2012-13: One of six prospects brought in for a special pre-draft workout by the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. ...Flores, one of the most honored players in NJIT history and the school's leading scoring in its Division I era (1,724 career points), participated in the invitation-only closed session at the Nets' PNY Center training facility in East Rutherford.
NABC All-District 13 first team. ...
Great West Conference Player of the Year. ... CollegeInsideer.com Great West Conference Player of the Year. ...CollegeHoopsDaily.com Player of the Year. .... CollegeSportsMadness Player of the Year in the Great West Conference. ...Flores was the top scorer in the Great West, averaging 17.2 points per game in the regular season and finishing at 16.9 ppg. He also led the conference in steals and ended with 69 in 29 games (2.4 per game, ranked 16th nationally in the latest NCAA stats; NJIT DI record). His 1,724 career points are the most in NJIT's Division I era and fifth on the all-time list overall. He is also NJIT's career assists leader in Division I (330).
FLORES’ CAREER AT A GLANCE
• NABC All-District 13 first team
•2012-13 GWC Player of the Year and All-First Team Selection
• 2012-13 GWC Player of the Year by College Sports Madness
• 2012-13 GWC Player of the Year by CollegeInsider.com
• 2012-13 Preseason All-GWC Player of the Year and 1st team
• 2012-13 Preseason All-Great West 1st team (College Sports Madness)
• 2011-12 All-Great West 2nd team
• 2011-12 Preseason All-Great West 1st team
• 2010-11 All-Great West 2nd team
• 2009-10 All-Great West 2nd team
• 2009-10 All-Great West Newcomer 1st team
• 2009-10 GWC Freshman of the Year (Sporting News Today)
• Enters 2012-13 season ranked #12 all-time with 1,233 career points
• Passed 1,000 career points in 15th game of his junior year, scoring
16 pts at CSU Bakers$ eld (1/10/12)
• 3rd Highlander to score 1,000 and play entire career in DI (since
2006-07), joining Jheryl Wilson ’11 and Isaiah Wilkerson ’12
• Tied GWC Tournament record with 27 points vs. Utah Valley (3/9)
Led GWC in scoring (17.2 ppg; 75th in D-I) and steals (2.4 spg; 16th in D-I)... Ranks second in the GWC with a 2.5 3PT FG made per game (Woods) – which also ranks 75th in the nation ... Has scored 18.7 ppg, 2.8 spg in his last 13 G (243, 36) a! er a season-low 7 points at Utah Valley (1/5)... Has scored 20+ points in 11 G and has led team in scoring in 14 G...Named GWC Player of the Week on 2/4 (2 G, 24.5 ppg, 1-1)... Scored a game-high 21 points with a team-high tying 6 re-bounds in GWC Title-clinching game vs. HBU (3/2)Posted 21 points and 6 assists vs. New
Orleans (2/23)... Dished out a season-high 7 assists against Utah Valley (2/16)... Scored 9 of his team-high 16 points in second half at Chicago State (2/9); was an efficient 5-for-6 shooting, 4-for-4 from downtown... Named GWC Player of the Week on 2/4 (2 G, 24.5ppg, 1-1)... Had a team-highs in points (17), rebounds (7) and steals (6) at Houston Baptist
(2/2). 6 steals tied his own program record he’s now accomplished 4 times in his career... Netted a career-high 32 points -- the highest individual total since the D-I era began-- on the night he became NJIT’s D-I all-time leading scorer vs. Fisher College (1/30). In a perfect shooting performance (11-11, 7-7, 3-3), became the first NCAA player according
to ESPN to score at least 30 points without missing a shot -- while making at least seven threes -- since Oregon’s Bryce Taylor posted the same line on March 10, 2007. His performance was features as No. 3 on SportCenter’s Top 10 Plays of the Day on 1/30... Scored 22 points with 5 rebounds, a team-high 4 assists and 3 steals at New Orleans (1/21)... Had a game-high 23 points and tied his program record with 6 steals vs. Penn (1/17)... Scored 19
points with 6 rebounds, 4 steals and game-winning FG with 1:07 to go @ Fairleigh Dickinson (1/14)... Tied career-high and D-I program record with 28 points last time out vs. Chicago State. Also logged a program-record 53 minutes played... Prior 10 G: Averaged just 13.4 ppg (134); was at 20.8 ppg a! er $ rst 5 G, which ranked 30th in nation... Scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half rally vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (12/30) before fouling out with 2:16 remaining... Hit second game-winning bucket in the last second of a game with a layup vs. Army (12/11). Finished with game-highs in points (17) and steals (5) and tied in rebounds (7)... Scored a game-high 23 points at Seton Hall (12/4) -- all in the $ nal 20:03 of the contest... Tied his season-high with 6 assists in back-to-back games @ St. John’s (12/1) and vs. Lyndon State (11/27)... Named GWC Player of the Week on 11/26 (2 G, 23.5 ppg, 2-0)... Scored a game-high 24 points (17 in 2nd half) vs. South Carolina State (11/24)... Had a game-high 23 points including game-winning layup with :00.8 remaining vs. New Hampshire (11/21)... Fouled out with 9 points in 29 minutes at South Carolina St. (11/18)...
