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A rising senior who’s working in direction of commencement from VCU this summer time, Santos-Silva will probably be eligible to play at Texas Tech subsequent season following a junior season the place he earned NABA All-District Second Crew and Atlantic 10 All-Tutorial Crew. He transfers to Texas Tech having gathered 828 factors, 620 rebounds and 92 blocked photographs by means of 97 video games in his profession. Santos-Silva recorded 10 double-doubles through the 2019-20 season for the Rams and led VCU in scoring with 12.Eight factors per recreation after averaging 10.zero factors per recreation in his sophomore season. A 6-foot-7 ahead, he is coming off a season the place he additionally led his crew in rebounds (8.9) and blocks (1.2) per recreation and completed the shortened season capturing 56.9 % from the sphere.
A Taunton, Massachusetts native who went to highschool at Vermont Academy, Santos-Silva will graduate from VCU with a level in in Homeland Safety and Emergency Preparedness earlier than enrolling at Tech. He is coming off a junior marketing campaign at VCU the place he led the crew in scoring in 20 video games after he earned Atlantic 10 All-Event honors as a sophomore following a 26-point, 22-rebound recreation towards Rhode Island within the quarterfinals. He matched that career-high efficiency final season by going off for 26 factors at George Mason the place he was 10-for-14 from the sphere and in addition had 14 rebounds.
Nywie is a 6-foot-10 ahead from Omaha, Nebraska who completed his sophomore season at Clarendon by averaging 8.1 factors and eight.zero rebounds per recreation. Nywie, who performed his freshman season at Iowa Western, additionally had 2.three blocked photographs per recreation (64 whole) in a season at Clarendon the place he shot 67.2 % from the sphere in 28 begins. He scored in double figures in 10 video games, together with a career-high 24 factors in a win over Frank Phillips the place he went 9-for-10 from the sphere and 5-for-6 on the free-throw line to associate with six rebounds. Nywie additionally had 11 video games of double determine rebounds with a season-high 13 towards New Mexico the place he recorded a double-double by including 10 factors within the win.
Nyiwe ranked 18th within the NJCAA with is 64 blocked photographs and was 16th nationally by capturing 92-for-137 (67.2 %) from the sphere. Throughout his freshman season at Iowa Western, Nyiwe averaged 2.7 factors per recreation and had 16 blocks in 30 video games as a reserve. Previous to starting his collegiate profession, Nyiwe performed his ultimate 12 months of prep basketball at The Expertise Manufacturing unit in Atlanta the place he averaged 15 factors, 9.zero rebound and a couple of.zero blocked photographs per recreation. He helped to guide his crew to a 40-6 general file and a nationwide top-20 rating. He additionally performed at Omaha Northwest Excessive Faculty in Nebraska.
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Santos-Silva and Nyiwe be part of a Texas Tech program that signed Chibuzo Agbo, Nimari Burnett and Micah Peavy to their nationwide letter of intent for the 2020-21 tutorial 12 months on November 13, 2019 and Wichita State switch Jamarius Burton on April 16, 2020. The Purple Raiders superior the 2019 NCAA Nationwide Championship Last after reaching the 2018 NCAA Elite Eight. Tech completed tied for third within the Massive 12 common season standings earlier than the season was ended because of the corona virus.
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