Calvin Talford
July 23, 2020
Keith Nelson
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Position: CTR
- Height (CM): 200
- Weight (KG): 100
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Sullivan (1988-1990) / Chattanooga (1990-1992) /
- NBL DEBUT: 10/06/94
- AGE AT DEBUT: 0
- LAST NBL GAME: 23/09/94
- NBL History: Hobart 1994
- Championships: 0
- None
NICKNAME/S: Januaryman
NBL EXPERIENCE
Keith Nelson made his NBL debut with the Hobart Devils on 10/6/1994. He scored 24 points in his first game.
Keith Nelson played one season in the NBL. He averaged 21.6 points, 10 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in 16 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 | Hobart | 2-24 (13) | 16 | 649 | 346 | 160 | 45 | 60 | 100 | 40 | 46 | 98 | 71 | 132 | 278 | 47% | 5 | 18 | 28% | 77 | 107 | 72% | 53% | 48% | 38 | Totals | 16 | 649 | 346 | 160 | 45 | 60 | 100 | 40 | 46 | 98 | 71 | 132 | 278 | 47.5% | 5 | 18 | 27.8% | 77 | 107 | 72.0% | 53% | 48% | 38 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 | Hobart | 2-24 (13) | 16 | 40.6 | 21.6 | 10.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 8.3 | 17.4 | 47% | 0.3 | 1.1 | 28% | 4.8 | 6.7 | 72% | 53% | 48% | 38 | Total | 16 | 40.6 | 21.6 | 10.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 8.3 | 17.4 | 47.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.8% | 0.3 | 1.1 | 72.0% | 53% | 48% | 38 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 38 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Iceland - KR (1993)
In January 1993, Nelson signed with KR in Iceland’s Úrvalsdeild karla, with local coverage dubbing him the “Januaryman” because he was the club’s fourth foreign player in four months, and he was viewed as an upgrade on the earlier import changes.
Nelson’s KR stint lasted 11 league games in the 1992–93 season, and his KKI game logs show he opened with 17 points and 19 rebounds against Skallagrímur on January 24, 1993, then posted 37 points and 25 rebounds against Breiðablik on January 31, 1993.
His single-game high for KR was 45 points in an 88–87 loss to Tindastóll on February 21, 1993, a night where his personal-best marks also included 19 field goals made and 25 two-point makes attempted.
For the season, Nelson averaged 26.6 points and 15.7 rebounds per game, which aligned with a KKI total of 293 points and 173 rebounds, and he shot 57.1% from the field, 71.0% at the foul line, and made two three-pointers. He was also named a starter for the 1993 All-Star game.
KR finished the 1992–93 Úrvalsdeild karla regular season with a 10–16 record.
COLLEGE
Keith Nelson was born on December 12, 1969, in Louisville, Kentucky, and played his high school basketball at Waggener in Louisville before beginning his college career at Sullivan College (a junior college) from 1988 to 1990.
After spending his first two seasons playing at a junior college, Nelson took his game to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Chattanooga) in the fall of 1990.
He spent two seasons playing at the Southern Conference school, a NCAA Division I institution, suiting up for head coach Mack McCarthy’s Mocs in the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons as Chattanooga won back-to-back co-SoCon regular season championships, with the program’s year-by-year records listing a 19-10 overall mark (11-3 SoCon) in 1990-91 and a 23-7 overall mark (12-2 SoCon) in 1991-92.
In just two seasons he scored 1,047 points, led the Mocs in scoring and rebounding both seasons, and was named the conference co-player of the year as a senior (sharing the honor in 1991-92), while also becoming a two-time First Team All-SoCon selection (1991 and 1992).
Nelson, a center, produced 580 points as a junior and 467 points as a senior, finishing his Chattanooga career with a 1,047-point total that ranked 12th on the school’s career scoring list at the time, while his 18.4 points per game scoring average ranked second in program history and his career 9.2 rebounds per game average remains tops all-time in school history.
He also led the Southern Conference in total rebounds in both Chattanooga seasons with 264 rebounds in 1990-91 and 259 rebounds in 1991-92, giving him 523 total rebounds as a Moc, and his overall Chattanooga record-book standing included first in rebounds per game (9.2), fourth in total rebounds (523), second in free throw attempts (471), and fourth in made free throws (311).
Nelson earned Second-Team All-SoCon Tournament honors in 1991 and was voted Chattanooga’s team Most Valuable Player in 1992, with one of the signature moments of his college career coming on March 1, 1991 when LeVert Threats threw a full-court pass in the Southern Conference Tournament that Nelson caught above two defenders before hitting a falling-away game-winner after Western Carolina had taken an 82-81 lead with three seconds left.
The following season, Nelson opened the 1991-92 campaign with a major road performance at Mississippi State on November 24, 1991, posting 23 points, 14 rebounds, and three steals as Chattanooga won 85-73, and he later capped his two-year SoCon run with conference player-of-the-year recognition before the university inducted him into the Chattanooga Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.
AWARDS
- 1x NBL Blocks Leader
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