Cory Hightower

Position: Forward

6-7, 222lb (201cm, 100kg)

Hometown: Norcross, GA

High School: Meadowcreek HS

Schools: Presbyterian (Men), Western Carolina (Men) and Winthrop (Men)

2022-23 All-Big South
2022 All-Big South Tourney
Big South All-Freshman

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SUMMARY

Career

G

144

PTS

12.2

TRB

5.9

AST

2.2

FG%

44.8

FG3%

34.5

FT%

73.8

eFG%

51.2

PER

16.7

WS

10.2

Per Game

Per Game Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	F	36	35	24.4	3.5	7.4	.475	0.4	1.0	.361	3.1	6.4	.493	.500	2.1	2.8	.750	1.5	4.8	6.3	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.6	9.4
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	F	31	31	32.7	4.7	10.7	.443	0.9	3.3	.277	3.8	7.5	.515	.485	2.9	4.3	.677	1.1	5.0	6.1	2.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	2.5	13.3
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	F	19	18	29.7	4.9	11.2	.441	0.8	3.3	.258	4.1	7.9	.517	.479	3.1	3.6	.868	0.9	5.3	6.2	2.2	1.1	0.3	3.1	2.5	13.8
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	F	28	26	27.2	3.8	8.5	.448	1.9	4.6	.400	2.0	3.9	.505	.556	2.3	3.1	.744	0.8	4.7	5.5	1.8	1.0	0.5	2.9	2.1	11.8
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	F	30	29	32.4	4.5	10.4	.434	2.2	5.8	.371	2.3	4.5	.515	.539	2.4	3.4	.716	0.9	4.6	5.5	2.4	0.8	0.4	2.9	2.6	13.6
Career					144	139	29.1	4.2	9.4	.448	1.2	3.5	.345	3.0	5.9	.508	.512	2.5	3.4	.738	1.1	4.8	5.9	2.2	0.9	0.4	2.5	2.5	12.2

Presbyterian (2 Yrs)					67	66	28.3	4.1	8.9	.457	0.6	2.0	.299	3.5	6.9	.504	.492	2.5	3.5	.708	1.3	4.9	6.2	2.2	0.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	11.2
Western Carolina (1 Yr)					19	18	29.7	4.9	11.2	.441	0.8	3.3	.258	4.1	7.9	.517	.479	3.1	3.6	.868	0.9	5.3	6.2	2.2	1.1	0.3	3.1	2.5	13.8
Winthrop (2 Yrs)					58	55	29.9	4.2	9.5	.440	2.0	5.3	.384	2.2	4.2	.510	.546	2.4	3.2	.729	0.9	4.7	5.5	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.9	2.4	12.7

Per Game Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	F	16	15	25.0	3.3	6.6	.500	0.2	0.8	.231	3.1	5.8	.538	.514	2.8	3.6	.789	1.5	4.5	6.0	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	2.4	9.6
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	F	18	18	32.4	4.8	9.8	.486	1.1	3.4	.323	3.7	6.4	.574	.542	3.6	5.1	.707	1.0	5.7	6.7	2.5	1.1	0.5	2.8	2.7	14.3
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	F	17	17	29.8	5.2	11.5	.454	0.9	3.3	.286	4.3	8.2	.521	.495	2.9	3.5	.847	0.9	5.4	6.2	2.2	1.2	0.3	3.1	2.4	14.4
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	F	14	12	27.0	4.0	8.9	.448	1.9	4.9	.397	2.1	4.1	.509	.556	2.2	3.1	.721	1.0	4.4	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	2.9	2.1	12.1
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	F	17	17	33.6	4.6	10.3	.451	2.2	5.7	.392	2.4	4.6	.526	.560	2.2	3.1	.698	0.9	4.9	5.9	2.1	1.1	0.5	2.5	2.9	13.7
Career					82	79	29.7	4.4	9.5	.466	1.3	3.6	.351	3.2	5.9	.536	.533	2.8	3.7	.750	1.1	5.0	6.1	2.1	1.0	0.5	2.6	2.5	12.9

