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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Groves, Tanner
Jersey Number 35
Tanner Groves
- Position:
- F/C
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 235
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
- High School:
- Shadle Park HS
- Prev School:
- Eastern Washington
Bio
AWARDS & HONORS: 2021-22 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ... 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team ... Three-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week ... One of 10 men's basketball student-athletes selected as a 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award Finalist ... 2021-22 CoSIDA All-District 7 Team ... 2020-21 Winter Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team … 2020-21 Big Sky Conference MVP … 2020-21 First Team All-Big Sky … 2021 NABC All-District 6 First Team … 2020-21 Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award mid-season watch list … HoopsHD.com mid-season All-Big Sky Conference team … Two-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honors (12/1, 2/1) ... 2022-23 CSC Academic All-America Third Team ... 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District.
2020-21 (AT EASTERN WASHINGTON): Big Sky All-Academic Team … Big Sky Conference MVP … All-Big Sky First Team … NABC All-District 6 First Team … Two-Time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week … Started all 24 games he appeared in and scored in double figures in all but one game … Averaged 17.2 points per game with 8.0 rebounds per game … His 8.0 rebounds per game were second in the Big Sky … Finished with a .560 field goal percentage, ranked 33rd in the NCAA … In conference play, led the Big Sky in field goal percentage (.586) … Finished fourth in the Big Sky in points per game (17.2) and sixth in blocked shots (1.1) … Opened the season with 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting in 34 minutes of action, while adding nine rebounds at Washington State (11/28) … Added 13 points at Arizona (12/5) … Recorded 13 rebounds in 27 minutes at Oregon (12/7) … Logged first double-double of the season against Idaho (12/11), netting 10 points with 12 rebounds … Scored 26 points on 9-for-13 shooting at Northern Arizona (12/19), while adding 13 rebounds for second double-double of the season … Streak of four games with 20-or-more points started against Northern Arizona (12/19) and concluded at Northern Colorado (1/21) … Averaged 23 points per game and 8.75 rebounds per game during the stretch and went 28-for-29 from the free throw line … Recorded a double-double at Northern Colorado (1/21), scoring 20 points with 10 rebounds … Added his fourth double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds at Northern Colorado (1/23) … Fifth double-double of the season with 23 points and 15 rebounds against Sacramento State (1/31) … His 15 rebounds against Sacramento State were a season high … Scored 26 points (8-for-13) with 12 rebounds in 34 minutes at Montana State (2/11) … Seventh double-double of the season against Montana (2/18), tallying 14 points with 10 rebounds … Tallied 15 points with 11 rebounds in 31 minutes vs. Northern Arizona (3/11) for his eight double-double … Finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds vs. Montana State (3/13) for ninth double-double … Recorded a season-high 35 points on 11-for-18 shooting against Kansas (3/20) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament … Finished 8-for-9 from the free throw line against the Jayhawks.
2019-20 (AT EASTERN WASHINGTON): Big Sky All-Academic team for the second-straight year … Appeared in 31 games with one start … Averaged 5.4 points per game with 3.0 rebounds … Five games scoring in double figures … Opened the season with 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting with 10 rebounds against Portland Bible (11/5) … Only start of the season at Boston College (11/20) … Scored 14 points on 6-for-12 shooting in 13 minutes played against Belmont (11/26) … Finished 5-for-10 from the field with a free throw made for 11 points against North Dakota (12/8) … Scored a season-high 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting against Multnomah (12/13) … His seven field goals made and 12 field goal attempts were both season highs … Tallied eight rebounds at Idaho (1/16), while finishing 2-for-2 from the field and free throw line … Scored 11 points on 4-for-4 shooting and 2-for-4 from the 3-point line at Montana State (1/18) … Recorded 16 points on 6-for-8 shooting from the field and 4-for-5 from the free throw line against Montana State (2/8) … Tallied eight points with five rebounds against Idaho State (3/5).
