2002-03 (M) Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 30
Jimmy Motz
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, Neb.
- High School:
- Northeast
Bio
2004-05 (Junior)
Averaged 5.9 points while playing in all 34 games, including 11 starts ...Shot 48.6 percent from three-point range, leading the MVC and breaking Kyle Korver’s single-season school record ...Named to the all-MVC Tournament Team after averaging 12.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in CU’s three wins ...Made 12-of-16 shots (75 percent) from the floor and 10-of-14 (71.4 percent) from three-point range at the league tourney ...Scored a career-high 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the quarterfinal round win over Illinois State (March 5) ...Had 12 points in 18 minutes during the final in CU’s win over Missouri State (March 7) ...Started the Jays first 11 games before coming off the bench the rest of the way ...Led the MVC in three-point percentage for all games (48.6 percent) and league games only (47.9 percent) ...Ranked third on the team with 54 three-point baskets made ...Hit 4-of-5 treys vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, finishing with 12 points in 17 minutes (Nov. 20) ...Had a career-best four assists vs. Southern Illinois (Jan. 9) ...Hit 4-of-5 trifectas at Indiana State to score 14 points (Jan. 14) ...Made three treys during a 24-5 CU run vs. Wichita State as the Jays rallied from a 10-point second half deficit to beat the Shockers (Feb. 1) ...All but four of his 68 field goals had an assist, and all but one of his 80 career three-pointers have had a helper.
2003-04 (Sophomore)
Played in all 29 games off the bench, averaging 3.0 points and 1.3 rebounds ...Drained 3-of-3 shots from three-point range to match season-high with nine points in seven minutes at Northern Iowa (Jan. 14) ...Made a pair of three-point baskets in four-point win at Evansville (Feb. 1) ...Scored seven points off the bench in nine minutes at Drake (Feb. 14) ...Also had nine points in 13 minutes vs. Delaware State (Dec. 6) ...Shot 10-of-23 (43.5 percent) from three-point range in Missouri Valley Conference games ...Had 17 assists and just 10 turnovers on the season.
2002-03 (Medical Redshirt)
Redshirted after undergoing ankle surgery in September.
2001-02 (Freshman)
Had a planned redshirt lifted after Creighton’s fifth game, just in time for him to play 11 minutes vs. Nebraska (Dec. 12) ...Scored three points during his Creighton debut vs. the Cornhuskers ...Averaged 3.0 points in 11.1 minutes per game for the season ...Made 3-of-3 shots, including a pair of three-pointers, in his second career game vs. Indiana State (Dec. 16) ...Owned a pair of 13-point outings, one vs. Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 29) and one vs. Evansville (Jan. 9) ...Started games vs. Western Kentucky (Dec. 19), Xavier (Dec. 22) and Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 29) when Kyle Korver was injured and out of the line-up ...Scored five points in 10 minutes of play in the MVC Tournament semifinal victory over Illinois State (Mar. 3).
Lincoln Northeast High School
Earned varsity letters for baseball (4), basketball (3) and football (1) and earned first-team Class A all-state and first-team super state recognition as a senior on the hardwood ...Named both the Nebraska Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year and the Nebraska Basketball Development Association Player of the Year ...Lincoln Northeast’s Most Valuable Player for basketball and first-team all-Heartland Athletic Conference as a junior and senior ...Second-team all-state and second-team super state as a junior ...Averaged 19.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game for the Rockets as a senior ...Finished third in school history with 1,071 points ...Two-time first-team all-city selection by the Lincoln Journal Star ...Selected to play in the Nebraska-South Dakota Game and the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game ...Holds school records for three-point field goals in a game (7) and most 30-plus point games (6) and is second on the career list for treys made (130) ...Played two seasons for the Nebraska / Runza Bison All-Star Senior Team, which won the 1999 Mr. Basketball national championship and was second at that year’s Kentucky Hoopfest ...High school coach was Chip Bahe.
Personal
The son of Jerry and Marcia Motz, Jimmy was born May 31, 1982 in Lincoln, Neb. ...Has an older brother, Jeff (28) ...Dad played baseball and basketball at Nebraska Wesleyan ...Dad also holds Nebraska’s Class A state record for points scored in a game (57) ...Uncle, Jan Wall, was the high school athlete of the year in 1958 before playing baseball at the University of Nebraska and later as a draft pick of the New York Mets ...Has worked for ESPN the last four summers at the College World Series ...Majoring in political science ...Career ambition is to be a teacher and coach ...Nicknames are “Motts”, “Motzy” and “Hutz” ...Best players he’s faced are Kyle Korver and David West ...Favorite athletes are Todd Helton and Josh Beckett ...Hobbies include playing cards, video games, watching Family Guy, movies and jet skiing ...Volunteers with Operation Bluejay and reads to children.
