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Nyam Thornton

Position: Guard

5-7 (170cm)

Hometown: Columbus, OH

High School: Africentric (OH)

Schools: Penn State (Women) and Prairie View (Women)

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SUMMARY

2023-24

Career

G

9

53

PTS

3.7

3.5

TRB

1.9

2.4

AST

1.7

1.6

FG%

25.0

29.5

FG3%

0.0

12.3

FT%

69.2

53.4

eFG%

25.0

31.1

PER

1.8

5.5

WS

-0.2

-0.1

Per Game

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	10	2	13.9	0.9	3.1	.290	0.9	2.5	.360	0.0	0.6	.000	0.9	1.5	.600	0.9	1.4	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.0	2.2	1.2	2.7		15.94
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	9	0	11.1	0.8	2.3	.333	0.7	1.9	.353	0.1	0.4	.250	0.6	1.3	.417	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.2		9.21
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	25	18	22.5	1.5	4.8	.308	1.2	3.3	.373	0.2	1.5	.162	1.0	1.9	.500	0.7	2.2	3.0	2.0	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.4	4.2		-7.64
2023-24	Prairie View	SWAC	JR	9	8	19.7	1.3	5.3	.250	1.3	4.2	.316	0.0	1.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.692	0.8	1.1	1.9	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.1	1.4	3.7		-6.44
Career	Overall			53	28	18.5	1.2	4.2	.295	1.1	3.1	.356	0.1	1.1	.123	0.9	1.7	.534	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	3.5		2.77
	Penn State			19	2	12.6	0.8	2.7	.308	0.8	2.2	.357	0.1	0.5	.100	0.7	1.4	.519	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.1	2.5
	Prairie View			34	26	21.7	1.4	4.9	.292	1.3	3.6	.355	0.2	1.4	.128	1.0	1.8	.541	0.7	1.9	2.7	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.7	1.4	4.0

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	6	1	14.0	1.0	3.2	.316	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.7	1.5	2.2	1.8	0.8	0.0	2.0	1.3	2.5
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	1	0	11.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	13	7	22.5	1.3	4.3	.304	1.3	3.6	.362	0.0	0.7	.000	1.1	2.2	.483	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.4	3.7
Career	Overall			20	8	19.4	1.2	3.9	.312	1.2	3.2	.375	0.0	0.7	.000	0.9	1.6	.531	0.7	1.9	2.5	2.1	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.4	3.3
	Penn State			7	1	13.6	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	2.4	.412	0.0	0.6	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.0	2.0	1.3	2.4
	Prairie View			13	7	22.5	1.3	4.3	.304	1.3	3.6	.362	0.0	0.7	.000	1.1	2.2	.483	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.4	3.7

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Totals

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	10	2	139	9	31	.290	9	25	.360	0	6	.000	9	15	.600	9	14	23	15	7	0	22	12	27
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	9	0	100	7	21	.333	6	17	.353	1	4	.250	5	12	.417	3	8	11	7	3	0	5	8	20
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	25	18	562	37	120	.308	31	83	.373	6	37	.162	24	48	.500	18	56	74	49	20	3	40	36	104
2023-24	Prairie View	SWAC	JR	9	8	177	12	48	.250	12	38	.316	0	10	.000	9	13	.692	7	10	17	15	6	0	19	13	33
Career	Overall			53	28	978	65	220	.295	58	163	.356	7	57	.123	47	88	.534	37	88	125	86	36	3	86	69	184
	Penn State			19	2	239	16	52	.308	15	42	.357	1	10	.100	14	27	.519	12	22	34	22	10	0	27	20	47
	Prairie View			34	26	739	49	168	.292	43	121	.355	6	47	.128	33	61	.541	25	66	91	64	26	3	59	49	137

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	6	1	84	6	19	.316	6	15	.400	0	4	.000	3	3	1.000	4	9	13	11	5	0	12	8	15
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	1	0	11	1	2	.500	1	2	.500	0	0		0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	13	7	293	17	56	.304	17	47	.362	0	9	.000	14	29	.483	9	27	36	30	10	0	20	18	48
Career	Overall			20	8	388	24	77	.312	24	64	.375	0	13	.000	17	32	.531	13	37	50	41	15	0	34	27	65
	Penn State			7	1	95	7	21	.333	7	17	.412	0	4	.000	3	3	1.000	4	10	14	11	5	0	14	9	17
	Prairie View			13	7	293	17	56	.304	17	47	.362	0	9	.000	14	29	.483	9	27	36	30	10	0	20	18	48

