Scotty Pippen Jr. - Men's Basketball - Vanderbilt University Athletics

#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

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

 


#2 Scotty Pippen Jr.  by Vanderbilt Athletics on Exposure