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Elijah Pepper
Elijah Pepper
2024 Averages
11.5
PPG
1.5
APG
0.5
RPG
47
FG%
Biography
Having completed his college career at the University of California, Davis, he now begins his professional career in the NBL at the Perth Wildcats.
Has a strong family history in basketball with his uncle, Ben, being a long and distinguished NBL centre at Newcastle, North Melbourne, Victoria, Wollongong, New Zealand and Townsville, and his father, Ryan, also played at Central Washington University and for the Hobart Chargers.
After being born in Shepparton, Victoria, he and his family moved to the United States and he grew up in Selah, Washington, and then enrolled at UC Davis ahead of the 2019/20 season.
The powerfully built shooting guard was rock solid throughout his college career and by the end of the 2023/24 season, averaged 16.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists on shooting 42 per cent from the field, 36 per cent from downtown and 85 per cent at the foul line.
Along the way, made the All-Big West Second Team in both 2021 and 2022, then the All-First Team in 2023 and 2024, and was the Big West Player of the Year in his senior season ahead of now starting his NBL journey at the Wildcats.
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Young guns shine as Wildcats defeat NBL1 West Select
25 August 2024