Men's Basketball

KerrKriisa

  • position Guard
  • height 6-3
  • Weight 185
  • class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Tartu, Estonia
  • Previous School West Virginia
  • Major Liberal Studies

2023-24 (at West Virginia):
Started 23 of 23 games played … Averaged 11.0 points and 4.7 assists per game … Had 61 3-point field goals … Shot 42.9% from the field and 42.4% from 3-point range … Finished with nine assists against TCU … Had 10 points against Texas Tech … Scored a career-high 25 points to go with six assists at Kansas State … Finished with 12 points at Iowa State … Had seven points and seven assists against UCF … Scored 13 points at TCU … Recorded a game-high 23 points against BYU … Finished with 10 points and seven assists against Cincinnati … Scored a game-high 21 points at Oklahoma State with six 3-point field goals … Had nine points, five assists and three steals at UCF … Finished with 15 points against Kansas … Scored 14 points with four 3-point field goals against Texas … Had 11 points and five assists against K-State … Scored seven points at Houston … First WVU double-double with 12 points and 10 assists against Toledo … Recorded six assists against Radford … Had 20 points on six 3-point field goals and seven assists in his first WVU game against UMass.

2022-23 (at Arizona):
Led the Pac-12 in assists (178) for the second straight season … First Pac-12 player to lead the conference in assists in back-to-back years since Brandon Granville (USC) in 2000 and 2001 … One of five players in Pac-12 history to record multiple triple-doubles in a career … Ranks 10th in Arizona history with 177 career 3s made … Played in all 35 games and made 34 starts … Averaged 9.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 5.14 assists per game … Tied for the team lead with 83 made 3-pointers, a total that is tied for eighth-most in Arizona single-season history … His 180 total assists ranked 20th in the country … Had 11 games of at least seven assists … Posted the second triple-double of his career with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists against Southern, the 11th triple-double by an Arizona player in program history … Joins Andre Iguodala (3) and Loren Woods (2) as the only Wildcats with multiple triple-doubles and Luke Jackson (2) and Jason Kidd (4) as the only players in the Pac-12 to do it multiple times … Scored a career-high 24 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the 3-point line against Utah Tech … Had 13 points and nine assists in the Maui Invitational Championship game against Creighton … Was 6 of 9 from long distance for 18 points against Montana State … Tallied 13 points and 11 assists against Oregon State … On the Washington road trip, was 5 of 10 from long range at WSU and 6 of 11 at UW … Was 4 of 4 on 3-pointers on his way to 17 points versus Utah … Had 13 points and four assists at UCLA.

2021-22 (at Arizona):
Recorded the 10th triple-double in Arizona basketball history when he went for a career-high 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists at Utah … In the first half of the game at Utah, he was 7 of 7 from the 3-point line, capped off by making a half-court shot as the halftime buzzer went off … Ranked second in the Pac-12 in assists per game (4.7) … Ranked third in the Pac-12 in 3s per game (2.42) … Ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.15) … His 155 assists helped Arizona set a new team single-season record for assists (726) … Made 80 3s on the year, the ninth-most in a season in Arizona history … Played in 33 games, making 31 starts … Averaged 9.7 points, 4.7 assists and 2.5 rebounds … Scored in double figures 15 times … Connected on at least two 3s in a game 23 times … Was 24 of 26 from the free-throw line in Pac-12 play … Sprained his ankle in the closing minute of the win over Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament and missed the semifinal game against Colorado and the championship game against UCLA … Set his career high with 21 points in the win over Washington … In home wins over UCLA and Southern Cal, he had 16 points and 13 points, respectively.

2020-21 (at Arizona):
Was not cleared to play by the NCAA until Feb. 4 … Appeared in eight total games but averaged 23.1 minutes per game, making five starts … Averaged 5.5 points and 2.4 assists per contest while shooting 36.8% from the 3-point line … Did not score in his debut at Utah, but did have one steal … Connected on a 3-point field goal at Colorado for his first collegiate points … Was 4 of 9 from the 3-point line on his way to 12 points against Oregon, while also dishing out five assists … Went 3 of 5 from long range and finished with nine points in the win at Southern Cal … Closed the season with six points and four assists at Oregon.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Spent the 2019-20 season playing for Prienai CBet and Zalgiris II Kaunas in Lithuania … Averaged nearly 14 point and six assists per game with Zalgiris … Named MVP at the Kaunas Qualifying Tournament, which was part of the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament … Has experience playing with the Estonian senior and junior national team, and was a driving force behind Estonia’s first-ever win over the Lithuanian national team in the Summer of 2020.

PERSONAL:
Born Jan. 2 in Tartu, Estonia … Parents are Valmo Kriisa and Kersti Kull … Has a sister, Sindra … Father was a professional basketball player in Estonia … Was given his first name by his father who was a fan of NBA Champion, Steve Kerr … Most memorable moment as a basketball player is his first game for his national team … His grandparents have influenced his life the most … Favorite movie is Happy Gilmore and his favorite thing he’s ever binged watched is Prison Break … Lists his favorite food as pasta … Teleportation would be the superpower he’d most like to have … Steve Nash is his all-time favorite basketball player.

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