Campbell University

Career: Former walk-on who earned a scholarship following his sophomore year and concluded fifth season as second-team all-conference choice…Returned for an additional season in ’22-23 due to NCAA provision during COVID-19 pandemic… 45 career double figure point performances… Played in 113 career games with 90 starts… Finished among CU all-time D1 era (since ’77-78) leaders in FG% (2nd, .547), free throws made (8th, 298), free throw attempts (6th, 453) and points (19th, 985).
 
2022-23:  Led Campbell to Big South tournament final for second time in three years… Named second-team all-conference and team MVP… Scored in double figures 25 times… Hit career highs in scoring (14.2), assists (113), 3-point FG (27), free throws (155) and steals (49)… Named Big South player of the week Feb. 26… Averaged 15.3 points and shot 72% from floor in 4 Big South tournament games… Led all Big South players in minutes (35.75), while ranking 7th in scoring, 6th in assists (3.3), 4th in steals (1.4) and assist-turnover ratio (1.7) and 9th in FT% (.668)… Scored career-high 34 points (11-15 FG, 10-11 FT) in 41 minutes of 95-93 OT loss at Winthrop (2/22)… Topped 20-point barrier with 22 vs. Stetson (11/27), 21 at UNC Asheville (1/7) and 21 at Radford (2/25)… Scored in double digits 25 times in 34 games… Career-high 8 assists plus 18 points at NC State (11/11)… Averaged 15.0 points in Big South regular season… preseason All-Big South selection…
 
2021-22:  Earned a place on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Started every game (29) for Camels… Logged career highs in nearly every category for second-straight year, including minutes (34.0), scoring (9.8), rebounding (5.0), FG% (.605) and assists (59)… Ranked 30th among Big South leaders in scoring, 19th in rebounds, ninth in FT% (.705), 7th in minutes and 13th in defensive rebounds (4.1)… Scored season-high 18 points (7-10 FG) with 3 assists at No. 9 Duke (11/13)… Named Big South player of the week (11/15)… Matched season high with 18 points in win at Hampton (2/23)… Hit decisive buckets in wins over NC A&T (2/19), Marshall (11/18) and Hartford (11/12)… Assist on Jordan Whitfield’s buzzer-beating 3 in win at NC A&T (1/22)…  Pulled down career-best 11 rebounds vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (11/24)… Matched career high with 5 assists vs. William Peace (11/9) and UMES (11/24)…
 
2020-21: Big South all-tournament team choice… Averaged 12.7 points and shot 61% from the floor while leading the Camels to league title game… Led the nation in foul rate… Overall, hit career highs in nearly every category, including games played (26), starts (22), scoring (6.7), rebounding (2.8), assists (50), steals (29) and FG% (.539)… Scored in double figures six times… Hit career high with 19 points (8-10 FG) in Big South semifinal win at Radford (3/4)… Tallied then career-best 14 points (7-10 FT) in win over New Orleans (12/9) in Dolphin Classic… Dealt career-best 5 assists in win over Charleston Southern (1/30)… 11 points (5-6 FG) in win at Gardner-Webb (1/4)…
 
2019-20: Played in 20 games, starting 6 of the last 8... Averaged 1.9 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.7 assists overall in 10.3 minutes per game... Shot 50 percent from the floor vs. Big South, 45.2 percent overall... Scored 6 points in 16 minutes off bench at UNC Asheville (3/3) in Big South tournament... Had 6 points vs. Radford (2/15)... Career-high 5 rebounds and 3 assists in win over Hampton (2/13)... Made first career start vs. Presbyterian (2/8) and played career-high 25 minutes with 4 points and 4 rebounds... Played 17 minutes off bench with 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and no turnovers at Winthrop (2/6)... Hit career highs for points (7), assists (3) and minutes (14) in win over Central Penn (11/8)...
 
2018-19: Played in 3 games... Averaged 2.7 points and 1.0 assists... Season high 5 points in CU debut vs. Trinity Baptist (11/29)...
 
Prep/Personal: Ricky Jamel Clemons averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game as a senior at Rolesville High School, where he was a four-time all-conference, two-time all-district and also chosen all-metro as senior… Earned a place on the HighSchoolOT Invitational all-tournament team as a junior… Averaged 20 points and 5 rebounds in junior campaign… Born Jan. 13, 2000… Son of Ricky and Chris Clemons… Has one sibling, Christian… Sport management major…
 
Ricky Clemons Career Highs
Points
34 at Winthrop (2/22/23)
Rebounds
11 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (11/24/21)
Assists
8 at NC State (11/11/22)
Field Goals
11 at Winthrop (2/22/23)
Field Goal Attempts
15 at Gardner-Webb (2/11/23), at Winthrop (2/22/23)
Three-Point Field Goals
2 (9X)
Three-Point Attempts
6 at Gardner-Webb (2/11/23)
Free Throws
10 at Winthrop (2/22/23)
Free Throw Attempts
13 at Radford (2/25/23)
Steals
4 vs. Kennesaw State (11/20/22), at Longwood (2/4/23)
Blocked Shots
1 (15X)
Minutes Played
45 vs. Radford (1/19/21)
 
Ricky Clemons Career Stats     

Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FGA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Reb-Tot	Avg	PF	FO	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2018-19	3	0	22	7.3	3	6	.500	1	1	1.000	1	2	.500	1	2	3	1.0	0	0	3	1	0	0	8	2.7
2019-20	20	6	206	10.3	14	31	.452	1	8	.125	8	14	.571	5	16	21	1.1	25	0	14	4	2	3	37	1.9
2020-21	26	22	811	31.2	55	102	.539	5	19	.263	60	100	.600	13	60	73	2.8	44	2	50	25	4	29	175	6.7
2021-22	29	29	986	34.0	101	167	.605	7	24	.292	74	105	.705	24	120	144	5.0	36	0	59	31	5	22	283	9.8
2022-23	34	33	1215	35.7	150	285	.526	27	68	.397	155	232	.668	20	115	135	4.0	78	1	113	67	4	49	482	14.2
TOTAL	113	90	3240	28.7	323	591	.547	41	120	.342	298	453	.658	63	313	376	3.3	183	3	239	128	15	103	985	8.7