Cooper Land is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Rockingham Flames of the State Basketball League.
Education
Land attended Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas. As a junior in 2005-2006, he averaged 10 points and five rebounds as his team finished with a 20–10 record. As a senior in 2006-2007, he averaged 16 points and seven rebounds as his team finished with a 29–7 record and made it to the state"s Sweet 16.
Career
He played college basketball for Wright State University before playing processionally in Norway, Germany, Australia and Japan. As a freshman at Wright State in 2007-2008, Land played sparingly, but showed improvement throughout the season. In 33 games (no starts), he averaged 3.2 points and 2.2 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game.
As a sophomore in 2008-2009, Land"s playing time and production increased slightly.
In 33 games (three starts), he averaged 4.2 points and 1.9 rebounds in 13.0 minutes per game. Land"s junior and senior seasons were both interrupted by injury: on February 8, 2010, he tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament and subsequently missed the rest of the 2009-2010 season.
And in February 2011, he missed time due to another knee injury. As a junior, he averaged 5.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 16.6 minutes in 24 games, and as a senior, he averaged 8.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 25.7 minutes in 26 games (with 24 starts).
On December 30, 2010, he scored a career-high 21 points against Milwaukee.
In August 2011, Land signed with the Asker Aliens of Norway for the 2011-2012 season. In 22 games for Asker, he averaged 21.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game. In July 2012, Land signed with the VfL Kirchheim Knights of Germany for the 2012-2013 season.
On December 27, 2012, he was parted ways with Kirchheim after a number of poor performances linked to a recurring knee injury.
In 15 games for the Knights, he averaged 10.1 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. In March 2013, Land signed with the Rockingham Flames for the 2013 State Basketball League season.
He appeared in 24 games for the Flames in 2013, averaging 27.2 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game. In 27 games for the Flames in 2014, he averaged 29.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
In August 2014, Land signed with Japanese club Rizing Fukuoka for the 2014-2015 bj league season.
In December 2014, he left the club after appearing in 18 games and returned to Australia, re-signing with the Flames in February 2015. He was named to the South All-Star team for the 2015 SBL All-Star Game held on June 1, scoring eight points in the game as a starter. In 27 games for the Flames in 2015, he averaged 26.0 points, 11.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
Land again returned to the Rockingham Flames for the 2016 State Basketball League season, earning Team of the Week and Player of the Week honors for Round 1 after recording 34 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks against the Willetton Tigers on March 19.
Land is the son of Bill and Gayle Land. His father is the play-by-play voice for the San Antonio Spurs.
In 2014, Taylor joined Cooper at the Rockingham Flames. Land is a Christian. In the summer of 2012, he traveled to Israel with Athletes in Action, a Christian organization with a goal to build spiritual movements through sport.
He visited over 40 biblical sights and participated in a tournament in Palestine.