Brady Manek

Brady Manek (born September 4, 1998) is an American college basketball player for the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference.

Brady Manek

Manek in January 2018
No. 35 – Oklahoma Sooners
Position	Small forward
League	Big 12 Conference
Personal information
Born	September 4, 1998 Edmond, Oklahoma
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school	Harrah (Harrah, Oklahoma)
College	Oklahoma (2017–present)
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-Big 12 (2020)

Early life and high school career

Manek was born and raised in Edmond, Oklahoma and started playing basketball from a young age against older competition.[1] He often played against future college teammate Trae Young while attending elementary school.[2] His family moved to Harrah, Oklahoma, where he began playing varsity basketball for Harrah High School in his freshman season.[1] Between his freshman and sophomore years, Manek greatly improved his dunking ability.[3] He was named Little All-City Player of the Year by The Oklahoman in each of his final two seasons.[4] As a senior, Manek averaged 24.3 points and 11.6 rebounds, leading Harrah to the state quarterfinals.[5] Rated either a three-star and four-star recruit by several services, he committed to play college basketball for Oklahoma after his sophomore season of high school.[1]

College career

As a freshman at Oklahoma, Manek averaged 10.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in 32 appearances. He and Trae Young were the highest scoring freshman duo in the NCAA Division I.[2] Manek recorded 59 three-pointers, the fourth-most by a freshman in school history. In his sophomore season, he made national headlines for his resemblance to Larry Bird.[6][7] He averaged 12.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore and was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection.[8] On January 18, 2020, Manek scored a career-high 31 points and seven three-pointers, while reaching 1,000 career points, in an 83–63 win over TCU.[9] Manek scored 30 points on February 1, in an 82–69 victory over Oklahoma State.[10] As a junior, he averaged 14.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, earning Third Team All-Big 12 honors.[11]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017–18	Oklahoma	32	26	23.7	.466	.383	.600	5.2	.5	.3	.7	10.2
2018–19	Oklahoma	34	34	27.8	.469	.358	.764	5.9	.8	.7	.7	12.2
2019–20	Oklahoma	31	31	30.5	.453	.380	.779	6.2	.9	.5	1.2	14.4
Career		97	91	27.3	.462	.374	.743	5.7	.7	.5	.8	12.2

Personal life

Manek's older brother, Kellen, was his basketball teammate at Harrah High School for three years and played for Oral Roberts and Southeastern Oklahoma State at the college level.[12]

References

1. Engelbrecht, Chad (February 10, 2020). "Brady Manek's family, high school coach reflect on his journey from Harrah to Norman". The Oklahoma Daily. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
2. Rohde, John (January 26, 2018). "Brady Manek: The Sooners' other prize freshman". Rohde on Sports. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
3. Stavenhagen, Cody (November 7, 2017). "Harrah's Brady Manek is another OU freshman earning a big role". Tulsa World. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
4. Wright, Scott (April 15, 2017). "Little All-City Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Harrah's Brady Manek pushing himself as college nears". The Oklahoman. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
5. Coldagelli, Ben (July 30, 2017). "Introducing: Brady Manek". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
6. Carroll, Charlotte (October 3, 2018). "Seeing Double? Larry Bird Has an Identical Twin in Oklahoma's Brady Manek". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
7. Hunsinger Benbow, Dana (October 2, 2018). "Larry Bird has an identical twin (Brady Manek) playing college basketball at Oklahoma". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
8. Coldagelli, Ben (October 17, 2019). "Manek Named to Malone Award Watch List". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
9. Bitterman, Abby (January 18, 2020). "Brady Manek joins Sooners' 1,000-point club in 83-63 win against TCU". The Oklahoman. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
10. "Manek scores 30, leads Oklahoma past Oklahoma State 82–69". ESPN. Associated Press. February 1, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
11. Parker, Derek (March 8, 2020). "Austin Reaves, Brady Manek named to All-Big 12 teams". Sooners Wire. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
12. McCoury, Caleb (October 29, 2019). "Brady Manek plays older brother Kellen Manek in front of family, hometown crowd". The Oklahoma Daily. Retrieved August 7, 2020.

External links

• Oklahoma Sooners bio