3-3 3FG, 5-6 FT) with career-highs in steals (4) and assists (6) vs. Grambling State 12/4...New career-high 24 points (9-16 FG, 3-8 3FG), with 5 rebounds and 2 steals in the win vs. Central Arkansas 11/28...New career-high 23 points (9-11 FGs, 3-4 3FGs) with 4 boards and 3 assists against Lamar 11/21...Had his first double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds while adding 4 assists against Portland State 11/19...Team-high 14 points with 5 rebounds and a career-high 4 assists at TCU 11/16.

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2009-10 Stats Get Acrobat Reader

2009-10 (Sophomore): Played in 27 games with 15 starts...Averaged 7.6 points and 3.2 rebounds while shooting 40.0% (46-115) from 3-point range...Had 9 double-figure scoring games...In C-USA games, averaged 8.9 points and 4.0 rebounds while hitting 37.2% (32-86) on 3FGs...Team Awards: FT Percentage...Team Rankings: 4th in scoring (7.6), 1st in 3FGM (46, 1.7), 3rd in 3FG% (.400, 46-115)...In C-USA games, 4th in scoring (8.9), 1st in 3FGM (32, 2.0), 2nd in 3FG% (.372, 32-86), 3rd in rebounds (4.0)...Conference USA Rankings: 4th in 3FG% (.400, 46-115), 11th in 3FGM (1.7)...In C-USA games, 7th in 3FG% (.372, 32-86), T-8th in 3FGM (2.0)...Milestones & Records: T-15th in a season at SMU for 3FG% (40.0, 46-115)...Note to Remember: Hit 11 straight 3FGs by hitting last 2 at Rice 1/20, 5-5 vs. Houston Baptist 1/23, and first 4 vs. UCF 1/27...Injury: Was limited by a sore knee and a bruised heel during most of the non-conference schedule...Game Highlights:Scored 18 points (4-8 FG, 3-5 3FG, 7-8 FT) with 6 rebounds, an assist, a block, and a steal in the win over Houston 2/27...Had 7 points (2-4 3FG), 6 rebounds and an assist in the win at East Carolina 2/24...Had a career-high 10 rebounds at Houston 2/13...Added 14 points, a season-high 6 rebounds, and 3 steals in the win at Tulane 2/6...Had 7 points and season-high 6 rebounds in win over Memphis 1/30...Game-high 18 points (5-9 FG, 4-8 3FG) with 4 rebounds vs. UCF 1/27...Had career-highs of 20 points, 7 FGM, 5 3FGM, and 4 steals with an assist and a block while hitting 7-8 FG and 5-5 3FG vs. Houston Baptist 1/23...Started and scored 13 points with 4 rebounds in the win at Rice 1/20...Had 8 points (3-4 FG, 2-3 3FG), 4 rebounds, and an assist in 20 minutes against UAB 1/16...Totaled 8 points (3-4 FG, 2-3 3FG), 3 rebounds, and 3 assists vs. North Carolina Central 1/9...Had a career-high 19 points (6-8 FG, 4-6 3FG, 3-3 FT) with 3 rebounds and an assist (17 points in the first half) against Texas State 12/7.

2008-09 Season Stats Get Acrobat Reader

2008-09 (Freshman): Played in all 30 games with 10 starts...averaged 6.2 points, 3.4 rebounds while shooting 39.2 percent (40-102) from three-point range...led team in 3FG and 3FGA (40-102)...scored in double-figures eight times...led team in steals five times, rebounding three times, and scoring twice...Record: His 39.2 percent 3-point shooting (40-102) was the fourth-best by a freshman at SMU...Team Awards: Most Improved, FT Pct...Team Rankings: 1st in 3FG Pct (39.2), 5th in scoring (6.2), 5th in rebounds (3.4), 5th in minutes (17.0)...Game Highlights:Scored 11 points with 3 rebounds and a steal in C-USA Tournament opener vs. Houston 3/11...In 25 minutes, had 9 points (3-4 3FG), 7 rebounds, an assist, a steal, and a block in 61-58 OT loss at UTEP 2/25...Had team-high 14 points (5-8 FG, 4-5 3FG) with 6 rebounds, a steal, and an assist - had shot clock beating FG with 1:55 left for 67-64 lead - in 69-66 win vs. Rice 2/21...Scored 14 points and had 6 rebounds (5 off.) vs. Cal State-Bakersfield 2/7...Scored 11 points on 4-8 FG & 3-6 3FG with 4 rebounds vs. [14] Memphis 2/4...Added 11 points (3-5 3FG, 2-2 FT) with 4 rebounds (3 off.) and a steal at Tulsa 1/31...Scored 11 points (4-9 FG, 2-2 FT) with four rebounds vs. ECU 1/24...Had a game-high 7 rebounds (2o/5d), a steal, 2 points, and a charge taken at Marshall 1/21...Had 12 points, hitting 4-4 3-pointers at Northwestern 12/23...Scored a game-high 18 points (7-12 FG, 4-6 3FG) with 2 rebounds, a block and a steal in his first career start; at Texas A&M 12/17...Added 8 points and a team-high 7 rebounds vs. Ark-Pine Bluff 12/15...Had 5 points and 5 rebounds in SMU debut at USF 11/14.

