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Jersey Number 24
Taevion Kinsey
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 191
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
- High School:
- Eastmoor Academy
Bio
2021-22 (SENIOR)
Second Team All-Conference USA
GP/GS: 31/31…second team All-Conference USA…led Marshall with 19.1 points per game, while ranking third with 5.1 rebounds per contest…scored 10 or more points in 30 of his 31 contests last season, including 17 games of 20 or points and two efforts of 30 or more points…had 31 points, tying his career-high, and 10 assists with no turnovers against Rice (Jan. 15) to go with eight rebounds…went 14-for-14 from the free-throw line in the season opener against Wright State (Nov. 12)…tallied 30 points with no turnovers at Akron (Dec. 1).
2020-21 (JUNIOR)
Conference USA Player of the Week Dec. 7
2021 First-Team All-Conference USA
NABC All-District 11 First-Team
One of two Marshall men’s basketball players to play in and start all 22 games…led team in several categories including points per game (19.5), rebounds per game (6.2), total minutes (829), minutes per game (37.7), field-goal percentage (53.2), free-throw percentage (81.8) and field goals made (165)…third on the squad in assists with 67 helpers…shot over 50 percent from the field in 13 of the 22 contests…scored at least 10 points in all 22 games during the season, including 11 games of 20 points and a season-high 31 points at Wright State (Dec. 3)…brought down at least five rebounds in every game except for three…recorded two double-doubles with 16 points and 12 rebounds against Western Kentucky (Jan. 17) and 22 points and 12 rebounds against FIU (Jan. 23)…season-high nine assists at the College Charleston (Dec. 9)…went a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line against Louisiana Tech (Jan. 2).
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
2019-20 All-Conference USA Second-Team
2019-20 NABC District 11 Second-Team
Played and started in all 32 games…Recorded double-figure points in all, but two games…Had seven games of 20 or more points, including six against C-USA competition…Led Marshall in scoring with 16.4 points per game…Led the Herd in assists 133 helpers…Opened the season with 12 points and five rebounds in win over Robert Morris (Nov. 7)…Scored 20 points for the first time of the season against Toledo (Nov. 10)…16 points and 11 rebounds for first double-double of season at Notre Dame (Nov. 15)…Scored 14 points and dished out a season-high 14 assists in second double-double of the season against Howard (Nov. 21)…19 points and six rebounds in win over Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 19)…Scored 15 points and had four steals at Northern Iowa (Dec. 22)…At the Cleveland Classic, had 13 points and five assists in win over Duquesne (Dec. 29)…Had 19 points into the basket and dished out eight assists against Rice (Jan. 2)…Scored 19 points against North Texas (Jan. 4)…Poured 20 points into the basket at UAB (Jan. 11)… Recorded third double-double of the season against Charlotte (Jan. 16) with a season-high 29 points and 11 rebounds…Had 18 points and six assists in win over Southern Miss (Feb. 6)…Scored 19 points and collected eight rebounds in win over Louisiana Tech (Feb. 8)…Poured 27 points into the basket at UTSA (Feb. 13)…Closed the season with 20 or more points in three of the last four games, including a 26-point, eight rebound effort against Rice (Mar. 11) in the first round of the 2020 Conference USA Tournament.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN): Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team … two-time C-USA Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7 and Jan. 21) … appeared in all 37 games, one of six Herd players, starting 13 of those games … was the team’s third-leading scorer with 10.5 points per game, while averaging 4.0 rebounds … collected 20 games of 10 or more points, including three games of 20 or more points … recorded first double-double of his career with a 21 point and 11 rebounds, season-high, in the CIT Championship game against Green Bay … dropped a season-high 23 points in a home victory over Western Kentucky … had 31 takeaways and 19 blocks.
(HIGH SCHOOL): a member of the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association all-state second team for the 2017-18 season ... during his senior season, Kinsey averaged 19.5 points, shot 60 percent from the field and 39 percent of his 3-pointers ... Kinsey’s other individual honors includes being named the Division II district Player of the Year and a member of the OPSA’s all-state first team during his junior season.
