11 Grant Strong
11 - Grant Strong
Height: 6-6
Weight: 185
Year: R-So.
Hometown: Celina, Tenn.
Position: G
Previous School: Clay County HS
gp 13
pts/g 1.5
fg % 26.9
3pt % 14.3
ft % 100.0
reb/g 1.3
a/g 0.5

2023-24 (Sophomore): Strong appeared in the first eight of Tech’s 31 games, making two starts and averaging 19.3 minutes per game before missing the remainder of the season due to injury… averaged 4.0 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game… shot 36.7 percent from the floor, 35.7 percent from distance, and 62.5 percent from the free-throw line… posted a season-high 10 points with four boards and three assists against Lipscomb (Nov. 14)… hauled in a season-best six rebounds at Murray State (Nov. 10)… dished out a season-high four assists with six points at Chattanooga (Nov. 19).

2022-23 (Freshman): Strong competed in 31 of the team’s 33 games, making 11 starts while averaging 14.0 minutes per game… averaged 4.3 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game… totaled 14 steals… shot 43.2 percent from the floor, 24.0 percent from distance and 81.8 percent from the charity stripe… made his collegiate debut with a pair of rebounds at #11 Tennessee (Nov. 7), guarding former Clay County HS star and the school’s all-time leading scorer Tyreke Key in the contest… dropped season-highs of 22 points on 9-for-12 shooting and six assists against Kentucky Christian (Dec. 20), adding five rebounds for good measure… hauled in a season-best seven boards with three dimes and eight points against Truett McConnell (Nov. 22)… drained a season-high two triples three times, including back-to-back wins at Southern Indiana (Feb. 23) and at Eastern Illinois (Feb. 25) to help clinch a second-place finish in the OVC standings… also tallied 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting in 19 minutes of action at EIU… scored in double figures four times… dished out three or more assists in six contests.

High School: Strong was a three-sport athlete at Clay County High School in Celina, Tenn., lettering four years in basketball for head coach Rob Edwards, one year in football for head coach Jake Johnson, and one year in baseball for head coach Lee Boles… was a two-time TSSAA Mr. Basketball Award winner, collecting Class A honors in 2021 and Class 1A in 2022… named the 2021 TSSAA Class A State Tournament MVP after leading Clay County to its first state title in school history… honored as District 6A Tournament MVP twice and District 7A Tournament MVP once… selected Region 3A Tournament MVP as a junior and Region 4A Tournament MVP as a senior… led CCHS to three District 6A titles, a District 7A championship, two Region 3 crowns, and a Region 4 title… as a senior, averaged 36.1 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game… averaged 32.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game as a junior… tallied 23.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game during his sophomore campaign… ended his career second all-time in CCHS history in scoring with 2,774 points… posted three of the top-five scoring averages in school history, including second, third, and fifth… hauled in the third-most rebounds in school history with 863… set the Clay County single game record with 13 assists as a sophomore and the single game mark with 22 rebounds as a senior… boasted three of the top-five single-game rebound performances in school history… turned in the school record of eight assists in a single game as a senior… career-high 48 points as a junior represents the third-most in school history while his 47 as a senior is tied for fourth… posted six of the top-10 single game scoring efforts in school history… finished his career with 30 or more points 39 times and 40+ points nine times.

Personal: Son of Tricia and Tracy Strong… born in Cookeville on November 1, 2002… full name is Grant Michael Strong… father, Tracy, played basketball for two years at Cumberland University.

Academic: Majoring in exercise science and physical wellness with a concentration in pre-physical therapy… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll three times and the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll once.

