Height: | 6-2 |
Weight: | 180 |
Year: | Senior |
Hometown: | Sacramento, Calif. |
High School: | Hamilton HS (Memphis, Tenn.) |
Previous College: | New Mexico |
Position: | Guard |
2012-13
Nate Garth averaged 5.7 points per game and 4.1 assists
per game before he was injured against Long Beach State…Had
a season-high 13 points with eight assists against Cal
Poly…Recorded a career-high nine assists at San Diego State
and has had eight games where he logged five or more
assists.
2011-12
The sole senior on the UCSB roster for the 2012-13
season, Nate Garth had an up-and-down first year with the
Gauchos...Averaged 2.8 points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds per
game...Was third on the team with 76 assists, tops among
returnees...Had a season-high six assists in wins over Portland and
UC Irvine...Garth had five assists against Santa Clara and Cal
State Fullerton...When he had three or more assists, the Gauchos
were 13-1...His assist-to-turnover ratio was exactly 2-to-1 as he
had 76 assists and 38 turnovers...Scored a season-high 12 points,
making all three of his three-point attempts and his only two-point
attempt, in a win at Cal Poly...His next highest scoring game was a
nine-point effort at UC Irvine...Exactly half of his 28 field goals
came from outside the three-point line...Made just 30.% of his
field goal attempts and 27.5% from three-point range...Garth
started the first nine games of the season before coming off the
bench in the final 22.
New Mexico
Garth sat out the 2010-11 season as a redshirt after transferring
from the University of New Mexico...As a sophomore in 2009-10,
Garth averaged 4.1 points, 1.6 assists and 1.2 rebounds per game
for a Lobo team that was ranked among the top-20 virtually all
season and finished with a 30-5 record...He played in 34 of the
team's 35 games, missing one because of illness, and averaged 15.6
minutes per contest...As a freshman, Garth averaged 4.1 points, 4.1
assists, 1.1 rebounds and 17.8 minutes per game...Was the sixth
freshman in New Mexico history to produce more than 100 assists in
a season...Had a career-high 10 assists in a game against Ole Miss,
becoming the first Lobo in nearly a decade to produce 10 or more
assists in a game...Had 35 three-point baskets in his two seasons
and made as many as four in a game...In Garth's two years, New
Mexico won 52 of 69 games.
High School
Garth graduated from Hamilton High School in Memphis,
Tenn....Averaged 24 points and 7 assists per game as a
senior...Scored a career-high 37 points in the first game of his
senior season...Had 33 vs. Treadwill HS...His career-high of 15
assists came against Golden Sierra HS during his sophomore season
when he was attending Capital Christian High School in
Sacramento...Was named All-District as a junior at Woodrow Wilson
HS in Texas fand All-State as a senior at Hamilton HS in
Memphis...Coached by Keelon Lawson at Hamilton HS.
Personal
Nathan Garth was born October 22, 1989 in Sacramento...The son of
Lisa Stevenson and Tony Garth...Transferred to UCSB from New Mexico
because he wanted to 'help a good team become great'...Nicknamed
Nate Boogie...Hobbies include cutting hair, shopping for shoes and
cars...Chris Paul is his favorite athlete...Favorite movies include
Hoop Dreams and Friday...Roots for the Sacramento Kings and Oakland
Raiders...Enjoys watching Martin, Fresh Prince, NBA TV and
Sportscenter...Would someday like to play professional basketball
or coach basketball at the college level...Majoring in
anthropology.
Career Statistics
Year | gp-gs | min/avg | fg-fga | pct | 3fg-3fga | pct | ft-fta | pct | off. reb | def. Reb | tot | avg | pf | fo | ast | to | blk | stl | pts | Avg |
11-12 | 31-9 | 474/15.3 | 28-91 | .308 | 14-51 | .275 | 18-27 | .667 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 1.5 | 39 | 0 | 76 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 88 | 2.8 |
TOTAL | 31-9 | 474/15.3 | 28-91 | .308 | 14-51 | .275 | 18-27 | .667 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 1.5 | 39 | 0 | 76 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 88 | 2.8 |