Isaac Copeland Jr. (born June 13, 1995) is an American professional

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player. He played

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for the

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and the

Georgetown Hoyas The Georgetown Hoyas are the collegiate athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University, located at Washington, D.C. The Georgetown's athletics department fields 24 men's and women's varsity level teams and competes at the Natio ...

Early life

Copeland was born in

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and attended high school at

Ravenscroft School Ravenscroft School is a coed independent private school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school enrolls students between Pre-Kindergarten and 12th grade, and serves 1,254 students. The school has three divisions: Lower School, Middl ...

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and

Brewster Academy Brewster Academy is a co-educational independent boarding school located on in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, United States. It occupies of shoreline along Lake Winnipesaukee. With around 350 students, it serves grades nine through twelve and po ...

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. He was a five-star recruit and signed to play with Georgetown in 2014.

College career

Copeland initially played two full seasons at Georgetown but suffered a back injury in 2016, requiring surgery, resulting in a medical

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season. He subsequently transferred to Nebraska mid-season but did not practice with the team during his rehabilitation. He spent his remaining two seasons with Nebraska, but tore his ACL near the end of his senior season, resulting in missing his final games at Nebraska. Teammate

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wore Copeland's uniform during Senior Day to honor the injured Copeland. Copeland was an All-

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honorable mention as a junior after finishing second on the team in scoring (12.9 points per game), rebounding (6.1) and blocks (1.0). In his injury-shortened senior season, he averaged 14.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Texas Legends (2019–2020)

Copeland went undrafted in the

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but later signed with the

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as a local tryout. He was subsequently reunited with Husker teammate

, who was sent to the Legends on assignment from the

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. On August 5, 2020, Copeland signed with

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of the

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. However, due to an injury, he was not able to travel overseas and join the Greek club.

Obras Sanitarias (2022–2023)

In the 2022–23 season, Copeland played for the Argentine club

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. In the

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, he averaged 6.8 points and 2.5 rebounds over six games.

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Georgetown , 33 , , 11 , , 20.0 , , .451 , , .389 , , .809 , , 3.8 , , .7 , , .2 , , .6 , , 6.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Georgetown , 33 , , 33 , , 32.0 , , .429 , , .272 , , .789 , , 5.4 , , 2.0 , , .8 , , .6 , , 11.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Georgetown , 7 , , 5 , , 19.6 , , .275 , , .000 , , .842 , , 3.3 , , .9 , , .9 , , .0 , , 5.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 33 , , 33, , 30.7 , , .472 , , .369 , , .702 , , 6.1 , , 1.2 , , .8 , , 1.0 , , 12.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, 20 , , 20 , , 30.7 , , .525 , , .352 , , .692 , , 5.4 , , 1.1 , , 1.1 , , 0.9 , , 14.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 126 , , 102 , , , , .402 , , .326 , , .749 , , 5.1 , , 1.2 , , .7 , , .7 , , 10.6

References

External links

Nebraska Cornhuskers bioGeorgetown Hoyas bioCollege stats @ ESPNG League stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Copeland, Isaac 1995 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from North Carolina Brewster Academy alumni Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball players Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball players Ravenscroft School alumni Sportspeople from Greenville, North Carolina Small forwards Texas Legends players Obras Sanitarias basketball players 21st-century American sportsmen