Second Team All-Conference USA
GP/GS: 31/31…second team All-Conference USA…led Marshall with 19.1 points per game, while ranking third with 5.1 rebounds per contest…scored 10 or more points in 30 of his 31 contests last season, including 17 games of 20 or points and two efforts of 30 or more points…had 31 points, tying his career-high, and 10 assists with no turnovers against Rice (Jan. 15) to go with eight rebounds…went 14-for-14 from the free-throw line in the season opener against Wright State (Nov. 12)…tallied 30 points with no turnovers at Akron (Dec. 1).
2020-21 (JUNIOR)
Conference USA Player of the Week Dec. 7
2021 First-Team All-Conference USA
NABC All-District 11 First-Team
One of two Marshall men’s basketball players to play in and start all 22 games…led team in several categories including points per game (19.5), rebounds per game (6.2), total minutes (829), minutes per game (37.7), field-goal percentage (53.2), free-throw percentage (81.8) and field goals made (165)…third on the squad in assists with 67 helpers…shot over 50 percent from the field in 13 of the 22 contests…scored at least 10 points in all 22 games during the season, including 11 games of 20 points and a season-high 31 points at Wright State (Dec. 3)…brought down at least five rebounds in every game except for three…recorded two double-doubles with 16 points and 12 rebounds against Western Kentucky (Jan. 17) and 22 points and 12 rebounds against FIU (Jan. 23)…season-high nine assists at the College Charleston (Dec. 9)…went a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line against Louisiana Tech (Jan. 2).
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
2019-20 All-Conference USA Second-Team
2019-20 NABC District 11 Second-Team
Played and started in all 32 games…Recorded double-figure points in all, but two games…Had seven games of 20 or more points, including six against C-USA competition…Led Marshall in scoring with 16.4 points per game…Led the Herd in assists 133 helpers…Opened the season with 12 points and five rebounds in win over Robert Morris (Nov. 7)…Scored 20 points for the first time of the season against Toledo (Nov. 10)…16 points and 11 rebounds for first double-double of season at Notre Dame (Nov. 15)…Scored 14 points and dished out a season-high 14 assists in second double-double of the season against Howard (Nov. 21)…19 points and six rebounds in win over Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 19)…Scored 15 points and had four steals at Northern Iowa (Dec. 22)…At the Cleveland Classic, had 13 points and five assists in win over Duquesne (Dec. 29)…Had 19 points into the basket and dished out eight assists against Rice (Jan. 2)…Scored 19 points against North Texas (Jan. 4)…Poured 20 points into the basket at UAB (Jan. 11)… Recorded third double-double of the season against Charlotte (Jan. 16) with a season-high 29 points and 11 rebounds…Had 18 points and six assists in win over Southern Miss (Feb. 6)…Scored 19 points and collected eight rebounds in win over Louisiana Tech (Feb. 8)…Poured 27 points into the basket at UTSA (Feb. 13)…Closed the season with 20 or more points in three of the last four games, including a 26-point, eight rebound effort against Rice (Mar. 11) in the first round of the 2020 Conference USA Tournament.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN): Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team … two-time C-USA Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7 and Jan. 21) … appeared in all 37 games, one of six Herd players, starting 13 of those games … was the team’s third-leading scorer with 10.5 points per game, while averaging 4.0 rebounds … collected 20 games of 10 or more points, including three games of 20 or more points … recorded first double-double of his career with a 21 point and 11 rebounds, season-high, in the CIT Championship game against Green Bay … dropped a season-high 23 points in a home victory over Western Kentucky … had 31 takeaways and 19 blocks.
(HIGH SCHOOL): a member of the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association all-state second team for the 2017-18 season ... during his senior season, Kinsey averaged 19.5 points, shot 60 percent from the field and 39 percent of his 3-pointers ... Kinsey’s other individual honors includes being named the Division II district Player of the Year and a member of the OPSA’s all-state first team during his junior season.
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