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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

23 DJ Nix

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 224
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Harrisburg, N.C.
  • Highschool Cannon School

Biography

2024-25 I JUNIOR SEASON
Averaged 3.4 points, and 1.8 rebounds per contest in 28 contests off the bench … saw 11.9 minutes per contest as a reserve … posted career highs in every category … turned the ball over just three times in 334 minutes of action … opened the season with eight points, five rebounds and two steals against Marywood … posted eight points and five rebounds with 4-of-5 shooting from the floor at La Salle … scored eight points with four boards against Robert Morris … netted nine points with four rebounds in a win at Army West Point … scored eight points with three rebounds against Penn State Schuylkill … had five points, including a 3-pointer made, in contests against both Princeton on the road and Yale at home.

2023-24 I SOPHOMORE SEASON
Averaged 1.2 points and 1.1 rebounds in 22 contests, including 13 starts ... made his first collegiate start in a season-opening win at Lehigh ... scored five points in a win over Cal State Fullerton ... posted a career-high six points with two rebounds at Syracuse, connecting on 2-of-4 from 3-point range ... played double figure minutes in 10 different contests.

2022-23 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Averaged 1.0 points and 0.8 rebounds while playing 4.1 minutes per game off the bench in a total of 15 contests ... turned the ball over just once in 61 minutes of action ... shot 43 percent from the floor overall, including 3-of-9 (33 percent) from 3-point range ... had five points, four rebounds and an assist in his collegiate debut against SUNY Delhi ... hit a key first half 3-pointer in the win over Patriot League champion Colgate ... closed the season by matching a career high of five points against Ivy champ Yale in the conference tournament semifinals.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Was a four-time all-state selection at the Cannon School ... averaged 22.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a senior en route to second-team all-state honors ... helped his team to a pair of state titles ... nominated to play in the McDonald's All-America game.

PERSONAL
Derrick Barrington Nix is the son of Derrick and Angel Nix and has two younger sisters and a younger brother ... his father was a 1,000-point scorer at UNC Greensboro and was the Big South Conference Rookie of the Year in 1994-95 ... his grandfather, James Swindell, attended Cornell ... he is enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022-23Freshman

    Forward
    6'6" 220 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2023-24Sophomore

    Forward
    6'6" 216 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2024-25Junior

    Forward
    6'6" 224 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2025-26Senior

    Forward
    6'6" 224 lbs
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