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Lior Berman Season 2020-21

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Lior Berman Season 2020-21

PositionG
Weight215 lbs
Height6-4
ClassSophomore
HometownBirmingham, Ala.

CAREER HONORS
• Four-Time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24)
• 2022 CSC Academic All-District Team
• Three-Time NABC Honors Court (2021, 2022 and 2023)
• 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
GRADUATE SENIOR (2023-24)
Closed out his five-year career at Auburn contributing to 114 team wins, three NCAA Tournament appearances and two SEC Championship titles … The Tigers finished the season with the third-most wins in program history (27) … Played in 28 games averaging 6.4 minutes per game … Consistent player in the rotation … Made his second career block versus Alabama A&M (11/21/23) … Went a career-best 3-for-3 from the free throw line versus Vanderbilt (1/31/24) … Had a string of big games in conference play at Georgia (2/24/24), at Tennessee (2/28/24) and versus Mississippi State (3/2/24) prior to injury … SEC Academic Honor Roll student for the fourth-straight year.
 
SENIOR (2022-23)
Regular member in the Tigers’ rotation during the 2022-23 season … Was a part of a senior class that was one of the winningest in program history compiling an 87-39 overall record and going 44-28 in SEC play over four seasons from 2019-23 … Their 44 league wins was the fifth-most in a four-year span ... Averaged a career-best 2.2 points, 9.4 minutes, 1.2 rebounds per game including a 35.5 percent accuracy from beyond the 3-point arc … Knocked down a career-high tying eight points three times during the season including at LSU (1/18/23), versus Missouri (2/14/23) and at Vanderbilt (2/18/23) … Grabbed a career-high tying four rebounds against Texas A&M (1/25/23) … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Garnered CSC Academic All-District Team honors.
 
JUNIOR (2021-22)
Played in 20 games of the season averaging 2.0 points and 0.7 rebounds per game … Increased his role off the bench in the first half of the season, before missing seven games due to injury ... First action since early January came against Texas A&M (2/12/22) … Connected on 8-of-17 three pointers (.471), the best percentage from long range on the team ... Reset his career high with eight points on 3-of-6 shooting from the field against Nebraska (12/11/21) ... Played 16 minutes with a crucial 3-pointer to lift the Tigers to a second-half comeback at Saint Louis (12/18/21) … Hit multiple 3-pointers in three games … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … AD Honor Roll student … Won a gold medal as a member of Team USA at the 2022 World Maccabi Games in Jerusalem, Israel.
 
SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
Averaged 1.2 points in 2.7 minutes per game … Appeared in 11 games off the bench including eight in SEC play … Shot 36.4 percent from beyond the arc … First career points came on a 3-pointer versus Troy (12/19/20) … Scored a career-high six points on 2-of-4 shooting from downtown at South Carolina (1/23/21) … Buried a 3-pointer and completed a four-point play at Alabama (3/2/21) … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Walk-on appearing in two games off the bench … First career action came against CSUN (11/15/19) … Also saw minutes versus Colgate (11/18/19) … Named to the AD Honor Roll after maintaining a 3.5 or higher combined grade-point average for the previous spring and fall semesters … Honored on the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Mountain Brook High School under head coach Bucky McMillan … Led team to a No. 5 national ranking by USA TODAY and MaxPreps during his senior season … Selected twice to the state finals all-tournament team, all-region team and all-area team … Won three state championships during his sophomore, junior and senior campaigns … His team went 95-13 overall in three years as a starter … Also competed at the 2017 World Maccabiah Games, where he won a gold medal with Team USA.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Elan and Jennifer Berman … Born on March 16, 2001 … Has two siblings, Josie and Lev … His grandfather, Floyd Berman, ran track and played lacrosse at Virginia … His uncle, Dan Berman, played baseball at Brandeis … His grandfather, Eddie Phillips, played football at East Mississippi … Graduated summa cum laude from the College of Architecture, Design and Construction with a bachelor’s degree in industrial design in May 2023 … Built a guitar, sponsored by Gibson, as part of his industrial design senior year project … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.
 
CAREER SUPERLATIVES
Points: 8 (four times)
Field Goals Made: 3 (four times)
Field Goals Attempted: 6 vs. Nebraska (12/11/21)
3-Point Field Goals Made: 2 (six times)
3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 4 (three times)
Free Throws Made: 3 vs. Vanderbilt (1/31/24)
Free Throws Attempted: 3 vs. Vanderbilt (1/31/24)
Rebounds: 4 vs. Texas A&M (1/25/23), vs. North Alabama (12/14/21)
Assists: 1 (16 times)
Blocks: 1 vs. Alabama A&M (11/21/23), vs. North Alabama (12/14/21)
Steals: 1 (15 times)
Minutes Played: 19 vs. Nebraska (12/11/21)
Double-Figure Games: None
20-Point Games: None
10-Rebound Games: None
Double-Doubles: None
Dunks: 1