University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2018-19 (Senior)

• One of three players to start all 31 games.
• Earned Big West second-team honors.
• Garnered team’s Art Woolaway Most Outstanding Player Award.
• Co-led the team in scoring (11.5 ppg) and three-pointers made (77).
• Also led the team in blocks (18) and minutes per game (30.6).
• Second on the team in rebounding (5.9) and three-pointer percentage (38.5).
• Led the team in scoring (12.2) and rebounding (5.8) during Big West action while shooting 50 percent from the field and 42 percent on threes.
• Had three games of 20 or more points
• Recorded two double-doubles on the season.
• Had 14 points and 10 boards to lead UH over Colorado.
• Totaled 14 points and 11 boards against CS Fullerton.
• Had three games of 20 or more points.
• Two of those performances came against UC Riverside: a season-high 24 points at UC Riverside and 23 points and nine rebounds in the second meeting in Honolulu.
• Knocked down a season-high six 3-pointers and finished with 20 points and seven rebounds in home finale vs. CSUN.
• Ranks first all-time at UH in career three-pointers made (199) and attempted (541).

2017-18 (Junior):

• Played in all 30 games; 23 coming off the bench.
• Named the Big West’s Best Sixth Player.
• Led team in 3-pointers (50) for the second straight year
• Scored a season-high 22 points with six three-pointers in a win over Howard (Dec. 29).
• Recorded first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at UC Riverside (Feb. 17).
• Scored six points in the final minute at UCR, including the go-ahead elbow jumper with 34 seconds remaining.
• Snatched 12 rebounds vs. Miami (Dec. 22), the most by a Rainbow Warrior all season.
• Led the team in defensive rebounds (128).
• One of the best passing big men in the country with 63 assists to just 35 turnovers.
• Named to the Rainbow Classic All-Tournament Team.
• One of five international and two Australian players on the squad.
• Ranks ninth at UH in career three-pointers made (122) and attempted (341).

2016-17 (Sophomore): Named all-Big West honorable mention…one of just two players to start all 30 games…averaged 9.6 ppg and 4.2 rpg, both good for third on the team…led the team in three-pointers made with 72…the 72 thee-pointers made were tied for the seventh most by a UH player in a single season and the most ever by a UH sophomore…averaged 2.4 three-pointers per game, which ranked second in the Big West…had multiple three-pointers in 19 games…buried five or more three-pointers in five contests…shot 38.9 percent from long-range which led the team and ranked fifth in the Big West…shot 42.3 percent from behind the arc in league games, fourth best in the Big West…also was dead accurate from the free throw line, burying 34-of-38 attempts (.895)…scored 20 or more points on three occasions…had 21 points, including six three-pointers vs. Troy (Nov. 25)… posted 21 points and eight rebounds in a win over Delaware St (Dec. 29)…enjoyed his best game of the year in one of UH's biggest wins of the season when he poured in a career-best 25 points and drained seven three-pointers in an overtime win over Long Beach State (Jan. 14)…his seven 3-pointers versus the 49ers tied a school-record for three-pointers made in a Big West game…also added four assists in the win...had 15 points, a season-high nine rebounds, and five three-pointers made to help lift UH to an overtime win over Cal State Fullerton in the home finale (Feb. 25)…was the team’s top scorer during the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic and had 17 points, four assists, and two steals in a Christmas day win over Southern Miss (Dec. 25). 
2016-17 Game-by-Game Statistics

2015-16: Redshirted due to NCAA transfer rules.

Prior To UH: Played one season at Auburn University in Alabama under Bruce Pearl...saw action in seven games, averaging 13.0 minutes per game...grabbed 1.1 rebounds per game and averaged 1.3 points per game.

Prep/Club: A 2013 graduate of Carey Grammar in Melbourne, Victoria...also played for the Melbourne Tigers...averaged 21.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game...hit 47.8 percent of his 3-pointers...also competed for the Australian U17 National Team and was named the Grand Final MVP of the BIG V’s Under-23 league...won a silver medal with the U17 National Team at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, averaging 4.8 points per game, 2.0 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists per game...has played with the U20 state team.

Personal: Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...major is human development and family studies...parents are Nigel and Simone Purchase of Melbourne, Victoria... father played 10 years in the Australian NBL for the Melbourne Tigers.