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OF NOTE
• Transferred to New Mexico in spring of 2025 for his final season from UC San Diego
• Started all 35 games last season for UCSD as the Tritons won the Big West and reached the NCAA Tournament in their first year of eligibility
• 2024-25 Big West Best Hustle Player
2024-25 SEASON (R-JUNIOR AT UCSD)
• 2025 Big West Best Hustle Player
• Started all 35 games
• Averaged 5.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game
• Ranked 15th nationally with 76 steals
• Had five double-figure scoring games
• Scored a season-high 15 points on 5-8 3FG at UC Irvine (Feb. 8)
• Twice had a career high six steals, at UC Riverside (Jan. 18) and at Hawaii (Jan. 30)
2023-24 SEASON (R-SOPHOMORE AT SAINT MARY’S)
• Appeared in 31 games off the bench
• Averaged 1.5 points and 1.4 rebounds per game
• Scored a season-high nine points at Pepperdine (Feb. 29)
• Had eight points vs. Santa Clara (Jan. 31)
• Grabbed a season-high five rebounds in the season opener vs. Stanislaus State (Nov. 6)
2022-23 SEASON (R-FRESHMAN AT SAINT MARY’S)
• Appeared in 28 games off the bench, including all four postseason games
• Averaged 0.6 points and 0.4 rebounds per game
• Scored first two career points vs. North Texas (Nov.13)
• Had a season-best four points vs. No. 1 Houston (Dec. 3)
2021-22 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT SAINT MARY’S)
• Redshirt season
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
• 2021 CIF San Diego Section Player of the Year and All-Coastal League Player of the Year at Torrey Pines High School
• Led the Falcons to a 30-1 record as a senior, finishing as runner-up in CIF Southern California Open Division
• Averaged 13.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game as a senior
• Four-star recruit ranked as the No. 16 recruit in California by ESPN
PERSONAL
• Born March 14
• Son of Mike and Sonia Howell
• Has five siblings, Hassan, Jamal, Jasmine, Mikey and Tiffany
• Older brother, Mikey, played collegiately at UCSD and Bradley and is currently an assistant coach with the Lobos
• Father played basketball at Ohio Dominican
• Brother, Jamal, played football at the junior college level