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

2024-25

Career

G

8

61

PTS

8.3

4.1

TRB

3.6

2.5

AST

2.9

1.8

FG%

38.6

31.7

FG3%

30.8

15.7

FT%

80.0

56.1

eFG%

41.4

33.6

PER

9.6

6.3

WS

0.1

0.0

Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Team		Opp	Result	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2024-12-20	Prairie View	@	Minnesota	L 57-96	*	40	6	15	.400	6	13	.462	0	2	.000	0	0		0	5	5	5	1	0	7	3	12
2024-12-17	Prairie View	@	Western Michigan	L 58-87	*	36	5	9	.556	4	7	.571	1	2	.500	2	2	1.000	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	4	13
2024-12-02	Prairie View	@	Wichita State	L 45-74	*	27	4	9	.444	4	8	.500	0	1	.000	0	0		1	2	3	2	0	1	3	2	8
2024-11-26	Prairie View	@	Georgia	L 62-79	*	33	1	6	.167	1	4	.250	0	2	.000	2	2	1.000	2	6	8	3	2	0	7	2	4
2024-11-22	Prairie View	@	Washington	L 50-65	*	33	4	12	.333	3	10	.300	1	2	.500	1	2	.500	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	0	10

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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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	G	10	2	13.9	0.9	3.1	.290	0.0	0.6	.000	0.9	2.5	.360	.290	0.9	1.5	.600	0.9	1.4	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.0	2.2	1.2	2.7
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	G	9	0	11.1	0.8	2.3	.333	0.1	0.4	.250	0.7	1.9	.353	.357	0.6	1.3	.417	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.2
2022-23	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	SO	G	25	18	22.5	1.5	4.8	.308	0.2	1.5	.162	1.2	3.3	.373	.333	1.0	1.9	.500	0.7	2.2	3.0	2.0	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.4	4.2
2023-24	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	JR	G	9	8	19.7	1.3	5.3	.250	0.0	1.1	.000	1.3	4.2	.316	.250	1.0	1.4	.692	0.8	1.1	1.9	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.1	1.4	3.7
2024-25	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	SR	G	8	8	29.8	3.4	8.8	.386	0.5	1.6	.308	2.9	7.1	.404	.414	1.0	1.3	.800	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.9	1.0	0.5	3.1	1.9	8.3
Career					61	36	19.9	1.5	4.8	.317	0.2	1.1	.157	1.3	3.6	.368	.336	0.9	1.6	.561	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.8	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.4	4.1

Penn State (2 Yrs)					19	2	12.6	0.8	2.7	.308	0.1	0.5	.100	0.8	2.2	.357	.317	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 A&M (3 Yrs)					42	34	23.3	1.8	5.7	.319	0.2	1.4	.167	1.6	4.2	.371	.340	1.0	1.7	.577	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.5	4.8

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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	G	6	1	14.0	1.0	3.2	.316	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	2.5	.400	.316	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	G	1	0	11.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	.500	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 A&M	SWAC	SO	G	13	7	22.5	1.3	4.3	.304	0.0	0.7	.000	1.3	3.6	.362	.304	1.1	2.2	.483	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.4	3.7
Career					20	8	19.4	1.2	3.9	.312	0.0	0.7	.000	1.2	3.2	.375	.312	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 (2 Yrs)					7	1	13.6	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.6	.000	1.0	2.4	.412	.333	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 A&M (1 Yr)					13	7	22.5	1.3	4.3	.304	0.0	0.7	.000	1.3	3.6	.362	.304	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	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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	G	10	2	139	9	31	.290	0	6	.000	9	25	.360	.290	9	15	.600	9	14	23	15	7	0	22	12	27
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	G	9	0	100	7	21	.333	1	4	.250	6	17	.353	.357	5	12	.417	3	8	11	7	3	0	5	8	20
2022-23	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	SO	G	25	18	562	37	120	.308	6	37	.162	31	83	.373	.333	24	48	.500	18	56	74	49	20	3	40	36	104
2023-24	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	JR	G	9	8	177	12	48	.250	0	10	.000	12	38	.316	.250	9	13	.692	7	10	17	15	6	0	19	13	33
2024-25	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	SR	G	8	8	238	27	70	.386	4	13	.308	23	57	.404	.414	8	10	.800	5	24	29	23	8	4	25	15	66
Career					61	36	1216	92	290	.317	11	70	.157	81	220	.368	.336	55	98	.561	42	112	154	109	44	7	111	84	250