2018-19 (AT EASTERN WASHINGTON): Big Sky All-Academic team … Appeared in 28 games with two starts … Averaged 2.8 points per game and 2.1 rebounds … First career appearance for EWU against Syracuse (11/6) … Finished with four points and four rebounds in 14 minutes … Scored six points at Oregon (11/9), going 2-for-4 from the 3-point line ... First career start against Southern Utah (2/2) … Scored 13 points in second career start against Northern Arizona (2/4) … First career game scoring in double figures, finishing 6-for-10 from the field with 11 points … First career double-double … Tallied a season-high 14 points on 7-for-8 shooting against Idaho (2/18) … Finished with nine points and six rebounds in 18 minutes against Sacramento State (2/28).
2017-18 (AT EASTERN WASHINGTON): Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-State honors at Shadle Park High School as a senior … Picked to play in the WIBCA All-State Game … First Team All-Greater Spokane League (GSL) selection … Averaged 18.2 points per game and 9.5 rebounds as a senior, as well as 1.9 assists, 1.8 blocked shots … The Highlanders finished 19-6 overall and 14-4 in the GSL … Greater Spokane League MVP as a junior, averaging 16.0 points, 11 rebounds, 1.5 blocked shots and 1.5 assists per game … Led Shadle Park to a 16-7 record in his junior season … Four-year letterwinner and two-time team MVP … An honor roll student, he was also ASB Vice President at Shadle Park and a member of the school’s National Honor Society … 2016-17 Shadle Park’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
PERSONAL: Parents are Randy and Tara Groves … Has two brothers, Jacob, also a member on the OU men’s basketball team, and Dylnn … Randy played basketball at Shadle Park HS and Community Colleges of Spokane … Tara (formerly Tara Flugel) still owns the Whitworth scoring record of 2,040 points and is in the school’s Hall of Fame.
2022-23 (SUPER SENIOR): Appeared in 32 games (32 starts) ... CSC Academic All-America Third Team honoree ... CSC Academic All-District ... Averaged 10.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per outing ... Recorded a team-high six double-doubles ... Tallied 16 double-digit point games ... Started the season opener against Sam Houston (11/7/22) and tallied 11 points and nine rebounds ... Wrangled a team-high 11 boards and dished out four assists against UAPB (11/11/22) ... Logged his first double-double of the season (15 points, 11 rebounds) and distributed six assists against South Alabama (11/18/22) ... Enjoyed a season-high 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field and 3 of 3 from deep against Nebraska (11/24/22) ... Scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting against Ole Miss (11/27/22) ... Scored 14 points and added a team-best seven rebounds and five assists at Villanova (12/3/22) ... Swatted three shots and scored 11 points against Kansas City (12/6/22) ... Recorded 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting against Central Arkansas (12/17/22) ... Recorded second double-double of the season, tallying 13 points and 10 boards versus Florida (12/20/22) ... Scored 15 points and added a team-high eight rebounds against No. 25/25 Iowa State (1/4/22) ... Hauled in a team-high 10 rebounds and added seven points, two steals and two blocks at Texas Tech (1/7/23) ... Recorded his third double-double, finishing with 10 points and 10 rebounds at No. 2/2 Kansas (1/10/23) ... Scored eight points and added three rebounds against West Virginia (1/14/23) ... Wrangled a team-best 11 rebounds at Oklahoma State (1/18/23) ... Scored 16 points and tallied nine rebounds and two assists against No. 21/22 Baylor (1/21/23) ... Recorded his fourth double-double (14 points, 12 rebounds) of the season in 93-69 victory over No. 2/2 Alabama (1/28/23) ... Tallied eight points, four rebounds, two steals and one block at No. 14/12 Baylor (2/8/23) ... Recorded eight points and six rebounds against No. 9/8 Kansas (2/11/23) ... Enjoyed 16 point, six rebound, two steal and one block performance against No. 12/14 Kansas State (2/14/23) ... Tallied eight points and five rebounds at No. 6/5 Texas (2/18/23) ... Recorded a team-high 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting and added six rebounds, two steals and an assists against Texas Tech (2/21/23) ... Corralled a season-high 13 rebounds and added nine points and three blocks in 61-50 victory at No. 23/21 Iowa State (2/25/23) ... Scored a season-high 23 points on 7-of-16 shooting and tallied 10 rebounds vs. No. 22/22 TCU (3/4/23) for his fifth double-double of the season ... Concluded his career with a 13-point and 12-rebound performance against Oklahoma State (3/8/23) in the Big 12 Championship opening round.
