Elizjah Johnson Scott (born April 19, 1999) is an American

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player for

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of the

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(SBL). He played college basketball for the

Loyola Marymount Lions The Loyola Marymount Lions are the athletic teams that represent Loyola Marymount University, a Jesuit institution in Los Angeles, California. The school competes in NCAA Division I and the West Coast Conference. Sports sponsored Baseball ...

of the

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...

(WCC).

High school career

Scott attended

Upland High School Upland High School is a four-year public high school located in the city of Upland, California. The school was established in 1955 as part of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, and since 1988 it has been a member of the Upland Unified ...

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before transferring to

Chino Hills High School Chino Hills High School, abbreviated CHHS, is located in Chino Hills, California, United States and is a public comprehensive high school serving a student body from three cities in the Chino Valley Unified School District. The school was establ ...

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for his sophomore season. He was ruled ineligible for his first year by the

CIF Southern Section The California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section (CIF-SS) is the governing body for high school athletics in most of Southern California and is the largest of the ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF ...

. As a junior, he started alongside

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and

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, helping Chino Hills achieve a 35–0 record and win the CIF Open Division state title. He averaged 19.4 points, 15 rebounds and five assists per game as senior. He committed to playing college basketball for

Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...

over offers from

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and

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College career

As a freshman at Loyola Marymount, Scott averaged 12.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. He set the program freshman record with 225 rebounds and was named to the

(WCC) All-Freshman Team. Scott averaged 7.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore after missing his first six games with an illness. On December 4, 2019, he posted a junior season-high 31 points and 10 rebounds in a 76–64 victory over

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. In his next game, Scott recorded the first

triple-double In basketball, a double-double is a single-game performance in which a player accumulates ten or more in two of the following five statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. The first "double" in the term ...

in program history, with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists in an 83–67 win over Grambling State. He averaged 15.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game as a junior, earning Second Team All-WCC honors. On February 16, 2021, Scott scored a career-high 37 points and made the game-winning shot with 14 seconds left in a 76–73 victory over Santa Clara. He averaged 18 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game as a senior, earning First Team All-WCC honors. Scott opted to return to Loyola Marymount for a fifth year. Scott was named to the Second Team All-WCC in 2022. On March 4, 2022, Scott surpassed the 2,000 career point mark in his final game for LMU, a second round loss to

BYU Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...

in the 2022 WCC tournament. He finished his career with 2,002 points, sixth in school history.

Career statistics

College

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, 31 , , 22 , , 30.9 , , .471 , , .133 , , .606 , , 7.3 , , 2.3 , , .8 , , .3 , , 12.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, 27 , , 18 , , 24.2 , , .519 , , .500 , , .635 , , 4.8 , , 2.5 , , .6 , , .4 , , 7.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 32 , , 34.6 , , .528 , , .290 , , .639 , , 6.7 , , 4.3 , , 1.0 , , .2 , , 15.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 22 , , 22 , , 35.6 , , .495 , , .242 , , .704 , , 8.2 , , 3.6 , , .6 , , .5 , , 18.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;",

, 29 , , 29 , , 35.4 , , .518 , , .182 , , .761 , , 6.4 , , 3.0 , , .7 , , .4 , , 17.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 141 , , 123 , , 32.1 , , .506 , , .237 , , .672 , , 6.6 , , 3.1 , , .8 , , .3 , , 14.2

SBL

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, 21 , , 21 , , 34.5 , , .639 , , .350 , , .723 , , 8.4 , , 3.6 , , 0.9 , , 0.2 , , 18.9

References

External links

Loyola Marymount Lions bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Eli 1999 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from California Chino Hills High School alumni Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball players Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from West Covina, California