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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	10	2	139	2.6	8.9	.290	2.6	7.2	.360	0.0	1.7	.000	2.6	4.3	.600	6.6	4.3	2.0	0.0	6.3	3.5	7.8
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	9	0	100	2.8	8.4	.333	2.4	6.8	.353	0.4	1.6	.250	2.0	4.8	.417	4.4	2.8	1.2	0.0	2.0	3.2	8.0
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	25	18	562	2.6	8.5	.308	2.2	5.9	.373	0.4	2.6	.162	1.7	3.4	.500	5.3	3.5	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.6	7.4
2023-24	Prairie View	SWAC	JR	9	8	177	2.7	10.8	.250	2.7	8.6	.316	0.0	2.3	.000	2.0	2.9	.692	3.8	3.4	1.4	0.0	4.3	2.9	7.5
Career	Overall			53	28	978	2.7	9.0	.295	2.4	6.7	.356	0.3	2.3	.123	1.9	3.6	.534	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.1	3.5	2.8	7.5
	Penn State			19	2	239	2.7	8.7	.308	2.5	7.0	.357	0.2	1.7	.100	2.3	4.5	.519	5.7	3.7	1.7	0.0	4.5	3.3	7.9
	Prairie View			34	26	739	2.7	9.1	.292	2.3	6.5	.355	0.3	2.5	.128	1.8	3.3	.541	4.9	3.5	1.4	0.2	3.2	2.7	7.4

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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	6	1	84	2.9	9.0	.316	2.9	7.1	.400	0.0	1.9	.000	1.4	1.4	1.000	6.2	5.2	2.4	0.0	5.7	3.8	7.1
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	1	0	11	3.6	7.3	.500	3.6	7.3	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.3	3.6	7.3
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	13	7	293	2.3	7.6	.304	2.3	6.4	.362	0.0	1.2	.000	1.9	4.0	.483	4.9	4.1	1.4	0.0	2.7	2.5	6.6
Career	Overall			20	8	388	2.5	7.9	.312	2.5	6.6	.375	0.0	1.3	.000	1.8	3.3	.531	5.2	4.2	1.5	0.0	3.5	2.8	6.7
	Penn State			7	1	95	2.9	8.8	.333	2.9	7.2	.412	0.0	1.7	.000	1.3	1.3	1.000	5.9	4.6	2.1	0.0	5.9	3.8	7.2
	Prairie View			13	7	293	2.3	7.6	.304	2.3	6.4	.362	0.0	1.2	.000	1.9	4.0	.483	4.9	4.1	1.4	0.0	2.7	2.5	6.6

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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	10	2	139	3.4	11.6	.290	3.4	9.3	.360	0.0	2.2	.000	3.4	5.6	.600	8.6	5.6	2.6	0.0	8.2	4.5	10.1		64.6	102.4
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	9	0	100	3.7	11.1	.333	3.2	9.0	.353	0.5	2.1	.250	2.7	6.4	.417	5.8	3.7	1.6	0.0	2.7	4.2	10.6		80.8	107.8
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	25	18	562	3.4	11.1	.308	2.9	7.7	.373	0.6	3.4	.162	2.2	4.4	.500	6.8	4.5	1.8	0.3	3.7	3.3	9.6		75.2	92.2
2023-24	Prairie View	SWAC	JR	9	8	177	3.6	14.5	.250	3.6	11.5	.316	0.0	3.0	.000	2.7	3.9	.692	5.1	4.5	1.8	0.0	5.7	3.9	10.0		62.3	98.0
Career	Overall			53	28	978	3.5	11.8	.295	3.1	8.7	.356	0.4	3.0	.123	2.5	4.7	.534	6.7	4.6	1.9	0.2	4.6	3.7	9.8		71.2	96.2
	Penn State			19	2	239	3.5	11.4	.308	3.3	9.2	.357	0.2	2.2	.100	3.1	5.9	.519	7.4	4.8	2.2	0.0	5.9	4.4	10.3		70.0	104.7
	Prairie View			34	26	739	3.5	11.9	.292	3.0	8.6	.355	0.4	3.3	.128	2.3	4.3	.541	6.4	4.5	1.8	0.2	4.2	3.5	9.7		71.6	93.6

