Stephen Thompson Jr.

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-4
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
Bishop Montgomery HS

CAREER: Finished his four-year Oregon State career fourth all-time in scoring (1,767), fourth in field goals made (636), fourth in field goals attempted (1,070), first in 3-pointers made (230), first in 3-pointers attempted (677), tied for eighth in steals (177), tied for seventh in games started (94) and third in minutes played (3,943) … Averaged 14.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 32.5 minutes in 121 games … Scored his 1,000th career point on a fast break layup in the first half against Oregon on Jan. 5, 2018 … Scored the game-winning points in the final seconds four times (free throws vs. Utah with one-tenth of a second to play on Feb. 4, 2016; 3-pointer at the buzzer vs. Washington on Feb. 24, 2016; layup vs. Utah with 10.3 seconds to play on Feb. 19, 2017; 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds to play in double-overtime vs. Washington on Feb. 10, 2018) … Scored in double figures in 97 games … Scored 30-plus points in four games … Scored 20-plus points in 26 games … Had two double-doubles … His career highs in games were 34 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists, two blocked shots, six steals and 49 minutes … Selected to the All-Pac-12 Second Team in 2019 … Selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 20 Second Team in 2019 … Selected the Pac-12's Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winner in 2019 … Named the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2019 … Selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court in 2018 … Selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District® 8 First Team in 2018 and 2019 … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team in 2017, 2018 and 2019 … Named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Jan. 14, 2019 after averaging 25.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists in wins over USC and UCLA.

SENIOR (2018-19): Started all 31 games … Averaged 16.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.1 blocked shots in 36.6 minutes per game … Selected to the All-Pac-12 Second Team … Selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 20 Second Team … Named the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District® 8 First Team … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team … Finished ninth in the Pac-12 in scoring (16.1), 13th in assists (3.2), fifth in steals (1.5), 11th in 3-point field goals made (2.0), eighth in assist/turnover ratio (1.6) and first in minutes (36.6) … His 61 3-pointers are the sixth most in Oregon State single-season history and the most by a senior in school history … His 38 3-pointers in Pac-12 games are the eighth most in Oregon State single-season history … His 1,136 minutes are the 10th most in Oregon State single-season history and the third most by a senior in school history … Scored in double figures in 25 games … Scored 30-plus points in two games … Scored 20-plus points in 10 games … Had one-double-double … Tied a season high with seven assists at UCLA (2/21) ... Tied a career high with two blocked shots against California (2/9) ... Made a career-high six 3-pointers and tied a career best with 11 field goals against Washington (1/26) ... Had a season-high seven assists against Washington State (1/24) ... Named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Jan. 14 after averaging 25.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists in wins over USC (1/10) and UCLA (1/13) ... Scored a career-high 34 points and tied career bests with 11 field goals and 10 rebounds against USC (1/10) ... Posted second career double-double with 34 points and 10 rebounds against USC (1/10) ... Scored 20 points against Pepperdine (12/17) ... Broke the Oregon State record with his 186th career 3-pointer in the first half against Missouri State (12/1) ... Had 11 points, five rebounds, six assists and four steals against Penn (11/19) ... Scored 17 points, made three 3-pointers and had four steals against Old Dominion (11/16) ... Had 18 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals against UC Riverside (11/6).

JUNIOR (2017-18): Started all 32 games … Averaged 15.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.3 blocked shots in 36.6 minutes per game … Selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court … Selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District® 8 First Team … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team … Finished tied for 10th in the Pac-12 in scoring (15.8), 14th in assists (3.3), third in steals (1.7), 14th in 3-point field goals made (2.0), 10th in assist/turnover ratio (1.6) and second in minutes (36.6) … His 505 points are the ninth most by a junior in Oregon State history … His 64 3-pointers are tied for the fourth most in Oregon State single-season history and tied for the second most by a junior in school history … His 39 3-pointers in Pac-12 games are tied for the fifth most in Oregon State single-season history … His 1,172 minutes are the fifth most in Oregon State single-season history and the second most by a junior in school history … Scored in double figures in 28 games … Scored 20-plus points in eight games … Hit a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds to play in double-overtime to beat Washington (2/10) ... Had a career-best six steals and played a career-high 49 minutes against Washington (2/10) ... Tied a season high with six rebounds against Washington State (2/8) ... Tied a career high with five 3-pointers at Arizona State (1/13) ... Scored his 1,000th career point on a fast break layup in the first half against Oregon (1/5) ... Scored 25 points at Kent State (12/21) ... Had a career-high eight assists against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/9) ... Scored a season-high 26 points against Eastern Kentucky (12/5) ... Scored 24 points and grabbed six rebounds against Long Beach State (11/24).

