2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Sacar Anim
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis, Minn.
- High School:
- DeLaSalle HS
Honors and Awards:
2019-20
Marquette's Iron Eagle Award
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2018-19
Marquette's Top Defensive Player Award
2017-18
Marquette's Top Defensive Player Award
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 19)
2016-17
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2015-16
Marquette's Top Scholar-Athlete Award
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2019-20 Season Notes (R-Sr.): One of two players to start all 30 games (finished career playing in 99-straight outings) … Concluded the year ranked 15th in the BIG EAST in scoring (13.1 ppg.) and ninth in 3-point field goal percentage (.392) … Reached double figures in points on 20 occasions … Posted 11 points, four rebounds and four assists in the season opener against Loyola Maryland (Nov. 5) ... Led MU with 21 points against then-No. 5/8 Maryland (Dec. 1) in the Orlando Invitational championship game ... Posted 19 points in the next game against Jacksonville (Dec. 4) to also lead MU and would go on to score double figures in seven-straight games … Led MU to overtime win at Xavier with career-high 28 points (Jan. 29) … Scored 24 points against St. John’s (3/7) in season finale … Earned fourth letter.
2018-19 Season Notes (R-Jr.): Started 31 of 34 games and averaged 8.3 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 43.8 percent from the floor (109-of-249) and 39.1 percent from 3-point range (27-of-69) ... Reached double figures in 13 games overall and 11 in conference play ...Averaged 9.8 points and 3.3 rebounds in BIG EAST play ... Posted 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting in 39 minutes in a win over No. 12/10 Kansas State (Dec. 1) ... Notched 14 points, six rebounds and a pair of assists against UTEP (Dec. 4) ... Scored a season-high 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the floor, along with seven rebounds in a win over Xavier (Jan. 6), while playing 36 minutes ... Scored in double figures four-straight games from Jan. 30-Feb. 12: 14 at Butler (Jan. 30), 11 vs. St. John's (Feb. 5), 18 vs. No. 14/13 Villanova (Feb. 9), 12 at DePaul (Feb. 12) ... Tied season-high in conference play with 18 points at Providence on Feb. 23.
2017-18 Season Notes (R-So.): Started 31 of 35 games as a redshirt sophomore, averaging 7.6 points and 2.8 rebounds while shooting 48.1 percent from the floor ... Started and played 33 minutes in the season opener, and his first game back from a redshirt season, against Mount St. Mary's (Nov. 10) ... Collected 12 points versus LSU in the Maui Jam Maui Invitational (Nov. 22) ... Notched 14 points at No. 1 Villanova (Jan. 6) ... Turned in a strong effort against No. 1 Villanova, notching 14 points, three assists and three rebounds (Jan. 28) ... Posted 15 points in 26 minutes against Butler (Jan. 31) ... Tied his season high of 15 points in the win of Seton Hall (Feb. 7) ... Set a career high of 26 points at Creighton (Feb. 17) ... Pitched in 11 points and six rebounds in the win over St. John's (Feb. 21) ... Scored 16 points, adding three rebounds, two assists and two steals in against DePaul in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament (March 7) ... Added nine points in the quarterfinal loss to Villanova (March 8) ... Was good for 12 points, six rebounds, and a single assists, block and steal before fouling out in the second round win of the NIT against Oregon (March 18).
2016-17 Season Notes: Redshirted.
2015-16 Season Notes (Fr.): Received team's Top Scholar-Athlete Award ... Played in a total of 16 games, including eight in BIG EAST play, during the regular season of his freshman campaign and posted 1.2 points per game ... Saw first career action in the season opener against Belmont (Nov. 13), in which he posted two points, two rebounds and a pair of steals in 10 minutes ... Scored four points on 2-of-3 shooting against both Grambling State (Dec. 2) and Maine (Dec. 5) ... Notched four points and two blocks in seven minutes against Grambling State (Dec. 2) ... Played a season-high 11 minutes in a win against Maine (Dec. 5) and tallied four points and two boards ... Recorded three points and one rebound in nine minutes of action in a loss vs. DePaul (Jan. 20).
High School: Tabbed the Associated Press Player of the Year in Minnesota as a senior after helping DeLaSalle High School to a record-tying fourth-straight state championship under head coach Dave Thorson ... Islanders defeated St. Paul Johnson in the Class 3A title game and he chipped in 32 points in the contest ... Averaged 25.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in 2014-15 and was the division's top scorer in the state tournament, earning him a spot on the all-tourney roster ... Three-time all-conference selection, four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at DeLaSalle ... Program also claimed the league title each of his four seasons and lost only one conference matchup during his tenure ... Played with the Howard Pulley Panthers in the Nike EYBL and he was selected to play in the Minnesota State Basketball Coaches All-Star Game after his senior year.
Personal: Born Sept. 19, 1997 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ... Son of Sam and Carla Anim ... Has one brother (Rakim) ... Earned a major in Advertising... Now studying Corporate Communication in the Graduate School of Management.
