Raiquan Clark
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| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
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| NBA draft | 2020: undrafted |
| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
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Raiquan Clark is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the LIU Sharks and the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, leaving as the program's all-time leading scorer.
High school career
Clark attended Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut. In his junior season, he won the Class LL state championship.[1] As a senior, he averaged 15.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, three assists and three steals per game.[2] He also led Hillhouse to a Southern Connecticut Conference Hammonasset Division title and was a two-time New Haven Register All-Area selection. Clark did not receive any NCAA Division I scholarship offers after his senior season and attended Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York for a postgraduate year to gain more interest.[3] He helped his team achieve a 17–6 record and a New England Preparatory School Athletic Council quarterfinals berth.[1] Clark did not hold any Division I offers by the end of the season. He sent emails, including his highlights and statistics, to over 1,000 coaches representing every Division I program but failed to draw an offer.[4]
College career
As a freshman, Clark played for LIU Brooklyn as a preferred walk-on but vowed to his mother, Shontay Watts, that he would eventually earn a scholarship.[5] In his only appearance, he played two minutes in a loss to Dartmouth.[4] As a sophomore, he was awarded a full scholarship and averaged 6.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.[1] On November 10, 2017, Clark scored a career-high 34 points in a 102–96 loss to Tulane.[6] In his junior season, he averaged 17.3 points and seven rebounds per game, earning Third Team All-Northeast Conference (NEC) honors. He led LIU Brooklyn to the 2018 NEC Tournament championship, scoring 20 points in a 71–61 victory over top-seeded Wagner, and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.[5] As a senior, Clark averaged an NEC-high 18.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and two assists per game and was named to the First Tetam All-NEC.[3] On February 8, 2020, he passed Jamal Olasewere to become the all-time leading scorer for LIU and LIU Brooklyn.[7] In his redshirt senior season at LIU, Clark averaged 19.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, leading the NEC in scoring and making the First Team All-NEC for a second straight year. He became the seventh player in NEC history to record at least 2,000 career points.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Riley, Lori (July 15, 2017). "Raiquan Clark Stars In Debut Of Greater Hartford Pro-Am". The Capital. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Morelli, Joe (April 18, 2014). "2014 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Basketball Team". New Haven Register. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Taylor, Adam (June 9, 2020). "Raiquan Clark, the walk-on who took the NEC by storm". The 450 Times. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Kussoy, Howie (February 16, 2019). "How former walk-on willed his way to stardom at LIU Brooklyn". New York Post. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Borges, David (August 14, 2018). "Hard work has led to success for Raiquan Clark at Long Island University, and in Greater Hartford Pro-Am". New Haven Register. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "Reynolds scores 24, leads Tulane past LIU Brooklyn 102-96". USA Today. Associated Press. November 11, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "Clark, Flowers set New Records as Men's Basketball Downs Merrimack in OT". Long Island University. February 8, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Torenli, John (March 24, 2020). "LIU's Raiquan Clark receives All-District honor". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved September 15, 2020.