Kerem Kanter

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Forward
Height:
6-10
Weight:
240
Hometown:
Istanbul, Turkey
High School:
Wilbraham & Monson Academy / Wisconsin-Green Bay

AS A MUSKETEER (2017-18)
22 double-figure scoring games, including each of the last six games ... Tied his collegiate career high with 24 points in the NCAA Tournament win over Texas Southern ... Scored in double figures in 14 games vs. BIG EAST opponents, including 12 vs. St. John's and 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting vs. Providence in the BIG EAST Tournament. ... Scored 22 points on 10-of-15 shooting at Butler on Feb. 6 and 22 points with a Xavier career-high tying 13 rebounds vs. St. John's on Jan. 17 at Cintas Center ... Started 16 games ... Second in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (.584) ... Third on the team in rebounding at 4.5 rpg. (28th in the BIG EAST) ... Averaged to 10.9 ppg. and 4.3 rpg. in BIG EAST Conference regular season play ... Collected three double-doubles ... Posted a collegiate career-high 24 points at Providence on Jan. 6 (19 in the second half); hit 10-of-15 field goal attempts and also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds ... Scored a team-high 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting at Villanova on Jan. 10 ... Posted the first double-double of his Xavier career with 16 points and a Xavier career-high 13 rebounds vs. Marshall on Dec. 19 ... Scored nine points vs. ETSU on Dec. 16, including the game-tying 3-pointer with 55 seconds left ... 20 points to go with eight rebounds vs. Kent State on Dec. 6 ... Scored 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including 2-of-2 3-pointers, in 18 minutes off the bench vs. Cincinnati on Dec. 2 ... Hit all six of his shot attempts on his way to 12 points in 13 minutes vs. Arizona State on Nov. 24 ... On the Feb. 12 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 18.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in wins at Butler on Feb. 6 and at Creighton on Feb. 10 ... 71.4 percent (15-of-21) from the field for the two games.

AT WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (2016-17)
Green Bay’s second-leading scorer at 11.3 points per game and leading rebounder at 6.3 rebounds per game last season ... Played in 31 of UWGB’s 32 games, starting 20 times, and helped the Phoenix to an 18-14 overall mark and a 12-6 record in Horizon League play ... Scored a career-high 23 points at Northern Kentucky on Feb. 9, 2017 and at Central Michigan on Dec. 6, 2016 ... Scored 20 straight points for his team in the second half of the game at CMU, earning the honor of being featured that night on ESPN SportsCenter ... Basketball coach: Linc Darner.

AT WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (2015-16)
Played in 28 games as a sophomore, helping the Phoenix to a 23-12 mark, while winning the 2016 Horizon League Tournament Championship and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament ... Notched double-figure scoring games four times, including a season-high 12 points twice ... Scored five points and made one 3-pointer in the NCAA Tournament game vs. Texas A&M ... Scored 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting with 5 rebounds in 12 minutes at Detroit on Feb. 11 ... Poured in 11 points in 12 minutes on 4-of-5 shooting, including 3-of-3 from the FT line at Northern Kentucky on Feb. 4 ... Basketball coach: Linc Darner.

AT WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (2014-15)
Played in 19 games as a freshman, helping the Phoenix finish 24-9 overall and earn a trip to the 2015 NIT ... Basketball coach: Brian Wardle.

PRIOR TO WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY
Averaged 17.0 points and nine rebounds per game in 2013-14 at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida ... Shot 64.0 percent from the field... Attended Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Wilbraham, Mass. for the 2012-13 school year ... Was a key member of the Under-18 Turkish National Team, helping Turkey to the gold medal at the 2013 U18 European Championships in Riga, Latvia ... Scored a team-high 22 points in a semifinal win over Spain.

PERSONAL
Graduate student who earned his undergraduate degree in sports management from Wisconsin-Green Bay ... Parents are Mehmet and Gulsum Kanter ... Siblings are Enes, Betul and Ahmet; brother Enes plays in the NBA with the New York Knicks and played college ball at Kentucky ... born April 29, 1995 in Bursa, Turkey.

XAVIER CAREER HIGHS
Points	24	vs. Texas Southern (March 16, 2018), at Providence (January 6, 2018)
Field Goals Made	8	at Creighton (February 4, 2017)
Field Goals Attempted	11	vs. Texas Southern (March 16, 2018)
3-Pt Field Goals Made	2	Five times
3-Pt Field Goals Attempted	6	vs. Marshall (December 19, 2017)
Free Throws Made	9	vs. Marshall (December 19, 2017)
Free Throws Attempted	10	vs. Hampton (November 20, 2017)
Rebounds	13	vs. St. John's (January 17, 2018), Marshall (December 19, 2017)
Assists	3	vs. DePaul (December 30, 2017)
Blocks	2	vs. Seton Hall (February 14, 2018), Cincinnati (December 2, 2017)
Steals	2	at Marquette (December 27, 2017)