Biography
Graduated from Southeast Missouri State in June 2017 with a degree in finance...Received his MBA in marketing from Hofstra in May, 2018.
At Hofstra:
2017-18: Played in 21 games and made 17 starts...Averaged 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game...Also had eight steals and five blocked shots...Scored in double figures twice, including a season-high 17 points at Monmouth...Tallied 10 or more rebounds on a pair of occasions, including 11 at Monmouth...Had two assists twice...Had a season-high two blocks at Stony Brook...Tallied two steals at Monmouth...Averaged 17.1 minutes per game.
At Southeast Missouri State:
2016-17: Team captain…Saw action in just one game due to injury…Played nine minutes in season opener at Illinois…Had two points and one rebound…2015-16: Started all 29 games…Averaged 10.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game…Ranked second on the team n scoring and rebounding…Added 14 blocks, which also ranked second on the team…Shot 50-percent from the field…Scored a career-high 19 points at Austin Peay on Feb. 27…Poured in 18 points versus Evansville (Nov. 15) and UT Martin (Jan. 24)…Set career-high with 13 rebounds against Tennessee State (Jan. 2) and eastern Illinois (Feb. 20)...Averaged 28.1 minutes per game.
Junior College: Spent the 2014-15 season at Monroe College in New Rochelle, New York, leading the Mustangs to a National Junior College Athletic Association Region XV Championship...Started 15 games, ranking first on the team in scoring (14.6), rebounding (8.1), minutes (32.3) and field goal percentage (.550)...Registered six double-doubles and had 12 games with 10 or more points...Was second on the team in blocks (13) and earned all-region honors...Started his collegiate career at Westchester Community College before transferring to Monroe College.
High School/Personal: Is a 2013 graduate of Boys and Girls High School and then spent the 2013-14 academic year at Putnam Science Academy in Putnam, Connecticut...Has two siblings…Lists creative writing as a hobby…Names “The Alchemist” as his favorite book…Started playing basketball at age 8.
Career Highs:
PTS: 19 at Austin Peay, 2/27/16
REBS: 13, twice, most recently vs. Eastern Illinois, 2/20/16
ASTS: 8 vs. Hannibal-Lagrange, 1/19/16
FGM: 8, twice, most recently at Austin Peay, 2/27/16
FGA: 12, three times, most recently vs. Eastern Illinois, 2/20/16
3FGM: None
3FGA: 1, twice, most recently at Tennessee Tech, 1/16/16
FTM: 7, several times, most recently at Monmouth, 12/6/17
FTA: 11 vs. Tennessee State, 1/2/16
OR: 6 vs. Eastern Illinois, 2/20/16
DR: 9 vs. Tennessee State, 1/2/16
TO: 5 at Eastern Kentucky, 1/9/16
ST: 3, twice, most recently at Austin Peay, 2/27/16
BS: 2, three times, most recently at Stony Brook, 12/12/17
MIN: 40 vs. UT Martin, 1/24/16