2015-16: Became the 41st player at Merrimack to score 1,000 career points… Graduates 25th all time in scoring for the Warriors (1,318)... One of two players to play and start every game for the Warriors… Led Merrimack in assists per game with 5.9…Led team in free throws per game with 4.4… Played 36.8 minutes per game for the Warriors, the most on the team…Tied for third in field goal percentage with 48.8% … Set career highs in points per game (14.7) assists per game (5.9) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.8) … Posted personal bests in field-goal percentage (48.8), three-point percentage (36.6) and free-throw percentage (77.8) … Scored in double figures in 23 of 27 games, including three 20-point games and two double-doubles
2014-15: Served as Merrimack’s point guard during his junior season … Ranked third on the team in scoring (11.8 ppg), first in assists (4.6 apg) and third in rebounding (5.3) … Finished top-five in the NE-10 in both assists per game and assists-to-turnover ratio … Scored in double figures 17 times, including three games with at least 20 points … Set a career high with 33 points and seven three-pointers against Saint Michael’s (2/24) … Posted 10 assists in an upset over #14 Philadelphia (11/15) … Second on the Warriors with 36.6 minutes per contest … One of three players to start every game
2013-14: Appeared in all 26 games and started in 25 as a sophomore … First on the team with 111 total assists (4.3 a/g) … Ranks third on the team in 3-point percentage with 31.7 percent and in free throw percentage with 76.2 percent … Fourth on the team with 93 total rebounds (3.6rpg) … Tallied a career-high 21 points and seven assists at Bentley … Posted a career-high seven rebounds against Saint Anselm and at Franklin Pierce …
2012-13: Solid freshman season with the Warriors ... Ranked third on the team in scoring with 10.8 ppg … Ranked first on the team and second in the conference with 144 total assists, averaging 5.3 helpers per game ... Also ranked in the top 20 nationally in assists throughout the course of the season ... Ranked in the top five in the conference in minutes per game, averaging an even 35.0 minutes on the year ... After averaging just shy of 10 points per game up until that point, finished the year averaging 16.8 ppg over the final five games of theseason and finished in double figures in six out of the last seven games ... In total, produced 16 double-digit scoring contests ... Recorded an unconventional double-double with 11 points and a career-high 12 assists in a win over Bloomfield (12/31) ... Dropped 19 points against LIU Post in a home loss (11/25) … Registered 16 points, five rebounds, and played all 40 minutes in his career debut against Dominican (11/9) … Recorded 18 points in a road loss at Saint Rose (1/23) ... Registered back-to-back-to-back 16-point performances from Feb. 16-23 ... Saved his best for last, totaling a career-best 20 points to lead upset over Franklin Pierce in the regular-season finale at home (2/26).
Before Merrimack: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Georgetown Prep ... Two-year team captain ... All-IAC Conference Tournament Team member as a junior and senior ... First-Team all-conference as a senior ... All-Jesuit Classic Tournament Team member as a junior and senior ... Rock Summer League All-Star as a junior ... Led team in assists as a junior and senior ... Led conference with seven assists per game as a senior ... Top 10 in the conference in points, free throw percentage and three pointers as a senior.
Personal: Born March 29, 1994 ... Son of James and Marylyn Strickland ... Has one sibling, Jeniece ... Engineering major at Merrimack.
CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 33, at Saint Michael's -- 02/24/15
Rebounds: 9, 4 times
Assists: 12, Bloomfield -- 12/31/12
Steals: 5, vs Caldwell -- 11/10/12
Blocks: 2, New Haven -- 01/12/13; vs Caldwell -- 11/10/12
FG made: 10, at Bentley University -- 02/11/14; at Saint Anselm --12/05/15
FG attempts: 17, Stonehill -- 01/05/13; LIU-Post -- 11/25/12; Saint Anselm -- 11/25/14
3FG made: 7, at Saint Michael's College -- 02/24/15
3FG attempts: 11, at Saint Michael's College -- 02/24/15
FT made: 12, Franklin Pierce -- 11/23/13
FT attempts: 14, at LIU Post -- 12/30/15
