Raiquan Clark

Raiquan Clark is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the LIU Sharks and the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, leaving as the program's all-time leading scorer.

Raiquan Clark
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2020 / Undrafted
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-NEC (2019, 2020)
  • Third-team All-NEC (2018)

High school career

Clark attended Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut. In his junior season, he won the Class LL state championship.[1] As a senior, he averaged 15.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, three assists and three steals per game.[2] He also led Hillhouse to a Southern Connecticut Conference Hammonasset Division title and was a two-time New Haven Register All-Area selection. Clark did not receive any NCAA Division I scholarship offers after his senior season and attended Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York for a postgraduate year to gain more interest.[3] He helped his team achieve a 17–6 record and a New England Preparatory School Athletic Council quarterfinals berth.[1] Clark did not hold any Division I offers by the end of the season. He sent emails, including his highlights and statistics, to over 1,000 coaches representing every Division I program but failed to draw an offer.[4]

College career

As a freshman, Clark played for LIU Brooklyn as a preferred walk-on but vowed to his mother, Shontay Watts, that he would eventually earn a scholarship.[5] In his only appearance, he played two minutes in a loss to Dartmouth.[4] As a sophomore, he was awarded a full scholarship and averaged 6.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.[1] On November 10, 2017, Clark scored a career-high 34 points in a 102–96 loss to Tulane.[6] In his junior season, he averaged 17.3 points and seven rebounds per game, earning Third Team All-Northeast Conference (NEC) honors. He led LIU Brooklyn to the 2018 NEC Tournament championship, scoring 20 points in a 71–61 victory over top-seeded Wagner, and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.[5] As a senior, Clark averaged an NEC-high 18.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and two assists per game and was named to the First Tetam All-NEC.[3] On February 8, 2020, he passed Jamal Olasewere to become the all-time leading scorer for LIU and LIU Brooklyn.[7] In his redshirt senior season at LIU, Clark averaged 19.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, leading the NEC in scoring and making the First Team All-NEC for a second straight year. He became the seventh player in NEC history to record at least 2,000 career points.[8]

References
  1. Riley, Lori (July 15, 2017). "Raiquan Clark Stars In Debut Of Greater Hartford Pro-Am". The Capital. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. Morelli, Joe (April 18, 2014). "2014 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Basketball Team". New Haven Register. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  3. Taylor, Adam (June 9, 2020). "Raiquan Clark, the walk-on who took the NEC by storm". The 450 Times. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  4. Kussoy, Howie (February 16, 2019). "How former walk-on willed his way to stardom at LIU Brooklyn". New York Post. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  5. Borges, David (August 14, 2018). "Hard work has led to success for Raiquan Clark at Long Island University, and in Greater Hartford Pro-Am". New Haven Register. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  6. "Reynolds scores 24, leads Tulane past LIU Brooklyn 102-96". USA Today. Associated Press. November 11, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  7. "Clark, Flowers set New Records as Men's Basketball Downs Merrimack in OT". Long Island University. February 8, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  8. Torenli, John (March 24, 2020). "LIU's Raiquan Clark receives All-District honor". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
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