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2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster

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5 Eric Boone

  • Position G
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lexington, Ky.
  • High School Bryan Station
  • Prev School John A. Logan College

Biography

Junior (2020-21): Started 21 of 24 games and averaged 11 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists • Shot 35 percent from 3-point range • Ranked second in the Sun Belt and 21st in the country with 2.2 steals a game and ranked 13th in the Sun Belt in assists (3.1/gm) • Ranked 11th in the league in assist/turnover ratio (1.3) • Scored in double figures in 14 games, including two contests with 20-plus points, and led the Eagles in scoring six times • Led the Eagles in assists in 10 games and in rebounding three times • Made 15 of 16 from the free-throw line and scored a season-high 29 in a double overtime win at FIU (12/19) • Had a season-high eight rebounds at USC Upstate (12/5) • Posted a season-high six steals against Mercer (12/13).

Before Georgia Southern: Junior College transfer from John A. Logan College • Was part of a 28-win team in the 2019-20 season • Ranked second on the team in scoring with 15.5 points a game last season • Shot 52 percent from the field, 38 percent from 3-point range and 76 percent from the free-throw line • Also averaged 4.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.2 steals • Averaged 12 points, five rebounds and 4.9 assists at Tallahassee Community College in 2018-19 • Was a finalist for Mr. Basketball in the state of Kentucky in 2018 • Played in the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Game and just missed a triple-double, finishing with 11 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and four steals • Named Lexington's 2018 Player of the Year and was first-team all-city after averaging 19.9 points and 11.3 rebounds.

Personal: Born Eric Dean Lewis Boone Jr. July 4, 1999, in Lexington, Kentucky • The son of Shondale Price and Eric Boone Sr. • Has seven siblings - Emerion Boone (16), Peighton Okorley (11), Daquis Sharp (22), King Boone (23), Mahongy Carson (20), Armelo Boone (14) and Bryce Boone (10).

Major: Interdisciplinary studies.

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