2007-08 (Redshirt): Sat out season as a redshirt. Prep: He was a three-time letterman at power-forward for coach Allen Gratts at Arlington Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas...was named first-team all-district and all-region as a senior...as a junior, he earned second-team all-district honors while averaging 8.4 points and 4.9 rebounds and leading Bowie to the 5A Region I quarterfinals...he also played football at Bowie HS...was ranked No. 76 by TexasHoops.com. Club: He played AAU basketball for the Dallas Mustangs and coaches Grady Dale and Tony Johnson. Personal:Robert was born in January of 1989, and is the son of Chris and Loice Nyakundi...plans to major in Applied Physiology and Sports Management at SMU


                                      THE STAT CREW SYSTEM                   SMU Mustangs Individual Game-by-Game (as of Jun 03, 2009)                                           All games
#24 NYAKUNDI, Robert
                                         |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---|             |----REBOUNDS----|Opponent               Date     GS  Min   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA  Pct Off Def  Tot  Avg  PF FO   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------at USF                 11-14-08      14    1-4    .250   1-2    .500   2-2  1.000   1   4    5  5.0   1  0   1   1   0   1    5  5.0HOUSTON BAPTIST        11/21/08      14    0-3    .000   0-2    .000   0-0   .000   1   2    3  4.0   1  0   0   1   0   1    0  2.5ALABAMA STATE          11/22/08       8    1-4    .250   0-0    .000   0-0   .000   2   1    3  3.7   0  0   0   1   0   0    2  2.3ILLINOIS STATE         11/23/08       6    1-2    .500   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   1   0    1  3.0   2  0   0   0   0   0    2  2.3at TCU                 11/26/08      10    1-2    .500   1-1   1.000   0-0   .000   0   0    0  2.4   2  0   0   1   0   0    3  2.4TEXAS A&M - INT'L      12/05/08      12    2-3    .667   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   0   2    2  2.3   2  0   0   1   0   0    4  2.7ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF    12/15/08      20    3-7    .429   1-4    .250   1-2   .500   2   5    7  3.0   3  0   0   0   0   2    8  3.4at Texas A&M           12/17/08  *   22    7-12   .583   4-6    .667   0-1   .000   1   1    2  2.9   4  0   0   0   1   1   18  5.3at Northwestern        12/23/08  *   25    4-5    .800   4-4   1.000   0-0   .000   2   1    3  2.9   2  0   0   3   0   0   12  6.0UT-SAN ANTONIO         12/29/08  *   13    1-4    .250   0-2    .000   0-0   .000   0   1    1  2.7   1  0   1   0   0   1    2  5.6TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRIS 12/31/08      14    1-5    .200   0-3    .000   0-0   .000   1   1    2  2.6   2  0   0   1   0   2    2  5.3COLORADO               01/05/09       8    2-5    .400   0-1    .000   0-0   .000   0   2    2  2.6   2  0   0   0   0   0    4  5.2UTEP                   01/10/09      18    2-3    .667   2-3    .667   1-2   .500   0   2    2  2.5   2  0   1   2   0   0    7  5.3at Rice                1/14/09       16    2-7    .286   2-5    .400   0-0   .000   2   4    6  2.8   1  0   0   2   0   1    6  5.4TULANE                 01/17/09      14    1-3    .333   0-2    .000   0-0   .000   0   2    2  2.7   3  0   0   0   0   0    2  5.1at Marshall            1/21/09       24    0-3    .000   0-2    .000   2-2  1.000   2   5    7  3.0   2  0   0   0   0   1    2  4.9EAST CAROLINA          01/24/09  *   23    4-9    .444   1-6    .167   2-2  1.000   2   2    4  3.1   2  0   0   1   0   0   11  5.3at UCF                 1/28/09   *   20    0-6    .000   0-3    .000   0-0   .000   1   3    4  3.1   2  0   1   1   0   0    0  5.0at Tulsa               01/31/09  *   21    3-7    .429   3-5    .600   2-2  1.000   3   1    4  3.2   3  0   0   0   0   1   11  5.3MEMPHIS                02/04/09      22    4-8    .500   3-6    .500   0-0   .000   2   2    4  3.2   3  0   0   1   0   0   11  5.6CS-BAKERSFIELD         02/07/09      25    5-10   .500   2-5    .400   2-2  1.000   5   1    6  3.3   3  0   0   0   0   0   14  6.0HOUSTON                02/11/09      12    0-2    .000   0-2    .000   0-0   .000   2   1    3  3.3   1  0   0   2   0   0    0  5.7at UAB                 02/14/09  *   13    2-4    .500   1-3    .333   0-0   .000   1   1    2  3.3   3  0   0   2   0   0    5  5.7at Memphis             02/18/09      17    1-4    .250   1-3    .333   0-0   .000   0   1    1  3.2   5  1   0   1   0   0    3  5.6RICE                   02/21/09  *   23    5-8    .625   4-5    .800   0-0   .000   1   5    6  3.3   2  0   1   0   0   1   14  5.9at UTEP                02/25/09  *   25    3-4    .750   3-4    .750   0-0   .000   1   6    7  3.4   5  1   1   4   1   1    9  6.0TULSA                  02/28/09  *   28    3-13   .231   2-10   .200   1-1  1.000   3   3    6  3.5   4  0   0   0   0   0    9  6.1SOUTHERN MISS          03/04/09       7    1-1   1.000   1-1   1.000   0-0   .000   0   1    1  3.4   2  0   0   0   0   0    3  6.0at Houston             3/7/09        12    3-5    .600   1-3    .333   0-0   .000   1   1    2  3.4   2  0   1   0   0   0    7  6.1vs Houston             3/11/09       24    4-8    .500   3-7    .429   0-0   .000   1   2    3  3.4   1  0   0   0   0   1   11  6.2Totals......................... 10  510   67-161  .416  40-102  .392  13-16  .813  38  63  101  3.4  68  2   7  25   2  14  187  6.2Games played: 30Minutes/game: 17.0Points/game: 6.2FG Pct: 41.63FG Pct: 39.2FT Pct: 81.3Rebounds/game: 3.4Assists/game: 0.2Turnovers/game: 0.8Assist/turnover ratio: 0.3Steals/game: 0.5Blocks/game: 0.1

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