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Jersey Number 2
Will Pruitt
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mt. Juliet, Tenn.
- Prev School:
- Mt. Juliet HS
- High School:
- Mt. Juliet HS
2024-25 (Senior):
- Second Team All-ASUN
- ASUN All-Academic Team
- Averaged 13.0 points per game, second on the team
- Started and played in all 31 games
- Notched a triple double at North Forida
- 10th in the ASUN with 169 total rebounds
- Shot 48.9-percent in ASUN Play
- Had 81 assists on the season
- Added 29 steals and seven blocks
2023-24 (Junior):
- Competed in 29 games with 27 starts
- Second-leading scorer for Lipscomb, averaging 15.0 PPG and averaged 17.3 PPG in ASUN play
- Lipscomb's leading rebounder at 6.4 RPG
- Had three double-digit rebounding performances, including a 16-rebound game against Chattanooga
- Ranked seventh in the ASUN in defensive rebounds per game (4.59)
- Ranked fifth in the ASUN in assist/turnover ratio (1.93) and 10th in assists per game (3.1)
- Ranked sixth in the ASUN in field goal percentage (51.4%)
- Scored double-digits in 20 games and had 20+ points in eight games
2022-23 (Sophomore):
- Competed and started in 32 games this season for the Purple and Gold
- Led the team in total minutes played with 962 for an average of 30.1 minutes on the floor each night
- Finished the season third on the squad in total points with 317 at a pace of 9.9 points per game
- Sunk 103 field goals and made 41 shots from deep for a .460 field goal percentage and a .414 3-point percentage
- Went 70-for-87 from the free-throw line for a .805 free-throw percentage
- Ended the season second on the team in total rebounds at 170 including 137 defensive rebounds
- Clocked 94 assists this season - ranking him second on the squad
- Led the Bisons and tied for 17th in the ASUN for steals with 36
- Put up nine blocks over the course of the season
- Logged 18 double-digit point performances for the Bisons with a career-high 27 points against Michigan (12/17)
- Earned two double-doubles this season - first against Campbellsville-Harrodsburg (18 points and 13 rebounds on 11/12) then again against North Florida (19 points and 11 assists on 2/16)
- Recorded 5+ rebounds in 17 different games with a season high 13 against Campbellsville-Harrodsburg (11/12)
- Notched a season-high four steals against Campbellsville-Harrodsburg (11/12)
2021-22 (Freshman):
- One of three Bisons to play in all 33 games and one of two to start all 33 as well
- Logged a team-high, ASUN eighth 1000 minutes on the floor for a team-high, ASUN fifteenth 30.3 minute per game average
- Sunk 102-of-229 shots to total a .445 shooting percentage
- Third on the team in 3-point percentage at .378 as he had both the second highest 3-pointers made (45) and 3-point attempts (119)
- Third on the team from the free-throw line at .802 accuracy with 73-of-91 shots made
- Second on the team in total rebounds with 176 from a second-on-the-team 154 defensive rebounds and 22 offensive rebounds
- Led the team in steals with 25, also dished out 86 assists and 8 blocks
- Put up 14 double-digit point performances, including a six-game streak of 10+ point nights
- Scored a season-high 22 points against Stetson (2/3) as he made 7 of 12 shots, 4 of which were 3-pointers, hit 4-of-4 free-throws, pulled down 6 rebounds, and notched a steal and a block
2020-21 (Freshman):
- Appeared in 17 games and earned 3 starts in his first season at Lipscomb
- Recorded a .479 shooting percentage, sinking 23-of-48 from the field
- Sunk 11-of-24 shot from deep for a .458 3-point percentage
- Logged a .467 from the free-throw line with 7 shots made
- Totaled 64 points on the season for a 3.8 PPG average
- Pulled down 38 rebounds, 32 of them defensive, for a 2.2 RPG average
- Collected 20 assists and 7 steals in his first season as a Bison
- Made his college debut against Crowley's Ridge College (12/21) with 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists in the contest
- Scored a season high 18 points against Kennesaw State (2/20), also logged 7 rebounds and 2 assists that game
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Prepped at Mount Juliet High School under head coach Troy Allen.
- Tennessee AAA Mr. Basketball Finalist for senior season
- 2020 First Team All-State
- Senior year averaged 21.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game
- Averaged 15.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game as a junior
- Helped lead the Bears to three consecutive District 9-AAA Championships in each of his last three years. It marked the first championships in school history. Also won the Region Championship his senior season.
- Named MVP for Region (2020), District 9-AAA Tournament (2018, 2019, 2020), Willie Brown Classic (2019,2020) and the District 9-AAA regular season (2019, 2020).
- Selected to the All-State team in 2018-19 by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association.
- Region 5-AAA All-Tournament Team selection and senior captain for MJHS.
- Son of Angie and David Pruitt
- Has one brother, Trey, and one sister, Taylor
- Plans to major in Business Management
- His brother currently plays football at Austin Peay and his mother played volleyball at Tennessee Tech
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