University of California, Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara

2016-2017
Clifton Powell averaged 6.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game...Had personal bests of 16 points and four three-point baskets in a win over UC Riverside...Added 14 points and a trio of three-pointers at Cal State Fullerton and 13 vs. Cal Poly...In all, Powell scored 10 or more points six times, all in the last 20 games of the season...Averaged 12.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game over the final three games of the season...Ranked third on the team with 19 three-point baskets and he made two or more five times...Had 37 assists on the season, 25 coming in the last 12 games...Collected six rebounds in games against Cal Poly and Sonoma State...Notched four or more rebounds eight times...One of three players on the team to play in all 28 games...Made 15 starts and averaged 19.1 minute per game...Played 25 minutes or more seven times, including the final six games of the season...Powell was one of three players on the team with at least 15 steals. 

High School
Powell graduated from Village Christian High School in 2015...Averaged 11.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game...Was named First Team All-CIF 1AA and First Team All-Olympic League after helping the program to CIF and league championships...Scored a career-high 29 points against Chaminade HS...Also had a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Campbell Hall HS and five assists vs. Providence HS...Made 35% of his three-point baskets...At the outset of 2015-16, Powell attended 22ft Academy in Greenville, S.C., where he averaged 9.6 points per game and made 43.8% of his three-point attempts before injuring his back and returning to Southern California to rehabilitate the injury...Powell is one of five players from his 22ft Academy team to move on to NCAA Division 1 institutions...Played his junior season at Taft HS where he was named Second Team All-West Valley.

Personal
Powell was born on May 5^th 1997 in Los Angeles, Calif…Goes by Cliff, but is nicknamed CP3…Son of Kim Crooms and Clifton Powell…Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Clippers…Most memorable sports moment was when Allen Iverson crossed up Michael Jordan…Favorite movie is Straight Outta Compton…Favorite novel is The Giver…Favorite TV show is Scandal…Favorite athlete is Monta Ellis…Wants to pursue a career as a broadcaster.