Mfiondu Kabengele Redshirt Junior/6-10/250 Forward Burlington, Ontario, Canada Corpus Christi High School
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MFIONDU KABENGELE REDSHIRT JUNIOR/6-10/250 FORWARD BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA CORPUS CHRISTI HIGH SCHOOL (RON ESTEBAN) BOSCO INSTITUTE (DAVE MARVELLA) FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (LEONARD HAMILTON) Mfiondu Kabengele’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2017-18 34-0 85-173 .491 10-26 .385 65-99 .657 245-7.2 63 95 158-4.6 73-1 10 35 29 15 503-14.8 2018-19 37-0 164-327 .502 24-65 .369 137-180 .761 489-13.2 79 140 220-5.9 96-5 11 48 56 21 798-21.6 Totals 71-0 249-173 .497 34-91 .377 202-279 .709 734-10.2 142 235 378-5.3 169-6 21 83 85 36 1301-18.2 Mfiondu Kabengele’s Conference Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2017-18 18-0 32-75 .427 5-16 .313 28-48 .583 97-5.4 31 47 78-4.3 37-1 6 15 10 10 246-13.7 2018-19 18-0 84-165 .509 14-37 .378 71-94 .755 253-14.1 42 77 119-6.6 41-2 5 20 31 11 413-22.9 Totals 36-0 116-240 .483 19-53 .359 99-142 .697 350-9.7 73 124 197-5.5 78-3 11 35 41 21 659-18.3 Mfiondu Kabengele’s NCAA Tournament Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2017-18 4-0 10-23 .435 1-2 .500 12-16 .750 33-8.3 5 17 23-5.8 10-0 0 5 8 1 79-19.8 2018-19 3-0 20-36 .556 2-5 .400 9-13 .692 51-17.0 8 16 24-8.0 9-0 0 4 6 2 79-26.3 Totals 7-0 30-59 .496 3-7 .450 21-29 .721 84-12.65 13 33 47-6.9 19-0 0 9 14 3 158-23.1 ON KABENGELE: Announced his intentions to enter his name as an early entrant candidate for consideration in the 2019 NBA Draft on April 9, 2019 after only three seasons (one redshirt season) at Florida State…earned All-ACC Honorable Mention, was named the ACC Sixth Man of the Year and was named to the ACC All-Tournament First Team in leading the Seminoles to a record-setting year in 2019…the Seminoles advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, won a school-record 29 overall games, won a school-record 13 ACC games, finished in fourth place in the ACC standings and played in the ACC Championship game for the third time in school history during the 2018-19 season…became the first player in school history to lead the Seminoles in scoring without starting a game…averaged a career-high and team-leading 13.2 points per game as a redshirt sophomore during the 2018-19 season…led the Seminoles in total points (489) and average points scored (13.2 ppg) despite playing only 21.6 minutes per game – the fifth highest average total amongst his teammates despite not starting a single game…a member of three NCAA Tournament teams during his career at Florida State…helped the Seminoles reach the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament during his redshirt season, the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in 2018 as a redshirt sophomore and the Sweet 16 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament as a redshirt sophomore…played in seven career NCAA Tournament games…the Seminoles’ posted a 5-2 record in the NCAA Tournament games he played in…the Seminoles finished his final season at Florida State with a 29-8 overall record and in fourth place in the ACC standings with a 13-5 record in conference play…his incredible work with Seminoles’ Associate Head Coach Stan Jones during his redshirt season (2016-17) allowed him to gain confidence and increase his ability which allowed him to quickly become both an offensive and defensive force for the Seminoles in the ACC and nationally…dedicated himself to the game as he lost weight, reshaped his body and increased his physicality which allowed him to show his dominating presence throughout the 2017-18 season…his redshirt season also allowed him to observe, learn and study the game of basketball for the first time in his career…his workouts with Jones consisted of conditioning, ball handling and learning how to take the basketball to the rim…he has since focused heavily on his diet and workout routine to lose weight and alleviate pain on his knees…often had to play the center position during his redshirt freshman season for the Seminoles because of the injury to starting center Christ Koumadje that forced the 7-4 rim