Texas State Athletics

Career Accomplishments

• Good Sam Empire Classic All-Tournament Team (2021-22 season)
• 2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 Texas State Dean’s List (3.5+ GPA in a semester)

Career
Top-20 in Texas State program history in career rebounds (18th, 549) … Fourth in Texas State history in career blocks (80).

Redshirt senior (2021-22)
Averaged 10.8 points on 44.0 percent shooting (113-of-257) … Also had 7.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game … Started and played in 28 of the team’s 29 games … One of three Bobcats to average 10.0+ points … Led the team in rebounds in total (202) and average (7.2) … 6th in the Sun Belt in rebounding … 12th in the Sun Belt in blocks … 24th in the Sun Belt in scoring … Two double-doubles: Jan. 22 vs. Arkansas State (17 points, 10 rebounds) and March 5 vs. Louisiana in the Sun Belt Championship quarterfinals (14 points, 11 rebounds) … 16 games of double-digit points … Four games of double-digit rebounds … Led the team in scoring in 5 games … Paced the team in rebounds in a team-best 18 contests … Led the team in steals in 13 games, also a team-best … Had a season-high 5 steals on Feb. 17, 2022 vs. Arkansas State … Scored 19 points and had 6 rebounds and a blocked shot against the Red Wolves in that February game … The points against Arkansas State in Feb. (19) were his most in a game all season against a Division I opponent … Scored 10+ points in five straight games from Nov. 19-Dec. 12, averaging 13.8 points over the stretch … Had 15+ points in four straight games during conference action from Feb. 5-17 … Played 30+ minutes in 10 games … Fourth on the team in minutes played (780, 27.9/game) … Good Sam Empire Classic All-Tournament Team in November after averaging 12.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in two games against Dixie State and Eastern Washington … Season-high 21 points in 19 minutes against Southwestern (TX) on Dec. 12 … Season-high four blocks against Paul Quinn (NAIA) on Dec. 18 … Averaged 11.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.4 steals in conference-only games … Selected to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team.

Senior (2020-21)
Started in 24 of 25 games he appeared in…averaged 10.9 points (No. 30 in the Sun Belt) behind a 53.9 field goal percentage (No. 7 in the Sun Belt), including a 42.1 3-point field goal percentage…led the Bobcats in rebounding for the second consecutive season and his 5.8 boards per game ranked No. 16 in the conference…ranked No. 6 in the league with 1.2 blocks per game (31 total)…finished the season tied at No. 8 all-time in the school’s record book with 58 blocks…registered 13 games with 10 or more points, including three games with 20 or more points…logged four games with 10 or more rebounds and eight multi-block games…put together two double-double, first vs. Our Lady of the Lake on Dec. 12, 2020 (11 points, 11 rebounds) and vs. UT Arlington on Feb. 13, 2021 (21 points and 11 rebounds)…recorded a career-high 24 points at Louisiana (Jan. 1, 2021) and shot 11-of-15 from the floor…set a career-high four made 3-pointers at ULM (Jan. 23, 2021) and four steals vs. Little Rock (Feb. 6, 2021)…also matched career-bests four assists twice (at ULM, Jan. 23, 2021 and vs. Little Rock, Feb. 6, 2021) and four blocks four blocks once vs. Incarnate Word (Dec. 5, 2020)…will return to the Bobcats for his Covid season. 

Junior (2019-20)
Started in all 31 games he appeared in…averaged 8.0 points and ranked No. 9 in the Sun Belt Conference with 6.5 rebounds per game…also ranked No. 7 in the league with 0.9 blocks per game…other numbers for Small consist of shooting 52.9 percent from the floor, 33.3 percent from 3-point range, and 52.1 percent from the charity stripe…also averaged 1.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game…Small totaled seven games with 10 or more points, including two games with 20 or more points, and had five games with 10 or more rebounds…also seven multi-block games…scored a season-high 23 points in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament vs. Appalachian State (March 11, 2020) which was the last game of the season due to COVID-19…recorded a season-high 12 rebounds twice, the first at Baylor (Nov. 15, 2019) and the second vs. UT Arlington (Jan. 25, 2020)…had a season-best four blocks at UNLV (Nov. 20, 2019) and three steals three times (vs. Jackson State, Nov. 18, 2019; vs. Hartford, Nov. 30, 2019; at Louisiana, Jan. 18, 2020)…turned in two double-doubles, including vs. Coastal Carolina on Jan. 1, 2020 (14 points, 10 rebounds) and vs. UT Arlington on Jan. 25, 20202 (11 points, 12 rebounds)…led the team in rebounds in 16 games and led in scoring twice.

Seward County CC (2017-19)
Played two seasons at Seward County under 2019 KJCCC Coach of the Year, Jason Sautter... averaged 15 points behind a team-best 63.0 field goal percentage and led the Saints with 6.7 rebounds and two blocks per game (57 total)... registered 1.3 steals per game and totaled 70 assists to just 43 turnovers... honored to the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference First-Team and named Defensive Player of the Year… selected to the 2019 NJCAA Region VI Division I First-Team… tabbed as the Co-MVP for the Region VI Tournament… garnered NJCAA Division I All-American Honorable Mention status… also received conference honors his freshman year after averaging 14.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.
 
Henry Snyder High School
Played for Shelton Gibbs… averaged 20 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game his senior season.
 
Personal
Graduating in spring 2022 with a degree in general studies . . . son of Isaac Neal Sr. and Sharon Small . . . has an older brother, Isaac Neal Jr . . . favorite NBA team is the Lakers…favorite NBA players are Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo.