Biography
2025-26: Averaged 10.3 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game while totaling 92 assists and 46 steals during his freshman season, playing in all 33 games and making 31 starts… Started all 20 league games, averaging 9.8 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game while totaling 55 assists and 23 steals… Tied for 11th in the MVC in assists per game (2.79), ranked fifth in steals per game (1.39), ranked 13th in 3-point percentage (.359), ranked sixth in made 3s per game at 1.82 and eighth in assist to turnover ratio (1.77)… In league-only games, ranked 13th in assists per game (2.75), ninth in steals per game (1.15), tied for 11th in made 3s per game (1.7) and 10th in assist/turnover ratio (1.67)… Ranked third in program history for steals by a freshman behind only Javon Freeman-Liberty (2018-19, 60) and Lubos Barton (1998-99, 50) with 46… Ranked sixth in program history for assists by a freshman with 92, the most since Jarryd Loyd had 106 in 2004-05… Made 60 3-pointers, the sixth most by a freshman in program history… Scored in double figures 19 times including seven of the season’s final nine games… Named the MVC Freshman of the Week on Nov. 17 and Nov. 24… Scored 12 points and had five steals in his collegiate debut on Nov. 4 vs. Eastern Illinois, becoming the fourth Valpo rookie in the last 15 years with five steals in a game... Led the team in points (15) and assists (5) on Nov. 7 at No. 9 Kentucky, becoming just the second Valpo freshman since 2014 with a 15-point, five-assist game and the first since 2006 to score at least 15 points against a top-10 opponent... Became the second freshman nationally in 2025-26 with a 24-point, six-rebound game featuring eight made field goals and four made 3s, joining Duke’s Cameron Boozer (Nov. 8 vs. Western Carolina) by posting that stat line on Nov. 12 vs. Nicholls... Led the team with 18 points, eight rebounds, three steals and three assists while drilling four 3-pointers in a Nov. 16 win over Bryant... Had 23 points and seven assists on Nov. 19 at Cleveland State, the first Valpo player with that stat line since 2005... Had 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting on Dec. 2 at Marquette... Scored 13 points and tallied five rebounds on Dec. 21 vs. Murray State... Had his first double-figure scoring output in a five-game span with 10 on Jan. 10 at Murray State... Had his highest scoring output since Nov. 19 with 17 points on Jan. 13 at Belmont. He had the team’s best plus-minus at +12 in the game against the Bruins... Had another big game against Belmont by tying for team-high honors with 15 points while tying a season high for made 3s with four on Jan. 28 at the ARC... Scored in double figures for the third straight game with 11 points on Feb. 3 at Bradley... Made a career-high five 3s and poured in 20 points, his highest total to date in league play, in a Feb. 9 win at Drake... Made a career-high six free throws and led the team with seven rebounds while also scoring 12 points in the Feb. 21 win at UIC... Shared the team lead with 17 points in the Feb. 25 win over Drake... Scored a team-high 18 points in the March 5 MVC Tournament opener vs. Indiana State.
Before Valpo: Spent the 2024-25 season at 212° Sports Academy in Sarasota, Fla… Averaged 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists per game in 2024-25… Was named the Florida Sun Basketball League Player of the Year… At 212° Sports Academy, played with teammates who hailed from Japan, France, Serbia and Turkey, allowing him to develop close relationships with players from around the world… Favorite basketball memory is a run to the super sectionals as a junior at Rockford Auburn… During his junior year of high school, he played on a talented team that did not have a great season but hit its stride at the right time… Played in a key role in that run during his junior season, stringing together several 20- to 30-point postseason performances.
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Personal: Father Bo played high school basketball and went on to play at the junior college level at Parkland… Both his maternal and paternal grandfathers have been involved with high school basketball in the Chicagoland area over the years… Older brother Rob is two years his senior and played at Clarke University… Off the court, spends a lot of time with his family.