2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 5
Harald Frey
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 150
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Oslo, Norway
- High School:
- Wang Sports Academy
Bio
2019-20 Season (Senior): Capped season with All-Big Sky First Team accolades … Selected to the NABC District 6 Second Team … Also named to the Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team … One of 30 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award … Closed Bobcat career first all-time in games played and started (127), second in free throws made (456), second in assists (514), second in 3-pointers (270) and third in scoring (1,890) … Became just the second player in Big Sky Conference history to record over 1,800 points and 500 assists joining Steve Connor of Boise State (1974-78) … Finished seventh all-time in Big Sky in assists and 12th on its scoring chart … One of 10 players active in Division I to achieve marks at end of 2019-20 season … Ended season leading Big Sky in free throws made (159) and free throw percentage (87.4%) … Top five among Big Sky individuals in assist/turnover ratio (1.84), assists per game (4.6), free throw attempts (192), minutes per game (36:00) and total minutes (1,116) … Finished 13th in Division I in free throws and 25th in percentage … Among top 100 individuals in assists per game, free throw attempts and minutes per game … Led the Bobcats in scoring at 16.6 points per game … Opened season with a career-high 34 points at No. 17/19 Utah State on Nov. 5 … Scored 42 points and had 17 assists and rebounds apiece en route to a 3-0 mark at the Spartan Invitational from Nov. 15-17 in Greensboro, N.C. … Banked in a buzzer beater from beyond half court to lift the Bobcats to a 67-66 win over UNCG on Nov. 16 which ended up earning SportsCenter’s Top Play … Named the Big Sky Player of the Week for his three-game performance … Scored in double digits in 27 of MSU’s 31 games … Had 14 multi-steal games … Poured in a career-high 37 points by going 7-for-14 from 3-point range at Montana on Feb. 1 … Also went 12 of 15 from the charity stripe in Missoula … Lone double-double of season of 16 points and 10 assists came in Feb. 15 home victory over Weber State … Played for Norway at the 2019 Summer University Games in Naples, Italy, prior to senior season.
2018-19 Season (Junior): Named to All-Big Sky Second Team … Averaged 17.2 points, 5 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game while starting in all 32 games for the Bobcats … Improved averages to 19.7 points, 5.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds in conference play … Finished fourth in league in scoring, third in assists, second in free throw percentage (84.6%), fifth in 3-point field goals (75) and eighth in minutes played per game (33.0) … Second on team in scoring, fourth in rebounds (143) and led team in total assists (159) and steals (39) … His 2.61 assist to turnover ratio during the season was the second best mark in the Big Sky and 32nd best in Division I basketball … Earned two Big Sky Conference Player of the Week awards … First honor followed double-double with career-high 31 points and 10 assists in win over Washington State (Dec. 9) … Next weekly honor followed back-to-back 30 point performances against NAU (March 2) and Southern Utah (March 4) … Broke career high scoring output with 32 points versus Thunderbirds … Became fifth Bobcat since World War II to notch back to back 30 points games during season, joining teammate Tyler Hall, Carlos Taylor (2008), Jack Gillespie (1968) and Larry Chanay (1960) … Notched second double-double with 15 points and 10 assists against Montana on Feb. 2 … Joined the Bobcats’ 1,000 point club in a Jan. 3 victory over Portland State … Ended season with 1,374 points, putting him 12th in program history … Third all-time among Bobcats in 3-point field goals (209), fifth in assists (372) … His 159 assists tied for fourth most in single season and 75 3-pointers were seventh most all-time in program history … Scored 20 or more points in 11 games … Finished season by shooting 44 percent from the field and 38.7 percent from 3 … Had a season-high 8 rebounds on two occasions … Recorded five assists or more 16 times … Six games with no turnovers playing primarily from the point guard position … Had 20 games with at least one steal, including five against Eastern Washington on Feb. 7 … Played 30 minutes or more in every game.
2017-18 Season (Sophomore): Scored a career-high 30 points in league-opening win at Southern Utah on Dec. 28 ... Snagged a career-best nine boards versus Omaha in season-opening victory over the Mavericks in Great Falls (Nov. 10) ... Scored a combined 49 points and had 13 rebounds in two matchups against Omaha ... Ended the season averaging 13.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and over 3 assists per game ... Notched 19 double-digit scoring efforts, including six with over 20 points ... Had four steals in Dec. 28 victory against Thunderbirds ... Shot 43% from the field and 36.7% from 3-point line.
