Zach Freemantle

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-9
Weight:
225
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Teaneck, N.J.
High School:
Bergen Catholic

2024-25: After the Xavier season ended, played in the Portsmouth Invitational and earned a spot on the All-PIT Tournament Team ... 2024-25 All-BIG EAST Second Team selection by league coaches ... 2024-25 NABC All-East District First Team ... Led the team in scoring (sixth in the BIG EAST at 16.8 ppg.) and rebounding (sixth in the BIG EAST at 6.8 rpg.) ... Scored 25 points on 11-16 shooting win the win over Providence on March 8, 24 points on 12-17 shooting at Butler on March 5 and 23 points on 10-14 shooting in the Creighton win on March 1 ... Second in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (.517) and 10th in free throw percentage (.752) ... Fourth in the BIG EAST in defensive rebounding at 5.2 drpg. ... Scored in double figures in 30 of the 31 games he played ... Posted his fifth double-double of the season and the 25th of his career with 14 points and 10 rebounds in the win at Marquette on Jan. 18 ... 20 points and 10 rebounds at DePaul on Jan. 11 ... Returned to action on Jan. 3 at Georgetown after missing Xavier's first three BIG EAST games due to a knee injury.

TOP 10 ON XAVIER'S CAREER SCORING AND REBOUNDING LISTS: Scored 1,749 career points in 136 career games, which is 10th on XU's all-time scoring chart ... Ninth on XU's all-time rebounding list with 890 rebounds ... Only three other Musketeers are in the top 10 for Xavier in career scoring and rebounding: David West, Tyrone Hill and Romain Sato.

PLENTY OF BIG EAST CONFERENCE HONORS AND MORE: 2024-25 All-BIG EAST Second Team selection by league coaches, a selection he also earned in the 2020-21 season ... Earned his fifth BIG EAST weekly award of his final season on March 9; BIG EAST Honor Roll after averaging 24.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 blocks and 1.5 steals in a pair of Xavier wins, while shooting 69.7 percent (23-33) from the field combined in wins at Butler and vs. Providence ... Collected four BIG EAST Honor Roll Awards this season and one BIG EAST Player of the Week honor ... BIG EAST Honor Roll on March 3 after leading XU with 23 points, hitting 10-14 from the field, to go with six rebounds in the Creighton win on March 1 ... Earned BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week on Feb. 17 after averaging 21.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in a pair of wins; had 23 points and nine rebounds at Providence on Feb. 12 and 19 points and nine rebounds vs. DePaul on Feb. 15 ... BIG EAST Honor Roll honors twice in December, including on Dec. 16 after averaging 22.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game vs. Morgan State on Dec. 10 and at Cincinnati on Dec. 14 ... Averaged 15.7 points and 8.7 boards against South Carolina, Michigan and South Carolina State to earn the honor on Dec. 2 ... All-Tournament Team honors at the Ft. Myers Tip-Off; 16 points and nine rebounds in the win over South Carolina on Nov. 25 and followed that up with a double-double vs. Michigan (14 points and 10 rebounds) on Nov. 27.

MISSED 2023-24 SEASON AND FINAL 15 GAMES OF THE 2022-23 SEASON: Left foot injury and surgery kept him out of action for the final 15 games in 2022-23; needed another surgery prior to the 2023-24 season ... Led the team in rebounding in the 2022-23 season at 8.1 rpg. (would have been fourth in the BIG EAST rankings but did not play enough games) ... Career-high tying 30 points to go with 11 rebounds and seven assists vs. Georgetown on Jan. 21, 18 points and 12 rebounds at DePaul on Jan. 18, 29 points and 11 rebounds at Villanova on Jan. 7 and 16 points and 11 rebounds vs. UConn on Dec. 31 ... Has 20 career-double-doubles, including eight in the 2022-23 season ... Averaged 15.2 ppg. over the first 22 games (would have been ninth in the BIG EAST rankings but did not play enough games) ... Hit 14 of 22 (.636) from 3-point territory ... 12-rebound game to go with 14 points at Cincinnati on Dec. 10 ... Double-double (14 points and 11 rebounds) vs. Florida on Nov. 24 and another vs. Southeastern La. on Nov. 30 with 15 points and 12 rebounds to go with five assists.

