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Bellarmine University Athletics

2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

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John Sommers II
ASUN
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John Sommers II
Max Knipstein

10 Garrett Tipton

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Business Administration
  • Hometown Columbus, OH
  • High School Bishop Hartley
  • Parents Gary and Jenny Tipton

Biography

2023-24 – Fifth-year Senior
One of three Knights to start all 31 games…Finished second on the team to Peter Suder with 913 minutes and fourth averaging 29.5 minutes per game…Second on the team to Ben Johnson in 3-point attempts (164), 3-pointers made (60) and 3-point percentage (.366)…Second on the team to Dezmond McKinney with a .900 free throw percentage (27-of-30)…Tallied 15 double-digit scoring efforts, fifth among Knights, including seven of the first nine ASUN games…Led or tied for the team lead in scoring on five occasions and in rebounding twice…Scored 305 points and averaged 9.8, both fifth on the team…Sank a career-high five 3-pointers Dec. 4 vs. Boyce…Dropped in a season-high 21 points Dec. 22 at BYU with a season-high eight field goals on 12 shots (.667), including going 3-of-6 from beyond the arc…Matched a career high with three steals Jan. 20 at Eastern Kentucky…Handed out a season-high four assists Jan. 27 vs. Jacksonville and Feb. 10 at FGCU…Matched a career high with nine rebounds Feb. 1 at Kennesaw State…His 94 made free throws were tied for the fifth-highest single-season total in Bellarmine’s D1 era (since 2020-21)…Finishes Bellarmine career ranked fourth all-time in free throw percentage (.858) and 12th all-time in made 3-pointers (137)…Ranks highly in several categories in Bellarmine’s D1 era: first in points (886), fourth in rebounds (273), fifth in assists (148), tied for third in blocks (19), second in made field goals (330), first in field goal attempts (753), second in made 3-pointers (132) and first in 3-point attempts (361).

2022-23 - Redshirt Senior
Named third-team ASUN All-Conference…Recognized as ASUN Player of the Week on Jan. 9…ASUN Honor Roll recipient...ASUN Honors Graduate recipient...Cited on NABC Honors Court...Led team in scoring (12.7), field-goal percentage (47.6), free-throw percentage (89.2), total blocks (12) and free throws made (58) while ranking second in 3-pointers made (50) and free-throw attempts (65), third in rebounding (3.5) and fourth in assists (2.0) and total steals (21)…Started all 33 games and ranked second on team in minutes (30.7)…Averaged team-high 14.1 points along with 3.6 rebounds in ASUN play…Led or tied for team lead in scoring on 10 occasions and in rebounding on five…Racked up 19 double-figure scoring performances, including six 20-point games and 13 outings of 15 points or more…Bridged end of nonconference play and start of ASUN action with seven straight scoring efforts of at least 15 points…Made season-best 11 field goals in scoring season-high 27 points against Queens on Jan. 5 and poured in 22 while tying season high with five assists in rematch against Royals on Feb. 11…Sank 10-of-14 shots, including 3-of-4 from deep, in registering 25 points against Murray State on Dec. 10…Delivered consecutive 19-point games against Kennesaw State and Jacksonville State on Feb. 2 and 4…Posted four rebounds or more in 15 games, with a season-high nine against Alice Lloyd on Dec. 4…Dished out three assists or more in 14 contests…Sank a season-high three 3-pointers on six different occasions while canning two 3-pointers or more in 18 games…Buried buzzer-beating 3-pointer to send team to 72-71 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Jan. 26…Blocked season-high three shots against Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 17.

2021-22 - Redshirt Junior
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Appeared in all 33 games and logged 15.4 minutes per game…Averaged 4.7 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists while shooting 45.7 percent from the floor and hitting 21 3-pointers…Led or tied for team lead in scoring three times…Scored in double figures on six occasions, including a season-high 15 points behind a season-best 5-for-5 performance from the free-throw line at Murray State on Nov. 13…Grabbed three rebounds or more in seven games while pulling down a season-high six at North Alabama on Feb. 12…Distributed a season-best four assists against Asbury on Dec. 9…Nailed multiple 3-pointers in six contests…In back-to-back games against Lipscomb and Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 23 and 26, racked up 13 and 14 points while combining to go 11-for-19 from the field, including 4-of-8 from downtown, and collecting a season-high three steals against the Bisons…In three-game span against Asbury, Midway and South Dakota in December, combined to go 6-for-11 from 3-point range, sinking two triples in each outing while averaging 10.0 points over the three contests.

2020-21 - Redshirt Sophomore 
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Limited to six games due to injury and logged 5.0 minutes per game…Had five points and seven rebounds on the year…After returning from injury, appeared in three ASUN regular-season games and both games in the CBI Tournament, the first against Army West Point in which he had an offensive rebound and basket.

2019-20 - Redshirt Freshman 
Appeared in 15 games with one start and averaged 7.7 minutes…Averaged 2.9 points and shot 48.6 percent from the floor…Hit both his shots in scoring four points with a season-best three rebounds, a season-high three steals and two assists in 13 minutes in 97-68 stomping of Saginaw Valley on Nov. 9…Tallied six points in 10 minutes in 90-51 throttling of Kentucky Wesleyan on Nov. 13…Sank 4-of-6 shots in scoring 11 points in 98-42 romp over Spring Hill on Nov. 27…Knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in 81-57 pounding of Illinois Springfield on Jan. 2…Canned 5-of-8 shots in scoring season-high 13 points in 17 minutes in 78-65 victory over Drury on Jan. 25.

2018-19 - Freshman 
Redshirt.

BEFORE BELLARMINE: Played high school basketball at Bishop Hartley in Ohio and was a four-year starter and team captain as a junior and senior...Named All-State, first-team All-District and was the CCL Player of the Year as a senior...Honored as second-team All-District as a freshman and junior...Finished career as No. 3 all-time leading scorer at Bishop Hartley...Reached 1,100 career points and was one of three players in program history to join 1,000-point club...Tallied most minutes played by a four-year student-athlete.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018-19Freshman

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    2019-20Freshman

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    6'5" 190 lbs
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    2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

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    6'4" 195 lbs
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    2021-22Redshirt Junior

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    6'4" 195 lbs
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    2022-23Redshirt Senior

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    6'4" 200 lbs
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    2023-24Graduate Student

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    6'4" 205 lbs
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