RGJ sports writer Chris Murray will break down all 13 scholarship players on the Nevada basketball team leading into the team’s season opener Nov. 13 against Coastal Carolina. Today’s focus: Eric Cooper Jr.
Eric Cooper Jr.
Class: Sophomore
Position: Shooting guard
Height/weight: 6-3/180
Hometown: Los Angeles
2014-15 stats: 23.7 mpg, 7.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.8 spg, 29.8 FG%, 25.7 3PT%, 78.2 FT%
Likely role: On a team that struggles to shoot, Cooper needs to add the threat of the 3-point shot.