Xavier University Athletics
Travis Steele Is Excited To Welcome Iowa Big Man Jack Nunge To The Xavier Family
04.14.21 | Men's Basketball
Nunge posted career-high 18-point games vs. Ohio State and Michigan State this past season.
CINCINNATI --- Xavier University Sedler Family Men's Head Basketball Coach Travis Steele announced today that he has received a signed athletics aid agreement from Jack Nunge, a 6-11, 245-pound forward, who is transferring to Xavier from the University of Iowa.
"We are thrilled to add Jack Nunge to the Xavier Family," said Steele. "Jack will provide the physicality and size that we sorely need in the BIG EAST Conference. He has a tremendous skill set that will allow him to play all over the floor. Jack has been a part of a really good University of Iowa team. I love the fact that he comes from a winning program. He is also a terrific young man."
Nunge, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, averaged 7.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.9 blocks and 15.9 minutes a game in 22 games this past season before suffering a knee injury on Feb. 25 at Michigan and missing Iowa's last seven games. Nunge scored a career-high 18 points twice this past season, including 18 points and six rebounds vs. Ohio State and 18 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and a career-high tying six assists in the win at Michigan State. He also scored a career-high 18 points his freshman season in a game at Ohio State.
Nunge played in all 33 games as a freshman in the 2017-18 season, starting 14 times and ranking fifth on the team in scoring (5.7 ppg.) and second in blocked shots (25). After using a redshirt year in 2018-19, Nunge started the first five games of the 2019-20 season, including his first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Oral Roberts. He suffered a season-ending ACL-injury vs. Cal Poly in his fifth start and was granted a medical hardship waiver.
Prior to his time at Iowa, Nunge was an Indiana All-Star at Newburgh (Ind.) Castle High School and sparked his team to a berth in the Class 4A Semistate as a senior where it lost to eventual state champion Indianapolis Ben Davis. He averaged 22.8 points, 11.6 rebounds and 3.5 blocks as a senior while being named First Team All-State and All-Metro (Evansville) Player of the Year.
"We are thrilled to add Jack Nunge to the Xavier Family," said Steele. "Jack will provide the physicality and size that we sorely need in the BIG EAST Conference. He has a tremendous skill set that will allow him to play all over the floor. Jack has been a part of a really good University of Iowa team. I love the fact that he comes from a winning program. He is also a terrific young man."
Nunge, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, averaged 7.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.9 blocks and 15.9 minutes a game in 22 games this past season before suffering a knee injury on Feb. 25 at Michigan and missing Iowa's last seven games. Nunge scored a career-high 18 points twice this past season, including 18 points and six rebounds vs. Ohio State and 18 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and a career-high tying six assists in the win at Michigan State. He also scored a career-high 18 points his freshman season in a game at Ohio State.
Nunge played in all 33 games as a freshman in the 2017-18 season, starting 14 times and ranking fifth on the team in scoring (5.7 ppg.) and second in blocked shots (25). After using a redshirt year in 2018-19, Nunge started the first five games of the 2019-20 season, including his first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Oral Roberts. He suffered a season-ending ACL-injury vs. Cal Poly in his fifth start and was granted a medical hardship waiver.
Prior to his time at Iowa, Nunge was an Indiana All-Star at Newburgh (Ind.) Castle High School and sparked his team to a berth in the Class 4A Semistate as a senior where it lost to eventual state champion Indianapolis Ben Davis. He averaged 22.8 points, 11.6 rebounds and 3.5 blocks as a senior while being named First Team All-State and All-Metro (Evansville) Player of the Year.
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