Nigel Scantlebury is a young basketball player based in Rochester, New York. Continue reading to learn more about the athlete.
Nigel Scantlebury couldn’t believe his ears when he received a Division I scholarship offer from Central Connecticut State assistant Baba Diallo.
Following a January victory, Scantlebury spoke with Diallo, who informed the former Greece Athena star of CCSU’s desire to build a team around him.
Scantlebury is the latest Section V product to earn a Division I spot after spending time at a junior college.
Where Is Nigel Scantlebury From? His Ethnicity Explored
Nigel Scantlebury is from Rochester, NY. The athlete belongs to African American ethnicity.
At Greece Athena High School, he played for Mike Setzer. He led Greece Athena to three sectional championships and three division titles while also earning All-Tournament honors twice.
He was named first-team all-county twice and was named Monroe County Player of the Year. During his junior and senior years, the athlete was named First Team All-Greater Rochester and All-State.
He was named team MVP twice. He was a two-year starter for Niagara County Community College under head coach Bill Beilein.
During his two years at NCCC, he scored over 600 points, assisted over 200 times, and led the team in points, assists, and steals his sophomore year. He led the team in 20-point games. In 2019, he won the District title and advanced to the National Elite Eight.
Nigel Scantlebury Parents Details
Nigel Scantlebury has not shared details on his parents. Thus their identity remains unknown.
Scantlebury imagined his collegiate basketball career would be more of a straight line when he was younger. The plan was to excel in high school before transferring to a Division I school.
He realized that wasn’t going to happen by his senior year at Athena. He knew nothing about junior college basketball, and he had planned to reclassify and attend a prep school, but that fell through at the last minute.
Scantlebury found himself on the NCCC campus a week before the start of his freshman year’s fall semester in the office of head coach Bill Beilein.
He was told there that Beilein liked his game but wasn’t sure how much he would play. Scantlebury was delighted to seize the opportunity.
Nigel Scantlebury Biography
Nigel Scantlebury appeared in 21 games and started eight of them. He averaged a team-high 27.0 minutes per game. He averaged 8.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.
With a 1.89 assist/turnover ratio and 4.05 assists per game, Nigel was ranked third in the Northeast Conference. He shot 76.8 percent from the foul line, which ranked 14th in the NECH.
He had seven games with ten or more points. He had a season-high 14 points in 28 minutes against Hartford on December 4th.
In three games, he had a season-high seven assists. He had seven assists at Bryant (1/7) and a season-high six rebounds. In nine games, he had five or more assists.
He had three steals against Saint Francis University (1/31) and LIU (2/20). He was awarded the CCSU Student-Athlete Academic Award.