Austin Richie

Position:
Guard/Forward
Height:
6-6
Weight:
226
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Glenwood, Ill.
High School:
Triton College

CAREER – A one-year letter winner who appeared in 23 games with 11 starts for Tulsa ... averaged 6.7 points and 2.1 rebounds a game ... named to the AAC weekly honor roll on Dec. 22, 2020 ... elected to transfer following his junior season.

JUNIOR (2020-21) – Played in 23 games with 11 starts … averaged 6.7 points and 2.1 rebounds … shot 39-percent from the field and 35.5-percent from three … led the Hurricane in three point makes with 38, while making a three in 17-of-23 games … Tulsa was 8-3 when he connected on 2 or more 3-pointers in a game … had 7 double-figure scoring games, including 15 points in the season finale against Northeastern State (March 4) ... scored a career-high at TU with 19 points, making 5-of-10 three pointers against Northwestern State (Dec. 18) ... named to the AAC weekly honor roll after averaging 11 points and 4.5 rebounds in wins over Memphis and Southwestern Christian (Dec. 22)

JUNIOR COLLEGE – Was an NJCAA Third-Team All-American in 2019-20 at Triton College … averaged 16.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals … shot 51.5 percent from the field … converted the third-most 3-pointers in NJCAA by knocking down 120-of-267 treys … also connected on 85.5 percent of his free throws … had 26 double-figure scoring games, including 11 games of 20 points or more … had career-highs of 28 points vs. Joliet JC and 15 rebounds at Milwaukee Area Tech … made a season-high of 6 three-pointers vs. Harry S. Truman Junior College … JC coach was Steve Christiansen.

PREVIOUS COLLEGE – Played one year at Northern Illinois … appeared in 28 contests, while averaging 9.7 minutes per game … averaged 2.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game … Shot 30.9 percent (25-of-81) from the field, 24.1 percent (13-of-54) from three-point range and went 5-of-5 from the free-throw line … scored a season-high nine points on 3-of-3 shooting from three-point range against Toledo in the MAC Quarterfinals (March 14) … grabbed a season-high four rebounds three times, including Chicago State (Dec. 22), at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 9) and Western Michigan (Feb. 26) … recorded a season-high three steals against Rockford (Nov. 6) while playing a season-high 25 minutes.

HIGH SCHOOL – Spent a postgraduate season at Don Bosco Institute in Crown Point, Ind., in 2017-18 … averaged 18 points and six rebounds per game … shot 53 percent from the field, 41 percent from three and 86 percent from the free-throw line … ranked 37th by Midwest Hoops Spotlight in the Class of 2018 and was the MVP of the Hendricks County Hoopfest … played his senior year of high school at Bloom High School in Chicago Heights … averaged 18 points and seven rebounds per game … earned IBCA 3A/4A Third Team All-State honors and First Team All-Area recognition from the Daily Southtown with the Trojans in 2016-17 … was a three-year starter at Marian Catholic High School before moving to Bloom … averaged 12 points and eight rebounds per game for the Spartans as a junior … helped Marian Catholic to a 23-6 record and a regional championship in 2015-16.

PERSONAL – Full name is Myron Austin Richie ... Born on August 4, 1999 ... started playing basketball at age five and his favorite NBA player is Kevin Durant... favorite movies are Love and Basketball ... parents are Tanya and Myron Richie ... If he was not playing basketball at TU, he would be an ESPN analyst ... most memorable place he has been to is the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.