2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Career Summary:
Walk-on point guard played one season for Wichita State after transferring from the junior college ranks and appeared in 11 games for a 22-win Shocker team that advanced to the NIT semifinals in New York… Undersized at 5-foot-11, but a tough defender and capable shooter who earned coach Gregg Marshall’s trust in practice and saw time in a handful of key spots when the team’s primary ball-handlers ran into foul trouble… Transferred prior to his senior year.
Individual Honors:
1x – WSU varsity letterman
Team Success:
1x – NIT Semifinalist (2019)
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2018-19 (Junior):
- Saw time in 11 games as a reserve point guard, spanning 33 minutes.
- Totaled two points and three rebounds and committed just one turnover.
- Awarded WSU’s open scholarship for the spring semester on Feb. 4.
- Played a season-high 11 minutes in WSU’s first round AAC Tournament win over ECU (Mar. 14).
- Saw first-half action at VCU (Dec. 22) after foul trouble thinned the ranks and performed well against the Rams’ pressure defense, logging four turnover free-minutes.
- Played the last four minutes and sank his first collegiate a basket -- a 15-foot jumper -- at Oklahoma on Dec. 8
- Made his debut Nov. 25 against Rice, playing the final two minutes.
Junior College:
Averaged 6.4 points and 2.5 assists in 18.4 minutes per game as a sophomore at Central Georgia Tech in Macon, Ga… Played in all 34 games with 16 starts at point guard… Helped his team to a 25-9 record, state and regional titles and a trip to the NJCAA National Tournament… Scored 15 points (4-of-5 three-point shooting) in the Region 17 championship game… Played his freshman year at Eastern Florida State Junior College... Team went 31-6 and finished second at the 2017 NJCAA National Tournament, falling to a Hutchinson CC team led by WSU signee Samajae Haynes-Jones… Played in 30 games with three starts and averaged just under 10 minutes per game… Attended EFJC during the 2015-16 school year but did not play basketball.
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High School:
2015 graduate of Heritage High in Palm Bay, Fla… Helped the Panthers to a 21-7 record as a senior… Averaged 18 points and 5 assists and earned first team all-conference status… Named second team All-Space Coast by Florida Today… Served as team captain… As a junior, helped Melbourne High to a 28-3 record and a trip to the state semifinals in Florida’s second-largest classification (7A)…. Played summer ball for coach Ricky Michaelson and helped the Florida Pheonix to a 72-3 record in one summer…
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Personal:
Born Dec. 2, 1996… Son of Karen King… Has two younger brother, Noah and Ford… Cousin, Mustapha Farrakhan, starred at Virginia and played professionally in the NBA G-League… Plans to major in sport management.
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