SOPHOMORE (2016-17): Played in 26 games and started all 26 … Averaged 16.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.2 blocked shots in 36.2 minutes per game … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team … Finished sixth in the Pac-12 in scoring (16.3), seventh in steals (1.4), eighth in 3-point field goals made per game (2.2) and first in minutes played per game (36.2) … His 57 3-pointers are tied for the ninth most in Oregon State single-season history and tied for the third most by a sophomore in school history … His 43 3-pointers in Pac-12 games are the third most in Oregon State single-season history … Scored in double figures in 23 games … Scored 30-plus points in two games … Scored 20-plus points in seven games … Scored 25 points and tied a career best with five 3-pointers against California in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament (3/8) … Had career highs with 31 points, 11 field goals and five 3-pointers against Utah (2/19) ... Made the game-winning layup with 10.3 seconds to play against Utah (2/19) … Had a career-high five steals against Arizona (2/2) ... Had career highs with 11 free throws and 13 free throw attempts at Utah (1/28) ... Scored 30-plus points for the first time in his career with 30 at Utah (1/28) ... Scored 26 points at Colorado (1/26) ... Tied a career high with seven assists at Washington State (1/4) ... Scored 25 points against UCLA (12/30) ... Scored 24 points against USC (12/28) ... Posted first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds against Kent State (12/21) ... Played a career-high 43 minutes and tied a career best with seven assists against Savannah State (12/11) ... Dished out a career-high seven assists at Charlotte (12/3) ... Scored a team-high 20 points at Mississippi State (12/1) in his first game back after missing six games with an injured left foot ... Had eight points, two rebounds and three steals in the season opener against Prairie View A&M (11/11).

FRESHMAN (2015-16): Played in all 32 games and started five … Averaged 10.6 points, 1.9 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.3 blocked shots in 21.7 minutes per game … Finished 12^th in the Pac-12 in steals (1.2) … His 48 3-pointers are the most by a freshman in Oregon State history … His 340 points are the sixth most by a freshman in Oregon State history … His 35 steals are the fifth most by a freshman in Oregon State history … Scored in double figures 21 times … Tied career highs with five rebounds and two blocked shots against VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/18) … Had career highs of seven free throws and five assists against Arizona State (3/9) ... Scored a career-high 23 points at UCLA (3/5) ... Also had a career-best four steals and tied a career high with seven field goals, four 3-pointers and five rebounds at UCLA (3/5) ... Got first career start at USC (3/2) and made a career-high seven field goals ... Scored 18 points and hit the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer against Washington (2/24) ... Tied a career high with two blocked shots against Colorado (2/6) ... Made three game-winning free throws with 0.1 on the clock against Utah (2/4) ... Had three steals in back-to-back games against Utah (1/17) and Colorado (1/13) ... Grabbed a career-high five rebounds against Cal State Fullerton (12/18) ... Made three 3-pointers and had first career blocked shots at UC Santa Barbara (11/21) ... Scored first career points on a 3-pointer in the first half against Northwest Christian (11/14) ... Became the first Oregon State freshman to make at least four 3-pointers in his college debut.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif. in 2015 … Ranked 63^rd overall on ESPN 100 … Ranked 50^th overall on Rivals 150 and 52^nd by Scout.com … Named a MaxPreps All-American … Named a four-star recruit by ESPN … Lettered four years for head coach Doug Mitchell … Named CIF Southern Section Division IV High School Player of the Year by John R. Wooden Award Committee … McDonald’s All-American nominee … Holds the school records for career points (2,246), season points (803), season scoring average (24.4) and career wins (114) … Averaged 24.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 2.6 steals as a senior … Averaged 23.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists as a junior and was named First Team All-State … Averaged 17.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists as a sophomore … Named First Team All-Del Rey League as a sophomore, junior and senior … Invited to the Nike LeBron James Skills Academy, the Kyrie Irving Skills Academy, the NBA Top 100 Camp and the Pangos All-American Camp … Played AAU with Dream Vision and Superior Athletes … Graduated with a 4.33 GPA … Member of the Principal’s Honor Roll … Received the St. Anthony Award and was named a George Montgomery Scholar.

PERSONAL: Born March 23, 1997 in Harbor City, Calif. … Son of Stephen and Amy Thompson … Father is an assistant basketball coach at Oregon State and mother is a vice principal … Has one brother, Ethan … Chose Oregon State because “I was impressed by the men’s basketball program and the coaching staff” … Biggest athletic thrill to date is “winning a state championship in high school basketball” … Favorite athlete is LeBron James … Hobby is ping pong … Earned his Oregon State bachelor’s degree in Digital Communication Arts in three years … Pursuing his master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Speech Communication and Sociology.

CAREER HIGHS

Points: 34 vs. USC (1/10/19)
FG Made: 11, three times, last vs. Washington (1/26/19)
FG Attempted: 21 at Washington State (3/9/19)
3-PT Made: 6 vs. Washington (1/26/19)
3-PT Attempted: 14 vs. Savannah State (12/11/16)
FT Made: 11 at Utah (1/28/17)
FT Attempted: 13 at Utah (1/28/17)
Rebounds: 10, two times, last vs. USC (1/10/19)
Assists: 8 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/9/17)
Blocked Shots: 2, four times, last vs. California (2/9/19)
Steals: 6 vs. Washington (2/10/18)
Minutes: 49 vs. Washington (2/10/18)