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2022-2023 Men's Basketball Roster

Eric Evans
Samuta Avea Head Shot 2022

32 Samuta Avea

32 Samuta Avea

  • Position:
    Guard/Forward
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hau‘ula, O‘ahu

Summary

Biography

2022-23 (Senior)
  • Started all 33 games.
  • Team co-captain for second straight year.
  • Co-winner of the team’s Community Service Award.
  • Averaged 10.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.
  • Finished third on the team in field goals made (121), free throws made (58), 3-point field goals made (37), rebounds (157), and steals (19).
  • Shot 41 percent from the floor, 33 percent on threes and 82 percent from the line. 
  • Started the season by draining his first 17 free throw attempts.
  • Hit 32 straight free throws dating back to his junior season, two shy of the school record.
  • Playing his first game in two years, tied his career high with 20 points in UH’s season-opening win over Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 11). 
  • Snatched 17 rebounds versus Cal State. Fullerton (Feb. 11), the most by a Rainbow Warrior since 2018.
  • Added 12 points versus the Titans, one of his four double-doubles on the year.
  • Also recorded double-doubles vs. Pepperdine (11 points, 10 rebounds), CSUN (10 points, 11 rebounds) and versus Cal State Fullerton (19 points 10 rebounds) in is his collegiate finale in the Big West Championship quarterfinals. 
  • UH was 11-3 when he scored in double-figures. 
  • Appeared in 114 career games over four seasons of play.

2021-22
  • Team tri-captain.
  • Suffered preseason injury and did not appear in any games.

2020-21
  • Opted out of season.

2019-20 (Junior)
  • Started all 25 games he appeared in.
  • Second on the team in scoring (10.8) and three-pointers made (39).
  • Saw his scoring average more than double from his sophomore campaign.
  • Shot 35 percent from behind the arc (39-112) and 83 percent (40-48) from the free throw line.
  • Prior to being sidelined for five straight games, had at least one three-pointer in 16 of the first 18 contests.
  • Averaged 19.0 points in the final two games of the season.
  • Scored 18 point—including 12 points in the final four minutes—to lead UH to a comeback win at UC Davis.
  • Drained four straight three-pointers, including the game-winner with 3.8 seconds left to help UH overcome a 13-point deficit against the Aggies.
  • Eclipsed his career high in the very next games with 20 points in regular-season finale at CSUN.
  • Scored 16 points, all but two of them coming in the second half, while adding eight rebounds, in a comeback win over UTEP in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.
  • Also scored a then-career-high 17 points in blowout win over Maine.
  • Named to 2019 Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic all-tournament team.

2018-19 (Sophomore)
  • Played in all 31 games with three starts.
  • Scored in all but three games, while playing 15.8 minutes per game.
  • Averaged 4.7 ppg and 3.6 rpg.
  • Had 10 points, seven boards, an assist and two blocks in UH’s season-opening win against Portland.
  • Recorded 11 points and posted a career-high eight rebounds against Fresno State.
  • Tied a career-high wins 13 points versus UC Santa Barbara.
  • Started all three games in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic and played a career-high 32 minutes against Colorado.
  • Garnered the team’s Community Service Award.
  • Named academic all-Big West.
2018-19 Game-by-Game Statistics


2017-18 (Freshman)
  • Lone true freshman to see playing time.
  • Played in 26 of 30 games.
  • Started first career game vs. UC Riverside (Feb. 7).
  • Scored in 17 contests, including 7 of the last 10 games.
  • Season best 13 points, while adding 5 rebounds in win over Adams State (Nov. 27).
  • One of two players from Hawai‘i on the squad.
2017-18 Game-By-Game Statistics

Prep: A 2017 graduate of Kahuku High School on O‘ahu...rated as the top player out of Hawai‘i and a three-star recruit by ESPN...as a senior helped Kahuku to its first state basketball title in school history...had 20 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in the title-game win over Punahou...behind that performance, was named Most Outstanding Player of the Division I bracket...besides a state title, also helped the Red Raiders to a third-place finish at the ‘Iolani Prep Classic— the highest finish by a Hawai‘i team in a decade— after upsets over Mount Vernon (N.Y.), De La Salle (Calif.) and Southwind (Tenn.)...for the season, averaged 11.8 ppg and nearly 10 rebounds per game...named to The Honolulu Star-Advertiser boys basketball Fab 15...played his junior season at Bingham High School in Utah...averaged 10.1 ppg and 7.0 rpg...also added 2.0 apg, 1.6 spg, 1.7 bpg, and shot 47 percent from the floor...helped Bingham to the Utah 5A state championship as the team finished with a stellar 24-2 overall record and an unblemished 12-0 conference mark...named first team all-state and was awarded Bingham’s Best Teammate Award...while in Utah, played for the Exum Elite Utah Prospects AAU team...following his junior season, was ranked as the No. 5 player out of Utah...played his first two years of high school at Kahuku...standout player on a squad that advanced to the state semifinals during his sophomore year....averaged 12 points per game and was one of the state’s top shot blockers that season....became UH’s first Hawai‘i high school signee since Bobby Nash in 2003...graduated cum laude.

Personal: Born in Murray, Utah...nickname is “Muta”...major is sociology...has one younger sister...parents are Sielu and Sharla Avea of Hau‘ula, O‘ahu.
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Historical Player Information

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    2017-2018Freshman

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 190 lbs
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    2018-2019Sophomore

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 195 lbs
    32
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    2019-2020Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 195 lbs
    32
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    2020-2021Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 200 lbs
    32
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    2021-2022Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 195 lbs
    32
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    2022-2023Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 200 lbs
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