2021-22 (SENIOR): Appeared in 34 games (34 starts) ... Averaged 11.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game ... All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ... CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team ... Three-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week ... One of 10 men's basketball student-athletes selected as a 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award Finalist ...CoSIDA All-District 7 Team ... Only Sooner to receive Big 12 weekly honors ... Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (11/15) after averaging 18.0 points and 7.0 rebounds against Northwestern State and UTSA ... Selected to the Myrtle Beach Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 17.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in three games ... Ranked fifth in the Big 12 in defensive rebounds per game (4.53) and 11th in total rebounds (197) ... Finished with a team-best 15 points and nine rebounds in the season-opening 77-59 victory over Northwestern State (11/9) ... Scored 21 points on 9-for-16 shooting against UTSA (11/12) ... Recorded a season-high 24 points on 10-for-15 shooting and added eight rebounds against Indiana State (11/19/21) ... Led OU with 16 points on 6-for-14 shooting in Myrtle Beach Invitational Championship game against Utah State (11/21) ... Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (12/6) after recording team highs in points (20) and rebounds (8) in 74-67 victory over then-No.14 Florida (12/1) ... Recorded 10 points on 4-for-7 shooting against Butler (12/7) ... Tallied 16 points on 5-for-8 shooting and finished with three 3-pointers in 88-66 victory over No. 12 Arkansas (12/11) ... Recorded 13 points on 6-for-12 shooting against UT Arlington (12/19) ... Tallied 10 points on 3-for-4 shooting and finished 4-for-4 from the free throw line against Alcorn State (12/22) ... Wrangled 10 boards and added six points at TCU (1/15) ... Led Oklahoma with 13 points at No. 1 Baylor (1/4) and added six rebounds, five assists and two steals ... Recorded 16 points against Iowa State (1/8) to extend his double-digit scoring streak to seven games ... Tallied 11 points and five rebounds against Baylor (1/22) ... Led Oklahoma with 21 points on 9-for-11 shooting in 72-62 victory at West Virginia (1/26) ... Scored 13 points and finished 5-for-6 from the free throw line against then-No. 1 Auburn (1/26) ... Scored team-high 23 points on 10-for-17 shooting and grabbed nine boards at Oklahoma State (2/5) ... Tied a career-high 11 3-point attempts and scored 19 points at then-No. 8 Kansas (2/12) ... Tallied first double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) in overtime victory over Oklahoma State (2/26) ... Tallied back-to-back double-doubles with 14 points and 10 rebounds in 72-59 victory over West Virginia (3/1) ... Scored 14 points on 4-for-7 shooting in regular season finale at K-State (3/5) ... Selected as Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week after helping OU beat West Virginia and K-State in final two games of the regular season ... Led the Sooners with nine boards against then-No. 14 Texas Tech (3/11) ... Tallied nine points and nine rebounds in NIT first round victory over Missouri State (3/15) ... Recorded eight rebounds, seven points and two assists against St. Bonaventure (3/20) in NIT second round.
