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Sacramento State

2021-22 Men's Basketball

15 Elijah McCullough

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 180
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Chino Hills, Calif.
  • High School Damien HS
  • Previous School Damien HS
  • Position G
  • Experience 2V-RS

Biography

2021-22 Season
Played in 21 games…finished with averages of 0.7 points and 5.5 minutes per game…connected on four 3-pointers, three of which came in the season opener when he scored a career-high nine points on 3-for-3 shooting from distance…had two points in the Hornets’ Big Sky Tournament quarterfinal game vs. Montana State.

2020-21 Season
Played in 18 games…averaged 1.9 points, 0.4 rebounds, 0.4 assists and 7.8 minutes per game…had just four turnovers in 140 total minutes of play…shot 43% (12-28) from the field and 39% (9-23) from the 3-point line…had a season-high six points on 2-for-3 from the 3-point line on Feb. 20 at Southern Utah…trailing, 69-67 at California Baptist, McCullough buried a 3-pointer with 27 seconds to play in an eventuall 70-69 road win…knocked down eight of his final 17 3-point attempts of the season.

2019-20 Season
Played in 17 games after missing all but two games of his true freshman campaign with injury…played 17 of the team’s first 26 games this year, but missed the final four with injury…averaged 1.2 points, 0.6 rebounds and 6.7 minutes per game…season totals of 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, four steals and 114 minutes…had a season-high six points in 13 minutes at Santa Clara, shooting 2-for-2 from the 3-point line…had four points in a home game vs. Idaho.

2018-19 Season
Played the first two games of the year prior to suffering a season-ending injury…in those two games, he played a combined 14 minutes, totalling two rebounds and one shot from the field…played six minutes against Simpson, and eight minutes v. UC Davis (both Hornet wins).

High School

A 2018 graduate of Damien High School in La Verne, Calif…played all four years on the varsity team at both the point and shooting guard positions…started each of his final three seasons, and was the team captain as a senior…during his career, Damien combined for a 109-23 overall record and a 31-9 mark in the Baseline League…during his freshman season, the team won the CIF Div. III state championship, and the 2016-17 team advanced to the semifinals of the state tournament…was a first team all-area and first team all-conference selection as a junior and senior…was a second team all-league choice as a sophomore…finished his career with 222 3-pointers, which were five shy of the school record…McCullough, who excels on both ends of the floor, averaged double-figure points during each of his final two seasons…that includes 11.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game as a senior…during his junior season, he averaged 15.0 points and 4.2 assists while setting the school’s single-season record with 111 made 3-pointers…he was a three-time all-tournament selection and named the team’s defensive player of the year as a junior…as a sophomore (2015-16), he averaged 7.0 points and 3.1 assists per game while shooting 50 percent (75-for-151) from the field and 39 percent (48-for-122) from the 3-point arc.

Personal
A construction management major…parents are Herman and Kim McCullough…played travel ball four years for West Coast Elite…brother, Isaiah, played basketball at Chaffey College and Pacific Union.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2018-19Freshman

    G
    6'3" 170 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2019-20Freshman

    G
    6'3" 190 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020-21Sophomore

    G
    6'3" 180 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021-22Sophomore

    G
    6'3" 180 lbs
    15

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