protector to miss 11 games in the heart of the season…helped Florida State earn a 9-2 record during Koumadje’s absence from Nov. 22 through Jan. 3…has been measured with a 7-1 wingspan…was a guard in high school until the end of his junior season when he grew three inches and began his senior season at 6-7…ranked as the 65th best prep player nationally by 247sports.com entering college for the 2016-17 season…ranked as a top-10 player in the state of Indiana according to 247sports.com following his prep season at Don Bosco…academically talented as he helped the Seminoles earn a team Academic Excellence Award from the NABC for the 2016-17 season…named to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Basketball Team…earned the Unsung Hero Award at the Florida State Basketball Banquet in 2017 as presented by the Seminole coaching staff…named the Seminoles’ Most Improved Player and shared the Dave Cowens Chairman of The Boards Award at Florida State’s 2018 season-ending Honors Banquet…earned two awards at Florida State’s Honors banquet in 2019: presented with Florida State’s Sixth Man Award while sharing the Bob Sura Outstanding Offensive Player award. AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2019): Averaged 13.2 points (first on the team), 5.9 rebounds (second) and a career-high 1.5 blocked shots (first) while playing 21.6 minutes per game (fifth) as he enjoyed his best of two seasons of a Seminole…named the ACC Sixth man of the Year making him the first player in school history to earn the award from the ACC…played in all 37 games for the Seminoles but was not a starter in a single game…joined by only Robert Martin of Rice (32 games, 0 starts, 389 points, 12.2 ppg) as the two players in the nation who led their respective teams in scoring without starting a game…his play in leading the Seminoles in scoring helped Florida State reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament marking the second consecutive year the Seminoles had advanced at least as far as the Sweet 16…Florida State advanced to the Elite Eight of the 2018 NCAA Tournament…ranked 24th in the ACC in scoring and was the only conference player in the top-25 in scoring who did not start a single game…ranked ninth in the ACC in blocked shots with his career-high 1.5 blocked shots per game average…increased his statistics in ACC play as he ranked 18th in the league in scoring (14.1 ppg) and 16th in the league in rebounding (6.6 rpg)…also finished fifth in the ACC in blocked shots with a 1.7 blocked shots per game average in 18 league games…totaled 31 of his 56 blocked shots for the season (.607 percent) in ACC play…blocked six shots in three ACC Tournament games including three in the Seminoles’ second-round victory over Murray State (March 23)…was Florida State’s leading scorer in 14 different games including against defending National Champion Villanova (11 points, Nov 25) in the championship game of the AdvoCare Classic, in nine games against ACC Opponents and against both Vermont (March 21) and Murray State in the NCAA Tournament…also led the Seminoles in rebounding 13 times including against Villanova, in the Seminoles’ ACC opener against National Champion Virginia (Jan. 5), and against Vermont and Gonzaga (March 28) in the ACC Tournament…the Seminoles’ team leader with three double-doubles…his double-doubles came at home against Duke (24 points and 10 rebounds, Jan. 12), at Clemson (19 points and 11 rebounds, Feb. 19) and against Vermont in the NCAA Tournament (21 points and 10 rebounds)…ranked second among his Seminole teammates with four games during which he scored 20 points or more…totaled 26 at Boston College (Jan. 20), 24 against North Florida (Dec. 19), 22 vs. Louisville (Feb. 9), 22 against Murray State and 21 against Vermont…his 20 plus point outings came in consecutive games in the NCAA Tournament at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn…tied for second on the team with three games of double figure rebounds…earned 10 rebounds against Duke in the Donald L. Tucker Center, 11 at Clemson and 10 vs. Vermont in the NCAA Tournament…totaled 12 points, five rebounds, one assist, one blocked shot and one steal in Florida State’s victory at Tulane (Nov.