Justin Kier
No. 5 – Arizona Wildcats | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | Southeastern Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | May 30, 1998 |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Spotswood (Penn Laird, Virginia) |
College |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Justin Kier (born May 30, 1998) is an American college basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference. He previously played for the George Mason Patriots and the Georgia Bulldogs.
High school career[]
Kier attended Spotswood High School. In his career, he scored 1700 points for Spotswood and earned Valley District Player of the Year honors.[1] He committed to George Mason over scholarship offers from Coastal Carolina, UNC Greensboro, Radford and Fairfield.[2]
College career[]
Kier made an immediate impact at George Mason as a freshman, averaging 5.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.[2] He averaged 11.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game as a sophomore.[3] On December 3, 2018, he scored a career-high 32 points in a 72–67 loss to Vermont.[4] As a junior, Kier averaged 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game while shooting 47.1 percent from the field.[5] He was named to the Second Team All-Atlantic 10 as well as the Atlantic 10 Most Improved Player.[6] He suffered a stress fracture in the offseason that caused him to miss the first six games of his senior season. Kier missed a game with an unrelated injury in December 2019. On January 15, 2020, he reinjured his stress fracture which caused him to miss the remainder of the season.[7] In nine games, he averaged 9.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.[8]
On April 8, 2020, Kier decided to enter the transfer portal after being granted a fifth season of eligibility.[6] He announced he was transferring to Georgia on April 26 and will be eligible immediately as a graduate transfer.[5] Kier chose the Bulldogs over offers from Minnesota and NC State.[8] He averaged 9.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game while shooting 39.4 percent from the field. Kier transferred to Arizona Wildcats for his final season of eligibility.[9]
Career statistics[]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
College[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | George Mason | 33 | 29 | 27.7 | .428 | .386 | .744 | 4.5 | 1.1 | .6 | .2 | 5.8 |
2017–18 | George Mason | 33 | 32 | 33.2 | .451 | .174 | .784 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 1.3 | .1 | 11.0 |
2018–19 | George Mason | 33 | 31 | 34.8 | .471 | .371 | .769 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | .3 | 14.5 |
2019–20 | George Mason | 9 | 2 | 22.6 | .464 | .458 | .846 | 3.6 | 1.3 | .7 | .2 | 9.6 |
2020–21 | Georgia | 25 | 25 | 31.0 | .394 | .366 | .750 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | .1 | 9.5 |
Career | 133 | 119 | 31.1 | .445 | .349 | .768 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | .2 | 10.2 |
Personal life[]
At the age of seven, Kier's mother Keley suffered a heart attack while driving a car, crashed into a tree and is now paralyzed, blind and cannot speak. Kier was in the automobile with her but was not injured, escaping through a window. As a consequence of the accident and with his father not in his life, Kier and his older brother, Rasheed, came into the custody of their grandmother, Evelyn, and grandfather, David.[10]
References[]
- ^ Flum, Alex (April 26, 2020). "Former Spotswood star Justin Kier transferring to Georgia". WHSV. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Goff, Steven (December 28, 2017). "A small town in Virginia embraced a child. Now it cheers his rise in college basketball". Washington Post. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Sang, Orion (April 21, 2020). "Grad transfer Justin Kier includes Michigan basketball in final list of suitors". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "Duncan, Lamb each score 19 as Vermont holds off George Mason". ESPN. Associated Press. December 3, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Wilson, Brent (April 26, 2020). "Former George Mason guard, Justin Kier commits to Georgia Basketball". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Byrum, Tyler (April 8, 2020). "George Mason grad transfer Justin Kier enters transfer portal, could return to Patriots". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Byrum, Tyler (January 15, 2020). "George Mason loses senior Justin Kier to another foot injury". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Page, Fletcher (April 26, 2020). "George Mason transfer Justin Kier commits to UGA". Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Scheer, Jason (May 26, 2021). "Former Georgia guard Justin Kier headed to Arizona". 247 Sports. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ Cristodero, Damian (February 16, 2020). "For senior, 'some light coming into a dark place'". George Mason University. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
External links[]
- 1998 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Virginia
- George Mason Patriots men's basketball players
- Georgia Bulldogs basketball players
- People from Grottoes, Virginia
- Shooting guards