Wayne Larkins
July 23, 2020
Mike Morrison
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 16/08/67
- Place of Birth: Washington, D.C. (USA)
- Position: SG
- Height (CM): 193
- Weight (KG): 88
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Loyola (Maryland) (1985–1989)
- NBL DEBUT: 17/04/93
- AGE AT DEBUT: 25
- LAST NBL GAME: 24/09/93
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 26
- NBL History: Geelong 1993
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Mike Morrison was born in Washington, D.C. (USA).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Mike Morrison made his NBL debut with the Geelong Supercats at 25 years of age. He scored 22 points in his first game.
After the team was gutted in 1992, a move which resulted in Geelong finishing with just two wins for the season, the Supercats were able to regroup, and add to their wafer thin roster. Ray Borner (via North Melbourne) arrived to fill a gaping hole inside and imports Bobby Locke and Chris Williams were replaced by Adrian Branch, who had won an NBA championship with the Lakers in 1987, and Mike Morrison, who had just finished up a stint with the NBA’s Phoenix Suns.
The team was led by its starters, Branch (26.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 1.9 steals), Morrison (22.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 2.2 steals), Cecil Exum (16.6 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.4 steals), Borner (16.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks) and Vince Hinchen (14.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.1 steals) with very little coming from the bench.
The starting five all played a minimum of 35 minutes a game, with only Wayne Larkins (6.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 2.2 steals) playing meaningful minutes off the bench. All in all the team basically played with six players for the entire season.
With three rounds left, Geelong sat equal last with Hobart and Townsville, all three team’s sitting on four wins. Geelong, however, reeled off three wins in a row to end the season, knocking off Sydney (126–115), Gold Coast (113–108) and fourth placed Brisbane (118–115) to end the season on a high note.
Breheny resigned as coach of the Supercats at the end of the season, after a dispute over his handling of import player Adrian Branch.
Mike Morrison played one season in the NBL. He averaged 22.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 4 assists in 26 NBL games.
CAREER RANKINGS:
– 28th in steals per game.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 26 | Geelong | 7-19 (12) | 26 | 1,093 | 579 | 99 | 106 | 27 | 72 | 57 | 14 | 87 | 103 | 213 | 478 | 45% | 82 | 220 | 37% | 71 | 85 | 84% | 56% | 53% | 34 | Totals | 26 | 1093 | 579 | 99 | 106 | 27 | 72 | 57 | 14 | 87 | 103 | 213 | 478 | 44.6% | 82 | 220 | 37.3% | 71 | 85 | 83.5% | 56% | 53% | 34 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 26 | Geelong | 7-19 (12) | 26 | 42.0 | 22.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 18.4 | 45% | 3.2 | 8.5 | 37% | 2.7 | 3.3 | 84% | 56% | 53% | 34 | Total | 26 | 42.0 | 22.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 18.4 | 44.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.3% | 3.2 | 8.5 | 83.5% | 56% | 53% | 34 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 34 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
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NBA EXPERIENCE
Mike Morrison was drafted by the Phoenix Suns with pick #51 in the 1989 NBA Draft.
Morrison played 36 games in the NBA. He averaged 2 points, 0.6 rebounds, and 0.3 assists per game over his NBA career.
NBA TRANSACTIONS:
- June 27, 1989: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 2nd round (51st pick) of the 1989 NBA Draft.
- September 2, 1989: Signed a multi-year contract with the Phoenix Suns.
- September 28, 1990: Traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Washington Bullets for a 1993 2nd round draft pick.
- The 2nd round draft pick traded to Phoenix was conditional and was not exercised.
- October 22, 1990: Waived by the Washington Bullets.
- September 17, 1991: Signed a contract with the Orlando Magic.
- October 9, 1991: Waived by the Orlando Magic.
| Season | Team | PTS | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 96% | 95% | 99% | 83% | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 213 | 478 | 44.6% | 82 | 220 | 37.3% |
NBA TOTAL STATISTICS
| YEAR | AGE | TEAM | POS | GP | GS | MINS | PTS | TRB | AST | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-90 | 22 | Phoenix | SG | 36 | 1 | 153 | 72 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 68 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 44% | 35% | Total | 36 | 1 | 153 | 72 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 68 | 34% | 2 | 7 | 29% | 24 | 30 | 80% |
NBA PER GAME STATISTICS
| YEAR | AGE | TEAM | POS | GP | GS | MINS | PTS | TRB | AST | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-90 | 22 | Phoenix | SG | 36 | 1 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 34% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 44% | 35% | Total | 36 | 1 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 34% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 29% | 0.7 | 0.8 | 80% |
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Philippines - Shell Rimula X (1991, 1993, 1994) | Germany - Oldenburger TB (2000–2001)
Morrison joined Shell Rimula X for the 1991 PBA Third Conference season, playing his first season in the Philippines.
Morrison’s initial Shell stint ran from October 17–27, 1991, and included a 39-point game in a 126–120 win over Ginebra San Miguel on October 20, as he combined with teammates Benjie Paras and Romeo Dela Rosa for 94 of Shell’s 126 points.
He returned to Shell in the 1993 PBA season for the Governor’s Cup, serving as the team’s recruited import from September 28 to October 10 while sharing the roster with Benjie Paras and guards Ronnie Magsanoc, Leo Isaac, and Eric Altamirano during Rino Salazar’s tenure as head coach.
Morrison had another Governor’s Cup run with Shell in 1994, appearing as the recruited import from October 23 to November 6 and playing alongside Paras, Magsanoc, and Eric Altamirano as the team reached the semifinals in the season’s Governor’s Cup and Commissioner’s Cup.
For the 2000–2001 season, Morrison moved to Germany to play for Oldenburger TB in the Basketball Bundesliga, where he helped the newly promoted club stay in the top division while averaging 13.5 points across 32 Bundesliga games and then raising his output to 20.3 points per game in the relegation round.
COLLEGE
Mike Morrison played college basketball for Loyola (Maryland) from 1985–1989 and finished his four-year career as one of the most productive scorers in school history, totaling 1,697 points to rank as Loyola’s sixth-highest career scorer in the program record book and fifth on Loyola’s official all-time list, while also ranking among the school’s career leaders in field goals made (626) and field goals attempted (1,369).
During the 1987–88 season, Morrison produced one of the great single-year scoring campaigns in Loyola history, scoring 666 points (the third-most points in a season at the school) while averaging 22.2 points per game, which stands as the fourth-best single-season scoring average in program history, and he finished second in the Northeast Conference in scoring that year at 22.3 points per game.
He followed that with another elite senior year in 1988–89, scoring 611 points and ranking third in the Northeast Conference in scoring at 21.8 points per game, and across his Loyola career he recorded 34 games of 20+ points, reinforcing his reputation as one of the conference’s premier guards of the late 1980s.
Morrison’s individual accolades matched the production, earning First Team All-Northeast Conference honours as both a junior and senior and later being named to the Northeast Conference 25th Anniversary All-Time Team (announced in January 2006), reflecting his standing as one of the league’s defining players from that era.
The Loyola record book also captures specific single-game and volume markers from his peak years, including a school-record-book entry for 30 field-goal attempts in a game (vs UMBC on March 2, 1988) and a season workload that included 522 field-goal attempts in 1987–88, underlining the scale of his offensive responsibility on those Loyola teams.
At the conclusion of his Loyola career, Morrison became a historic program milestone as the first Loyola player of the Division I era to be selected in the NBA Draft when he was taken 51st overall in 1989, a fact consistently highlighted by Loyola in its Hall of Fame biography and historical program summaries.
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