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JUNIOR (2015-16)
Starting center for all 32 games…Shot a team-best 64 percent from the floor on 89-for-139…Was the team’s second leading rebounder at 5.7 per game and shot blocker at 1.2 per game…Fourth on the team with 6.6 points per game…Finished the season with a perfect field goal percentage in six games…In the Mountain West Conference opener against Nevada at home in a victory, he set a career-high in points at 14 on 7-for-9 shooting with 11 rebounds (12-30-15)…Secured a career-high 14 rebounds with 11 points in the road win over Nevada (3-5-16)…Had a career-high five blocks with 11 points at home against Rice (12-19-15).
SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Emerged as everyday center, starting all 31 games… Averaged 6.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, which was quadruple his averages as a freshman… Finished sixth in the MW in blocks (1.4 bpg)… Picked up productivity towards end of season by averaging 11.0 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocks in his last five regular season games… Finished first on the team in rebounds (5.4 rpg) and second in field goal percentage (55.9 percent)… Tallied four double-doubles on the season… Had four blocks in a game on four different occasions… Scored a career-high 14 points against UNLV (2-21-15) and Wyoming (3-7-15)… Also set career highs in rebounding twice with 12 boards versus Idaho State (11-14-14) and at Fresno State (2-28-15)… Registered first double-double of career in season opener against Idaho State with ten points, twelve rebounds and four blocks… Posted similar line at Fresno State (2-28-15) with 14 points, twelve rebounds and four blocks… Tallied two or more blocks in twelve different games… Recorded 42 minutes played on Senior Night against Wyoming (3-7-15), which was a new career high… Finished with most dunks on team with 22 and third most fouls drawn with 58.
FRESHMAN (2013-14)
Academic All-MW Team… Appeared in 28 games with two starts as a true freshman and averaged 1.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game… Second on the team, behind Cam Bairstow, in field goal percentage (.538)… Best game of the season came at Utah State (1-28-14) when he tallied seven points and four rebounds in a season-high 23 minutes… Also grabbed season-high four rebounds versus UAB (11-21-14)… Made first career start at Colorado State (1-25-14) in place of an injured Alex Kirk… Recorded nine dunks on the season, which led all Lobo reserves.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was originally signed for the 2012-13 season, signing on Nov. 9, 2011 but tore his ACL and did not enroll in the fall of 2012… Lettered for La Lumiere High School in La Porte, Indiana for two seasons… Averaged a near double-double with 13.0 points and 8.9 rebounds with 3.5 blocks per game as a senior… La Lumiere went 27-3 in his final season… As a junior, averaged 11 points, 8.9 rebounds and 8.9 rebounds with 3.4 blocks as his team went 26-8… Won the “Excellence in Performance Award”, which is given to the hardest worker on the La Lumiere squad… Played AAU ball for Indiana Elite.
PERSONAL
Born in Juba, South Sudan in the Western Bahr el Ghazal province…