Xavier University Athletics
2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Nunge, Jack
Jersey Number 24
Jack Nunge
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 7-0
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Newburgh, Ind.
- High School:
- Castle
- B/T:
- vidsig.com/jacknunge
Bio
2022-23
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention selection by the league coaches ... Third on the team in scoring (14.2 ppg., which is 14th in the BIG EAST) including his team-high 18-point game (8-12 shooting) vs. Pittsburgh on March 19 ... Led the team in rebounding (fourth in the BIG EAST at 7.8 rpg.), including 11 rebounds with 10 points in the Kennesaw State win on March 17 and 15 points with 11 rebounds vs. Texas on March 24, securing his team-high 11th and 12th double-doubles of the season (21 for his career) ... 23 points and 10 rebounds vs. DePaul on March 9 ... 23-point, 14-rebound game vs. Providence on Feb. 1 and an 18-point, 10-rebound game vs. DePaul on Feb. 18 ... Led XU and was fourth in the BIG EAST in offensive rebounding at 2.8 orpg. ... Third on the team and 11th in the BIG EAST in 3-point percentage at .392 (40-102) ... 15 points and 12 rebounds vs. Creighton on Jan. 11, 16 points and 13 rebounds vs. Marquette on Jan. 15, and 16 points and 13 rebounds at DePaul on Jan. 18 ... First on the team in blocks at 1.2 bpg. (ninth in the BIG EAST), including a game-saving block with four seconds left in the Kennesaw State win on March 17 ... Scored in double figures in 36 of his last 45 games, including 28 this past season.
Earned a spot on the NIT All-Tournament team after averaging 13.4 ppg. and 7.0 rpg. and shooting 66.7 percent from the field for XU's five victories, including the game-winning bank shot with three seconds left in the 73-72 championship game win over Texas A&M on March 31 ... NABC All-District Second Team ... All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention by the league coaches ... CoSIDA Academic All-District® First Team (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio).
2021-22
Led XU in scoring at 13.4 ppg. (16th in the BIG EAST), rebounding (ninth in the BIG EAST at 7.4 rpg.) and blocks (ninth in the BIG EAST at 1.4 bpg.) ... 15 points and 11 rebounds in the NIT Championship vs. Texas A&M, his sixth double-double of the season and ninth of his career ... Averaged 15.0 ppg. over the last 15 games while recording 14 double-figure scoring games during that stretch (last eight straight), including 18 points on 7-9 shooting to go with eight rebounds vs. St. Bonaventure on March 29 ... Posted a collegiate career-high 31-point, 15-rebound game vs. Cincinnati on Dec. 11 and two 14-rebound games in the wins over Virginia Tech on Nov. 26 and Ohio State on Nov. 18 ... Recorded a collegiate career-high five blocks vs. Butler on Feb. 2 ... Contributed 12 points and 11 rebounds at St. John's on March 2 ... Had 11 points and 10 rebounds at Providence on Feb. 23 ... Had 22 points vs. St. John's on Feb. 16, 22 at Seton Hall on Feb. 9 on 9-12 shooting from the field and 22 with nine rebounds vs. UConn on Feb. 11 ... 13-point, 12-rebound game vs. Marquette on Dec. 18 ... 23 points at DePaul on Jan. 19 on 7-10 shooting to go with six rebounds; scored 15 of his points in the decisive second half, including 13 in the final seven minutes ... 24 points on 9-11 shooting vs. Iowa State on Nov. 24 ... 14 points and 14 rebounds in the Ohio State win on Nov. 18.
BIG EAST CONFERENCE WEEKLY PLAYER HONORS
BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll on Feb. 14, his third BIG EAST award this season ... 22.0 ppg. and 7.0 rpg. vs. Seton Hall on Feb. 9 and UConn on Feb. 11 and shot 65.2 percent from the field, including 45.5 percent (5-11) from 3-point range ... Also on the Honor Roll on Jan. 31 for his efforts in games against Providence on Jan. 26 and at Creighton on Jan. 29; averaged 15.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game, while shooting 66.7 percent (12-18) from the field, including 66.7 percent (6-9) from 3-point range ... Scored all 16 of his points at Creighton during the second half, hitting 6-7 from the field, including 4-5 from 3-point range, after intermission ... BIG EAST Player of the Week for his efforts in wins over Ball State on Dec. 8 and Cincinnati on Dec. 11; 20.0 ppg. and 10.0 rpg. for the two games.
