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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

Sean Arbaut (Arbaut Photography
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Joshua Strong (Arbaut Photography)

23 Melvin Newbern

23 Melvin Newbern

  • Position:
    Guard/Forward
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    195
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Robbinsdale, Minn.
  • Highschool:
    Robbinsdale Cooper

Summary

Biography

2020-21 Season (RS Senior) 
Named NSIC Honorable Mention
... Appeared and started in all 16 games during a shortened season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic... Led the team in scoring with 14.6 points per game while posting the second-highest shooting percentage on the team (92-167, .551%) for a total of 233 points (led team)... Grabbed 9.4 rebounds per game for a total of 151 rebounds (113 def, 151 tot) to lead the team... Recorded 22 steals which also led the team... Shot 36.8 percent from three-point range (7-19) and 70.0 percent from the free-throw line (42-60)... Dished out 26 assists which was good for third on the team... Became the first player since all-time leading scorer Tyler Rudolph to average 14.0-plus points and 9.0-plus rebounds per game during a season... He just beat those markings with 14.1 points per game and 9.3 rebounds per game... 5th in the NSIC and led the Beavers in rebounding this season. 

2019-20 Season (Senior)
Redshirt 

2018-19 Season (Junior, Montana State Billings)
Played and started in 27 games... Averaged 10.8 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game... Shot 59.2 percent from the floor... Had a season high 22 points against Black Hills State (11/24)... Grabbed a season high 16 rebounds against Northwest Nazarene (2/2).

2017-18 Season (Sophomore, North Dakota State College of Science)
Named Mon-Dak Conference MVP... Played in 28 games... Started 27 games... Averaged 18.6 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game... Shot 55 percent from the field... Scored a season high 33 points and a season high 21 rebounds against Sisseton Wahpeton College (1/29).

2016-17 Season (First Year, North Dakota State College of Science)
Played in 33 games... Started 31 games... Averaged 11 points and 8.2 rebounds per game... Shot 61.9 percent from the field... Shot 76.1 percent from the free throw line... Scored a season high 23 points against Iowa Lakes (11/26) and Dakota College at Babineaux (1/26)... Posted season high 15 rebounds against Iowa Lakes (11/26) and Williston State (3/5).

High School
Attended Robbinsdale Cooper High School... Three-sport athlete... Starred on the basketball court where he was a three-time All-Conference selection... Named team captain his final two seasons with the Hawks basketball team and earned three letters with the team... Two-time letter winner as a wide receiver on the football team... Pitched and earned one letter with the baseball team.

Personal
Son of Melvin and Cassandra Newbern · Father played in the NBA... Majoring in general studies.
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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2019-20Senior

    F
    6'5" 193 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2020-21Redshirt Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 193 lbs
    20
  • 23

    2021-22Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 195 lbs
    23