2020-21 (AT EASTERN WASHINGTON): Big Sky All-Academic Team … Big Sky Conference MVP … All-Big Sky First Team … NABC All-District 6 First Team … Two-Time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week … Started all 24 games he appeared in and scored in double figures in all but one game … Averaged 17.2 points per game with 8.0 rebounds per game … His 8.0 rebounds per game were second in the Big Sky … Finished with a .560 field goal percentage, ranked 33rd in the NCAA … In conference play, led the Big Sky in field goal percentage (.586) … Finished fourth in the Big Sky in points per game (17.2) and sixth in blocked shots (1.1) … Opened the season with 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting in 34 minutes of action, while adding nine rebounds at Washington State (11/28) … Added 13 points at Arizona (12/5) … Recorded 13 rebounds in 27 minutes at Oregon (12/7) … Logged first double-double of the season against Idaho (12/11), netting 10 points with 12 rebounds … Scored 26 points on 9-for-13 shooting at Northern Arizona (12/19), while adding 13 rebounds for second double-double of the season … Streak of four games with 20-or-more points started against Northern Arizona (12/19) and concluded at Northern Colorado (1/21) … Averaged 23 points per game and 8.75 rebounds per game during the stretch and went 28-for-29 from the free throw line … Recorded a double-double at Northern Colorado (1/21), scoring 20 points with 10 rebounds … Added his fourth double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds at Northern Colorado (1/23) … Fifth double-double of the season with 23 points and 15 rebounds against Sacramento State (1/31) … His 15 rebounds against Sacramento State were a season high … Scored 26 points (8-for-13) with 12 rebounds in 34 minutes at Montana State (2/11) … Seventh double-double of the season against Montana (2/18), tallying 14 points with 10 rebounds … Tallied 15 points with 11 rebounds in 31 minutes vs. Northern Arizona (3/11) for his eight double-double … Finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds vs. Montana State (3/13) for ninth double-double … Recorded a season-high 35 points on 11-for-18 shooting against Kansas (3/20) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament … Finished 8-for-9 from the free throw line against the Jayhawks.
2019-20 (AT EASTERN WASHINGTON): Big Sky All-Academic team for the second-straight year … Appeared in 31 games with one start … Averaged 5.4 points per game with 3.0 rebounds … Five games scoring in double figures … Opened the season with 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting with 10 rebounds against Portland Bible (11/5) … Only start of the season at Boston College (11/20) … Scored 14 points on 6-for-12 shooting in 13 minutes played against Belmont (11/26) … Finished 5-for-10 from the field with a free throw made for 11 points against North Dakota (12/8) … Scored a season-high 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting against Multnomah (12/13) … His seven field goals made and 12 field goal attempts were both season highs … Tallied eight rebounds at Idaho (1/16), while finishing 2-for-2 from the field and free throw line … Scored 11 points on 4-for-4 shooting and 2-for-4 from the 3-point line at Montana State (1/18) … Recorded 16 points on 6-for-8 shooting from the field and 4-for-5 from the free throw line against Montana State (2/8) … Tallied eight points with five rebounds against Idaho State (3/5).
2018-19 (AT EASTERN WASHINGTON): Big Sky All-Academic team … Appeared in 28 games with two starts … Averaged 2.8 points per game and 2.1 rebounds … First career appearance for EWU against Syracuse (11/6) … Finished with four points and four rebounds in 14 minutes … Scored six points at Oregon (11/9), going 2-for-4 from the 3-point line ... First career start against Southern Utah (2/2) … Scored 13 points in second career start against Northern Arizona (2/4) … First career game scoring in double figures, finishing 6-for-10 from the field with 11 points … First career double-double … Tallied a season-high 14 points on 7-for-8 shooting against Idaho (2/18) … Finished with nine points and six rebounds in 18 minutes against Sacramento State (2/28).
2017-18 (AT EASTERN WASHINGTON): Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-State honors at Shadle Park High School as a senior … Picked to play in the WIBCA All-State Game … First Team All-Greater Spokane League (GSL) selection … Averaged 18.2 points per game and 9.5 rebounds as a senior, as well as 1.9 assists, 1.8 blocked shots … The Highlanders finished 19-6 overall and 14-4 in the GSL … Greater Spokane League MVP as a junior, averaging 16.0 points, 11 rebounds, 1.5 blocked shots and 1.5 assists per game … Led Shadle Park to a 16-7 record in his junior season … Four-year letterwinner and two-time team MVP … An honor roll student, he was also ASB Vice President at Shadle Park and a member of the school’s National Honor Society … 2016-17 Shadle Park’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
PERSONAL: Parents are Randy and Tara Groves … Has two brothers, Jacob, also a member on the OU men’s basketball team, and Dylnn … Randy played basketball at Shadle Park HS and Community Colleges of Spokane … Tara (formerly Tara Flugel) still owns the Whitworth scoring record of 2,040 points and is in the school’s Hall of Fame.
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