ONE OF ONLY FOUR XAVIER PLAYERS TO RECORD A TRIPLE-DOUBLE: Recorded a triple-double with 15 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists in the Fairfield win on Nov. 15, 2022; That marked the first triple-double by a Xavier player since Myles Davis on Feb. 17 in the 2015-16 season ... Only four XU players have recorded a triple-double; the other two: 2003 National Player of the Year David West did it once and All-American Tu Holloway did it twice.

2022-23 ... 1,000 POINT CLUB MEMBER WAS HONORED FOUR TIMES BY THE BIG EAST: Made the BIG EAST Honor Roll four times in the 2022-23 season (five league honors overall), including on Jan. 23 for his efforts in games at DePaul on Jan. 18 and vs. Georgetown on Jan. 21 ... BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week on Jan. 9 after scoring a season-high 29 points to go with 11 rebounds, four assists, one steal and no turnovers at Villanova; he hit 12-17 from the field, including 2-2 3-pointers ... Game-high 23 points in the Seton Hall win on Dec. 20 to go with nine rebounds, earning a spot on the BIG EAST Honor Roll (Dec. 26) ... Also earned a spot on the BIG EAST Honor Roll on Nov. 14 and Nov. 21 ... Joined the Xavier 1,000 Point Club on Nov. 30 and is now 31st on XU’s all-time scoring list with 1,227 points.

AS A JUNIOR (2021-22): Recorded 14 double-figure scoring games in his last 18 games and 17 overall ... Fourth on the team in scoring at 10.4 ppg., including 12.6 ppg. for the five NIT games ... Team-high 16 points in the Vanderbilt win on March 22 and tied for team-high honors with 18 points vs. St. Bonaventure on March 29 ... Posted a 23-point game vs. Butler on Feb. 2 on 9-13 shooting from the field and a 16-point, eight-rebound game at Creighton on Jan. 29 ... Double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds vs. Cleveland State on March 15 ... 14 points and 13 rebounds vs. Butler on March 9 ... 11 points and 10 rebounds at UConn on Feb. 19 ... 13 points and 11 rebounds vs. Creighton on Jan. 15 ... 10 points on Jan. 7 at Butler ... Eight points, nine rebounds and three assists in the Marquette win on Dec. 18 ... Had been sidelined following foot surgery for the first six games but played in XU’s last 30 games, including 22 starts ... Scored a game-high 24 points on 9-11 shooting from the field and 6-6 free-throw shooting to go with seven rebounds and four assists vs. Ball State on Dec. 8.

BIG EAST HONORS AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Selected to the 2020-21 All-BIG EAST Second Team by the league coaches, who also chose him for 2020-21 BIG EAST Most Improved Player Award honors after he improved from 7.5 ppg. and 4.3 rpg. as a freshman to 16.1 ppg. (fifth in BIG EAST) and 8.9 rpg. (first in BIG EAST) as a sophomore ... Named to the BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll on Dec. 14 and Feb. 15 ... Earned BIG EAST Player of the Week honors on Dec. 7 ... Member of the 2020 Xavier Invitational All-Tournament Team.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Led the team in scoring (fifth in the BIG EAST at 16.1 ppg.) and the entire BIG EAST Conference in rebounding (38th in the nation at 8.9 rpg.) ... Led the team in field goal percentage (sixth in the BIG EAST at .513) ... Led Xavier with 28 points on 12-14 shooting from the field, including a career-high four 3-pointers, in the Oklahoma win on Dec. 9 ... Hit 25-78 (.321) from 3-point range ... Scored a game-high 20 points to go with a game-high nine rebounds vs. Seton Hall on Dec. 30 ... Recorded six double-doubles in his last eight games (team-high eight total for the year): a career-high 30 points and a career-high 15 rebounds vs. UConn on Feb. 13, 22 points with 10 rebounds at St. John’s on Feb. 16, 17 points and 10 rebounds vs. Butler on Feb. 21, 24 points with 12 rebounds at Providence on Feb. 24, 17 points with 10 rebounds vs. Creighton on Feb. 27 and 12 points and 12 rebounds at Georgetown on March 2.

