 Newton in 2023 | |
| No. 2–UConn Huskies | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | Big East Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 26, 2001 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Burges (El Paso, Texas) |
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Tristen Jamal Newton (born April 26, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference. He started his college career with the East Carolina Pirates.
Newton played at Burges High School in El Paso, Texas, where his team routinely travelled great distances to play top teams in the large metro areas of Texas. Newton scored 3,266 points in high school and led the state in scoring as a senior at 37.2 points per game. [1]
Newton found success at East Carolina, entering the starting lineup as a freshman and averaging 11 points and 3.7 assists per game. He set the Pirates' program record for assists in a season by a freshman. [2] He improved for his next two seasons, culminating in a junior season where he averaged 17.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He was named to the All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) second team at the close of the season. [3]
Following the dismissal of his coach Joe Dooley after the 2021–22 season, Newton decided to transfer from East Carolina. [4] He heard from over 30 schools after putting his name in the NCAA transfer portal, ultimately choosing the University of Connecticut (UConn), where coach Dan Hurley saw his playmaking as a missing piece for his Big East Conference team. Newton earned the starting point guard role and became the first player in program history to record two triple-doubles. At the close of the season, Newton helped lead the Huskies to the sixth Final Four in school history and later, with a double-double, to UConn's fifth NCAA championship in 2023. [5]
Newton returned to the program for the 2023–24 season after initially declaring for the NBA draft. [6] During a game against Manhattan, Newton notched his third triple-double of his career with the Huskies, becoming the first player in program history to do so. [7] In the NCAA tournament, he led the Huskies to back-to-back championships, was named the Most Outstanding Player (MOP) of the tournament, and became a member of the Huskies of Honor. [8]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | East Carolina | 31 | 19 | 29.9 | .390 | .324 | .802 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.0 |
| 2020–21 | East Carolina | 17 | 16 | 31.5 | .348 | .262 | .895 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 8.7 |
| 2021–22 | East Carolina | 30 | 30 | 34.8 | .435 | .333 | .879 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 17.7 |
| 2022–23 | UConn | 39 | 38 | 28.8 | .374 | .366 | .816 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.1 |
| 2023–24 | UConn | 37 | 37 | 33.1 | .421 | .324 | .804 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 15.3 |
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