Scott Morrison (basketball player)
{{Short description|Canadian basketball player}}
{{distinguish|text=Scott Morrison (basketball coach)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Scott Morrison
| image =Scott Morrison 2.jpg
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| position = Center
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 247
| league =
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| nationality = Canadian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1986|1|3}}
| birth_place = North Vancouver, British Columbia
| highschool = Argyle Secondary School
(North Vancouver, British Columbia)
| college = Portland State (2004–2008)
| draft_year = 2008
| career_start = 2008
| career_end = 2019
| years1 = 2008–2009
| team1 = Albacomp
| years2 = 2009
| team2 = Vancouver Titans
| years3 = 2009–2010
| team3 = Tartu Ülikool/Rock
| years4 = 2010–2011
| team4 = BC Politekhnika-Halychyna
| years5 = 2011
| team5 = KK Włocławek
| years6 = 2011–2012
| team6 = Czarni Słupsk
| years7 = 2012–2013
| team7 = Eisbären Bremerhaven
| years8 = 2013–2014
| team8 = Melbourne Tigers
| years9 = 2014–2015
| team9 = Aisin SeaHorses Mikawa
| years10 = 2015–2017
| team10 = Akita Northern Happinets
| years11 = 2017–2018
| team11 = San-en NeoPhoenix
| years12 = 2018
| team12 = Kumamoto Volters
| years13 = 2019
| team13 = Ryukyu Golden Kings
| highlights =
- National Basketball League (Japan) champion (2015)
- Estonian champion (2010)
- JCB Cup winner (2009)
- Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year (2008)
- Provincial AAA basketball champion (2004)
}}
Scott Morrison (born January 3, 1986), nicknamed "Scomo", is a Canadian former professional basketball player who last played for Ryukyu Golden Kings of the B.League. Morrison played the center position.{{cite web|url=https://northern-happinets.com/news/8461.html |title=【契約継続】スコット・モリソン選手 契約基本合意のお知らせ |language=Japanese |trans-title=[Contract Renewal] Notice of agreement with Scott Morrison |date=9 August 2016 |publisher=Akita Northern Happinets |access-date=30 September 2016}}
College career
At the age of 18, he moved to America and began his college career in Portland State University. He averaged 9.2 points and 5.6 rebounds for Vikings and still holds the school records for blocked shots and dunks, and top 5 all time in PSU rebound history.{{cite web|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/pdx.sidearmsports.com/documents/2014/10/27/1415_record_book_WEB.pdf?id=3028 |title=Viking Basketball Record Book |date=2015 |access-date=30 September 2016}} He was also a part of two Big Sky Conference champions team and was the conference's Defensive Player of the Year in 2007-08.
College statistics
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|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2004-05
| style="text-align:left;"| Portland State
|28 || 26 || 19.1 ||.588 ||.000 || .547 ||4.57 || 0.57 ||0.43 || 1.04|| 5.54
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2005-06
| style="text-align:left;"| Portland State
| 27 ||17 ||22.0 ||.455 || .000 ||.623 ||5.33 || 1.07 ||0.37 || 1.30 || 9.30
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2006-07
| style="text-align:left;"| Portland State
| 32 ||28 ||24.7 || .569 || .000 || .596||6.47 ||1.03 || 0.81 || 2.19 || 11.19
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2007-08
| style="text-align:left;"| Portland State
| 32 ||30 ||23.8 || .575 || .000 || .633|| 5.84 ||1.06 || 0.69 || 1.66 || 10.44
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
!119 ||101 || 22.5||.543 || .000 ||.607 || 5.60 ||0.94 || 0.59 ||1.57 ||9.23
|-
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=NCAA Awards & Honors=
- All-Big Sky Second Team - 2008
- Big Sky Defensive POY - 2008
Professional career
In 2008 Morrison signed with the Albacomp of Hungary, then subsequently spent seasons playing for teams in Canada, Estonia, Ukraine, Poland and Germany.{{cite web |last= peterszfvar|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXuLxPTVB8 |title=Scott Morrison (Vancouver Titans)|date=12 June 2009 |accessdate=17 October 2016}} In July 2013 he signed with the Melbourne Tigers for the 2013-14 season of the Australian NBL. He has often worn a black mask to protect his nose since having it broken twice in February 2014, in separate matches against the Perth Wildcats and Adelaide 36ers.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/townsville-crocodiles-down-melbourne-tigers-in-nbl/story-e6frf3f3-1226842540835 |title=Townsville Crocodiles down Melbourne Tigers in NBL |last=Smart |first=Nick |date=1 March 2014 |work=Fox Sports Australia |access-date=30 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/melbourne-tigers-wait-on-mu-to-recover-for-nbl-semifinal-dress-rehearsal-with-36ers-in-adelaide/story-fnii09ki-1226859483469 |title=Melbourne Tigers wait on 'Mu' to recover for NBL semi-final dress rehearsal with 36ers in Adelaide |date=19 March 2014 |last=Nagy |first=Boti |work=AdelaideNow |access-date=30 September 2016}}{{cite tweet|user=AKITA_NH|author=秋田ノーザンハピネッツ|number=762887444450553856|date=9 August 2016|title=【契約継続】スコット・モリソン選手 契約基本合意のお知らせ 本人コメントはこちら! #akitanh}} In September 2014 he signed with the Aisin Seahorses Mikawa of the Japanese NBL.