BIG EAST HONORS AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20): BIG EAST Conference coaches selected him and former teammate KyKy Tandy to the 2019-20 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team ... Named BIG EAST Conference Freshman of the Week after averaging 11.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in 16.5 minutes per game in XU’s games vs. Western Carolina on Dec. 18 and at TCU on Dec. 22.

AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20): Recorded eight of his 11 double-figure scoring games vs. BIG EAST competition, including a season-high tying 18 points to go with a career-high tying three steals vs. DePaul on March 11 in BIG EAST Tournament play ... 13 points and seven rebounds at Providence on March 4 and 11 points with six rebounds, three steals and three blocks vs. DePaul on Feb. 25 ... Came up big in his Madison Square Garden debut with 11 points and seven rebounds vs. St. John’s on Feb. 17, including the go ahead basket with 10 seconds left, a big rebound with two seconds left and then two free throws to provide the final margin ... Made his first 14 collegiate starts in the last 14 games ... Scored a season-high 18 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, to go with a season-high nine rebounds at Creighton on Jan. 26 ... Contributed 10 points at Marquette on Jan. 15, including a pair of 3-pointers ... Came up big in the UConn win on Nov. 22 with five blocks, five rebounds, four points and two steal ... The five blocks vs. UConn on Nov. 22, 2019 were the most by a Musketeer since Zach Hankins blocked six shots vs. Detroit Mercy (12-21-18) ... The five blocks were the most by a Musketeer freshman since Aaron Williams blocked seven shots at Loyola of Chicago in the 1989-90 season (2-6-90); Williams, second all-time on Xavier’s blocked shot chart with 197, played 14 seasons in the NBA.

AT BERGEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 17.0 ppg., 10.5 rpg. and 2.0 bpg. as a senior, earning First Team All-State, All-League, All-County and All-North Jersey … Led his team to a 27-4 record and championships of the Big North Conference, Bergen County Jamboree and the Non-Public A Championship, Bergen Catholic’s first state title since 2002 ... Bergen Catholic reached the Tournament of Champions final for the first time in school history; scored a career-high 36 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a win over Newark East Side in the TOC semifinals … Averaged 20 ppg. in the state tournament … Two-time First Team All-Bergen County (Bergen Record), who earned 2019 Big North Conference Player of the Year honors … Garden State Hoops/My Play Bergen County Player of the Year ... Finished his career with 1,152 points, while leading his team to a composite 73-15 record ... Basketball coach: Billy Armstrong.

PERSONAL: Full name is Zachary Vincent Freemantle ... Nicknamed Big Frosty ... Earned his bachelor’s degree in Sport Administration from Xavier; now working on his MBA … Named to the NABC Honors Court list ... Parents are Larry and Michaela Freemantle … Sibling is Ian … Born on October 18, 2000 in Teaneck, N.J.

XAVIER CAREER HIGHS
Points	30	vs. Georgetown (January 21, 2023) and vs. UConn (February 13, 2021)
Field Goals Made	13	vs. UConn (February 13, 2021)
Field Goals Attempted	26	vs. UConn (February 13, 2021)
3-Pt Field Goals Made	4	vs. Oklahoma (December 9, 2020)
3-Pt Field Goals Attempted	8	at Georgetown (March 2, 2021)
Free Throws Made	9	vs. Morgan State (December 10, 2024) and vs. Texas Southern (November 4, 2024)
Free Throws Attempted	12	vs. Morgan State (December 10, 2024)
Rebounds	15	vs. UConn (February 13, 2021)
Assists	10	vs. Fairfield (November 15, 2022)
Blocks	5	vs. UConn (November 22, 2019)
Steals	4	vs. Illinois (March 21, 2025), vs. South Carolina State (December 1, 2024), vs. Texas Southern (November 4, 2024), and vs. Montana (November 11, 2022)