2020-21 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT IOWA)
A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection who averaged 7.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.9 blocks and 15.9 minutes a game in 22 games in the 2020-21 season before suffering a knee injury on Feb. 25 at Michigan and missing Iowa’s last seven games ... Scored a career-high 18 points twice this past season, including 18 points and six rebounds vs. Ohio State on Feb. 4 and 18 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and a career-high tying six assists in the win at Michigan State on Feb. 13 ... Basketball coach: Fran McCaffery for his entire Iowa career.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE AT IOWA)
After using a redshirt year in 2018-19, 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 on Nov. 15 ... Suffered a season-ending ACL-injury in that fifth start, Nov. 24 vs. Cal Poly, and was granted a medical hardship waiver
2018-19 AT IOWA
Sat out as a redshirt.
2017-18 (AS A FRESHMAN AT IOWA)
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).
AT NEWBURGH (IND.) CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL
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 ... Basketball coach: Brian Gibson.
PERSONAL
Full name is John Richard Nunge ... Graduated from Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in accounting; working on his MBA at Xavier ... Fiancée is Gabrielle Orr ... Parents are Beth and the late Mark Nunge ... Dad played basketball at the Univ. of Rochester and Mom played basketball and softball at Central College (Iowa) ... Four siblings: Rebecca, Jessica, Bobby (freshman at XU) and Joey; Rebecca played volleyball a Notre Dame and Jessica played at Florida State but transferred to Illinois ... Born February 20, 1999 in Lynchburg, Va.
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention selection by the league coaches ... Third on the team in scoring (14.2 ppg., which is 14th in the BIG EAST) including his team-high 18-point game (8-12 shooting) vs. Pittsburgh on March 19 ... Led the team in rebounding (fourth in the BIG EAST at 7.8 rpg.), including 11 rebounds with 10 points in the Kennesaw State win on March 17 and 15 points with 11 rebounds vs. Texas on March 24, securing his team-high 11th and 12th double-doubles of the season (21 for his career) ... 23 points and 10 rebounds vs. DePaul on March 9 ... 23-point, 14-rebound game vs. Providence on Feb. 1 and an 18-point, 10-rebound game vs. DePaul on Feb. 18 ... Led XU and was fourth in the BIG EAST in offensive rebounding at 2.8 orpg. ... Third on the team and 11th in the BIG EAST in 3-point percentage at .392 (40-102) ... 15 points and 12 rebounds vs. Creighton on Jan. 11, 16 points and 13 rebounds vs. Marquette on Jan. 15, and 16 points and 13 rebounds at DePaul on Jan. 18 ... First on the team in blocks at 1.2 bpg. (ninth in the BIG EAST), including a game-saving block with four seconds left in the Kennesaw State win on March 17 ... Scored in double figures in 36 of his last 45 games, including 28 this past season.
NATIONAL AND BIG EAST HONOR ROLL
2022-23 BIG EAST Conference Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention honors ... Made the Late Season Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award List Top 10 ... BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season on Feb. 6 for his efforts in wins over Providence on Feb. 1 and and St. John’s on Feb. 4, averaging 22.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 blocks and shooting 63.0 percent (17-27) for the week, including .778 (7-9) from 3-point range ... BIG EAST Player of the Week on Jan. 2 for his efforts in wins at St. John’s on Dec. 28 and vs. UConn on Dec. 31, averaging 19.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists, while shooting 68.2 percent (15-22) from the field ... 15 points and 12 rebounds in the Creighton win on Jan. 11 ... Had a double-double with game highs of 23 points (10-14 shooting) and 12 rebounds at St. John's ... 18-point, 12-rebound game at Georgetown on Dec. 16 and a 17-point, 14-rebound game vs. West Virginia on Dec. 3 ... Passed 1,000 collegiate points during his 18-point game at Cincinnati on Dec. 10 ... 16 points with nine rebounds in the Florida win on Nov. 24 ... Game-high 25 points vs. Gonzaga on Nov. 27 on 11-16 shooting from the field.
Earned a spot on the NIT All-Tournament team after averaging 13.4 ppg. and 7.0 rpg. and shooting 66.7 percent from the field for XU's five victories, including the game-winning bank shot with three seconds left in the 73-72 championship game win over Texas A&M on March 31 ... NABC All-District Second Team ... All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention by the league coaches ... CoSIDA Academic All-District® First Team (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio).