Presbyterian (2 Yrs)					34	33	28.9	4.1	8.3	.491	0.7	2.2	.307	3.4	6.1	.558	.532	3.2	4.4	.738	1.2	5.1	6.4	2.3	1.0	0.6	2.3	2.6	12.1
Western Carolina (1 Yr)					17	17	29.8	5.2	11.5	.454	0.9	3.3	.286	4.3	8.2	.521	.495	2.9	3.5	.847	0.9	5.4	6.2	2.2	1.2	0.3	3.1	2.4	14.4
Winthrop (2 Yrs)					31	29	30.6	4.4	9.7	.450	2.1	5.3	.394	2.3	4.4	.519	.558	2.2	3.1	.708	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.7	2.5	13.0

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Totals

Totals Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	F	36	35	880	126	265	.475	13	36	.361	113	229	.493	.500	75	100	.750	54	172	226	70	28	22	59	93	340
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	F	31	31	1014	147	332	.443	28	101	.277	119	231	.515	.485	90	133	.677	34	154	188	79	32	11	83	79	412
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	F	19	18	564	94	213	.441	16	62	.258	78	151	.517	.479	59	68	.868	17	100	117	41	21	5	59	48	263
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	F	28	26	762	107	239	.448	52	130	.400	55	109	.505	.556	64	86	.744	23	131	154	49	28	13	80	59	330
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	F	30	29	971	135	311	.434	65	175	.371	70	136	.515	.539	73	102	.716	27	139	166	72	25	11	86	79	408
Career					144	139	4191	609	1360	.448	174	504	.345	435	856	.508	.512	361	489	.738	155	696	851	311	134	62	367	358	1753

Presbyterian (2 Yrs)					67	66	1894	273	597	.457	41	137	.299	232	460	.504	.492	165	233	.708	88	326	414	149	60	33	142	172	752
Western Carolina (1 Yr)					19	18	564	94	213	.441	16	62	.258	78	151	.517	.479	59	68	.868	17	100	117	41	21	5	59	48	263
Winthrop (2 Yrs)					58	55	1733	242	550	.440	117	305	.384	125	245	.510	.546	137	188	.729	50	270	320	121	53	24	166	138	738

Totals Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	F	16	15	400	53	106	.500	3	13	.231	50	93	.538	.514	45	57	.789	24	72	96	33	13	10	27	39	154
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	F	18	18	583	86	177	.486	20	62	.323	66	115	.574	.542	65	92	.707	18	102	120	45	20	9	51	49	257
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	F	17	17	506	89	196	.454	16	56	.286	73	140	.521	.495	50	59	.847	15	91	106	37	20	5	52	41	244
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	F	14	12	378	56	125	.448	27	68	.397	29	57	.509	.556	31	43	.721	14	62	76	23	13	6	41	30	170
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	F	17	17	571	79	175	.451	38	97	.392	41	78	.526	.560	37	53	.698	16	84	100	36	18	8	42	49	233
Career					82	79	2438	363	779	.466	104	296	.351	259	483	.536	.533	228	304	.750	87	411	498	174	84	38	213	208	1058

Presbyterian (2 Yrs)					34	33	983	139	283	.491	23	75	.307	116	208	.558	.532	110	149	.738	42	174	216	78	33	19	78	88	411
Western Carolina (1 Yr)					17	17	506	89	196	.454	16	56	.286	73	140	.521	.495	50	59	.847	15	91	106	37	20	5	52	41	244
Winthrop (2 Yrs)					31	29	949	135	300	.450	65	165	.394	70	135	.519	.558	68	96	.708	30	146	176	59	31	14	83	79	403