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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	6	1	84	3.7	11.8	.316	3.7	9.3	.400	0.0	2.5	.000	1.9	1.9	1.000	8.1	6.8	3.1	0.0	7.4	5.0	9.3		67.4	105.0
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	1	0	11	4.9	9.8	.500	4.9	9.8	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.8	4.9	9.8		45.4	115.4
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	13	7	293	3.1	10.1	.304	3.1	8.5	.362	0.0	1.6	.000	2.5	5.3	.483	6.5	5.4	1.8	0.0	3.6	3.3	8.7		75.1	89.7
Career	Overall			20	8	388	3.3	10.5	.312	3.3	8.7	.375	0.0	1.8	.000	2.3	4.4	.531	6.8	5.6	2.0	0.0	4.6	3.7	8.9		72.1	93.8
	Penn State			7	1	95	3.9	11.6	.333	3.9	9.4	.412	0.0	2.2	.000	1.7	1.7	1.000	7.7	6.1	2.8	0.0	7.7	5.0	9.4		65.2	106.2
	Prairie View			13	7	293	3.1	10.1	.304	3.1	8.5	.362	0.0	1.6	.000	2.5	5.3	.483	6.5	5.4	1.8	0.0	3.6	3.3	8.7		75.1	89.7

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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	10	2	139	4.3	.354	.290	.194	.484	36	7.3	12.1	9.6	17.6	2.6	0.0	36.6	19.7		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-.070		-3.9	1.0	-2.9
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	9	0	100	6.9	.375	.357	.190	.571	23	3.6	9.4	6.6	11.8	1.6	0.0	15.8	15.1		0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-.021		-4.4	-1.8	-6.1
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	25	18	562	6.8	.364	.333	.308	.400	121	3.3	11.4	7.1	18.2	1.8	0.5	21.9	14.8		-0.3	0.7	0.4	.031		-4.1	-1.2	-5.3
2023-24	Prairie View	SWAC	JR	9	8	177	1.8	.305	.250	.208	.271	38	4.4	6.8	5.5	16.9	1.8	0.0	26.0	18.8		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-.048		-6.8	-3.9	-10.8
Career	Overall			53	28	978	5.5	.351	.311	.259	.400	218	4.1	10.4	7.1	17.2	1.9	0.3	24.7	16.3		-0.8	0.7	-0.1	-.003		-4.6	-1.5	-6.0
	Penn State			19	2	239	5.4	.363	.317	.192	.519	59	5.8	11.0	8.3	15.2	2.2	0.0	29.4	17.8		-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-.050		-4.1	-0.2	-4.3
	Prairie View			34	26	739	5.6	.348	.310	.280	.363	159	3.6	10.3	6.7	17.9	1.8	0.4	23.0	15.7		-0.6	0.8	0.2	.012		-4.7	-1.9	-6.6

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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	6	1	84	4.5	.367	.316	.211	.158	21	5.3	13.1	9.1	22.0	3.1	0.0	37.0	17.7		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-.051
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	1	0	11	-5.6	.500	.500	.000	.000	2	0.0	10.9	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	17.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	-.162
2022-23	Prairie View	SWAC	SO	13	7	293	6.6	.344	.304	.161	.518	61	3.6	11.1	7.3	21.9	1.8	0.0	22.3	14.5		-0.2	0.6	0.4	.049
Career	Overall			20	8	388	5.8	.352	.312	.169	.416	83	3.9	11.5	7.6	21.3	2.0	0.0	26.9	15.3		-0.4	0.6	0.2	.021
	Penn State			7	1	95	3.3	.379	.333	.190	.143	22	4.7	12.9	8.7	19.4	2.7	0.0	38.4	17.7		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-.064
	Prairie View			13	7	293	6.6	.344	.304	.161	.518	61	3.6	11.1	7.3	21.9	1.8	0.0	22.3	14.5		-0.2	0.6	0.4	.049

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