Tanner Groves
No. 35 – Oklahoma Sooners | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | Big 12 Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Spokane, Washington | May 22, 1999
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Shadle Park (Spokane, Washington) |
College |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Tanner Groves (born May 22, 1999) is an American college basketball player for the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference. He previously played for the Eastern Washington Eagles.
Early life and high school career[]
Groves was born and grew up in Spokane, Washington and attended Shadle Park High School. He was named All-State and All-Greater Spokane League as a senior after averaging 18.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game.[1]
College career[]
Groves redshirted his true freshman season.[2] He played mostly off the bench as a redshirt freshman and sophomore before becoming a starter as a redshirt junior. He was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year in 2021.[3] Groves averaged 17.2 points and eight rebounds per game. On April 18, 2021, he transferred to Oklahoma.[4]
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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2017–18 | Eastern Washington | |||||||||||
2018–19 | Eastern Washington | 28 | 2 | 8.6 | .417 | .385 | .650 | 2.1 | .3 | .1 | .6 | 2.8 |
2019–20 | Eastern Washington | 30 | 1 | 9.9 | .589 | .424 | .636 | 2.8 | .3 | .1 | .6 | 5.1 |
2020–21 | Eastern Washington | 24 | 24 | 27.0 | .560 | .349 | .778 | 8.0 | 1.3 | .3 | 1.1 | 17.2 |
Career | 82 | 27 | 14.5 | .544 | .376 | .740 | 4.1 | .6 | .1 | .7 | 7.9 |
References[]
- ^ "All in the family: Groves name synonymous with Shadle Park athletics". The Spokesman-Review. January 24, 2018.
- ^ "EWU's Groves brothers thriving as each other's biggest fans on the court".
- ^ "Tanner Groves the latest Eastern Washington player to be named Big Sky MVP". The Spokesman-Review. March 8, 2021.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff (April 18, 2021). "Eastern Washington transfer Tanner Groves commits to Oklahoma to play basketball, sources say". ESPN. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Spokane, Washington
- Centers (basketball)
- Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball players
- Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Basketball biography stubs