Baylor

2023-24 (Freshman): Big 12 Freshman of the Year … The second-straight Baylor player to win the preseason and postseason Freshman of the Year Award ... BU is one of two Big 12 programs to sweep back-to-back pre and postseason freshmen of the year selections ... All-Big 12 Third Team … Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year … Jerry West Award Preseason Top-20 … Big 12 Player of the Week (11/13) … USBWA Player of the Week (11/14) … Wooden Award Preseason Top-50 NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team … Wooden Award Midseason Top-25 … Jerry West Award Top-10 … His 508 points rank as the second-most by a freshman in program history ... Scored 20 points for a ninth time and led the team with six rebounds in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (3/24/24) … Scored 19 points in his NCAA Tournament debut against Colgate (3/22/24) … Tallied a game-high 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting and tied a career high with five threes against Houston (2/24/24) … Scored a game-high 23 points, his seventh 20-point game of the season to lead BU past West Virginia (2/17/24) … Scored 17 points and pulled down a game-high 8 rebounds and two steals at No. 4 Kansas (2/10/24) … Was the KenPom game MVP with a game-highs in points (22) and rebounds (7) at Texas (1/20/24) … Scored all 14 of his points in the second half on 4-of-8 shooting to lead the Bears past Cincinnati (1/13/24) … Netted his second-straight 20-point game with 23 points and a career-high 9 rebounds in the first game at Foster Pavilion (1/2/24) … Shot 4-of-7 from three-point range en route to 15 points and five rebounds against Seton Hall (12/5/23) … Named to the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team after averaging 17.5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals in the event (11/24/23) … Stuffed the stat sheet with 24 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals in win over Oregon State (11/22/23) … Named Big 12 Player of the Week on Nov. 13, becoming the first BU Freshman to win the award … Scored a team-leading 14 points and pulled down a career-high 8 rebounds against Gardner-Webb (11/12/23) … Set a program record for the most points by a freshman in his debut with 28, and became just the 4th freshman in Big 12 with at least 28 points in his debut, and the only one to do it against a power-conference opponent (11/7/23) … Went 10-for-10 from the free throw line, making him the ninth different player in program history to shoot 1.000 percent from the line [minimum 10 attempts] (11/7/23)

(High School) Originally from McKinney ... Played his senior season at Link Academy in Branson, Mo., which finished 2021-22 as the No. 2 team in ESPN's national high school rankings ... Helped Link to a 24-1 record in 2022-23 ... McDonalds All-America ... ESPN's No. 17-rated player ... Led McKinney to its first-ever state championship game, where he scored a team-high 23 points against Duncanville ... During his junior season he averaged 23.3 points and 7.6 rebounds ... 5-6A offensive player of the year ... He also earned a spot on the 2021-22 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-State Team and the 6A All-State Tournament Team.