2016-17 Season (Freshman): Earned MSU’s second straight Big Sky Freshman of the Year award ... Sixth-fastest Bobcat to 100 points, third-fastest to 200 and 300 points ... Second among Bobcat freshmen all-time in three-pointers (70), third in assists (110) and fourth in points (406) ... Season-high 22 points in road games at Sac State and Montana ... Averaged 13.8 points in Big Sky games, the most among league freshmen and 16th in the league ... Eight assists against Rice was sixth-most by a Bobcat freshman ... Finished 17th in the Big Sky in scoring with 13.0 points a game and was the only freshman among the league’s top 20 in that category ... Eighth in the league with 3.4 assists a game, fifth in free throw percentage (.837), 15th in three-point percentage (.409), fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0), and ninth in three-pointers per game (2.3).
Background: Prepped at the Wang Sports Academy ... Played as an amateur for the Centrum Tigers of the BLNO, Norway's premier professional men's basketball league ... Led the Centrum Tigers during the 2015-16 season with 16.9 points a game, 4.6 assists and 2.7 steals ... Also grabbed 4.7 boards a game ... Averaged 15.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.3 steals a game in 2014-15 for Baerem Basket, a Norwegian professional team for which he played as an amateur ... The team finished 13-9 that season.
Personal: Harald Eika Frey was born in Oslo, Norway ... One of two children of Staale and Hege Gilea Frey.
2018-19 Season (Junior): Named to All-Big Sky Second Team … Averaged 17.2 points, 5 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game while starting in all 32 games for the Bobcats … Improved averages to 19.7 points, 5.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds in conference play … Finished fourth in league in scoring, third in assists, second in free throw percentage (84.6%), fifth in 3-point field goals (75) and eighth in minutes played per game (33.0) … Second on team in scoring, fourth in rebounds (143) and led team in total assists (159) and steals (39) … His 2.61 assist to turnover ratio during the season was the second best mark in the Big Sky and 32nd best in Division I basketball … Earned two Big Sky Conference Player of the Week awards … First honor followed double-double with career-high 31 points and 10 assists in win over Washington State (Dec. 9) … Next weekly honor followed back-to-back 30 point performances against NAU (March 2) and Southern Utah (March 4) … Broke career high scoring output with 32 points versus Thunderbirds … Became fifth Bobcat since World War II to notch back to back 30 points games during season, joining teammate Tyler Hall, Carlos Taylor (2008), Jack Gillespie (1968) and Larry Chanay (1960) … Notched second double-double with 15 points and 10 assists against Montana on Feb. 2 … Joined the Bobcats’ 1,000 point club in a Jan. 3 victory over Portland State … Ended season with 1,374 points, putting him 12th in program history … Third all-time among Bobcats in 3-point field goals (209), fifth in assists (372) … His 159 assists tied for fourth most in single season and 75 3-pointers were seventh most all-time in program history … Scored 20 or more points in 11 games … Finished season by shooting 44 percent from the field and 38.7 percent from 3 … Had a season-high 8 rebounds on two occasions … Recorded five assists or more 16 times … Six games with no turnovers playing primarily from the point guard position … Had 20 games with at least one steal, including five against Eastern Washington on Feb. 7 … Played 30 minutes or more in every game.
2017-18 Season (Sophomore): Scored a career-high 30 points in league-opening win at Southern Utah on Dec. 28 ... Snagged a career-best nine boards versus Omaha in season-opening victory over the Mavericks in Great Falls (Nov. 10) ... Scored a combined 49 points and had 13 rebounds in two matchups against Omaha ... Ended the season averaging 13.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and over 3 assists per game ... Notched 19 double-digit scoring efforts, including six with over 20 points ... Had four steals in Dec. 28 victory against Thunderbirds ... Shot 43% from the field and 36.7% from 3-point line.
2016-17 Season (Freshman): Earned MSU’s second straight Big Sky Freshman of the Year award ... Sixth-fastest Bobcat to 100 points, third-fastest to 200 and 300 points ... Second among Bobcat freshmen all-time in three-pointers (70), third in assists (110) and fourth in points (406) ... Season-high 22 points in road games at Sac State and Montana ... Averaged 13.8 points in Big Sky games, the most among league freshmen and 16th in the league ... Eight assists against Rice was sixth-most by a Bobcat freshman ... Finished 17th in the Big Sky in scoring with 13.0 points a game and was the only freshman among the league’s top 20 in that category ... Eighth in the league with 3.4 assists a game, fifth in free throw percentage (.837), 15th in three-point percentage (.409), fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0), and ninth in three-pointers per game (2.3).
Background: Prepped at the Wang Sports Academy ... Played as an amateur for the Centrum Tigers of the BLNO, Norway's premier professional men's basketball league ... Led the Centrum Tigers during the 2015-16 season with 16.9 points a game, 4.6 assists and 2.7 steals ... Also grabbed 4.7 boards a game ... Averaged 15.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.3 steals a game in 2014-15 for Baerem Basket, a Norwegian professional team for which he played as an amateur ... The team finished 13-9 that season.
Personal: Harald Eika Frey was born in Oslo, Norway ... One of two children of Staale and Hege Gilea Frey.
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