2017-18 Indiana Men's Basketball Roster
Josh Newkirk
- Weight:
- 195
- Height:
- 6-1
- Position:
- Guard
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, NC
- High School:
- Word of God Academy
2017-18 (Redshirt Senior):
Made 56 career starts at IU... averaged 7.1 points and led the team with 86 assists... averaged 8.1 points in 36 career Big Ten games... had eight points and two steals against Indiana State... chipped in with seven points and four assists against Howard... had eight points and three assists at Seton Hall and hit both of his 3-point attempts... had six points and three assists against Arkansas State... contributed 17 points (five-of-6 3FG), four assists and two steals against Eastern Michigan... had eight points against Duke... had seven points against Michigan... had six points, seven boards and two steals against Iowa... tallied 13 points and four assists against Louisville... had eight points and two assists against Fort Wayne... contributed a season-high 20 points with four rebounds and six assists against Tennessee Tech... had 10 points, three rebounds, five assists and three steals against Youngstown State... scored 16 points and added four assists without a turnover in 30 minutes against Penn State... posted 12 points, three rebounds and two assists against Northwestern... had 14 points and made four 3FG at Michigan State... led team with three assists... had four points and five assists against Purdue... had four points and two assists against Minnesota... finished with 11 points and three assists against Illinois... had four points and an assist at Iowa... had four points, three rebounds and four assists at Nebraska... had nine points and six assists against Ohio State... had seven points and two assists in BIg Ten Tournament against Rutgers.
Redshirt Junior (2016-17 - at Indiana)
Appeared in all 34 games, making 32 starts ... led the team with 108 assists ... also averaged 9.0 points overall and 10.3 points per game in conference play ... shot 38.0 percent from the 3-point line (35-of-92) ... also hauled in 3.1 rebounds per game ... scored in double figures in 12 games, including a pair of 20-point games ... over the final 12 games of the season, he made 21-of-47 (44.6 percent) from the 3-point line ... in his first game at Indiana, he finished with seven points, four assists and five rebounds in the win against Kansas ... dropped 13 points - including a 3-of-4 effort from the 3-point line - at Fort Wayne ... finished with five points, six assists and four rebounds against Mississippi Valley State ... scored 10 points and dished out three assists against North Carolina ... in the win over Southeast Missouri, he score eight points, handed out eight assists and grabbed four rebounds ... scored 10 points in the win over Houston Baptist ... logged his first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Austin Peay ... opened Big Ten play with 11 points against Nebraska ... logged four points, four assists and six rebounds against Wisconsin ... handed out seven assists at Northwestern ... tallied a career-high 27 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the floor and also blocked two shots in a 3OT win at home against Penn State ... the next game, at Wisconsin, he went 4-of-6 from the 3-point line to finish with 22 points ... registered 11 points in three straight games against Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa ... in the regular season finale at Ohio State, he poured in 18 points and added five assists in the Hoosiers win ... finished the year with 10 points and four assists in the NIT at Georgia Tech.
Returned to full practice in Spring semester following microfracture knee surgery at the end of the 2014-15 season at Pitt.
Career Notes at Pittsburgh
Played in 69 career games ... scored in double figures on 12 occasions ... career-best scoring output at Pitt was 20 points against NC State in 2014 ... posted a 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio with 154 assists and 77 turnovers ... shot 35.7 percent from the 3-point line in his two years ... had microfracture surgery on his left knee on May 6, 2015.
Sophomore (2014-15 - at Pittsburgh)
Appeared in all 34 games and was in the starting lineup four times ... he averaged 5.9 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game ... he scored a season-high 16 points and dished out a career-high eight assists when the Panthers played at Indiana in the Big Ten ACC Challenge ... he also made a driving layup to force overtime and had 15 points against Boston College ... he tallied a 16-point effort against Duquesne and notched a career-high four rebounds in that game ... he chipped in 12 points against Florida State in the ACC Tournament ... during the regular season he registered had eight points, including two highlight reel dunks against Duke ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman (2013-14 - at Pittsburgh)
During his freshman year, He averaged 4.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists ... he averaged 6.4 points in 19.5 minutes played per game over the last two games of the season ... he averaged 16.7 minutes per game in ACC play ... made 7-of-8 FG attempts, including all five of his three-pointers against NC State on March 3 ... he scored eight points (3-6 FG), hit 2-3 3- pointers in 24 minutes of NCAA Tournament game vs. Florida. He tied a school record for most consecutive 3-pointers made with eight from March 1-March 8 (2 at Notre Dame, 5 vs. NC State, at Clemson). Had10 points (4-6 FG) with five assists in 24 minutes vs. Wake Forest. He also hit a game-tying jumper at the buzzer to send a game into overtime at Clemson ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep/Personal
A 2013 graduate of Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, N.C. where he played for head coach Quentin Jackson ... also played for the D One Sports Academy in North Carolina, the same two programs that produced current NBA guard John Wall ... led Word of God Academy to a NCISAA Class 1A state championship and a 25-2 overall record as a senior ... ranked as the nation's No. 70 recruit and the No. 21 point guard by Scout.com ... born April 17, 1994 ... he is the son of Reggie and Tela Newkirk.
