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.[1]
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.[2] 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
Year
Team
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
2004-05
Portland State
28
26
19.1
.588
.000
.547
4.57
0.57
0.43
1.04
5.54
2005-06
Portland State
27
17
22.0
.455
.000
.623
5.33
1.07
0.37
1.30
9.30
2006-07
Portland State
32
28
24.7
.569
.000
.596
6.47
1.03
0.81
2.19
11.19
2007-08
Portland State
32
30
23.8
.575
.000
.633
5.84
1.06
0.69
1.66
10.44
Career
119
101
22.5
.543
.000
.607
5.60
0.94
0.59
1.57
9.23
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.[3] 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.[4][5][6] In September 2014 he signed with the Aisin Seahorses Mikawa of the Japanese NBL.[7] 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.[8] 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.[1] Morrison suffered a broken cheek bone in October 2016 and subsequently started using a new mask.[9][10]
Personal
Morrison was a Health Sciences major in Portland State.[11] His father Alex and brother Steve also play basketball.
1 2 "【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"[[Contract Renewal] Notice of agreement with Scott Morrison] (in Japanese). Akita Northern Happinets. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "アイシン シーホース三河"[Aisin Seahorses Mikawa] (in Japanese). Aisin Seahorses Mikawa. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014.
↑ "【新入団】スコット モリソン選手 契約基本合意のお知らせ"[[New Signing] Notice of contract with Scott Morrison] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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