Averaged 5.9 points while playing in all 34 games, including 11 starts ...Shot 48.6 percent from three-point range, leading the MVC and breaking Kyle Korver’s single-season school record ...Named to the all-MVC Tournament Team after averaging 12.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in CU’s three wins ...Made 12-of-16 shots (75 percent) from the floor and 10-of-14 (71.4 percent) from three-point range at the league tourney ...Scored a career-high 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the quarterfinal round win over Illinois State (March 5) ...Had 12 points in 18 minutes during the final in CU’s win over Missouri State (March 7) ...Started the Jays first 11 games before coming off the bench the rest of the way ...Led the MVC in three-point percentage for all games (48.6 percent) and league games only (47.9 percent) ...Ranked third on the team with 54 three-point baskets made ...Hit 4-of-5 treys vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, finishing with 12 points in 17 minutes (Nov. 20) ...Had a career-best four assists vs. Southern Illinois (Jan. 9) ...Hit 4-of-5 trifectas at Indiana State to score 14 points (Jan. 14) ...Made three treys during a 24-5 CU run vs. Wichita State as the Jays rallied from a 10-point second half deficit to beat the Shockers (Feb. 1) ...All but four of his 68 field goals had an assist, and all but one of his 80 career three-pointers have had a helper.
2003-04 (Sophomore)
Played in all 29 games off the bench, averaging 3.0 points and 1.3 rebounds ...Drained 3-of-3 shots from three-point range to match season-high with nine points in seven minutes at Northern Iowa (Jan. 14) ...Made a pair of three-point baskets in four-point win at Evansville (Feb. 1) ...Scored seven points off the bench in nine minutes at Drake (Feb. 14) ...Also had nine points in 13 minutes vs. Delaware State (Dec. 6) ...Shot 10-of-23 (43.5 percent) from three-point range in Missouri Valley Conference games ...Had 17 assists and just 10 turnovers on the season.
2002-03 (Medical Redshirt)
Redshirted after undergoing ankle surgery in September.
2001-02 (Freshman)
Had a planned redshirt lifted after Creighton’s fifth game, just in time for him to play 11 minutes vs. Nebraska (Dec. 12) ...Scored three points during his Creighton debut vs. the Cornhuskers ...Averaged 3.0 points in 11.1 minutes per game for the season ...Made 3-of-3 shots, including a pair of three-pointers, in his second career game vs. Indiana State (Dec. 16) ...Owned a pair of 13-point outings, one vs. Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 29) and one vs. Evansville (Jan. 9) ...Started games vs. Western Kentucky (Dec. 19), Xavier (Dec. 22) and Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 29) when Kyle Korver was injured and out of the line-up ...Scored five points in 10 minutes of play in the MVC Tournament semifinal victory over Illinois State (Mar. 3).
Lincoln Northeast High School
Earned varsity letters for baseball (4), basketball (3) and football (1) and earned first-team Class A all-state and first-team super state recognition as a senior on the hardwood ...Named both the Nebraska Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year and the Nebraska Basketball Development Association Player of the Year ...Lincoln Northeast’s Most Valuable Player for basketball and first-team all-Heartland Athletic Conference as a junior and senior ...Second-team all-state and second-team super state as a junior ...Averaged 19.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game for the Rockets as a senior ...Finished third in school history with 1,071 points ...Two-time first-team all-city selection by the Lincoln Journal Star ...Selected to play in the Nebraska-South Dakota Game and the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game ...Holds school records for three-point field goals in a game (7) and most 30-plus point games (6) and is second on the career list for treys made (130) ...Played two seasons for the Nebraska / Runza Bison All-Star Senior Team, which won the 1999 Mr. Basketball national championship and was second at that year’s Kentucky Hoopfest ...High school coach was Chip Bahe.
Personal
The son of Jerry and Marcia Motz, Jimmy was born May 31, 1982 in Lincoln, Neb. ...Has an older brother, Jeff (28) ...Dad played baseball and basketball at Nebraska Wesleyan ...Dad also holds Nebraska’s Class A state record for points scored in a game (57) ...Uncle, Jan Wall, was the high school athlete of the year in 1958 before playing baseball at the University of Nebraska and later as a draft pick of the New York Mets ...Has worked for ESPN the last four summers at the College World Series ...Majoring in political science ...Career ambition is to be a teacher and coach ...Nicknames are “Motts”, “Motzy” and “Hutz” ...Best players he’s faced are Kyle Korver and David West ...Favorite athletes are Todd Helton and Josh Beckett ...Hobbies include playing cards, video games, watching Family Guy, movies and jet skiing ...Volunteers with Operation Bluejay and reads to children.
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