Scott Blakney

Scott Blakney vs. Dickinson State - 11/9/21

Photo by: Derek Johnson

Photo by: Derek Johnson

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
6-9 / 235
Hometown:
Prosser, Wash.
High School:
Prosser H.S.
Previous School:
Idaho

2021-22 (Senior): Academic All-Big Sky Conference… In his first and only season at Montana, played in 25 games, earning four starts… Averaged 10.7 minutes per game while contributing 3.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per contest… Shot a team-best .667 from the floor (38-of-57), making the final six shot attempts of his career… The shooting percentage ranked third among Big Sky players with at least one shot attempt per game… Earned his first start at Southern Utah (Feb. 24), making both shot attempts (four points) and pulling down three rebounds… Playing against his former team, scored eight points vs. Idaho (Jan. 27), making his first four shot attempts… Playing against NCCAA competition, scored in double figures in back-to-back games (Dec. 13-19), averaging 13.0 points per game on 11-of-16 shooting… During the month of December (five games), he shot 17-of-22, scoring his 800th career point vs. Yellowstone Christian (Dec. 10)… Totaled four or more rebounds five times on the season… For his career, his .587 field-goal percentage ranked 41st among active Division-I players in 2021-22… Missed five consecutive games from Dec. 19 through Jan. 9 with a hand injury.

2017-21 (Idaho): Started his career at Idaho, playing in 101 games and earning 78 starts across four seasons… Over his final three seasons, averaged 8.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game… Shot above .500 every season at Idaho, including a .591 clip during his final season… As a senior in 2020-21, played in all 22 games, starting 19 contests, and averaging 20.5 minutes per game… He led the Vandals with 236 points (10.7 per game) while also pulling down 3.0 rebounds per contest… Twice scored 23 points in a game and was in double figures for scoring 11 times… During his final three seasons, scored in double figures 34 times, including two double-doubles… In his final game as a Vandal, against Montana in the Big Sky tournament, he scored 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds… Earned Academic All-Big Sky recognition every season and was twice named to the NABC Honors Court.

High School: Is a 2017 graduate of Prosser High School in Washington… Earned all-state honors as a senior in 2017… Earned All-CWAC first-team honors three times... Averaged 19.6 points per game, along with 8.4 rebounds, as a senior… Averaged 15.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game as a junior… Played AAU basketball with Friends of Hoop in Washington… Also competed in football and track & field at Prosser, breaking a school record in the discus.

Personal: Hometown is Prosser, Washington… Parents are John and Carla Blakney… Has two siblings, Eric and Leah… Graduated from Idaho in May 2021 with a degree in business economics and a GPA of 3.86… Earned his master’s of business administration from Montana in May 2022.