{{cite web|url=http://www.aisin.co.jp/seahorse/index.php |title=アイシン シーホース三河 |trans-title=Aisin Seahorses Mikawa |publisher=Aisin Seahorses Mikawa |language=Japanese |date=12 September 2014 |archive-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913104632/http://www.aisin.co.jp/seahorse/index.php}} After spending one season with the Seahorses, Morrison was signed by the Akita Northern Happinets of the bj league, a rival league to the NBL, in August 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.happinets.net/news-cate02-entry/2015/08/19/22707 |title=【新入団】スコット モリソン選手 契約基本合意のお知らせ |trans-title=[New Signing] Notice of contract with Scott Morrison |language=Japanese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822011205/http://www.happinets.net/news-cate02-entry/2015/08/19/22707 |archive-date=22 August 2015 |access-date=30 September 2016}} He signed for a second season with the Happinets in August 2016, who had joined the first division of the new B.League that was formed from the off-season merger of the NBL and bj league. Morrison suffered a broken cheek bone in October 2016 and subsequently started using a new mask.{{cite web |last=Morrison |first=Scott |url= https://www.instagram.com/p/BLPqZ43Ap0i/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BLPqZ43Ap0i |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=A Broken Cheek Bone Last Game Means a New Mask|date=7 October 2016 |accessdate=7 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |last=Shimane |first=Jun |url=http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/1720611.html |title=秋田谷口がインフルから復帰「迷惑かけてしまった」|date=7 October 2016 |accessdate=7 October 2016}}
Personal
Morrison was a Health Sciences major in Portland State.{{Cite web | url=http://www.albakosar.hu/index.php?pg=sub_70 |title = Alba Fehérvár Kosárlabda Csapat hivatalos honlapja - Székesfehérvár}} His father Alex and brother Steve also play basketball.
Career statistics
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= Regular season =
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|-
| style="background-color:#afe6ba" align="left" | 2009-10
| align="left" | Tartu
| 21 || || 21.7 || .607 || 1.000 || .620 || 6.8 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0.9 || 11.4
|-
| align="left" | 2010-11
| align="left" | Politekhnika
| 32 || || 27.4 || .558 || .000 || .697 || 7.2 || 0.6 || 0.7 || 1.4 || 13.3
|-
| align="left" | 2010-11
| align="left" | Włocławek
| 6 || || 8.3 || .591 || .000 || .500 || 2.7 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 4.8
|-
| align="left" | 2011-12
| align="left" | Słupsk
| 38 || 37 || 22.6 || .619 || .000 || .634 || 5.71 || 0.53 || 0.47 || 1.26 || 10.63
|-
| align="left" | 2012-13
| align="left" | Bremerhaven
| 34 || 30 || 23.9 || .546 || .000 || .743 || 4.68 || 0.47 || 0.44 || 1.12 || 10.35
|-
| align="left" | 2013-14
| align="left" | Melbourne
| 31 || 25 || 26.4 || .589 || .000 || .717 || 6.81 || 0.55 || 0.52 || 1.29 || 11.29
|-
| style="background-color:#afe6ba" align="left" | 2014-15
| align="left" | Aisin
| 54 || 49 || 22.0 || 60.5 || - || 53.1 || 6.3 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 8.7
|-
| align="left" | 2015-16
| align="left" | Akita
| 50 || 50 || 26.4 || 57.1 || 0.0 || 69.7 || 8.3 || 2.0 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 11.1
|-
| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" | 2016-17
| align="left" | Akita
| 58 || 53 || 21.7 || 52.9 || 0.0 || 65.5 || 5.7 || 0.9 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 9.7
|-
| align="left" | 2017-18
| align="left" | San-en
| 59 || 29 || 21.9 || 58.0 || 0.0 || 54.5 || 5.9 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 9.6
|-
|-
| align="left" | 2018-19
| align="left" | Kumamoto
| 7 || 7 || 31.3 || 50.9 || 0.0 || 52.8 || 7.7 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 0.9 || 11.0
|-
| align="left" | 2018-19
| align="left" | Ryukyu
| 8 || 7 || 31.3 || 50.0 || 0.0 || 38.2 || 8.2 || 1.8 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 6.6
|-
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= Playoffs =
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|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2009-10
|style="text-align:left;"|Tartu
| 11 || || 24.9 || .590 || .000 || .773 || 6.2 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 1.7|| 12.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2010-11
|style="text-align:left;"|Włocławek
| 4 || || 12.5 || .600 || .000 || .400|| 3.8 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 0.5|| 3.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2011-12
|style="text-align:left;"|Słupsk
| 5 || || 22.2 || .742 || .000 || .692|| 6.0 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 1.6|| 11.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2013-14
|style="text-align:left;"|Melbourne
| 3 || || 22.7 || .800 || .000 || .545|| 5.0 || 0.0 || 1.7 || 0.3|| 10.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2014-15
|style="text-align:left;"|Mikawa
| 8 || || 16.6 || .630 || .000 || .543|| 4.0 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.5|| 5.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2016-17
|style="text-align:left;"|Akita
| 3 || 3 || 18.16 || .647 || .000 || .778 || 4.7 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 0.6|| 9.7
|-
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= Early cup games =
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|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2017
|style="text-align:left;"|San-en
| 2 || 2 || 28.12 || .476 || .000 || .500 || 10.0 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 12.5
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References
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