Max Abmas - 2022-23 - Men's Basketball - Oral Roberts University
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2022-23 Men's Basketball

3 Max Abmas

  • Height
    6-0
  • Weight
    175
  • Class
    Senior
  • Position
    G
  • Hometown
    Rockwall, Texas
  • High School
    Jesuit Dallas HS
  • Major
    Biomedical Chemistry

Biography

10th in ORU history with 1,819 points
4th in ORU history with 301 made 3-pointers
 

2022-23 (Senior)

  • Dick Vitale (ESPN) Preseason All-America Fourth Team
  • Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Top 20 Watch List
  • Summit League Preseason Player of the Year
  • Preseason All-Summit League First Team


2021-22 (Junior)

  • Sporting News Preseason All-America First Team
  • Jay Bilas (ESPN) Preseason All-America First Team
  • Dick Vitale (ESPN) Preseason All-America Second Team
  • College Hoops Today Preseason All-America Third Team
  • Naismith College Player of the Year Watch List
  • NABC Player of the Year Top 20 Watch List
  • Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Top 20 Watch List
  • Lute Olson National Player of the Year Watch List
  • Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List
  • Summit League Preseason Player of the Year
  • Preseason All-Summit League First Team
  • Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 List
  • Lute Olson National Player of the Week (January 31)
  • Lou Henson Mid-Season Watch List
  • Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 List
  • All-Summit League First Team Honoree
  • Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention Team
  • NABC Division I All-District 12 First Team
  • Academic All-Summit League Team
  • Lou Henson All-America Team
  • DI-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year & Team Honoree

Started all 30 games he appeared and scored double digits in 29 of those games ... Finished the season 5th in the nation in scoring averaging 22.8 points per game totaling 685 on the year  ... Recorded 20 or more points 18 times and had six games with 30-plus points ... Finished third in the country in three-point field goals per game hitting 3.8 per game ... Paced the team with 110 assists and ranked third in The Summit League  ... Also led ORU with 29 steals and added three blocks ... Played every minute in 12 games ... Made 119-of-140 free throws (85 percent)  ... Shot 42 percent (226-536) from the floor and 39 percent (114-293) from 3-point range. 

2020-21 (Sophomore)

  • NCAA's Leading Scorer (24.5 points per game)
  • CBS Sports All-America Third Team
  • Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention Team
  • Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Year (College Insider)
  • Major Madness Player of the Year
  • College Insider All-American (Lute Olson Award Finalist)
  • College Insider Mid-Major All-American
  • NABC All-District First Team
  • USBWA All-District First Team
  • Summit League Player of the Year
  • All-Summit League First Team
  • Summit League All-Tournament Team and Championship MVP
  • NCAA Championship All-South Region Team
  • Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Week (Feb. 15)
  • Three-time Summit League Male Athlete of the Month (January, February, March)
  • Two-time Summit League Player of the Week (Feb. 15, Mar. 1)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
  • Academic All-Summit League Team
  • Third best free throw percentage (.890) in a single season in ORU history
  • Fifth most 3-pointers made (100) in a single season in ORU history
  • T-Seventh most points (686) in a single season in ORU history
  • Eighth most 3-pointers attempted (233) in a single season in ORU history
  • 1,000th Career Point, Mar. 7, 2021 vs. North Dakota

Started all 28 games in which he appeared and scored double digits in every outing ... Led the nation in scoring averaging 24.5 points per game totaling 686 on the year ... Was the only NCAA player this season to record multiple 40-point games scoring a career-high 42 against South Dakota State (2/13) and 41 versus Western Illinois (2/27) ... Recorded 20 or more points 20 times, including 15 of the final 16 games, and had seven games with 30-plus points ... Became the first player since Davidson's Steph Curry (2008) to score 25 or more points in his first three NCAA Tournament games earning NCAA All-South Region Team honors ... Finished second in the country making 100 3-pointers and was fourth hitting 3.6 per game ... Paced the team with 106 assists and ranked fourth in The Summit League with a 1.6 assist to turnover ratio ... Also led ORU with 41 steals and added five blocks ... Played every minute in 15 games, including all seven postseason appearances ... Made 138-of-155 free throws (89 percent) ranking 15th in the NCAA in free throw percentage ... Shot 48 percent (224-470) from the floor and 43 percent (100-233) from 3-point range, which ranked ninth in the country for 3-point percentage.

2019-20 (Freshman)

  • 2019-20 Summit League All-Newcomer Team
  • T-Seventh most 3-pointers made (87) in a single season in ORU history
  • Seventh most 3-pointers attempted (238) in a single season in ORU history
  • Eighth highest scoring average (14.5 ppg) for a freshman in ORU history

One of only two ORU players to start all 31 games ... Closed the year 39th in the NCAA and one of two freshman to rank in the nation's top 40 for made 3-pointers (87) ... Ranked third on the team scoring 14.5 points per game reaching double figures 23 times, including nine performances of at least 20 points ... Was the highest scoring true freshman in The Summit League totaling 448 points, including a season-best 27 points against North Dakota (1/11) ... Led The Summit League averaging 2.8 3-pointers per contest, while his 37 percent (87-238) shooting from distance ranked second in the conference ... Drained six 3-pointers on three occasions with the last coming in the quarterfinals of The Summit League Championships versus Omaha (3/8) ... Finished second on the team totaling 32 steals, including a season-high four at Chicago State (12/17) ... Shot 41 percent (158-384) from the floor and 82 percent (45-55) at the free throw line ... Registered 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game posting season bests of five rebounds and four assists, while adding seven blocks.

High School
Played prep basketball at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas for Head Coach Chris Hill ... Twice earned all-district honors with the Rangers scoring more than 1,000 career points ... Named University Interscholastic League (UIL) District 9-6A Co-MVP as a senior, while landing on the Dallas Morning News All-Area and All-Region II-6A teams ... Averaged 19.1 points per game in 2018-19 hitting 109 3-pointers ... Selected as the Co-Offensive Player of the Year in his junior campaign after averaging a team-leading 16.1 points per game in 35 appearances ... Scored a career-high 31 points against Rockwall Heath (12/28), burying 7-of-10 three-point attempts as a junior ... Totaled 10.4 points per game in his sophomore year, first on the varsity team, in 22 contests ... Academic All-District honoree and earned a spot on the honor roll every semester, including straight A’s in four of seven terms ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
Son of Troy Abmas and Erika Abmas ... Majoring in Biomedical Chemistry at ORU.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2019-20Freshman

    G
    6'1" 160 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2020-21Sophomore

    G
    6'1" 165 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2021-22Junior

    G
    6'0" 175 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2022-23Senior

    G
    6'0" 175 lbs
    3
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