Karrem Watkins
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POSITION Guard HEIGHT 5-8 WEIGHT 175 CLASS Junior HOMETOWN Camden , N . J . HIGH SCHOOL Kingsway Regional
2021-2022 : Appeared in nine games in 2021-22 … Had three rebounds , two assists and a pair of steals … Picked up a steal against High Point … Had an assist vs . Western Kentucky … Snared a rebound vs . Central Michigan … Had a rebound and a steal against North Florida … Registered a rebound against Mount St . Mary ’ s .
High School : Appeared in all 26 games for Kingsway Regional during his senior season … Averaged 8.7 points per game … Notched 11 double-figure scoring efforts and knocked down multiple 3-pointers in 12 games … Scored a season-high 19 points on six made 3s with four assists against Woodstown … Also posted 16 points , five rebounds and four assists at Clearview and recorded 15 points , six boards and five dimes vs . Cumberland … Dished out four or more assists in 14 games … Produced three or more steals in 10 games … Helped advance Kingsway to the 2020 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 Championship field of 64 .
Personal : Born Feb . 3 in Camden , New Jersey … Mother is Syreeta Brittingham … Stepfather is Dajuan Wagner , former Memphis star who played for John Calipari … Has two siblings , Dayonni and Dajuan
Jr . … Major is communication … Off the court talent includes juggling … Lists his parents as the two people who have influenced him the most … When he ’ s not playing basketball he ’ s watching it … Listens to NBA YoungBoy , Polo G and Lil Durk pregame … Chicken is his favorite food … Lists Kemba Walker as his favorite NBA player and Tyler Ulis as his favorite former UK player .
Ugonna Onyenso
High School : Reclassified to the 2022 class … Ranked as a top-25 prospect in the 2023 class by all of the major scouting services … Spent his senior season at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut , the same program that former Wildcat Hamidou Diallo hailed from … Joined Putnam in January and the squad was a perfect 20-0 with Onyenso on the roster , including winning a national championship … Averaged 11.4 points , 9.0 rebounds and 5.7 blocks per game … Also shot 64.4 % from
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POSITION Forward HEIGHT 6-11 WEIGHT 225 CLASS Freshman HOMETOWN Owerri , Imo State , Nigeria HIGH SCHOOL Putnam Science Academy | NBA Academy Africa
the floor and had five games with at least 10 blocked shots … Had a 24-point , 11-rebound and 11-block triple-double … Playing at the NBA Academy Games in the summer of 2022 , he scored in double figures in each of the six games he appeared … Averaged 13.2 points , 9.2 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game , while also connecting on 64.4 % of his field-goal attempts … Registered 32 total boards ( 5.3 per game ) on the offensive end … Prior to enrolling at Putnam , he attended NBA Academy
Africa for more than two years … During his time with the academy , he participated in a number of high-profile international competitions in Europe , Mexico and the United States , including the Tarkanian Classic and NBA Academy exhibition games … He helped NBA Academy Africa win the European Youth Basketball League Tournament in Hungary … In February of 2020 , he became one of the youngest players ever to make the senior men ’ s Nigerian National Team … Made his debut with the team at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers in November of 2021 … Scored 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting and had four rebounds and two blocks in 16 minutes in a 96-69 win over Uganda . Personal : Born Sept . 25 in Owerri , Imo State , Nigeria … Parents are Martins and Lilian Chinyere … Has four siblings , Ikenna , Chiwendu , Chidinma and Queen … Major is marketing … His mom is his life ’ s greatest influence … Enjoys listening to music and playing video games away
from the court … His pregame playlist consists of Lil Durk and Lil Baby … Superpower he most wishes he had is the ability to teleport … Giannis Antetokounmpo is his favorite basketball player and Anthony Davis is his favorite former UK player … Lists his most memorable moment as a basketball player as helping his high school win a national championship … Chose Kentucky over the University of Oklahoma , Oklahoma State and Kansas .
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