player averaging at least 1.6 blocks and 1.6 steals per game … Corralled 10 or more rebounds in all but two games … Finished the season with program records of 21 straight double-figure rebounding efforts and 16 straight double-doubles … One of only two players ( Anthony Davis ) in program history since 1978-79 to lead the team in points per game ( 17.4 ), rebounds per game ( 15.1 ), steals per game ( 1.8 ), blocks per game ( 1.6 ) and field-goal percentage ( 60.6 %) with a minimum of 130 attempts … Set a Rupp Arena record with 28 rebounds against Western Kentucky … Had more rebounds than the Hilltoppers entire team … It tied for the sixth-most rebounds in UK history and the most for a Wildcat in a regulation-length game in more than 52 years … It was the most in Division I basketball since Kendall Gray from Delaware State had 30 in 2015 … Finished the season responsible for 37.8 % of the team ’ s total rebounds , taking away team rebounds that number jumped to 41.2 % … Had 80 rebounds through the first five games of the season which was the most by an SEC player in any five-game span since 2016 … His 56 rebounds to begin the season were the most through a player ’ s first three career games in program history dating back to 1956-57 … Was the first UK player with six games of at least 20 points and at least 15 rebounds since Jim Andrews in 1972-73 … Became the first player in program history to tally at least 30 points and snare at least 15 rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game when he had 30 points and 16 |
boards against Saint Peter ’ s … Also played in a career-high 43 minutes … Had 27 points and 14 rebounds at Florida … Scored 30 points and had 18 rebounds at Arkansas , becoming the first UK player to achieve those numbers on the road against an SEC foe since Dan Issel in 1970 … Had 17 points , 16 boards and three blocks in the comefrom-behind win at home vs . LSU … Scored 21 points and added 14 rebounds at home vs . Alabama … Tallied 27 points and 19 rebounds at home against Florida … Produced 17 points , 14 rebounds and four blocks at Kansas … Had 21 points and 22 rebounds in the overtime win over Mississippi State … Logged 30 points and 13 rebounds at Vanderbilt … Scored 29 points and contributed 17 rebounds vs . Georgia … Posted 13 points and 20 rebounds in the SEC opener vs . Missouri … Had 14 points and the |
record-breaking 28 boards against Western Kentucky and combined for 48 boards in a two-game stretch … Had three straight games of 20 or more points against Central Michigan , Southern and at Notre Dame … Logged 24 points and 16 boards with three blocks vs . Mount St . Mary ’ s … Had 14 points and 20 boards in his UK home opener vs . Robert Morris … Scored 17 points and had 20 rebounds in the Champions Classic against Duke … The rebounds were the most in the history of the event and the most ever in a UK debut .
2020-21
Transferred to Kentucky midseason … Ineligible to play the rest of the season due to NCAA transfer rules but practiced with the team beginning in February … Appeared in 10 games at West Virginia and averaged 8.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game … Recorded a pair of
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double-doubles … Registered 12 points and 15 boards against Northeastern in his final game at West Virginia … Recorded 14 points and nine rebounds vs . top-ranked Gonzaga … Posted 11 points and 16 rebounds against VCU .
2019-20 ( at West Virginia )
Averaged 11.2 points and 9.3 rebounds per game in 31 starts as a freshman … Named to the All-Big 12 Conference Second Team … Unanimous Big 12 All- Freshman Team selection and also made the Big 12 All- Newcomer Team … Selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 8 First Team and the USBWA District II Team … Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team … Also earned Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll and the Big 12 Commissioner ’ s Honor Roll team honors … Led the Mountaineers in scoring and rebounding … Team-high 19 games in double-digit scoring and team-best 10 doubledoubles … First in the Big 12 in offensive rebounds per game with 4.1 and second in overall rebounding … Registered 13 double-figure efforts on the boards … Led the nation in offensive rebounding percentage at 19.0 % … Earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week three times … Had a doubledouble with 16 points and 12 rebounds in a win over No . 4 Baylor to end the regular season … Also posted 11 points and 12 rebounds vs . the top-ranked Bears a month earlier … Double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds vs . Iowa State … Also recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 boards vs . Texas at home … 17 rebounds and
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