Ben Sheppard Joins Indiana Pacers NBA Summer League Roster

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former Belmont University men’s basketball star Ben Sheppard (’23) will participate in the 2024 NBA Summer League.

Sheppard, who was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 26th pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, has emerged as one of the best players on the bench during the recent NBA Playoffs.

The 6-foot-3 guard averaged 5.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.5 steals per game in 20 minutes during the playoffs.

Sheppard, the only rookie to start games in the NBA Conference Finals, played in all 17 of the Pacers’ playoff games.

He was particularly productive during the Pacers’ series victories over the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks.

• 66.0 effective field goal percentage (2^nd among the qualified players in the NBA Playoffs)
• 47.4 3-point field goal percentage (2^nd among the qualified players in the NBA Playoffs)
• +48 +/- player rating (3^rd among qualifying bench players in the NBA Playoffs)

Sheppard made 7 of 11 three-pointers at Madison Square Garden during the series against the Knicks.

The Atlanta native averaged 4.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game in 57 regular-season games.

Sheppard scored a season-high 15 points against Dallas on February 25.

Sheppard, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Belmont in May 2023, led Belmont to 98 wins and three conference championships during his storied career.

The 2024 NBA Summer League will be held from July 12 to 22 in Las Vegas.

For a complete schedule of matches, times and broadcast information, visit pacers.com.

Belmont University men’s basketball has been a fixture in the postseason for the past two decades, with nine NCAA Tournament berths. The Bruins have won 20 conference championships since 2006 — third-most nationally in that span (Gonzaga, Kansas). Belmont has won 20 or more games in 14 consecutive seasons (Gonzaga, Kansas, Oregon) and 19 or more games in 19 consecutive seasons (Gonzaga, Kansas, San Diego State). Belmont is among the select few programs with two or more first-round selections in the NBA Draft in the past five years (Ben SheppardDylan Windler). The Belmont University men’s basketball team boasts an NCAA-leading 19 CoSIDA Academic All-America selections since 2001 and is the only NCAA Division I program to be on the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Honor Roll every year of its existence