Named GWC Player of the Week on 11/14... Stared the season with a pair of 20+ point efforts ... Scored career-high tying 28 pts in season debut vs. Providence (11/10), again tying NJIT D-I record set by Jheryl Wilson on 2/12/11 (Flores scored 28 just five days later, 2/17/11)...
Team Note: The Highlanders finished the 2012-13 regular season Great West Conference championship when they topped the GWC with a 6-2 record. In addition, NJIT, which could play as many as two games in this weekend's GWC Tournament, has won 16 games, the most for the program since it began Division I competition in 2006-07. Indeed, the 16-win mark is the most for NJIT in 10 years since it won 18 games in 2002-03 while competing in Division II.
2011-12: Explosive combo guard who is one of NJIT’s most productive players … combines the ability to knock down outside shots with the toughness and athleticism to get to the rim. ... All-Great West 2nd team … Passed 1,000 career points in 15th game of his junior year, scoring 16 pts at CSU Bakersfield (1/10). … 3rd to score 1,000 and play entire career in DI (since 2006-07). Joins Jheryl Wilson (1,359; 9th all-time; 2007-11) and Isaiah Wilkerson … 1,577 career points (#7 all-time; 2009-12) … Tri-captain … NJIT season-high 27 points (tied GWC Trn record), plus game-high 5 assts, 3 stls vs. Utah Valley (3/9) … 13 pts, 5 reb, 6 assts vs HBU (3/8) …15 pts, 7 assts vs Longwood (2/25) … tied season high 23 pts in ot loss to CSU Bakersfield (forced ot on 2 FTs; scored 20 after halftime) … 22 pts vs Utah Valley (2/9) … 17 pts vs Colgate (2/1) … 17 pts, 8 rebs, 3 blks (career-high) at Utah Valley (1/28) … 12 pts, 3 stls at North Dakota (1/26) … GWC Player of the Week (1/23) … Game-winner in 58-57 win vs UTPA (1/21) … 8 assists vs. HBU (1/29) … GWC Player of the Week (1/9): 23 pts (5-6 3s), 11 rebs (career-high), 6 assts, 2 steals vs. Lafayette (1/2); team-high 19 pts at Longwood (1/7) … 14 pts, 5 rebs, 5 assts at LIU (12/30) … 14 pts vs FDU (12/28) … 12 pts, 4 assists at Rutgers (12/22) … 11 pts, 3 steals at UMass (11/17) … 13 pts vs. St. Francis, NY (11/26) …
2010-11: Second-team All-Great West Conference. ...finished at 12.6 ppg and was second on the team in assists (74), while leading in steals, with 46, giving him 101 thefts in his first two seasons. ... Preseason all-conference first team.
2009-10: All-GWC 2nd team and all-GWC Newcomer 1st team … Sporting News Today named Flores as GWC Freshman of the Year (conference does not have an official freshman award) … 91st in the nation in steals per game (1.8) … NJIT DI record for 3-pt baskets (58) and steals (55). … School DI-record 12-12 FTs in season finale vs. Houston Baptist in GWC Tournament (3/12) … 21 pts in GWC Trn opener vs North Dakota (3/10) … 26 pts at South Dakota (3/7) … 25 pts at North Dakota, 6 3-pt FG tied NJIT DI record on 2/23 … 25 pts, 6 rebs, 4 steals at Wagner (12/28) … 23 pts, 6 rebs, 3 steals vs. UTPA (2/20) … 17 pts at Chicago State (3/6) … 17 pts, 5 rebs, 3 steals vs. Longwood (2/6) … 16 pts, 5 assts, 4 steals vs. Utah Valley (1/30) … 20 pts at Houston Baptist, including 10-12 FTs (1/16) and 16 pts at UTPA (1/14). Led NJIT in both games of Texas trip … 19 pts, 6 steals (ties NJIT DI record) at Rutgers (12/19) … Double-double (19 pts, 10 rebs) at Saint Peter’s (12/9). … 14 pts—all in last 11 mins at Lehigh (1/2).
Prior to NJIT: A product of the Boston area, he graduated in 2008 from the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics & Science in Roxbury, MA, and spent a postgrad year at Marianapolis Preparatory School in Thompson, CT ... averaged 17 ppg his postgraduate year at Marianapolis, including 35 points in the 2009 New England Class B Prep final. His team finished the year 19-10 and Flores was named its Most Outstanding Player ... Flores also made 52 3-pointers with better than 40 percent accuracy in his year at Marianapolis Prep ... New England Recruiting Report rated Flores as the 18th-best prospect in Connecticut and 77th in New England following the 2008-09 season ... After a high school career in which he was one of the Boston area’s top players, Flores was nominated for the 2008 McDonald’s All-American game and he was a Boston Herald all-scholastic honoree when he was a senior at O’Bryant School of Math & Science, which he led to the Boston City League South Division title under coach Juan Figueroa ....New England Recruiting Report rated him 34th in Massachusetts following his senior year … Flores’ AAU squad was Metro Boston, coached by Mo Vasquez.
Personal: Christopher Mauricio Flores … son of Amanda Banegas … business major at NJIT … born 5/10/90 in Boston.
