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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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3 Nakyel Shelton

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Major Mass Communication
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • Highschool Carl Schurz

Biography

2024-25 - First Team All-OVC

2024-25 (SENIOR):
Played in 29 of 31 games during the 2024-25 season missing two games due to injury while making 28 total starts... named first team All-Ohio Valley Conference after ranking second in the league in scoring at 17.0 points per game... also ranked posted OVC Top Ten rankings in field goal percentage (7th / 43.2 pct), free throw percentage (4th / 82.0 pct) and blocked shots (10th / 23 blocks)... scored in double figures in 25 of 29 games including 11 straight games to open the season... had a season high 38 points against Morehead State in home ESPNU game, total was the highest by an EIU player since February 2004...  added nine additional 20-point scoring performances including closing the season with three straight... had 28 points in final regular season senior day win over Southeast Missouri... named OVC Player of the Week for final week of the season after 25 points in win over Little Rock and 28 points in win over Southeast Missouri... had 26 points in home win over Northern Illinois with 25 point games against UT Martin and at Morehead State... knocked down 11-of-11 at the free throw line at DePaul and was 11-of-14 at the stripe against Northern Illinois... passed out a season high five assists at both Butler and at Tennessee Tech...  pulled down a season high 13 rebounds at home against Tennessee Tech collecting a double-double with 20 points... season high three blocks in senior day win over Southeast Missouri... season high four steals in three games, the last in home win over Little Rock posting 46 steals for the year... finished EIU 2-year career with 813 points (14.0 ppg) to rank fifth among EIU players with the program for two or fewer seasons... 

2023-24 (JUNIOR): Played in 29 of 32 games during the season making 24 starts... ranked as EIU's leading scorer in non-conference play at 11.5 points per game finishing season averaging 11.0 points per game... had 16 double figure scoring games including five 20-plus point scoring nights... ended regular season with a season high 24 points at Western Illinois followed by a 20 point game against SIUE in the OVC Tournament... first 20-point game of season was a 22-point night at Illinois State... knocked down a team-best 38 3-pointers during the season including a 6-of-8 shooting night at Western Illinois from behind the arc... averaged 4.4 rebounds per game with a high of 12 rebounds at UT Martin... had two eight rebound games against St. Louis Pharmacy and against Southeast Missouri... had 55 assists (1.9 apg), 12 steals and 10 blocks for the year...  shot 77.4 percent from the foul line (48-of-62)... 

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Comes to EIU after earning NJCAA Division II All-America honors in 2022-23 at South Suburban Community College...  among the nation's best junior college players helping lead South Suburban CC to a 26-6 record losing in the District semifinals...  was fifth in the nation in scoring at 23.6 points per game and tenth in the nation in rebounding at 10.7 points per game...  finished the season with 18 double-doubles scoring a season-high 42 points against Terra State and pulling down a season-high 19 rebounds against Illinois Valley... had 27 double figure scoring games including four games with 30 or more points.
 
CARDINAL STRITCH: Transferred and played closer to home at NAIA member Cardinal Stritch leading the team in scoring at 16.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in 2021-22 earning honorable mention All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference honors...

MONTANA STATE NORTHERN: Began collegiate career at NAIA member Montana State Northern but their season (2020-21) was canceled due to COVID-19...

HIGH SCHOOL: Guard that is a Chicago, Ill., product earning All-City League honors three times playing at Carl Schurz High School... scored more than 1,500 points in prep career...   
 
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    6'3" 180 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 180 lbs
    3
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