2011-12 Scored a season-high 20 points and handed out a season-high seven assists at UT San Antonio on December 28 ... Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds vs. UC Irvine on March 3 ... Recorded a season-high two steals on three occasions ... Blocked two shots vs. Cal State Northridge on January 2 ... Recorded 11 double-digit scoring efforts ...
Big West Tournament Scored one points, grabbed two rebounds and handed out two assists in UC Riverside's first round loss vs. Cal Poly ...
2010-11 Saw his first action as a member of the Highlanders in the team's season opening game at UNLV but played just two minutes after suffering a concussion ... Finished fifth in the conference in assists and ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio ... Led the team in assists, finished third in scoring and fourth in steals ... Scored a career-high 23 points vs. Long Beach State on March 2 ... Handed out a career-high 10 assists vs. Cal State Fullerton on January 8 ... Grabbed a season high seven rebounds at UC Irvine on December 28 ... Blocked one shot on six occasions ... Picked up a season-high three steals vs. La Sierra on January 4 ... Led the team in scoring on two occasions ...
Big West Tournament Tied his career high with 23 points, grabbed five rebounds, handed out four assists, blocked one shot and picked up four steals in the Highlanders win over No. 2 seed Cal Poly ... Scored four points, grabbed one rebound, handed out three assists and recorded one steal in UCR's semifinal loss to Long Beach State ... Averaged 13.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.50 steals for the tournament ...
2009-10 Did Not Play due to NCAA transfer rules ...
Hawaii (2008-09) Helped the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors to a 13-17 mark including a 56-46 win over the Highlanders on Dec. 23 ... Led the team in assists while finishing fifth in scoring average, third in field goals made and attempted, fourth in three-pointers made and attempted, fourth in free throws made and attempted, fourth in rebound average and second in steals ...Named the team's top defender ... Handed out a season-high eight assists vs. Chicago State on December 15 ... Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds vs. Colorado State on December 27 ... Scored a season-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field in a win over Idaho on February 7 ...
Hawaii (2007-08) Made his first appearance for the Rainbow Warriors against San Diego on November 9 ... Earned his first start as a collegian against UC Riverside on February 23 where he scored a season-high 13 points, including going 8-of-8 from the free throw line ... Grabbed a season-high four rebounds on three occasions ... Handed out a season-high six assists vs. Alcorn State on November 18 ...
High School Lettered four times in basketball, three times in track and twice in football ... Averaged 10.1 points and 3.6 assists per game as a senior ... His San Leandro High School squad, under Coach Todd Petterson, went 22-5 and won the HAAL Championship during his junior year when he averaged 11.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists ... Named First-Team All-League as a junior ... Played in the Sac vs. Bay Area All-Star Game ... Ranked in the NorCal Preps Top10 and named a Pango's All-American Camp Top-20 All-Star ... Also earned All-Bay Area and All-Metro accolades ... As a sophomore at McClymond High School his team won the OAL Championship ...
Personal Kareem A Nitoto is the son of Kwame Nitoto and Phyllis Collins ... His brother Muhammed plays college basketball as does his cousin Aaron Parker ... Has five brothers and one sister ... Roots for the Oakland A's, Golden State Warriors and Oakland Raiders ... His favorite athletes are Drew Gooden, Leon Power, Antonio Kellogg, Kwane Nitoto Jr., Gary Payton and Jason Kidd ... Enjoys watching anything on Animal Planet ... His favorite movies are "Space Jam," "The Wood" and "Land Before Time" ... Listens to "The Roots," "Boys II Men" and Outkast ... His favorite writer is Tupac Shakur ... Has too many favorite books to list ... Enjoys eating greens and mac n cheese ... Working out, watching movies and daydreaming are among his favorite hobbies ... His brother has had the biggest influence on his athletics career because Kareem wanted to be like brother which is why he started playing sports in the first place ...
Kareem Nitoto's Career Stats
|
Year |
Tm |
GP-GS |
Min |
Avg |
FG-FGA |
FG% |
3G-3GA |
3G% |
FT-FTA |
FT% |
O |
D |
Tot |
Avg |
PF-DQ |
A |
TO |
B |
S |
Pts |
Avg |
|
07-08 |
HAW |
29-1 |
318 |
11.0 |
22-64 |
.344 |
3-16 |
.188 |
36-53 |
.679 |
8 |
24 |
32 |
1.1 |
51-2 |
28 |
43 |
1 |
13 |
83 |
2.9 |
|
08-09 |
HAW |
30-23 |
891 |
29.7 |
71-185 |
.384 |
11-45 |
.244 |
61-83 |
.735 |
24 |
67 |
91 |
3.0 |
60-0 |
103 |
84 |
6 |
33 |
214 |
7.1 |
|
09-10 |
UCR |
Did Not Play - Sat Out Season Due To NCAA Transfer Rules |
|
10-11 |
UCR |
29-25 |
883 |
30.4 |
85-217 |
.392 |
35-99 |
.354 |
78-102 |
.765 |
10 |
84 |
94 |
3.2 |
58-2 |
105 |
72 |
7 |
23 |
283 |
9.8 |
|
11-12 |
UCR |
31-31 |
1,001 |
32.3 |
83-249 |
.333 |
31-94 |
.330 |
56-77 |
.727 |
21 |
76 |
97 |
3.1 |
45-0 |
70 |
66 |
8 |
15 |
253 |
8.2 |
|
Totals |
|
119-80 |
3,093 |
26.0 |
261-715 |
.365 |
80-254 |
.315 |
231-315 |
.733 |
63 |
251 |
314 |
2.6 |
214-4 |
306 |
265 |
22 |
84 |
833 |
7.0 |
