2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 13
Kenny White, Jr.
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Madisonville, Ky.
- Previous School:
- Murray State
- High School:
- Madisonville North Hopkins HS
Bio
BEFORE UTM: Has scored 621 points over three collegiate Division I seasons, including a pair of years competing in the OVC at Tennessee Tech (2020-22)…Most recently played at Murray State under head coach Steve Prohm in 2022-23…Averaged 7.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 29 games (18 starts) while also posting a team-best 25 blocks last season, helping the Racers go 17-15 overall with an 11-9 mark in the Missouri Valley Conference…Scored in double figures 11 different times in 2022-23, including a season-best 18 points (plus a team-high six rebounds and season-highs of four assists, two steals and two blocks) against Texas A&M on Nov. 17…Also scored 16 points twice (Nov. 20 against Tulsa and Feb. 15 at Illinois State) while tossing in 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting against Austin Peay on Dec. 16…Shot a season-best 70 percent (7-for-10) in the aforementioned game at Illinois Tate…Splashed multiple three-pointers on three separate occasions…Grabbed at least five rebounds in 13 games, including a career-best nine boards at Northern Iowa on Jan. 10…Accounted for seven multi-block games and five multi-steal performances…Played in 42 games (25 starts) over two seasons at Tennessee Tech under head coach John Pelphrey…Averaged 10.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.0 steals per outing in 2021-22, ranking fourth in the OVC in three-point field goal percentage (.398, 37-for-93)…Shot 46.6 percent (124-of-266) from the field during his last season in Cookeville…Generated 19 double-digit scoring games in 2021-22, leading the Golden Eagles in scoring seven times…Went off for a pair of 20-point outbursts, scoring career-best 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting, including 3-for-3 from three-point range at Wright State (Dec. 18) and 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting including a 4-of-6 effort from beyond the three-point arc against SIUE on (Jan. 20)…Swished multiple three-pointers on 12 different occasions, including a career-high five treys (in only seven attempts) to go along with a career-best five assists against Eastern Illinois on Feb. 7…Went a career-best 8-of-9 from the free throw line on his way to 18 points against UT Martin on Feb. 26…Snared at least five rebounds in a dozen separate games, including a season-high eight boards three times (all in OVC play)…Has nine multi-steal outings (including a career-best five swipes against Southeast Missouri on Feb. 17) and rejected a career-high three blocks at Belmont on Jan. 13…Saw playing time in 10 games as a true freshman before suffering a season-ending injury, leading the team in scoring twice in the first seven games of the season…Scored in double digits four times, tossing in a season-high 13 points twice (accomplishing that feat in his collegiate debut at Indiana on Nov. 25, 2020 and again at Xavier on Dec. 2, 2020…Led the team in points in the previously mentioned Xavier contest and again on Dec. 16 with 12 points against then-OVC rival Jacksonville State…Hauled in a season-best eight rebounds on Dec. 6 at Western Carolina…Recorded 11 points, seven rebounds and a season-high three assists at Northern Kentucky on Dec. 3…Prepped at Madisonville North Hopkins High School under head coach Matt Beshear, finishing seventh in program history with 1,616 points…Piled up three triple-doubles during his accomplished career as he was named a finalist for the Mr. Basketball Award and led the Maroons to four straight District 7 championships…Was a first team all-state honoree and Region 2 Player of the Year after averaging 18.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.7 steals per outing during his senior campaign, shooting 61.1 percent from the floor and 35.2 percent from three-point range…Helped MNHHS to a 31-3 record (the most wins at the tradition-rich program since 1984, ending the season on a 20-game winning streak), posting 27 points and 17 rebounds in the Region 2 championship game victory…Junior season included a 30-6 record, a state tournament victory for the first time since 1989 and the school’s first Region 2 championship since 2001…Averaged 14.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest as a junior, securing all-state second team honors…Was part of the Kentucky/Ohio Senior All-Star Game roster as a senior and the Kentucky/Indiana All-Star Game after his junior season…Was a three-time All-Region 2 performer.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 13, 2001...Son of Dory Stone and Kenny White, Sr....Has three siblings, Haven Stone, Kendrea White and Davalin White...Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 13, 2001...Son of Dory Stone and Kenny White, Sr....Has three siblings, Haven Stone, Kendrea White and Davalin White...Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
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