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Jersey Number 13
Kuany Kuany
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- Last School(s):
- Prolific Prep (Calif.)
Accolades
At Cal
2022-23 (Sr.)
Before Cal
High School/Club
- Joseph M. Kavanagh Award winner (2022-23)
- Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)
At Cal
2022-23 (Sr.)
- Graduated from Cal with his undergraduate degree in sociology in May 2023
- Transferred to VCU as a graduate/fifth-year player following the conclusion of the 2022-23 season
- Recipient of the Joseph M. Kavanagh Award, which recognizes a student athlete who has holistically demonstrated poise, patience, and persistence in their journey at Cal
- Embraced an increased role both statistically & as a leader for the Golden Bears in his senior season
- Averaged career highs in numerous categories, including 9.0 points & 3.9 rebounds per game
- Made 26 starts & played 25.4 minutes per game; was one of three Bears to play in all 32 games
- Shot 35.9% (83 of 231) from the floor & was second on the team in made 3-pointers (28)
- Tallied 17 double-figure scoring performances in the season after recording just four in the first 83 games of his career
- Excelled at the free throw line at 82.3% & led Cal in makes (93) and attempts (113)
- Led Cal in rebounding 10 times & was second on the team with 125 total boards for the season
- Scored a career-high 18 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor (5-of-5 FTs) in win vs. Stanford (Jan. 6)
- Narrowly missed a double-double with 11 points & a career-high nine rebounds vs. Washington State (Feb. 25)
- Made a career-high nine free throws (9 of 11) & scored 16 points in Cal's first win of the year vs. UT Arlington (Dec. 21)
- Made 16 starts in 30 games played during a productive junior season
- Averaged 4.8 points & 2.1 rebounds in 17.1 minutes per game
- Ramped up his scoring in Pac-12 play, averaging 5.4 points per game
- Shot 41.3 percent (45-for-109) from the field & 31.9 percent from behind the arc (15-for-47)
- Second on the team with 40 made free throws; shot 76,9 percent at the line (40-for-52)
- Among Cal's leaders in blocks (15) & steals (18)
- Seven games with eight-plus points scored
- Scored season-high 10 points in back-to-back games vs. Colorado (Feb. 17) & Utah (Feb. 19)
- Tallied career highs of six blocks & six rebounds to go along with his 10 points vs. Colorado (Feb. 17)
- Averaged 9.3 minutes in 26 games played (three starts)
- Contributed 2.3 points & 1.3 rebounds per game
- Shot 42.9 percent from the field (18-of-42)
- Missed two games on Jan. 9-14 with a concussion
- Tied a career-high 11 points & added four rebounds vs. Seattle U (Dec. 22)
- Scored eight points (3-of-6 from field) in Cal's Pac-12 Tournament win vs. Stanford
- Had four points, four rebounds in win vs. Colorado (Feb. 13)
- Dished out four assists & swatted two shots vs. CSUN (Dec. 19)
- Started two of 28 games played during freshman season
- Averaged 2.2 points & 1.1 rebounds
- Poured in season-high 11 points along with four rebounds & one block at Oregon State
- Nine points & one block at No. 13 Oregon
- Pulled down three rebounds in Pac-12 Tournament win over Stanford
- Earned first career start vs. No. 21 Colorado & drained a 3-pointer to get Bears going early
- Cal debut came with 3-minute performance vs. Prairie View A&M
- Missed first three games of season due to injury (leg)
Before Cal
High School/Club
- Averaged 10 points & five rebounds as a senior at Napa's Prolific Prep Academy
- Played his first three seasons of high school basketball at Victory Rock Prep (Sarasota, Florida)
- Born on March 27, 2000 in Kakuma, Kenya
- Spent time between South Sudan and Kenya before his family moved to Melbourne, Australia when he was 6 years old
- Started playing basketball at age 11 and moved to the United States on his own at age 15 to pursue his basketball dreams
- First player to commit to California under head coach Mark Fox
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