Education
The Bronx native attended Rice High School where he was a teammate of Kemba Walker until the latter left for college.
The Bronx native attended Rice High School where he was a teammate of Kemba Walker until the latter left for college.
Following his graduation he has played professionally in Spain and Israel. Internationally he has represented Jamaica in the 2013 International Basketball Federation Americas Championship. During that time, he also played Amateur Athletic Union basketball for the Gauchos.
He passed up offers from Memphis, West Virginia and UConn to join the Miami (Florida) and play in the Atlantic Coast Conference (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I.
In his freshman year, Scott played in all 33 games (28 starts) while averaging 10.3 points, 4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and a team-high 1.2 steals per game.
He made the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination All-Rookie team and the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination All-Tournament First Team. In his sophomore year, he started in all but one of the 36 games he played in, averaging 13.6 points (second-best on team), 4.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists and a 1.2 steals (best) in 32.8 minutes (most) per game.
In his junior year, he played 33.2 minutes per game (6th most in Administrative Committee on Company-ordination), posting 12.9 (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination 14th, team best), 3.1 assists (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination 7th), 5.4 rebounds (team second best) and 1 steal. He scored a career-high 32 points versus North Carolina State in the 2013 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Tournament semi-finals.
In his senior year, had 13.1 points and 4 rebounds.
At the end of his college career, he averaged 12.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 32.1 minutes in 132 total games played. He was first in Miami history for games started and minutes played (125 and 4,238 respectively), 8th in points scored (1,650), 5th in assists (404) and 7th in steals (166). After his college career, Scott attended the Portsmouth Invitational, where he was an all-tournament selection.
He also worked out with a number of National Basketball Association teams, but went undrafted in the 2013 National Basketball Association draft.
Scott then joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2013 National Basketball Association Summer League. In August 2013, Scott signed with Blu:sens Monbús of the Spanish Liga ACB for the 2013-2014 season.
He registered 4.6 points and 1.2 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game during the season. Scott signed with Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv for the 2014-2015 season, he finished the season with 15.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 31 Israeli League games as Hapoel reached the playoffs.
In July 2015, Scott signed with Italian Serie A side Enel Brindisi for one year.
The same month, he was announced as part of the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire roster for the 2015 National Basketball Association Summer League. Scott has played for the Jamaican national team He participated in the 2013 International Basketball Federation Americas Championship, posting 10.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists in around 28 minutes per game.