Omar Strong
| Point guard | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 16, 1990 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Fredrick Douglass (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| College |
Cecil CC (2008–2011) Texas Southern (2011–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Omar Strong (born May 16, 1990)[1] is an American basketball player. In 2012–13 he was a senior at Texas Southern University and was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
High school
Strong attended Fredrick Douglass High School in Baltimore, Maryland.[2] Playing the point guard position, he averaged 22 points, four assists and three steals per game as a senior in 2007–08.[2] That year Frederick Douglass won the Baltimore city title.[2] Strong was named to The Baltimore Sun All-Metro team in each of his final two seasons.[2]
College
Junior college
Due to poor academic performance, Strong was unable to commit to a four-year college basketball program right out of high school.[2] He enrolled at Cecil College, a junior college in Maryland, to work on his academics while also gain some playing experience at the next level.[2][3] He played for Cecil in 2008–09, took one season off to focus solely on school, then re-joined the team in 2010–11.[2] Numerous mid-major universities offered him scholarships after his second season at Cecil.[2] Strong ultimately chose to play for the Texas Southern Tigers, citing "I think I’ll have a better experience if I go away."[2]
Texas Southern
In 2011–12, his junior year, Strong led the Tigers in scoring.[2] He guided them to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Tournament championship game, where the winner gains an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, but Texas Southern lost 71–69 to Mississippi Valley State; Strong scored 30 points in the loss.[2] At the end of the season he was named to the All-SWAC Second Team.[2]
Strong finished his collegiate career upon the conclusion of the 2012–13 season. He finished second in the conference in scoring with 17.0 points per game, made a school-record 120 three-pointers,[4] and led the SWAC in free throw percentage (84.8%).[5] The Tigers went 16–2 in conference games en route to being the regular season conference champion, and Strong was named the SWAC Player of the Year in addition to a First Team all-conference bid.[5]
References
- ↑ "#5 Omar Strong". ESPN Internet Ventures. 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 Bracken, Matt (September 6, 2012). "Sweet 16: Omar Strong, Texas Southern". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Omar Strong – 2011–2012 Men's Basketball". Athletics. Texas Southern University. 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ↑ Roberts, Andrew (March 31, 2013). "Texas Southern's Strong named to NABC All-American Team". Texas Southern University. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "TSU Senior Omar Strong Headlines All-SWAC Team". Men's Basketball. Southwestern Athletic Conference. March 8, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
External links
- Omar Strong college stats @ sports-reference.com
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