#2 Scotty Pippen Jr. Season 2020-21

Guard

Class Sophomore

Height 6'3"

Weight 185

Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.

High School Sierra Canyon

Major Sociology

Bio Stats

Student-Athlete Features
VUCommodores.com — Loyalty

Career Honors

2022 All-SEC first team (coaches)
2022 Associated Press All-SEC first team
2022 Lute Olson All-America team
2022 Tennessee Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 NABC Player of the Year preseason watch list
2022 Lute Olson National Player of the Year watch list
2022 Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list
2022 Naismith Trophy preseason watch list
2022 Preseason SEC Player of the Year
2022 Preseason All-SEC first team (media and coaches)
2021 All-SEC first team (coaches)
2021 Associated Press All-SEC first team
2021 NABC All-District first team
2021 Tennessee Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year
2020 SEC All-Freshman team
Vanderbilt’s single-season sophomore scoring record holder (20.8 points/game in 2020-21)
Vanderbilt’s SEC Tournament single-game record holder for made free throws (15 vs. Texas A&M in 2021)
SEC Tournament record holder for most made free throws without a miss (25 for 25 in two games in 2021)

As a Junior (2021-22)

All-SEC first team (coaches)
Associated Press All-SEC first team
Lute Olson All-America team
Tennessee Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year
SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 21)
NABC Player of the Year preseason watch list
Lute Olson National Player of the Year watch list
Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list
Naismith Trophy preseason watch list
Preseason SEC Player of the Year
Preseason All-SEC first team (media and coaches)
Tied single-season school record for games played
- 36 games played and started
- One of two Commodores to play in all 36 games
20.4 points/game
- First in SEC, 14th nationally
4.5 assists/game
- Sixth in SEC, 68th nationally
736 points [Vanderbilt record]
- Fourth nationally
538 field goal attempts [Vanderbilt record]
- 10th nationally
299 free throw attempts [Vanderbilt record]
- First nationally
224 free throws made [Vanderbilt record]
- First nationally
162 assists
- Fifth-most in Vanderbilt history
70 steals
- Third-most in Vanderbilt history
First SEC men’s basketball student-athlete to average 20+ points/game in back-to-back seasons since LSU’s Ronnie Hamilton in 1994-95 and 1995-96
Double-figure scoring in 33 of 36 games
20+ points in 20 games
Five games with 30+ points
19 games with five or more assists
30 points in win over Texas State
29 points and 8-of-14 on 3s at SMU
Scored Vandy’s final 16 points in win over BYU in Diamond Head Classic in Hawai‘i
32 points and four assists vs. Kentucky
33 points at Kentucky
- Tied for SEC’s single-game high
Career-high six steals with 26 points and eight assists vs. Alabama
Tied career high with eight rebounds at South Carolina
32 points at Mississippi State
Tied season high with nine assists in home wins over Georgia and LSU
26 points, seven assists in win over Alabama in SEC Tournament
- School-record 21 free throw attempts
32 points, seven assists, zero turnovers in 43 minutes in overtime win vs. Dayton in NIT
28 points, nine rebounds, seven assists in NIT quarterfinals at Xavier

As a Sophomore (2020-21)

All-SEC first team
Associated Press All-SEC first team
NABC All-District first team
Tennessee Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year
22 games played and started
12 20-point games
Three 30-point games
At least 15 points in 11 straight games (Dec. 13-Jan. 30)
Longest Vanderbilt streak since John Jenkins (19) in 2011-12
13 games with team-high points
17 games with team-high assists
20.8 points/game [Vanderbilt sophomore record]
- Second in SEC
- 16th nationally
457 points
- Seventh all-time among Vanderbilt sophomores
4.9 assists/game
- Second in SEC
- Ninth in Vanderbilt history
107 assists
- 10th all-time among Vanderbilt sophomores
142 free throws made
- Third in SEC
- Ninth nationally
.850 free throw pct.
- Second in SEC
1.77 steals/game
- Second in SEC
First Commodore since 2000 with eight or more assists in back-to-back games
First Commodore since 2016 with five or more assists in four straight games
18 points and 12 assists vs. Mississippi State
First Commodore since 2015 to record double-double (points and assists)
First Commodore since 2005 with 12 assists in a game
18 points, eight assists and eight rebounds at Kentucky
SEC Tournament record for most made free throws without a miss (25 for 25 in two games)
15 made free throws vs. Texas A&M were most ever by a Commodore in an SEC Tournament game
Career-high 36 points at Cincinnati

As a Freshman (2019-20)

SEC All-Freshman team
Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week
32 games played with 31 starts
12 points/game
3.6 assists/game
29.8 minutes/game
Three 20-point games
25 double-figure games, including season’s final six contests
Multiple steals in 12 games
12 games with five or more assists
3.6 assists/game
- Ninth in SEC
189 free throw attempts
- Fifth in SEC (first among freshmen)
134 free throws made
- Eighth in SEC (first among freshmen)
21 points vs. Austin Peay
21 points at Alabama

The Pippen File

Graduated from Sierra Canyon (Calif.)
- 16.3 points/game, 3.6 rebounds/game and 4.6 assists/game as a senior
15 points/game, 3.6 rebounds/game and 2.6 assists/game with Nike EYBL’s Oakland Soldiers
Los Angeles Times All-Area team
All-SoCal Varsity team
Los Angeles Daily News All-Area team
MVP of Les Schwab Invitational
Son of Scottie and Larsa Pippen
- Father played 17 seasons in the NBA, won six NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls and was named one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players
Three siblings — Preston, Justin and Sophia

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