Honors & Awards:

2022-23 OVC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 14, Dec. 26)

Recent Games
Feb 15 at Southeast Missouri L, 83-69
Feb 20 UT Martin W, 71-66
Feb 22 Tennessee State W, 77-74
Feb 27 Western Illinois L, 82-69
Mar 1 Lindenwood L, 76-74
Mar 5 vs. UT Martin L, 70-67
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 13 5
Games started 3 -
Minutes 115 13
Minutes per game 8.8 2.6
FG 7-26 0-4
FG Pct 26.9 0.0
3PT 2-14 0-2
3PT Pct 14.3 0.0
FT 3-3 0-0
FT Pct 100.0 -
Off rebounds 4 1
Def rebounds 13 1
Total rebounds 17 2
Rebounds per game 1.3 0.4
Personal fouls 7 2
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 6 0
Turnovers 4 0
Assist to turnover ratio 1.5 -
Steals 1 0
Blocks 1 0
Points 19 0
Points per game 1.5 0.0
Points per 40 min 6.6 0.0
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 22 Austin Peay L, 90-80 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Oakland City W, 100-56 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Georgia L, 83-78 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 7 Bryan College W, 89-74 - 20 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 3-3 100.0 8
Nov 12 West Georgia W, 76-73 1 17 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 15 vs. VMI W, 72-71 1 20 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 16 vs. UTRGV L, 83-58 1 17 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 19 at UCF L, 80-69 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 27 Presbyterian W, 90-75 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 at Vanderbilt L, 87-56 - 8 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 4 at North Alabama L, 82-59 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 7 at West Georgia L, 78-73 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 17 at Western Illinois L, 71-68 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 19 at Lindenwood W, 79-73 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 Milligan W, 95-75 - 14 3-6 50.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 2 Southern Indiana W, 68-64 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 4 Morehead State W, 74-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 9 at Eastern Illinois W, 69-64 - 7 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 11 at SIUE L, 67-59 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 16 Southeast Missouri L, 77-70 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Little Rock L, 77-71 - 0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 23 at Tennessee State L, 89-77 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 25 at UT Martin W, 89-85 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 at Morehead State W, 72-64 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 at Southern Indiana W, 78-65 - 0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 6 SIUE L, 75-58 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 8 Eastern Illinois W, 59-54 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 13 at Little Rock L, 79-75 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 at Southeast Missouri L, 83-69 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 UT Martin W, 71-66 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 Tennessee State W, 77-74 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 Western Illinois L, 82-69 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 1 Lindenwood L, 76-74 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 5 vs. UT Martin L, 70-67 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Oct 22 Austin Peay L, 90-80 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Oakland City W, 100-56 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Georgia L, 83-78 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Nov 7 Bryan College W, 89-74 - 20 1 4 5 2 1 2.0 1 0 0 0
Nov 12 West Georgia W, 76-73 1 17 0 2 2 0 1 0.0 0 1 0 0
Nov 15 vs. VMI W, 72-71 1 20 1 2 3 0 0 - 0 0 1 0
Nov 16 vs. UTRGV L, 83-58 1 17 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 2 0
Nov 19 at UCF L, 80-69 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 27 Presbyterian W, 90-75 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 at Vanderbilt L, 87-56 - 8 0 1 1 1 0 - 0 0 0 0
