2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

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33 Zach Kent

  • Position Forward
  • Ht./Wt. 6-10 / 250
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Magnolia, Del.
  • High School Blair Academy (N.J.)

Biography

AT DELAWARE STATE:  Played two seasons at Division I Delaware State after enrolling in 2019-20 … a year ago played in 17 games with nine starts, averaging just over 17 minutes per game … averaged 4.7 ppg. and 3.1 rpg., adding seven assists, seven steals and three blocks … shot 29.8 percent from the floor (31-of-104), going 9-of-40 on 3-pointers, and was 9-of-20 at the line (45.0 pct.) … scored in double figures on three occasions, including a season-high 16 points against Maryland-Eastern Shore (Mar. 3), making 7-of-12 field goals … added 12 points vs. Temple (Dec. 22) and scored 10 points against Norfolk State (Feb. 14) … pulled down season-high eight rebounds on two occasions, both against Coppin State (Feb. 2 and Feb. 28) … in 2020-21 appeared in 17 games with 13 starts while averaging 22.2 minutes … was fourth on the team in scoring (9.8 ppg) and No. 1 in blocks (20) … finished sixth in the MEAC in blocks at 1.2 per game … added 4.1 rpg. with 12 assists and four steals … shot 42.1 percent from the floor (61-of-145), making 18-of-59 3-pointers, and was 26-of-38 at the line (68.4 pct.) … had at least one block in 10 games, and two-or-more in six contests … blocked career-high four shots in two games, including his Delaware State debut at Wake Forest (Nov. 25) … also swatted away four shot vs. Manhattan (Jan. 30) … had two blocks in four games … reached double-figures in scoring in 10 games, including a stretch of six in a row … scored career-high 19 points (8-13 FGs; 3-4 FT) vs. St. Mary’s (Md.) on Feb. 21 … tallied his MEAC high of 16 points vs. Coppin State (Feb. 27) … scored 15 points (7-9 FG; 1-2 3ptFG) in his third DSU game vs. UNC-Wilmington (Dec. 23) … fourth on the Hornets with 18 3-point field goals … had career-high three 3-pointers in two contests (Jan, 16 vs. Norfolk State & Feb. 6 at Morgan State).
 
AT TENNESSEE: Scored three points in two games at Tennessee during the 2019-20 season before leaving the school ... tallied four points and two rebounds in his debut for the Vols vs. Presbyterian on Nov. 10, 2017.
 
HIGH SCHOOL:  Attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown (Del.) before enrolling at Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J., as a high school senior ... as a junior at St. Andrew's in 2015-16, earned Delaware All-Independent School and All-State Third Team honors after averaging 17 points and nine rebounds per game, while shooting 58 percent from the field, 40 percent on three-point shots and 80 percent at the free throw line.
 
PERSONAL: Interdisciplinary Studies major … son of Tina Kent and Clark Connelee and stepmother Brook Connellee … has two brothers (Caleb Conellee and Sawyer Connellee) and two sisters (Bristyl Connellee and Dailyn Connellee).
 

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