Griffith's Career & Season Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)

2020-21 Senior

• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Played in seven games, totaling 4 points and 6 rebounds
• Made a layup and grabbed a defensive rebound in the win at No. 2 Michigan (3/2)
• Started on Senior Night vs. Nebraska (2/25), grabbing 2 rebounds
• Returned to action in February after missing two-plus months with a foot injury

2019-20 Junior

• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Played in eight games on the season, totaling six points and four rebounds
• Missed final eight games with foot injury
• Two points and one rebound vs. Lindenwood (Nov. 26), playing career-high seven minutes
• Made first career field goal and had career-high two rebounds vs. Hampton (Nov. 23)
• Scored first career point on a free throw vs. The Citadel (Nov. 20)

2018-19 Sophomore

• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Played in five games on the season, totaling 15 minutes
• Made collegiate debut vs. Evansville (Nov. 8), tallying an assist in season-high five minutes
• Grabbed one rebound vs. Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 25), Minnesota (Jan. 16), and at Iowa (Jan. 20)

High School

• Averaged 17.3 points, 10 rebounds and 2.2 assists as a senior
• First-team All-Area by the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette
• Fisher’s all-time leading scorer with 1,308 points over three-year varsity career
• Holds the school’s single-game rebounding record with 17 boards, a mark he shares with his brother, Nick
• High school coach was Cody Diskin

Personal

• Born Feb. 8, 1999
• Majoring in kinesiology
• Parents are Steve Griffith and Kim and John Thomas
• Was a manager for the Illini during his freshman year before joining the team as a walkon
• Played four years of baseball in high school, at shortstop and pitcher
• Favorite player is LeBron James
• Favorite food is salmon, and favorite restaurant is Scotty’s
• National honor society member
• Lists his older brother, Nick, as the person who has most influenced his career, “We grew up playing together every day, always pushing each other to get better.”
• A lifelong Illini fan, his earliest memories are, “Attending basketball games with my Grandpa and watching Dee (Brown) and Deron (Williams) go to the Final Four.”