John Edward Newman III (born August 2, 1999) is an American

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player for the

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of the

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(AAC). He previously played for the

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Early life and high school career

Newman attended

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. He helped the team win three state titles, scoring 24 points and was named MVP of the NCISAA 3A State Championship game. As a senior, Newman averaged 14.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He was named to the

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North Carolina All-State Team and finished his high school career with 1,400 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, and 100 steals. In June 2017, he committed to Clemson. Newman also had offers from

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and Wake Forest.

College career

Newman averaged 2.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game as a freshman. In Clemson's first-ever win at

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on January 11, 2020, he posted 17 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. On February 15, Newman scored a career-high 23 points in a 77–62 win against

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. As a sophomore, Newman averaged 9.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. He received less playing time as a junior, averaging 3.7 points and two rebounds per game. This was partially due to his suffering from knee problems. After his junior season, Newman announced he intended to transferred to

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. On April 20, 2021 Newman announced he was decomitting from

and would be transferring to

, following

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who had recently been named as the new head coach for the Bearcats.

National team career

Newman was a part of the Clemson team chosen to represent the United States in the

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in Italy. The U.S. received a gold medal after defeating Ukraine in the title game behind 20 points and seven rebounds from Newman. He averaged 13.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

Career statistics

College

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2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, style="text-align:left;", Clemson , 22 , , 8 , , 15.6 , , .341 , , .250 , , .923 , , 2.0 , , 1.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 3.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 31 , , 25.9 , , .405 , , .333 , , .558 , , 4.2 , , 1.7 , , 1.0 , , 0.2 , , 6.9 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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Personal life

His father, John Newman II, played basketball at

in the 1980s. A distant cousin,

Johnny Newman John Sylvester Newman Jr. (born November 28, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6' 7" and shooting guard/small forward, Newman starred at the University of Richmond, before going on to play in the National Basketball ...

, played at

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before embarking on a professional career.

References

External links

Cincinnati Bearcats bioClemson Tigers bio
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