Biography
At Princeton:
2014-15: Suffered a knee injury during preseason and missed the entire season…2013-14: Played in 18 games starting three…Averaged 7.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game…Scored in double-figures six times with a high of 21 points at Butler on Nov. 16…Led team in scoring in three games on the season...Posted his first career double-double in the season opener against Florida A&M on Nov. 10 with 17 points and 11 boards…Averaged 22.8 minutes per game…2012-13: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League selection…Played in 28 games, starting 24…Averaged 10.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game…Scored double-digit points 14 times…Notched a career-high 23 points at Columbia on Feb. 22…Had 22 points versus Cornell on Feb. 1…Grabbed a season-high six rebounds versus Rider to go along with 15 points…Had three steals versus Fordham and Cornell…Shot .532 (109-205) from the field…Averaged 29.3 minutes per game…2011-12: Played in all 32 games, the only freshman to do so…Averaged 5.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game…Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Jan. 2 after 10 rebounds at Florida State on Dec. 30 and a season-high tying 13 points at Florida A&M on Jan. 1…Reached double-digits in points six times…Had 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting in win over nationally-ranked Harvard on Feb. 11…Shot .556 (70-126) from the field…Averaged 16 minutes per game.
High School/Personal: Lettered in basketball at Liberty (MO) High School…Earned all-state, all-district and all-conference honors as a junior and senior, adding All-Kansas City metro area honors as a senior…Was the Blue Springs Journal Suburban Big 6 Conference Player of the Year in 2011…Scored more than 1,000 points during his career…Class valedictorian…Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society…Has two older siblings…Brother, Derek, was a Division II All-American in football at Truman State…Names Gordon Hayward and Salvador Perez as his favorite athletes…Hobbies include movies, music, reading and traveling…Pursuing his MBA in sports and entertainment management at Hofstra.
Denton Koon’s Career Statistics (at Princeton)
Year G-GS FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. Reb. Avg. PF A TO BS S TP Avg.
11-12 32-0 70-126 .56 21-36 .583 99 3.1 44 20 36 5 8 162 5.1
12-13 28-24 109-205 .532 60-75 .800 84 3.0 50 39 57 10 16 294 10.5
13-14 18-3 49-122 .402 32-50 .640 63 3.5 37 20 22 5 13 138 7.7
Career 78-27 228-453 .503 113-161 .702 246 3.2 131 79 115 20 37 594 7.6
Three-Point FG: 11-12: 1-3, .333; 12-13: 16-37, .432; 13-14: 8-31, .258; Career: 25-71, .352
Career Highs:
PTS: 23 at Columbia, 2/22/13
REBS: 11 vs. Florida A&M, 11/10/13
ASTS: 4, last at Butler, 11/16/13
FGM: 9 at Columbia, 2/22/13
FGA: 16 vs. Lafayette, 11/20/13
3FGM: 3 vs. Brown, 2/8/13
3FGA: 5 at Rutgers, 12/11/13
FTM: 7 vs. Cornell, 2/1/13
FTA: 11, last at Butler, 11/16/13
OR: 5 at Rider, 12/14/11
DR: 7, last vs. Florida A&M, 11/10/13
TO: 6, last vs. Harvard, 3/1/13
ST: 3, last at Harvard, 1/31/14
BS: 2, last at Bucknell, 11/30/13
MIN: 40 vs. Bucknell, 12/22/12