Pat Spencer (basketball)

Patrick Andrew Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats and is also a former college lacrosse player for the Loyola Greyhounds.

High school career
Spencer attended Boys' Latin School of Maryland, where he lettered in both lacrosse and basketball. As a senior, he averaged 14.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Bob Shriver was Pat Spencer's coach at Boy's Latin. In his sophomore year he was 5 foot 6 playing on the junior varsity lacrosse team. In his junior year, he grew to 6 foot 2, 190 pounds and played on the varsity lacrosse team. His hometown was Davidsonville, Maryland. In high school, he was a US Lacrosse High school All American. He earned four varsity letters for basketball and lacrosse. He also played for the Under Armour Underclass All-American team Baltimore in 2014. He scored 49 goals and had 51 assists as a senior and 30 goals and 30 assists as a junior.

Lacrosse
During Spencer's four years at Loyola, the team compiled a record of 49 wins and 19 losses, with the 2016 squad compiling a 14–4 record and reaching the NCAA Final Four.

Spencer holds the NCAA Division I record for career assists with 231 assists, as well as the Patriot League record for career points with 380. Spencer received the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the USILA national player of the year and the Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's top attackman in 2019. Spencer also received the Tewaaraton Award, regarded as the Heisman Trophy for NCAA DI lacrosse, as a junior.

As a senior on attack he also ranked No.2 on all-time points list behind Lyle Thompson. He was a four-time All-American. At Loyola, his head coach was Charley Toomey. In his first two collegiate games he scored eight combined points in wins over Virginia and Johns Hopkins University. In 2016 he took league first-team honoree for rookie-of-the-year trophy. He graduated from Loyola with a Bachelor of Business Finance.

In an interview hosted by Paul Carcaterra, an ESPN lacrosse game analyst and sideline reporter, Carcaterra talked to Pat Spencer about college lacrosse and his background in basketball. Paul asks, "How big of an impact has hoops had on your lacrosse career". Pat responded, "Definitely a big impact, I think any time you play another sport a lot of it translates over". Later in the video, when Paul and Pat were shooting hoops, Spencer added, "Basketball and lacrosse are very similar, in terms of facing and trying to draw a guy and find your open teammates".

Basketball
Spencer used his college graduate year eligibility to play basketball at Northwestern University. He averaged 10.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game.

Lacrosse
Spencer was selected by the Archers as the first overall pick in the 2019 PLL collegiate draft. He did not dress nor practice with the team, opting instead to pursue a collegiate career in basketball upon graduating from Loyola.

Hamburg Towers (2021)
When the remainder of his grad season at Northwestern was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Spencer joined the Hamburg Towers in Germany, and averaged 9.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in five games.

Capital City Go-Go (2021–2022)
On October 25, 2021, Spencer signed with the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League.

Golden State / Santa Cruz Warriors (2022–present)
On July 25, 2022, Spencer signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Golden State Warriors.

On October 24, 2022, Spencer joined the Santa Cruz Warriors training camp roster.

On November 29, 2023, Spencer rejoined Santa Cruz and on February 22, 2024, he signed a two-way contract with Golden State. On February 25, Spencer made his NBA debut against the Denver Nuggets.

Loyola University Lacrosse

 * (a) 8th in Division I single-season points
 * (b) 1st in Division I career assists
 * (c) 4th in Division I career points

Personal life
Spencer's younger brother, Cam, played college basketball for the Loyola Greyhounds, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, and the UConn Huskies with whom he won the 2024 national championship. He was drafted with the 53rd pick of the 2024 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons before his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.