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	36	35	880	5.7	12.0	.475	5.1	10.4	.493	0.6	1.6	.361	3.4	4.5	.750	10.3	3.2	1.3	1.0	2.7	4.2	15.5
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	31	31	1014	5.8	13.1	.443	4.7	9.1	.515	1.1	4.0	.277	3.6	5.2	.677	7.4	3.1	1.3	0.4	3.3	3.1	16.3
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	19	18	564	6.7	15.1	.441	5.5	10.7	.517	1.1	4.4	.258	4.2	4.8	.868	8.3	2.9	1.5	0.4	4.2	3.4	18.7
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	28	26	762	5.6	12.5	.448	2.9	5.7	.505	2.7	6.8	.400	3.4	4.5	.744	8.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	4.2	3.1	17.3
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	30	29	971	5.6	12.8	.434	2.9	5.6	.515	2.7	7.2	.371	3.0	4.2	.716	6.8	3.0	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.3	16.8
Career	Overall			144	139	4191	5.8	13.0	.448	4.2	8.2	.508	1.7	4.8	.345	3.4	4.7	.738	8.1	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.5	3.4	16.7
	Presbyterian			67	66	1894	5.8	12.6	.457	4.9	9.7	.504	0.9	2.9	.299	3.5	4.9	.708	8.7	3.1	1.3	0.7	3.0	3.6	15.9
	Western Carolina			19	18	564	6.7	15.1	.441	5.5	10.7	.517	1.1	4.4	.258	4.2	4.8	.868	8.3	2.9	1.5	0.4	4.2	3.4	18.7
	Winthrop			58	55	1733	5.6	12.7	.440	2.9	5.7	.510	2.7	7.0	.384	3.2	4.3	.729	7.4	2.8	1.2	0.6	3.8	3.2	17.0

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	16	15	400	5.3	10.6	.500	5.0	9.3	.538	0.3	1.3	.231	4.5	5.7	.789	9.6	3.3	1.3	1.0	2.7	3.9	15.4
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	18	18	583	5.9	12.1	.486	4.5	7.9	.574	1.4	4.3	.323	4.5	6.3	.707	8.2	3.1	1.4	0.6	3.5	3.4	17.6
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	17	17	506	7.0	15.5	.454	5.8	11.1	.521	1.3	4.4	.286	4.0	4.7	.847	8.4	2.9	1.6	0.4	4.1	3.2	19.3
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	14	12	378	5.9	13.2	.448	3.1	6.0	.509	2.9	7.2	.397	3.3	4.6	.721	8.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.3	3.2	18.0
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	17	17	571	5.5	12.3	.451	2.9	5.5	.526	2.7	6.8	.392	2.6	3.7	.698	7.0	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.9	3.4	16.3
Career	Overall			82	79	2438	6.0	12.8	.466	4.2	7.9	.536	1.7	4.9	.351	3.7	5.0	.750	8.2	2.9	1.4	0.6	3.5	3.4	17.4
	Presbyterian			34	33	983	5.7	11.5	.491	4.7	8.5	.558	0.9	3.1	.307	4.5	6.1	.738	8.8	3.2	1.3	0.8	3.2	3.6	16.7
	Western Carolina			17	17	506	7.0	15.5	.454	5.8	11.1	.521	1.3	4.4	.286	4.0	4.7	.847	8.4	2.9	1.6	0.4	4.1	3.2	19.3
	Winthrop			31	29	949	5.7	12.6	.450	3.0	5.7	.519	2.7	7.0	.394	2.9	4.0	.708	7.4	2.5	1.3	0.6	3.5	3.3	17.0

