Scott Morrison (basketball player)

Scott Morrison (born January 3, 1986) is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays for Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League. Morrison plays the center position.

College career

At the age of 18, he moved to America and began his college career in Portland State University. He averaged 9.2 points and 5.6 rebounds for Vikings and still holds the school records for blocked shots and dunks, He was also a part of two Big Sky Conference champions team and was the conference's Defensive Player of the Year in 2007-08.

Professional career

In 2008 Morrison signed with the Albacomp of Hungary, then subsequently spent seasons playing for teams in Estonia, Ukraine, Poland and Germany. In July 2013 he signed with the Melbourne Tigers for the 2013-14 season of the Australian NBL. He has often worn a black mask to protect his nose since having it broken twice in February 2014, in separate matches against the Perth Wildcats and Adelaide 36ers. In September 2014 he signed with the Aisin Seahorses Mikawa of the Japanese NBL. After spending one season with the Seahorses, Morrison was signed by the Akita Northern Happinets of the bj league, a rival league to the NBL, in August 2015. He signed for a second season with the Happinets in August 2016, who had joined the first division of the new B.League that was formed from the off-season merger of the NBL and bj league. Morrison suffered a broken cheek bone in October 2016 and subsequently started using a new mask.

Personal

Morrison was a Health Sciences major in Portland State. His father Alex and brother Steve also play basketball.