Leon Gilmore III

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Class:
Junior
Ht./Wt.:
6-7 / 215
Position:
F
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
High School:
Manvel HS
Last College:
Trinity Valley CC

2017-18 (Senior) | Made his hay as a staunch front court defender while continuing to display some impressive scoring punch through his final season of collegiate basketball...Averaged 9.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.5 blocked shots in 23.2 minutes per game...Put in 51.3-percent (117-of-228) of his tries from the field, 25.8-percent (8-of-31) of his attempts from three-point range and 64.7-percent (77-of-119) of his free throws...Ranked fourth on the team and 14th in the Southland Conference in field goal percentage...Ranked third on the team in rebounding...Finished the season with 13 outings of 10 or more points and a pair of 20+ point efforts...Notched a team-best four double-doubles throughout the year beginning with a 10-point, 10-rebound effort in a non-conference home victory over North Dakota State (11/28)...Hoisted up a career-high 12 free throw attempts in a non-conference home triumph over Louisiana-Monroe (12/3)...Accumulated a season-high five assists in a non-conference home victory over Arlington Baptist (12/21)...Logged a career-high 34 minutes and tied career-bests in both free throws made (eight) and steals (three) as part of a 22-point, 13-rebounds effort in a Southland Conference road victory at Incarnate Word (1/13)...Put forth the game of his career in a Southland Conference road win at Sam Houston State in which he established new career-highs in points (23), three-point field goals made (four), three-point field goals attempted (five) and blocked shots (four) in 28 minutes of action (3/3)...Aided the 'Jacks in winning the Southland Conference Tournament as the third seed in order to punch the program's fourth NCAA Tournament ticket in the last five seasons.

2016-17 (Junior) | Southland Conference All-Tournament Team...Turned into one of the more formidable front court threats in the Southland Conference by the time his first season in SFA colors was in the books...Took part in 32 of the 'Jacks' 33 games and made 22 appearances in the starting lineup...Averaged 10.6 points and 5.9 rebounds in 25.1 minutes per game...Connected on 48.5-percent (128-of-264) of his field goal attempts, 13.9-percent (5-for-36) of his three-point field goal attempts and 67.2-percent (78-for-116) of his free throw tries...Poured in 11 or more points in 15 of his 32 games...Ranked second in the team in both scoring and rebounding...Put forth a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double in his SFA debut - a non-conference setback at No. 2-ranked Kentucky (11/11)...Posted his first 20+ point outing in an SFA uniform in a Southland Conference home setback to Northwestern State where he racked up 22 on a season-best nine field goal makes (3/2)...Tied a Southland Conference Tournament record by going a perfect 7-for-7 from the field en route to 19 points in a Southland Conference Tournament quarterfinal victory over Lamar (3/9)...Established season-highs in three-point field goals made (two), free throws made (eight) and free throws attempted (10) as part of a 20-point, 10-rebound game in a Southland Conference Tournament semifinal setback to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/10).

2015-16 (Sophomore) | Transferred to Trinity Valley Community College and blossomed into a legitimate junior college threat...Averaged 11.1 points and a team-best 7.2 rebounds per game for a Cardinals' squad that rolled to a 33-2 record and was ranked as the top junior college team in the nation from January 12 onward...Helped the Cardinals locked up the number-one overall seed for the 2016 NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament...TVCC advanced all the way to the national quarterfinals before bowing out at the hands of eventual third-place team Gillette...Latched onto All-Conference as well as All-NJCAA Tournament honors as a result of his play.

2014-15 (Freshman) | Inked an NLI with BIG EAST institution Creighton over the likes of Baylor, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M and UNLV...Saw time in eight games as a freshman...Averaged 1.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game...Made his collegiate debut in the Blue Jays' season opener and scored two points while adding two rebounds in 10 minutes played against Central Arkansas (11/14)...Established a career-best with four rebounds through 11 minutes in a non-conference home victory over Eastern Illinois (11/24).Netted a season-high four points and hit his first three-pointer in a road setback to No. 4-ranked Villanova (1/25).

High School | As a standout at Manvel High School for two seasons, his play yielded all-district laurels during his junior year...Averaged 17.1 points, nine rebounds 3.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game as a senior to help the Mavericks set a new school record for wins in a season with their 30-5 mark.

Personal | Born Leon Gilmore III in Houston, Texas, on September 3, 1995...Son of Leon Gilmore, Jr., and Carmencita Williams...Has three siblings: Ethan, Zoe and Cameron...Plans to major in kiniesiology at Stephen F. Austin.