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2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

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    Position
  • Freshman
    Class
  • Lewisville, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'4
    Height
  • 185
    Weight
  • IMG Academy
    High School
Keyonte George
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Keyonte George
G
Position
Freshman
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Lewisville, Texas
Hometown

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6-foot-four freshman guard from Lewisville, Texas … Scored 506 points, the second-most by a freshman in BU history ... Holds the program record for the most 20-point games (12), and three-pointers made by a freshman (77) ... Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... All-Big 12 Newcomer Team ... All-Big 12 Freshman Team ... All-Big 12 Second Team ... AP All Big 12 Second Team ... NABC All-District Second Team ... NBWA All-District Team ... Fifth McDonalds All-American in program history … Scored 22.8 points per game to lead the Bears to the GLOBL JAM Championship game in July, highlighted by 37 points in a semi-final win over Canada … The No. 3-ranked player in the 2022 class by ESPN, making him the highest-ranked recruit in program history … Named MVP of the 2021 3x3 U18 World Cup while playing for USA Basketball.

2022-23 (Freshman): Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... All-Big 12 Newcomer Team ... All-Big 12 Freshman Team ... All-Big 12 Second Team ... AP All Big 12 Second Team ... NABC All-District Second Team ... NBWA All-District Team ... Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/2) ... Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week (12/5) ... Naismith Award Midseason Team ... Jerry West Award Top-10 ... Wooden Award Midseason Top-25 ... Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List ... Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention) ... Preseason All-America Second Team (Sporting News) ... Preseason All-America Third Team (CBS Sports) ... Preseason All-America HM (The Almanac) ... NABC Player of the Year Watch List ... Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List ... Scored 506 points, the second-most by a freshman in BU history ... Holds the program record for the most 20-point games (12), and three-pointers made by a freshman (77) ... His 15.8 points per game in conference play ranked fifth-best in the Big 12 ... Had a team high 23 points in Loss at Kansas State (2/21/23) ... Eclipsed the 20-point mark for an 11th time with 20 points at Kansas (2/18/23) ... Pulled down a career-high nine rebounds and tied a season high with seven assists against WVU (2/13/23) ... Scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Bears past Oklahoma (2/8) ... Had a team-high 24 points including nine of the team’s last 12 points in win over Arkansas (1/28/23) ... Shot .533% en route to 27 points to lift Baylor to a road win at Texas Tech (1/17/23) ... Set a career high with 32 points at WVU, the most by a freshman since LaceDarius Dunn had 38 at Texas Tech in March 2008 (1/11/23) ... Scored the most points by a freshman (27) since Jared Butler (31), including 11-for-12 from the line against TCU (1/4/23) ... Picked up his second Big 12 Newcomer of the week Award, averaging 18.5 points against Nicholls and Iowa State (1/2/23) ... Poured in a team-high 21 points to lead the Bears past Nicholls in the final non-conference tune up (12/28/22) ... Led the Bears in scoring for a third-straight game with 19 points to lift BU past Washington State in Dallas (12/18/22) ... Notched game-highs in points (22) and assists (6) to help lift the shorthanded Bears past Tarleton (12/6) ... Named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the week averaging 15 points per game, highlighted by his 18 points in a win over No. 14 Gonzaga (12/5/22) ... Scored a game-high 18 points to lead Baylor past Gonzaga (12/2). It was his fourth time to lead the team in scoring in 2022-23 ... Recorded 14 second-half points to finish with a team-high 20 against No. 16 Virginia (11/18/22) ... His 23 points against The Spartans were the most by a BU freshman since Jared Butler had 31 at Kansas (3/9/19) ... Scored 13 points in his BU debut against MVSU (11/7/22), the most points in a Baylor debut since LJ Cryer’s 17 against UL in 2020 ... Seven assists against the Delta Devils were the most by a BU player in their debut since Adam Flagler vs. UL in 2020.
 
High School: Five-Star guard out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. … Played in 14 games averaging 17.8 points per game … Shot 41% from 3-point range … Scored a career-high 40 points against the La Lumiere Lakers …  The No. 3-ranked player in the 2022 class by ESPN, making him the highest-ranked recruit in program history … Named MVP of the 2021 3x3 U18 World Cup while playing for USA Basketball … Averaged 23.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.1 steals per game during his junior season at iSchool of Lewisville.