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Per 100 Poss

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	36	35	880	8.2	17.3	.475	7.4	14.9	.493	0.8	2.3	.361	4.9	6.5	.750	14.8	4.6	1.8	1.4	3.9	6.1	22.2		108.4	100.9
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	31	31	1014	8.6	19.5	.443	7.0	13.6	.515	1.6	5.9	.277	5.3	7.8	.677	11.0	4.6	1.9	0.6	4.9	4.6	24.2		99.0	107.8
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	19	18	564	9.2	20.9	.441	7.7	14.8	.517	1.6	6.1	.258	5.8	6.7	.868	11.5	4.0	2.1	0.5	5.8	4.7	25.8		96.4	105.5
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	28	26	762	8.1	18.1	.448	4.2	8.3	.505	3.9	9.8	.400	4.8	6.5	.744	11.7	3.7	2.1	1.0	6.1	4.5	25.0		101.5	98.7
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	30	29	971	8.2	18.9	.434	4.3	8.3	.515	4.0	10.6	.371	4.4	6.2	.716	10.1	4.4	1.5	0.7	5.2	4.8	24.8		104.2	109.4
Career	Overall			144	139	4191	8.4	18.8	.448	6.0	11.9	.508	2.4	7.0	.345	5.0	6.8	.738	11.8	4.3	1.9	0.9	5.1	5.0	24.3		102.0	104.7
	Presbyterian			67	66	1894	8.4	18.5	.457	7.2	14.2	.504	1.3	4.2	.299	5.1	7.2	.708	12.8	4.6	1.9	1.0	4.4	5.3	23.2		103.2	104.5
	Western Carolina			19	18	564	9.2	20.9	.441	7.7	14.8	.517	1.6	6.1	.258	5.8	6.7	.868	11.5	4.0	2.1	0.5	5.8	4.7	25.8		96.4	105.5
	Winthrop			58	55	1733	8.2	18.5	.440	4.2	8.3	.510	3.9	10.3	.384	4.6	6.3	.729	10.8	4.1	1.8	0.8	5.6	4.7	24.9		103.0	104.7

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	16	15	400	7.6	15.3	.500	7.2	13.4	.538	0.4	1.9	.231	6.5	8.2	.789	13.8	4.8	1.9	1.4	3.9	5.6	22.2		113.6	103.7
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	18	18	583	8.6	17.8	.486	6.6	11.5	.574	2.0	6.2	.323	6.5	9.2	.707	12.0	4.5	2.0	0.9	5.1	4.9	25.8		106.6	106.1
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	17	17	506	9.8	21.6	.454	8.1	15.5	.521	1.8	6.2	.286	5.5	6.5	.847	11.7	4.1	2.2	0.6	5.7	4.5	27.0		97.2	107.3
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	14	12	378	8.7	19.3	.448	4.5	8.8	.509	4.2	10.5	.397	4.8	6.6	.721	11.8	3.6	2.0	0.9	6.3	4.6	26.3		101.4	98.7
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	17	17	571	8.3	18.3	.451	4.3	8.2	.526	4.0	10.2	.392	3.9	5.6	.698	10.5	3.8	1.9	0.8	4.4	5.1	24.4		107.3	107.6
Career	Overall			82	79	2438	8.6	18.6	.466	6.2	11.5	.536	2.5	7.1	.351	5.4	7.2	.750	11.9	4.1	2.0	0.9	5.1	5.0	25.2		104.6	105.2
	Presbyterian			34	33	983	8.2	16.7	.491	6.9	12.3	.558	1.4	4.4	.307	6.5	8.8	.738	12.8	4.6	2.0	1.1	4.6	5.2	24.3		109.2	105.1
	Western Carolina			17	17	506	9.8	21.6	.454	8.1	15.5	.521	1.8	6.2	.286	5.5	6.5	.847	11.7	4.1	2.2	0.6	5.7	4.5	27.0		97.2	107.3
	Winthrop			31	29	949	8.4	18.7	.450	4.4	8.4	.519	4.1	10.3	.394	4.2	6.0	.708	11.0	3.7	1.9	0.9	5.2	4.9	25.2		104.7	104.0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40		OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	36	35	880	18.3	.544	.500	.136	.377	358	6.9	22.7	14.7	15.1	1.8	3.0	15.9	21.6		1.6	1.3	2.9	.133		-1.0	-0.5	-1.5
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	31	31	1014	16.4	.521	.485	.304	.401	409	4.1	18.0	11.2	17.3	1.9	1.4	17.4	24.8		1.2	0.6	1.9	.074		-0.8	-2.6	-3.3
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	19	18	564	16.4	.536	.479	.291	.319	257	3.6	20.6	12.3	15.1	2.1	1.0	19.4	27.0		0.5	0.5	1.0	.074		-0.6	-0.7	-1.3
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	28	26	762	16.6	.590	.556	.544	.360	315	4.0	19.8	12.4	12.6	2.1	2.0	22.2	24.4		1.0	1.2	2.2	.118		0.6	-0.9	-0.4
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	30	29	971	15.6	.568	.539	.563	.328	403	3.6	16.7	10.6	15.7	1.5	1.2	19.3	24.1		1.4	0.7	2.1	.088		0.8	-2.1	-1.3
Career	Overall			144	139	4191	16.7	.550	.512	.371	.360	1742	4.5	19.4	12.1	15.3	1.9	1.8	18.7	24.2		5.7	4.5	10.2	.098		-0.2	-1.5	-1.7
	Presbyterian			67	66	1894	17.3	.531	.492	.229	.390	767	5.4	20.2	12.8	16.3	1.9	2.2	16.7	23.3		2.8	2.0	4.8	.101		-0.9	-1.6	-2.5
	Western Carolina			19	18	564	16.4	.536	.479	.291	.319	257	3.6	20.6	12.3	15.1	2.1	1.0	19.4	27.0		0.5	0.5	1.0	.074		-0.6	-0.7	-1.3
	Winthrop			58	55	1733	16.0	.577	.546	.555	.342	719	3.8	18.1	11.4	14.3	1.8	1.6	20.6	24.3		2.4	2.0	4.4	.101		0.7	-1.6	-0.9

