2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
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Polla, Hannes
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Jersey Number 44
Hannes Polla
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-11
- Weight:
- 270
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lahti, Finland
- Previous School:
- Oklahoma
- High School:
- Helsinki Basketball Academy
Bio
2020-21: Saw playing time in 16 games, making 13 starts at center...Averaged 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds over 15.2 minutes per contest...Registered five assists, six blocks and three steals...Scored a career-best 13 points (on 6-of-7 shooting) to go along with six rebounds in 22 minutes during the season finale victory at Eastern Illinois on Feb. 27...Made a career-best three free throws (in four tries) on Jan. 2 against Belmont...Pulled down at least six rebounds on four different occasions, including a career-best eight boards (in just 12 minutes) at Belmont on Jan. 9...Handed out a career-best two assists in only seven minutes against Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 18...Set a career-high in blocked shots (four) and a season-best in minutes played (24) against Jacksonville State on Feb. 4...Was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.
2019-20: Appeared in 21 games and made seven starts after the NCAA granted him a waiver to play immediately on Nov. 27…Averaged 2.8 points and 1.2 rebounds in 8.0 minutes per game, shooting 52.3 percent (23-of-44) from the floor and 76.5 percent (13-for-17) from the free throw line…Tossed in a season-high 10 points (on 5-of-6 shooting) in just 10 minutes at Tennessee Tech on Feb. 20…Logged a career-best 32 minutes at Jacksonville State on Feb. 22…Grabbed a season-high five rebounds to go along with four points, a block and a steal in only 14 minutes during his season debut at Central Michigan on Dec. 6.
BEFORE UTM: Played for two seasons under head coach Lon Kruger at the University of Oklahoma, helping the Sooners to 38 combined wins and a pair of trips to the NCAA Tournament...Saw playing time in 32 overall games, scoring 34 points to go along with 28 rebounds and six blocks over 104 career minutes...Shot 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from the floor while knocking down 75 percent of his free throw attempts (6-for-8)...Equaled a career-high with six points against both Wichita State (Dec. 8) and Vanderbilt (Jan. 26) during his sophomore campaign...Swatted away a career-best two blocks in a career-high 10 minutes against Notre Dame on Dec. 4, 2018...Hauled in a career-high six rebounds during his freshman season in the victory over Kansas on Jan. 23...Tallied six points and five rebounds against Ball State on Nov. 15, 2017...Prepped at the Helsinki Basketball Academy, where he was ranked by ESPN as a four-star recruit and the 34th best center in the Class of 2017...Posted averages of 12.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 blocks in the Finnish League in 2016-17...Was part of the U20, U18 and U16 Finnish National Teams...Helped Finland to a 5-2 record in the 2017 U20 European Division B Championship, tallying 10.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in only 19.6 minutes per contest...Collected 7.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for Finland's National Team in the 2016 U18 Nordic Championship...Was coached in high school by Hanno Mottola, who played for the Atlanta Hawks from 2000-02.
PERSONAL: Born on March 9, 1998...Son of Anne Kyllonen...Has three siblings, Tuomos, Johanna and Maria...Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
2019-20: Appeared in 21 games and made seven starts after the NCAA granted him a waiver to play immediately on Nov. 27…Averaged 2.8 points and 1.2 rebounds in 8.0 minutes per game, shooting 52.3 percent (23-of-44) from the floor and 76.5 percent (13-for-17) from the free throw line…Tossed in a season-high 10 points (on 5-of-6 shooting) in just 10 minutes at Tennessee Tech on Feb. 20…Logged a career-best 32 minutes at Jacksonville State on Feb. 22…Grabbed a season-high five rebounds to go along with four points, a block and a steal in only 14 minutes during his season debut at Central Michigan on Dec. 6.
BEFORE UTM: Played for two seasons under head coach Lon Kruger at the University of Oklahoma, helping the Sooners to 38 combined wins and a pair of trips to the NCAA Tournament...Saw playing time in 32 overall games, scoring 34 points to go along with 28 rebounds and six blocks over 104 career minutes...Shot 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from the floor while knocking down 75 percent of his free throw attempts (6-for-8)...Equaled a career-high with six points against both Wichita State (Dec. 8) and Vanderbilt (Jan. 26) during his sophomore campaign...Swatted away a career-best two blocks in a career-high 10 minutes against Notre Dame on Dec. 4, 2018...Hauled in a career-high six rebounds during his freshman season in the victory over Kansas on Jan. 23...Tallied six points and five rebounds against Ball State on Nov. 15, 2017...Prepped at the Helsinki Basketball Academy, where he was ranked by ESPN as a four-star recruit and the 34th best center in the Class of 2017...Posted averages of 12.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 blocks in the Finnish League in 2016-17...Was part of the U20, U18 and U16 Finnish National Teams...Helped Finland to a 5-2 record in the 2017 U20 European Division B Championship, tallying 10.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in only 19.6 minutes per contest...Collected 7.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for Finland's National Team in the 2016 U18 Nordic Championship...Was coached in high school by Hanno Mottola, who played for the Atlanta Hawks from 2000-02.
PERSONAL: Born on March 9, 1998...Son of Anne Kyllonen...Has three siblings, Tuomos, Johanna and Maria...Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
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