Nigel Spikes (born October 18, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Ehime Orange Vikings of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd before playing professionally in Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. He has also played in the Florida Basketball Association and the NBA Development League.
Spikes survived a heart attack in 2013.
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College statistics
| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;"| Marshall | 29 || 1 || 8.4 || .575 || .000 || .515|| 2.3 ||0.2 || 0.2 ||0.3 || 2.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| Marshall | 32 || 32 || 20.3 || .554 || .000 || .505|| 5.9 ||0.3 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 5.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12 | style="text-align:left;"| Marshall | 29 || 0 || 16.7 || .523 || .000 || .549|| 4.8 ||0.2 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 4.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13 | style="text-align:left;"| Marshall | 32 || 31 || 24.8 || .468 || .000 || .520|| 7.3 ||0.6 || 0.7 || 1.9 || 5.7 |- |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 122 || 64 || 17.8 || .518 || .000 || .519 || 5.2 || 0.3 ||0.5 || 1.0 || 4.3
Career statistics
†Denotes seasons in which Spikes won an championship
Regular season
| align="left" | 2014–15 | align="left" | Halifax Rainmen | 18 || 2 || 16.1 ||.560 || .000 || .639 || 5.00 ||0.28 ||0.50 ||1.56 || 7.78 |- |align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" |2015–16† | align="left" | Sioux Falls Skyforce | 39 || 0 || 11.1 ||.604 || .500 || .467 || 3.08 ||0.51 ||0.28 ||1.08 || 4.54 |- | align="left" | 2015–16 | align="left" | Wellington Saints | 1 || 0 || 11.5 ||.000 || .000 || .000 || 2.00 ||0.00 ||0.00 ||0.00 || 0.00 |- | align="left" | 2016–17 | align="left" | Fukushima Firebonds | 56 || 56 || 22.9 ||.505 || .231 || .556 ||9.9 ||1.1 ||1.4 ||1.8 || 12.6 |- | align="left" | 2017–18 | align="left" | Akita Happinets | 58 || 21 || 17.9 ||.600 || .333 || .409 ||7.0 ||1.1 ||1.2 ||0.8 || 8.6 |- | align="left" | 2018–19 | align="left" | Tokyo Z | 37 || 37 || 29.42 ||.524 || .500 || .572 ||11.6 ||2.2 ||1.62||1.97 || 14.1 |- | align="left" | 2019–20 | align="left" | Okayama | 19 || 19 || 33.5 ||.570 || .286 || .572 ||13.2 ||2.3 ||1.7||1.8 || 21.2
Playoffs
|style="text-align:left;"|2014–15 |style="text-align:left;"|Halifax |9 || ||15.3 || .500 || .000 || .667 || 5.0 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 1.3 || 7.1 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2015–16 |style="text-align:left;"|Sioux Falls | 3 || || 6.3 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 1.3 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2017–18 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 5 || 2 || 15.37 || .579 || .000 || .846 || 5.8 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 6.6
Early cup games
|style="text-align:left;"|2017 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 2 || 1 || 17.23 || .750 || .000 || .286 || 7.5 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 10.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2018 |style="text-align:left;"|Tokyo Z |2 || 1 || 27.01 || .455 || .000 || .600 || 13.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 1 || 13.0
References
External links RealGM stats Stats in Japan