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40		OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2018-19	Presbyterian	Big South	FR	16	15	400	21.9	.579	.514	.123	.538	165	7.7	23.6	15.6	16.8	1.9	3.3	16.9	20.9		1.2	0.2	1.4	.145
2019-20	Presbyterian	Big South	SO	18	18	583	22.3	.582	.542	.350	.520	255	4.5	23.0	14.2	17.2	2.0	2.0	18.8	24.8		1.7	0.1	1.8	.121
2020-21	Western Carolina	Southern	JR	17	17	506	19.0	.545	.495	.286	.301	238	3.8	23.2	13.4	16.3	2.2	1.1	18.8	28.0		0.9	0.1	0.9	.074
2021-22	Winthrop	Big South	JR	14	12	378	20.0	.584	.556	.544	.344	166	5.7	20.4	13.8	12.4	2.0	1.9	22.0	26.4		0.8	0.4	1.2	.128
2022-23	Winthrop	Big South	SR	17	17	571	20.3	.582	.560	.554	.303	229	4.1	20.2	12.4	13.9	1.9	1.6	17.3	23.1		1.4	0.1	1.6	.109
Career	Overall			82	79	2438	20.7	.573	.533	.380	.390	1051	5.0	22.1	13.8	15.4	2.0	1.9	18.7	24.7		6.0	0.9	6.9	.113
	Presbyterian			34	33	983	22.1	.581	.532	.265	.527	419	5.8	23.2	14.8	17.0	2.0	2.5	18.1	23.2		2.9	0.3	3.2	.130
	Western Carolina			17	17	506	19.0	.545	.495	.286	.301	238	3.8	23.2	13.4	16.3	2.2	1.1	18.8	28.0		0.9	0.1	0.9	.074
	Winthrop			31	29	949	20.2	.583	.558	.550	.320	394	4.7	20.3	12.9	13.3	1.9	1.7	19.4	24.5		2.3	0.5	2.8	.117

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