Bio entering 2013-14
As A Junior at Tulane (2012-13 Season)
C-USA Rankings: 1st in rebounding, 1st in offensive rebounding, 2nd in defensive rebounding, 3rd in minutes played, 4th in scoring, 11th in blocked shots, 12th in field-goal percentage
NCAA Rankings: 4th in double-doubles, 8th in rebounding, 66th in scoring, 89th in field-goal percentage
Picked up first-team All-Conference USA honors and first-team All-District 11 accolades from the NABC... Named CollegehoopsDaily.com C-USA Player of the Year and first-team all-conference... Earned Louisiana Player of the Year and first-team All-Louisiana honors from the LSWA... Averaged 17.6 points and 10.7 rebounds for a Tulane team that reached the second round of the CIT and finished 20-15... Named Conference USA Player of the Week on Dec. 31 and Jan. 21... Recorded 19 double-doubles, bringing his two-year Tulane total to 31, the third most in school history... Became the third player to score at least 600 points in a season and finished with 617, third most in a season... Pulled down 374 rebounds, the third most in a single season in school history... Scored in double figures 31 times (50 at Tulane)... Posted 11 20-point games (14 at Tulane)... Posted double figures in rebounds in 21 times (37 at Tulane)... Poured in a career-high 27 points in the season-opening loss at Georgia Tech (11-9-12)... Scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds against Bethune-Cookman (11-13-12)... Recorded a double double with 17 points and 11 rebounds against Omaha (11-16-12)... Had another double-double against Chicago State (11-18-12) with 18 points and 10 boards... Collected his third straight double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds at Nebraska (11-21-12)... Went for a fourth straight double-double with 20 points and a career-high 16 rebounds against Southern (11-24-12)... Collected his fifth straight double-double with 17 points and a then-career-high 16 rebounds against Loyola (N.O.) (11-27-12)... Had his sixth straight double-double with 17 points and 10 boards against Navy (12-1-12)... Added 19 points at San Diego (12-8-12)... Poured in 23 points in the victory over UTPA (12-19-12)... Added 19 points in the win over Pepperdine (12-20-12) to earn Tulane Classic MVP honors... Had 18 points and nine rebounds in the win over Hofstra (12-22-12) in Brooklyn... Led Tulane with 18 points and 12 rebounds in the win at Alabama (12-30-12)... Just missed a triple double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 8 assists in the win over Tulsa (1-19-13)... Scored 22 points in the win over Rice (1-26-13)... Posted 23 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Marshall (2-6-13)... Collected 21 points and 12 rebounds in the come-from-behind win at Houston (2-9-13)... Added 19 points and 10 rebounds at Southern Miss (2-13-13)... Scored 23 points and grabbed a career-high 16 boards in the win at Rice (2-23-13)... Posted 23 points and 16 rebounds at East Carolina (3-6-13)... Had 21 points in the loss to Houston (3-9-13)... Posted 18 points and 12 rebounds against Marshall (3-13-13) in the C-USA tournament... Added 21 points and 15 boards against Memphis (3-14-13) in the C-USA tournament... Posted 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the win over South Alabama in the CIT (3-20-13)... Grabbed a career-high 17 boards at Bradley in the CIT second round (3-23-13).
As A Sophomore at Tulane (2011-12 Season)
C-USA Rankings: 3rd in offensive rebounding, 3rd in defensive rebounding, 4th in rebounding, 6th in minutes played, 8th in blocked shots, 22nd in scoring
NCAA Rankings: 35th in rebounding, 183rd in blocked shots
Named to the All-C-USA third team by collegesportsmadness.com... Tabbed third-team All-Louisiana by the LSWA... One of three players to start all 31 games... Led Tulane with 9.3 rebounds and 37 blocked shots, and had the second most assists with 72... His 11.2 scoring average was fourth on the team... Logged 12 double doubles... Scored in double figures in 19 games... Posted double figures in rebounds 16 times... Recorded 15 points and 12 rebounds in his first game with Tulane vs. Alabama A&M (11-11-11)... Returned the next game to score a career-high 23 points and grab 11 rebounds against Nicholls State (11-15-11)... Posted 15 points and 10 rebounds against Maryland-Eastern Shore (11-18-11)... Added 12 points and 12 rebounds against Alcorn State (11-25-11)... Pulled down a career-best 15 boards against San Diego (11-27-11) and was later named the 2011 Hoops for Hope Classic MVP... Earned Louisiana (LSWA) Player of the Week on Nov. 28... Scored 10 points and grabbed 14 boards at UTPA (12-30-11)... Added 14 points and 11 rebounds against SMU (1-25-12)... Posted 15 points and 10 rebounds in the victory over Houston (2-4-12)... Grabbed a game-high 11 boards against UTEP (2-11-12)... Pulled down 10 rebounds at Rice (1-28-12)... Collected 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists against Memphis (2-15-12)... Posted 15 points and 11 boards at UAB (2-18-12)... Had 11 rebounds at SMU (2-22-12)... Poured in 22 points with three beyond the arc and grabbed 12 rebounds at Houston (2-29-12)... Closed the season with 20 points against UAB (3-7-12) in the opening round of the C-USA tournament.
As A Redshirt at Tulane (2010-11 Season)
Sat out the season after transferring from N.C. State... Practice with the squad the entire campaign.
As A Freshman at N.C. State (2009-10 Season)
Saw action in all 31 regular season games at small forward, including a pair of starts in early February... Averaged 2.6 points and 1.7 rebounds in 10.4 minutes for 20-16 N.C. State, an NIT squad... An aggressive offensive rebounder, as 32 of his 52 rebounds came on the offensive end... Made 11 of his last 16 free throw attempts (.688), started the season 5-of-18 (.278)... Started the games at Georgia Tech (2-6-10) and at home against Virginia Tech (2-10-10), his first career starts... Averaged 8.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in 29.5 minutes of action in those starting assignments... Played 16 minutes at Marquette (12-5-09) and finished with nine points and six rebounds... In the second half at Marquette, held Marquette[apos]s star forward, Lazar Hayward, to 2-of-6 shooting and forced him into five turnovers... Posted 10 points against Georgia Southern (12-12-09), shooting 5-of-6 from the field... Scored six points and pulled down five boards in 17 minutes against Elon (12-17-09)... Scored eight points in 11 minutes against N.C. Central (1-30-10). Had scored a total of nine points in the previous nine games... Played 28 minutes, scoring four points, going 4-of-6 from the free throw line against Georgia Tech (2-6-10)... Set new career-highs with 12 points, six rebounds and 31 minutes played in the home loss to Virginia Tech (2-10-10).
High School
Played at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, N.C.... Averaged 25.4 points and 8.3 rebounds as a senior... Scored in double figures in 27 of the 28 games as a senior, and posted more than 30 points seven times and more than 20 points 22 times... Had a season high of 37 points his final year... Helped team to a 22-6 record and into the state playoffs... Averaged 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists as a junior... Named MVP of the 2009 North Carolina/South Carolina All-Star Basketball Classic in Myrtle Beach... He scored 15 points and had 10 rebounds in his team[apos]s 106-82 win, setting an all-time game record for most rebounds.