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2024-25: (Game-by-Game in PDF) Played in 15 games as a freshman, with four starts … Scored 26 points, grabbed 33 rebounds, and had eight assists, two blocked shots and two steals … Started and led Penn with nine rebounds in its Big 5 Classic game against Drexel (12/7) … Had a season-high seven points and four boards at Villanova (11/19) … Scored four points and grabbed two rebounds in his collegiate debut, against Saint Joseph’s (11/15) … Made his first collegiate start in Cathedral Classic Invitational win over Maine (11/30).
 
High School: Lettered in basketball, two-year captain under head coach David Grande … Helped the Crusaders to three straight Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) championships from 2022-24) … Conference MVP and second-team all-state as a senior when he averaged 19.0 points, 13.2 rebounds (third in the state of New Jersey), 2.0 assists, 5.4 blocks (tops in the state), and 1.7 steals per game … Two-time first-team all-conference and first-team all-county … Honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore in 2021-22 … MVP at the 2023 J.P. Flynn Memorial Holiday Basketball Tournament … Academic all-conference … Outstanding Academic and Athletic Achievement Conference Award … New Jersey Basketball Coaches Association (NJBCA) North/South All-Star Game selection (missed the game due to injury) … Career averages: 1,252 points (15.1 ppg), 927 rebounds (11 rpg), 121 assists (1.5 apg), 283 blocked shots (3.4 bpg), 116 steals (1.4 spg) … Class Valedictorian … Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics Award … Science Excellence Award … English Excellence Award.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “I chose Penn because it has everything that I was looking for coming to the United States; a great academic school with an equally great basketball program.”