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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

15 Hunter Preston

15 Hunter Preston

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Mobile, AL
  • Prev School:
    Snead State Community College

Summary

Biography

Career Awards
• All-Peach Belt Conference 2nd Team (2020-21)

2020-21 (Senior)
• Started all 12 games during the COVID-shortened season
• Finished 8th in the PBC in scoring (min. 10 games), averaging 14.2 ppg
• Scored season-high 25 points twice (vs. Francis Marion University & Lander University)
• Shot 45.9% (61-133) from the floor, the 7th-best mark in the PBC (min. 10 games), & 38.5% (15-39) from 3-pt. range
• Was only player in the PBC to post a 5-steal & 5-block game
• Ranked 4th in the PBC in steals/g (1.9) & 10th in overall steals (23)
• Ranked 10th in the PBC in blocks/g (1.1)
• Posted a double-double against Francis Marion with a 25-point & 14-rebound effort. The 14 boards were a career-high.    
• Named PBC Player of the Week twice (2/1 & 2/22)
• Selected to All-PBC 2nd Team

2019-20 (Junior)
• Played in all 31 games in his first season with the Cougars
• Shot a team-best 61.9% (117-189) from the floor while averaging 9.6 ppg
• Chipped in 4.1 rebs/g 
• Led team with 17 blocks
• Posted back-to-back double-doubles vs. Georgia Southwestern & Young Harris
• Scored season-high 28 points vs. Young Harris going a perfect 11-11 from the field
• Had 3 20-plus point games
• Hit game-winner at the buzzer to give Cougars a 61-60 victory over Augusta 
• Scored 19 points against DI College of Charleston, going 8-for-15 from the field

2018-19 (Sophomore) - Snead State Community College/Boaz, Ala.
• Played in all 32 games averaging a team-best 16.3 ppg
• Shot 56.3% from the floor 
• Scored a season-high 27 points against Wallace State – Hanceville 
• Went over 20-points eight times, including scoring in double figures in all but five games 
• Led team & ranked 6th inside the Alabama Community College Conference by averaging 7.9 rebs/g 
• Grabbed season-high 15 rebounds in two different games
• Had a season-high nine assists against Wallace State – Hanceville 
• Averaged 2.4 ast/g & had a team-high 61 blocks 

2017-18 (Freshman) - Snead State Community College
• Appeared in 30 games
• Averaged 6.4 ppg 
• Shot a team-best 62.6%, including going 12-30 from 3-PT range 
• Scored a season-high 28 points & grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds vs. Huntingdon 
• Chipped in 4.7 rebs/g

Theodore High School/Theodore, Ala.  
• Graduated in 2017
• Averaged 18 ppg, 10 reb/g & 3 bpg
• Named 2017 Mobile Optimist Club Player of the Year
• Also ran track

Personal
• Dreams of becoming a doctor one day
• Has 4 siblings, including a twin brother
• Lists hitting game-winner against Augusta in 2019-20 as his favorite athletic moment 

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2019-20Junior

    Forward
    6'7" 200 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020-21Senior

    Forward
    6'7" 200 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021-22Fifth Year

    Forward
    6'7" 200 lbs
    15