Height: 6-8
Weight: 220
Position: PF
College: SMU
Age: 22
2016-2017 Season Stats
PPG: 11.4
RPG: 7.8
APG: 2.4
BLK: 1.1
STL: 0.9
Player Bio
Courtesy of SMU Athletics
2016-17 (Senior): Played and started all 35 games... Averaged 11.4 points (24th AAC), 7.8 rebounds (5th AAC) and 1.1 blocked shots (12th AAC)… FG% 56.0 (2nd AAC), FT% 62.5… 8 double-doubles… Has double-digit points in 24-of-35 games… 5+ rebounds in 28-of-35 games…GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Had 18 points and a game-high 13 rebounds with 3 assists and 2 steals in the win at Houston 2/18... Totaled 14 points, 13 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists and a block in the win vs. Connecticut 1/19...Had 18 points (including his 1000th for career), 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and a steal in the win vs. Temple 1/4...Team-highs of 18 points (8-10 FG) and 11 rebounds with 3 assists and a block in the win at ECU 12/31...Added 10 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks and an assist in the win vs. Stanford 12/19... Had 16 points (6-7 FG, 4-6 FT), 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists in the win vs. Delaware State 12/4...Team highs of 19 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocked shots at Boise State 11/30... AWARDS: 2017 Reese's® Division I College All-Star West Team… Named All-AAC Tournament Team (March 12)… Named All-AAC Second Team (March 7)… AAC preseason all-conference first team… Named to AAC Honor Roll (Dec. 5, Feb. 20)… RECORDS: Finished his career with: 108 victories (2nd)… 1,214 career points (25th)… 780 rebounds (9th)… 125 blocks (8th)…102 steals (T23rd)… Career FG% 53.9 (7th)… 459 FG Made (26th)… 295 FT Made (20th)… 135 games played (2nd)… 93 games started (12th)… 3,304 minutes played (14th)… SEASON RECORDS: Season FG% 56.0 (18th)… Season rebounds 272 (15th).
2015-16 (Junior): Played in 29 games, started 27… Averaged 11.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists… Lead team in blocked shots (41) (7th AAC)… Shot 54.9% overall (5th AAC)… GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks at Cincinnati 3/6...Team-high 16 points with 12 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 2 assists vs. Tulane 2/28...Had 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds with 2 assist, a block and a steal at Connecticut 2/18...Game-high 17 points (8-12 FG, 1-2 FT) and a career-high 4 steals with 6 rebounds, 2 assist and a block in the win at East Carolina 1/13...Career-high 23 points (11-17 FG, 1-1 FT) with 6 rebounds and 3 assists vs. UCF 1/10...Team-high 15 points (5-5 FGs) with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and a career-high 5 blocks in the win against Cincinnati 1/7...Had a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds with 2 assists, 2 blocks and a steal in win at Tulsa 12/29...Had 16 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocked shots in win vs. Hampton 12/17... Tied career high of 22 points while setting career highs of 15 rebounds and 8 assists with 2 blocked shots in the win vs. Nicholls 12/16...Had 8 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and a career-high tying 5 assists in the win vs. Michigan 12/8...Had 17 points (7-12 FG), 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 and 2 blocks vs. New Hampshire 12/5... Totaled 17 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal in the win at Stanford 11/19...Had 15 points and 2 assists with team-highs of 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots in season-opener vs. Sam Houston State 11/14... AWARDS: Named to Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic All-Tournament Team… NABC All-District 25 second team… AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 29, Jan. 4, Jan. 11)… RECORDS: No. 10 on SMU career blocked shots (87).
2015 Summer: Played for the Global Sports Academy U.S. team during its 2015 Goodwill Tour (August 6-14). The team went 5-0 on the tour with games in Belgium, Germany, England and the Netherlands. He was on the same team as Sterling Brown.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Played in 34 games, started 30 ... Averaged 7.1 pts, 4.7 rebs, 1.9 asts & 0.9 blks... 10+ pts in 12 games... 8+ rebs in 7 games... 2+ blks in 11 games... AAC TOURNAMENT: 11pts (3-8 FG, 5-7 FT), 4 asts, 3 stls & 2 rebs vs. East Carolina (Quarterfinal - March 13)... 10 pts (3-6 FG, 4-4 FT), 6 rebs, 1 ast & 1 stl vs. UConn (Final - March 13)... REGULAR SEASON: 15 pts (5-6 FG, 5-11 FT), 5 rebs, 4 ast, 3 stls & 2 blks vs. USF (Dec. 31)... 10 pts (3-8 FG, 4-6 FT), 13 rebs, 1 ast, 1 blk & 1 stl for 1st career double-double vs. Midwestern State (Dec. 29)... 14 pts (3-8 FG, 8-8 FT), 7 rebs & 3 asts vs. Wyoming (Dec. 5)... 16 pts (8-11 FG), 7 rebs, 2 asts & 2 stls at Indiana (Nov. 20)... 11 pts (5-10 FG), 8 rebs, 2 asts, 2 blks & 2 stls at Gonzaga (Nov. 17)... Career-high 22 pts (8-12 FG, 6-8 FT), 9 rebs, 5 asts & 2 blks vs. Lamar (Nov. 14)... AWARDS: AAC Honor Roll (Nov. 17).
2014 Summer: Played for the Global Sports Academy U.S. team during its 2014 Goodwill Tour (August 11-19). The tour included games in Belgium, Germany, England and the Netherlands. He was on the same team as Sterling Brown.
2013-14 (Freshman): Played in all 37 games, averaging 6.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in 14.8 minutes...AWARDS - American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week three times (11/18, 1/27, 2/10)...GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Tied a team-high with 15 points, to go along with 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and a steal in 21 minutes against No. 7/7 Cincinnati. Recorded a career-high and game-high five assists to go along with 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting against McNeese State. Tallied 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting while adding two blocks and an assist at Arkansas...SEASON RANKINGS: 4th in field-goal percentage (61.3).
Prep: Was a forward for Coach Rob Brost at Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook, Illinois... As a senior, he was All-State honorable mention honoree and Mr. Basketball finalist after averaging 16 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and two steals... He was also named Voyager Media Player of the Year... As a junior, he averaged 18 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots... He opened his junior season with a triple-double that included 11 blocks... He played AAU for the Derrick Rose All-Stars.
Major: English