2021-22
Led XU in scoring at 13.4 ppg. (16th in the BIG EAST), rebounding (ninth in the BIG EAST at 7.4 rpg.) and blocks (ninth in the BIG EAST at 1.4 bpg.) ... 15 points and 11 rebounds in the NIT Championship vs. Texas A&M, his sixth double-double of the season and ninth of his career ... Averaged 15.0 ppg. over the last 15 games while recording 14 double-figure scoring games during that stretch (last eight straight), including 18 points on 7-9 shooting to go with eight rebounds vs. St. Bonaventure on March 29 ... Posted a collegiate career-high 31-point, 15-rebound game vs. Cincinnati on Dec. 11 and two 14-rebound games in the wins over Virginia Tech on Nov. 26 and Ohio State on Nov. 18 ... Recorded a collegiate career-high five blocks vs. Butler on Feb. 2 ... Contributed 12 points and 11 rebounds at St. John's on March 2 ... Had 11 points and 10 rebounds at Providence on Feb. 23 ... Had 22 points vs. St. John's on Feb. 16, 22 at Seton Hall on Feb. 9 on 9-12 shooting from the field and 22 with nine rebounds vs. UConn on Feb. 11 ... 13-point, 12-rebound game vs. Marquette on Dec. 18 ... 23 points at DePaul on Jan. 19 on 7-10 shooting to go with six rebounds; scored 15 of his points in the decisive second half, including 13 in the final seven minutes ... 24 points on 9-11 shooting vs. Iowa State on Nov. 24 ... 14 points and 14 rebounds in the Ohio State win on Nov. 18.
BIG EAST CONFERENCE WEEKLY PLAYER HONORS
BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll on Feb. 14, his third BIG EAST award this season ... 22.0 ppg. and 7.0 rpg. vs. Seton Hall on Feb. 9 and UConn on Feb. 11 and shot 65.2 percent from the field, including 45.5 percent (5-11) from 3-point range ... Also on the Honor Roll on Jan. 31 for his efforts in games against Providence on Jan. 26 and at Creighton on Jan. 29; averaged 15.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game, while shooting 66.7 percent (12-18) from the field, including 66.7 percent (6-9) from 3-point range ... Scored all 16 of his points at Creighton during the second half, hitting 6-7 from the field, including 4-5 from 3-point range, after intermission ... BIG EAST Player of the Week for his efforts in wins over Ball State on Dec. 8 and Cincinnati on Dec. 11; 20.0 ppg. and 10.0 rpg. for the two games.
2020-21 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT IOWA)
A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection who averaged 7.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.9 blocks and 15.9 minutes a game in 22 games in the 2020-21 season before suffering a knee injury on Feb. 25 at Michigan and missing Iowa’s last seven games ... Scored a career-high 18 points twice this past season, including 18 points and six rebounds vs. Ohio State on Feb. 4 and 18 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and a career-high tying six assists in the win at Michigan State on Feb. 13 ... Basketball coach: Fran McCaffery for his entire Iowa career.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE AT IOWA)
After using a redshirt year in 2018-19, 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 on Nov. 15 ... Suffered a season-ending ACL-injury in that fifth start, Nov. 24 vs. Cal Poly, and was granted a medical hardship waiver
2018-19 AT IOWA
Sat out as a redshirt.
2017-18 (AS A FRESHMAN AT IOWA)
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).
AT NEWBURGH (IND.) CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL
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 ... Basketball coach: Brian Gibson.
PERSONAL
Full name is John Richard Nunge ... Graduated from Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in accounting; working on his MBA at Xavier ... Fiancée is Gabrielle Orr ... Parents are Beth and the late Mark Nunge ... Dad played basketball at the Univ. of Rochester and Mom played basketball and softball at Central College (Iowa) ... Four siblings: Rebecca, Jessica, Bobby (freshman at XU) and Joey; Rebecca played volleyball a Notre Dame and Jessica played at Florida State but transferred to Illinois ... Born February 20, 1999 in Lynchburg, Va.
| XAVIER CAREER HIGHS | ||
| Points | 31 | Cincinnati (December 11, 2021) |
| Field Goals Made | 11 | Gonzaga (November 27, 2022) |
| Field Goals Attempted | 19 | Texas (March 24, 2023) |
| 3-Pt Field Goals Made | 4 | St. John's (February 4, 2023), at Creighton (January 29, 2022) |
| 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted | 6 | at Cincinnati (December 10, 2022), Duke (November 25, 2022), Connecticut (February 11, 2022), at Creighton (January 29, 2022) |
| Free Throws Made | 11 | Cincinnati (December 11, 2021) |
| Free Throws Attempted | 15 | Cincinnati (December 11, 2021) |
| Rebounds | 15 | Cincinnati (December 11, 2021) |
| Assists | 6 | St. John's (February 4, 2023) |
| Blocks | 5 | Butler (February 2, 2022) |
| Steals | 3 | Ohio State (November 18, 2021) |
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