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2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster

Wade Duerkes/NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU

32 Austin Richie

  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 225
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Glenwood, Ill.
  • High School Bloom

Biography

2018-19: Appeared in 28 contests … Averaged 2.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game … Shot 30.9 percent (25-of-81) from the field, 24.1 percent (13-of-54) from three-point range and went 5-of-5 from the free-throw line … Recorded nine steals and eight assists … Averaged 9.7 minutes per game … Scored a season-high nine points on 3-of-3 shooting from three-point range against Toledo in the MAC Quarterfinals (March 14) … Grabbed a season-high four rebounds three times: Chicago State (Dec. 22), at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 9) and Western Michigan (Feb. 26) … Recorded a season-high three steals against Rockford (Nov. 6) while playing a season-high 25 minutes.

Prior to NIU: Spent a postgraduate season at Don Bosco Institute in Crown Point, Ind., in 2017-18 … Averaged 18 points and six rebounds per game … Shot 53 percent from the field, 41 percent from three and 86 percent from the free-throw line … Ranked 37th by Midwest Hoops Spotlight in the Class of 2018 and was the MVP of the Hendricks County Hoopfest.

High School: Played his senior year of high school at Bloom High School in Chicago Heights … Averaged 18 points and seven rebounds per game … Earned IBCA 3A/4A Third Team All-State honors and First Team All-Area recognition from the Daily Southtown with the Trojans in 2016-17 … Three-year starter at Marian Catholic High School before moving to Bloom … Averaged 12 points and eight rebounds per game for the Spartans as a junior … Helped Marian Catholic to a 23-6 record and a regional championship in 2015-16.

Personal: Born on August 4, 1999 ... Plans to major in communications. 
 

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