Penn State (2 Yrs)					19	2	239	16	52	.308	1	10	.100	15	42	.357	.317	14	27	.519	12	22	34	22	10	0	27	20	47
Prairie View A&M (3 Yrs)					42	34	977	76	238	.319	10	60	.167	66	178	.371	.340	41	71	.577	30	90	120	87	34	7	84	64	203

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
2020-21	Penn State	Big Ten	FR	G	6	1	84	6	19	.316	0	4	.000	6	15	.400	.316	3	3	1.000	4	9	13	11	5	0	12	8	15
2021-22	Penn State	Big Ten	SO	G	1	0	11	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2
2022-23	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	SO	G	13	7	293	17	56	.304	0	9	.000	17	47	.362	.304	14	29	.483	9	27	36	30	10	0	20	18	48
Career					20	8	388	24	77	.312	0	13	.000	24	64	.375	.312	17	32	.531	13	37	50	41	15	0	34	27	65

Penn State (2 Yrs)					7	1	95	7	21	.333	0	4	.000	7	17	.412	.333	3	3	1.000	4	10	14	11	5	0	14	9	17
Prairie View A&M (1 Yr)					13	7	293	17	56	.304	0	9	.000	17	47	.362	.304	14	29	.483	9	27	36	30	10	0	20	18	48

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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
2024-25	Prairie View	SWAC	SR	8	8	238	4.5	11.8	.386	3.9	9.6	.404	0.7	2.2	.308	1.3	1.7	.800	4.9	3.9	1.3	0.7	4.2	2.5	11.1
Career	Overall			61	36	1216	3.0	9.5	.317	2.7	7.2	.368	0.4	2.3	.157	1.8	3.2	.561	5.1	3.6	1.4	0.2	3.7	2.8	8.2
	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			42	34	977	3.1	9.7	.319	2.7	7.3	.371	0.4	2.5	.167	1.7	2.9	.577	4.9	3.6	1.4	0.3	3.4	2.6	8.3

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
2024-25	Prairie View	SWAC	SR	8	8	238	5.9	15.2	.386	5.0	12.4	.404	0.9	2.8	.308	1.7	2.2	.800	6.3	5.0	1.7	0.9	5.4	3.3	14.3		80.5	100.2
Career	Overall			61	36	1216	3.9	12.4	.317	3.5	9.4	.368	0.5	3.0	.157	2.4	4.2	.561	6.6	4.7	1.9	0.3	4.8	3.6	10.7		73.2	97.0
	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			42	34	977	4.1	12.7	.319	3.5	9.5	.371	0.5	3.2	.167	2.2	3.8	.577	6.4	4.6	1.8	0.4	4.5	3.4	10.8		74.1	95.2

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
2024-25	Prairie View	SWAC	SR	8	8	238	9.6	.441	.414	.186	.143	69	2.2	10.6	6.4	18.4	1.7	1.5	25.1	18.9		0.0	0.1	0.1	.015		-3.3	-3.0	-6.3
Career	Overall			61	36	1216	6.3	.371	.336	.241	.338	287	3.7	10.5	7.0	17.5	1.9	0.5	24.8	16.8		-0.8	0.8	0.0	.001		-4.3	-1.8	-6.1
	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			42	34	977	6.6	.374	.340	.252	.298	228	3.2	10.4	6.7	18.0	1.8	0.7	23.6	16.5		-0.6	0.9	0.3	.013		-4.4	-2.2	-6.5

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	-.168
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	-.065
	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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