Preseason All-Big South Conference candidate on the wing… One of the league's most physical, explosive players… Tough, strong competitor who has the ability to take overgames offensively … Outstanding rebounder and passer… Shooting touch has improved from the perimeter …Enters senior season in excellent physical condition and is poisedfor a tremendous season … Size and strength creates matchupproblems for opposing guards … One of the top-5 returningscorers and rebounders in the Big South.
2011-12 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 29 games andmade 27 starts … Paced Gardner-Webb in both scoring andrebounding, averaging 12.3 points and 7.0 boards per game …Upped those averages to 14.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game inBig South play … Made five game-winning buckets on theseason, including four in league games … Also averaged 1.6assists, 0.8 steals and 0.2 blocks per game … Made 80 freethrows in just 18 league games, shooting at a 72.1 percent clip… Led team with 100 free throw makes overall in 140 attempts(71.4 percent) … Netted double figure scoring totals in 21of the season's final 23 games … Scored a career-high 33points at UNC Asheville (2/23), the most points in a single game bya Gardner-Webb player since the move to Division I in 2000 …Made 12-of-17 free throws in that game, and knocked down all threeof his three-point attempts … Added nine rebounds, twoassists and a block in that game … Had 24 points and ninerebounds in a tight game at Wake Forest (12/18) … Scored 21points in a game three times … Had 21 points and 11 reboundsat Coastal Carolina (1/12) … Had 21 points and four boardsat Liberty (2/2) … Had 21 points, nine rebounds and threesteals in the first round of the Advance Auto Parts Big SouthConference Tournament at High Point (2/27) … Had 19 points,including the game-winning basket, at Radford (12/31) …Scored just nine points vs. Winthrop (12/3), but knocked in thegame winner in a tight contest … Also made game-winningbuckets vs. Chattanooga (11/27), High Point (1/7) and CharlestonSouthern (1/10) … Had 13 points and 13 rebounds in a win vs.VMI (2/11) … Netted 13 points and 15 rebounds vs. CoastalCarolina (1/28) … Had 12 rebounds vs. South Carolina State(12/10) … Pulled down 10 rebounds vs. UNC Asheville (12/1)… Had at least eight rebounds in 14 different games …Dished off a season-high four assists twice, vs. South CarolinaState and Coastal Carolina … Had three double-doubles on theseason, all in league play and twice against Coastal Carolina… Averaged 17.0 points and 13 rebounds in two games vs. theChanticleers.
2010-11 at Gardner-Webb: Redshirted aftertransferring in August from Mississippi Valley State.
2009-10 at Mississippi Valley State: Played ineight games for the Delta Devils as a sophomore before transferring… Averaged 9.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4steals per game … Scored 14 points at Washington State(11/14) … Netted 17 points in final game played at Arkansas(12/5).
2008-09 at Mississippi Valley State: Saw action in31 games as a freshman … Averaged 6.9 points, 1.9 reboundsand 1.3 assists per game … Averaged 20.3 minutes per game… Scored 11 points at Oklahoma (11/17) … Scored acareer-high 22 points at Creighton (12/2) … Averaged 14.5points per game in two appearances vs. Alabama State … Had10 games with at least 10 points.
High School: Starred at Colonie (N.Y.) High underCoach Doug Kilmer … Averaged 18.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and4.2 assists per game as a senior … A second-team All-Areaselection as a senior by the Troy Record … Played for thepowerful Albany City Rocks AAU program under Coach Antwan Morrison… Recruited by several major programs, including Villanova,St. John’s, Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth and GeorgeMason.
