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OF NOTE
• Transferred to UNM in May of 2023 after spending the last two seasons at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
• Helped the Islanders win a pair of Southland Conference titles and make two NCAA Tournament appearances
• In 2022-23 was a first-team All-Southland selection and the conference’s men’s basketball student-athlete of the year
2023-24 SEASON (GRADUATE)
• Appeared in 25 games off the bench
• Averaged 1.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game
• Had 11 points and seven rebounds vs. Santa Clara in Jack Jones Classic (Dec. 9)
• Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds vs. UC Santa Barbara (Dec. 6)
• Had nine points (including his 1,000th career NCAA point) and six rebounds at New Mexico State (Dec. 15)
2022-23 SEASON (SENIOR AT A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI)
• First-team All-Southland Conference
• Second-team NABC All-District
• Southland men’s basketball student-athlete of the year
• Appeared in all 35 games, making 33 starts
• Averaged 14.5 points and 9.9 rebounds per game
• Two-time Southland Player of the Week
• Led the SLC and ranked 15th nationally in rebounding (9.9 rpg)
• Set single-season school record with 14 double-doubles
• Scored in double figures 23 times, including 11 20-point games
• Had a season-high 28 points (19-24 FTs) vs. Northwestern State (Feb. 25)
• Had a season-high 17 rebounds twice
• Had 15 points and 12 rebounds vs. SEMO in the NCAA First Four in Dayton in the school’s first ever NCAA win (Mar. 14)
• Had 16 points and 15 rebounds vs. top-seeded Alabama in the NCAA First Round (Mar. 16)
2021-22 SEASON (JUNIOR AT A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI)
• Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year
• Second-Team All-Southland Conference
• Appeared in all 35 games, making 31 starts
• Led the team in scoring (13.2 ppg) and rebounding (9.4 rpg)
• Two-time Southland Player of the Week
• Ninth nationally with 3.57 offensive rebounds per game
• Scored in double figures 24 times, including five 20-point games
• Had 13 double-doubles
• Season-high 28 points (7-11 FG, 14-17 FT) at UTRGV (Dec. 1)
• Had a season-high 17 rebounds on three occasions
• Had 27 points and 14 rebounds vs. UTRGV (Dec. 8)
• Had 27 points (10-12 FG) and 13 rebounds vs. Northwestern State (Jan. 6)
2020-21 SEASON (SOPHOMORE AT WESTERN TEXAS)
• First-Team All-WJCAC and NJCAA Region V
• Started all 23 games
• Averaged 15.7 points and 11.3 rebounds per game
• Scored in double figures 19 times, including eight 20-point games
• Had 13 double-doubles
• Six straight 20-point games from Mar. 25 to Apr. 6
• Had 29 points (21-24 FT) and 23 rebounds vs. Odessa College in the WJCAC semifinals (Apr. 6)
• Season-high 30 points vs. Clarendon College (Apr. 1)
2019-20 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT GILLETTE COLLEGE)
• NJCAA Region IX All-Tournament Team
• Appeared in 32 games, starting 24
• Averaged 13.1 points and 8.0 rebounds per game
• Scored in double figures 24 times, including four 20-point games
• Had nine double-doubles
• Scored a season-high 30 points (12-16 FG) vs. Dakota College at Bottineau (Nov. 9)
• Had a season-high 14 rebounds vs. Eastern Wyoming (Feb. 29)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Arrived in the United States in 2016 to attend Spire Institute, a basketball academy in Geneva, Ohio
• Played two seasons at the school, averaging almost a double-double per game
PERSONAL
• Birthday is February 17
• Son of Mujinga Banza and Kalambye Kalombo
• Has seven siblings