Slippery Rock University Athletics

Career Highlights

• 2022-23 All-PSAC West

Personal: Son of Diana Gates … A Fitness Management Major.
 
2022-23: Started 27 of 29 games played … Earned second team All-PSAC West honors … Averaged 13.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists and just under one block per game while shooting 49.5 percent from the field overall and 71.7 percent at the foul line over 28.2 minutes per game … Ranked sixth in the PSAC in field goal percentage … Also led The Rock in scoring and overall rebounding in addition to ranking second on the team in offensive rebounding (2.4), assists and total blocks (27) … Scored at least 10 points 24 times and recorded six double-doubles … Collected a 15-point, 11-rebound double-double against Daemen … Scored a season-high 26 points while pulling in nine rebounds and blocking one shot against Charleston … Six of nine rebounds against Charleston came on the offensive glass … Tallied a 20-point, 12-rebound, two-block double-double in home victory over Mansfield … Produced a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double vs. Edinboro … Blocked three shots in back-to-back games against Pitt-Johnstown and Lock Haven … Also had 25 points, three steals and nine rebounds versus LHU … Registered back-to-back double-doubles against Indiana (18/11) and Clarion (15/10) … Game-by-Game Statistics

Before The Rock: Starred at Cecil Community College … Had a breakout sophomore season for the Seahawks as he averaged 15.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per game while shooting 52.8 percent from the field overall and 76.3 percent at the foul line … A first team NJCAA All-American in 2021-22 … Also named the NJCAA Region 20 Player of the Year and the Maryland Junior College Player of the Year … Was one of just 24 athletes from across the three divisions of the NJCAA selected to play in the 2022 NJCAA Men’s Basketball Coaches All-Star Game.
 
High School: Attended Washington High School in Princess Anne, Maryland where he was a team MVP.
 

Career Highs
Points	26 vs. Charleston (2022-23)
Assists	6 vs. Seton Hill (2022-23)
Rebounds	12 vs. Mansfield (2022-23)
Steals	3 vs. Lock Haven (2022-23)
Blocks	3 (2x)
Field Goals Made	11 vs. Charleston (2022-23)
3-Pointers Made	2 (2x)
Free Throws Made	8 vs. Indiana (Pa.) (2022-23)
Minutes Played	44 vs. Lock Haven (2022-23)

 

Top Performances
Date	Opponent	Stats
11/16/22	PSU Allegheny	23 Points, 6 Rebounds, 1 Block, 1 Steal
11/22/22	Daemen	15 Points, 11 Rebounds
11/26/22	Charleston	26 Points, 9 Rebounds, 1 Block, 1 Steal
12/18/22	Mansfield	20 Points, 12 Rebounds, 2 Blocks
1/18/23	Edinboro	14 Points, 11 Rebounds, 4 Assists
1/23/23	Lock Haven	25 Points, 9 Rebounds, 3 Blocks, 3 Steals
1/28/23	Clarion	15 Points, 10 Rebounds, 2 Blocks