Dec 4 at North Alabama L, 82-59 - 3 1 1 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dec 7 at West Georgia L, 78-73 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 17 at Western Illinois L, 71-68 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 19 at Lindenwood W, 79-73 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 Milligan W, 95-75 - 14 0 2 2 2 0 - 0 0 2 0
Jan 2 Southern Indiana W, 68-64 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Jan 4 Morehead State W, 74-55 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 9 at Eastern Illinois W, 69-64 - 7 1 1 2 0 0 - 0 0 1 0
Jan 11 at SIUE L, 67-59 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 16 Southeast Missouri L, 77-70 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Little Rock L, 77-71 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Jan 23 at Tennessee State L, 89-77 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 25 at UT Martin W, 89-85 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 at Morehead State W, 72-64 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 at Southern Indiana W, 78-65 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 SIUE L, 75-58 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0
Feb 8 Eastern Illinois W, 59-54 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 13 at Little Rock L, 79-75 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 at Southeast Missouri L, 83-69 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 UT Martin W, 71-66 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 Tennessee State W, 77-74 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 Western Illinois L, 82-69 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 1 Lindenwood L, 76-74 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 5 vs. UT Martin L, 70-67 - - - - - - - - - - - -
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
2022-23 31 11 14.1 1.6-3.8 43.2 0.4-1.6 24.0 0.6-0.7 81.8 4.3
2023-24 8 2 19.3 1.4-3.8 36.7 0.6-1.8 35.7 0.6-1.0 62.5 4.0
2024-25 13 3 8.8 0.5-2.0 26.9 0.2-1.1 14.3 0.2-0.2 100.0 1.5
Total 52 16 13.6 1.3-3.3 39.7 0.4-1.5 24.4 0.5-0.6 78.8 3.5
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 31 11 437 51-118 43.2 12-50 24.0 18-22 81.8 132
2023-24 8 2 154 11-30 36.7 5-14 35.7 5-8 62.5 32
2024-25 13 3 115 7-26 26.9 2-14 14.3 3-3 100.0 19
Total 52 16 706 69-174 39.7 19-78 24.4 26-33 78.8 183
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
2022-23 31 11 14.1 4.7-10.8 43.2 1.1-4.6 24.0 1.6-2.0 81.8 12.1
2023-24 8 2 19.3 2.9-7.8 36.7 1.3-3.6 35.7 1.3-2.1 62.5 8.3
2024-25 13 3 8.8 2.4-9.0 26.9 0.7-4.9 14.3 1.0-1.0 100.0 6.6
Total 52 16 13.6 3.9-9.9 39.7 1.1-4.4 24.4 1.5-1.9 78.8 10.4
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
2022-23 31 11 14.1 0.4 1.3 1.6 1.1 - 1.3 0.9 1.5 0.4 0.1
2023-24 8 2 19.3 0.3 2.6 2.9 1.8 - 1.5 1.3 1.2 0.0 0.1
2024-25 13 3 8.8 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.1 0.1
Total 52 16 13.6 0.3 1.4 1.7 1.1 0.0 1.1 0.8 1.4 0.3 0.1
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
2022-23 31 11 437 11 39 50 35 - 40 27 1.5 13 3
2023-24 8 2 154 2 21 23 14 - 12 10 1.2 0 1
2024-25 13 3 115 4 13 17 7 0 6 4 1.5 1 1
Total 52 16 706 17 73 90 56 0 58 41 1.4 14 5
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 31 11 14.1 1.0 3.6 4.6 3.2 0.0 3.7 2.5 1.5 1.2 0.3
2023-24 8 2 19.3 0.5 5.5 6.0 3.6 0.0 3.1 2.6 1.2 0.0 0.3
2024-25 13 3 8.8 1.4 4.5 5.9 2.4 0.0 2.1 1.4 1.5 0.3 0.3
Total 52 16 13.6 1.0 4.1 5.1 3.2 0.0 3.3 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.3
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Total 13 3 8.8 0.5-2.0 26.9 0.2-1.1 14.3 0.2-0.2 100.0 1.5
Conference 5 - 2.6 0.0-0.8 0.0 0.0-0.4 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
-
Home 6 1 9.5 1.2-2.7 43.8 0.3-1.7 20.0 0.5-0.5 100.0 3.2
Away 5 - 4.2 0.0-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.4 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
Neutral 2 2 18.5 0.0-2.5 0.0 0.0-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
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Wins 7 2 11.6 1.0-2.9 35.0 0.3-1.7 16.7 0.4-0.4 100.0 2.7
Losses 6 1 5.7 0.0-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.3 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
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November 6 3 14.2 0.7-2.5 26.7 0.3-1.5 22.2 0.5-0.5 100.0 2.2
December 2 - 8.5 1.5-3.5 42.9 0.0-1.5 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 3.0
January 3 - 3.3 0.0-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.7 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
February 2 - 1.5 0.0-0.5 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Total 13 3 115 7-26 26.9 2-14 14.3 3-3 100.0 19
Conference 5 - 13 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
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Home 6 1 57 7-16 43.8 2-10 20.0 3-3 100.0 19
Away 5 - 21 0-5 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Neutral 2 2 37 0-5 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
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Wins 7 2 81 7-20 35.0 2-12 16.7 3-3 100.0 19
Losses 6 1 34 0-6 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
-
November 6 3 85 4-15 26.7 2-9 22.2 3-3 100.0 13
December 2 - 17 3-7 42.9 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 6
January 3 - 10 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
February 2 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Total 13 3 8.8 2.4-9.0 26.9 0.7-4.9 14.3 1.0-1.0 100.0 6.6
Conference 5 - 2.6 0.0-12.3 0.0 0.0-6.2 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
-
Home 6 1 9.5 4.9-11.2 43.8 1.4-7.0 20.0 2.1-2.1 100.0 13.3
Away 5 - 4.2 0.0-9.5 0.0 0.0-3.8 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
Neutral 2 2 18.5 0.0-5.4 0.0 0.0-2.2 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
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Wins 7 2 11.6 3.5-9.9 35.0 1.0-5.9 16.7 1.5-1.5 100.0 9.4
Losses 6 1 5.7 0.0-7.1 0.0 0.0-2.4 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
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November 6 3 14.2 1.9-7.1 26.7 0.9-4.2 22.2 1.4-1.4 100.0 6.1
December 2 - 8.5 7.1-16.5 42.9 0.0-7.1 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 14.1
January 3 - 3.3 0.0-12.0 0.0 0.0-8.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
February 2 - 1.5 0.0-13.3 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Total 13 3 8.8 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.1 0.1
Conference 5 - 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 6 1 9.5 0.2 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.3 2.0 0.2 0.2
Away 5 - 4.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 2 18.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
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Wins 7 2 11.6 0.4 1.6 2.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.1
Losses 6 1 5.7 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0
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November 6 3 14.2 0.3 1.5 1.8 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.5 1.3 0.2 0.2
December 2 - 8.5 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.0
January 3 - 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0
February 2 - 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Total 13 3 115 4 13 17 7 0 6 4 1.5 1 1
Conference 5 - 13 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 1 57 1 8 9 3 0 4 2 2.0 1 1
Away 5 - 21 2 3 5 1 0 1 1 1.0 0 0
Neutral 2 2 37 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 1.0 0 0
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Wins 7 2 81 3 11 14 4 0 4 2 2.0 1 1
Losses 6 1 34 1 2 3 3 0 2 2 1.0 0 0
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November 6 3 85 2 9 11 3 0 4 3 1.3 1 1
December 2 - 17 1 3 4 2 0 2 1 2.0 0 0
January 3 - 10 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 - 0 0
February 2 - 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
Total 13 3 8.8 1.4 4.5 5.9 2.4 0.0 2.1 1.4 1.5 0.3 0.3
Conference 5 - 2.6 3.1 3.1 6.2 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 6 1 9.5 0.7 5.6 6.3 2.1 0.0 2.8 1.4 2.0 0.7 0.7
Away 5 - 4.2 3.8 5.7 9.5 1.9 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 2 18.5 1.1 2.2 3.2 3.2 0.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.0 0.0
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Wins 7 2 11.6 1.5 5.4 6.9 2.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.5
Losses 6 1 5.7 1.2 2.4 3.5 3.5 0.0 2.4 2.4 1.0 0.0 0.0
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November 6 3 14.2 0.9 4.2 5.2 1.4 0.0 1.9 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.5
December 2 - 8.5 2.4 7.1 9.4 4.7 0.0 4.7 2.4 2.0 0.0 0.0
January 3 - 3.3 4.0 4.0 8.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0
February 2 - 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0