2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Ivan Konon/Georgia State Athletics
Dennis Hicken/Focus Sports Photo
Dennis Hicken/Focus Sports Photo
Dennis Hicken/Focus Sports Photo
Ivan Konon/Georgia State Athletics
Ivan Konon/Georgia State Athletics
Dennis Hicken/Focus Sports Photo
Greg Martin
Daniel Wilson

23 Leslie Nkereuwem

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 232
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Lawrenceville, Ga.
  • High School Discovery/Longwood

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS

ACADEMIC HONORS:

Dean's List- Spring 2024
Athletic Director's Honor Roll- Fall 2023

AT GEORGIA STATE: Played one season at Georgia State as a graduate transfer ... Atlanta native who returned home for his final season ... Scored 1,033 points and pulled down 569 rebounds while shooting 59 percent from the field in 140 career games ... Spent four years at Longwood, where he averaged 7.1 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 59.8 percent from the field for his four seasons.

2023-24: Starting post player who averaged 8.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while starting all 31 games ... Led the team in field goal percentage at .571 and was the Panthers’ second-leading rebounder ... Also second on the team with 21 steals ... Nearly half of his 164 rebounds were on the offensive glass ... Scored a career-high 17 points vs. Marshall in his final game for the Panthers ... Had 14 double-figure scoring games, including 15 points vs. Louisiana and James Madison and 14 vs. Miami (Ohio) and Georgia Southern ... Career-high 11 rebounds vs. Charlotte ... Made three 3-pointers on seven attempts, the first treys of his career ... 


2022-23 (LONGWOOD): Averaged 8.4 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 62.3 from the field ... Scored in double figures nine times, including season-high 17 points vs. Pfeiffer, when he was 8-for-8 from the field, and Fairleigh Dickinson, when he went 7-for-8 ... Had 10 points and season-high eight rebounds vs. George Mason ...  

2021-22 (LONGWOOD): Averaged 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game while helping Longwood win the Big South Conference regular-season and tournament titles to earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament … Shot 55 percent from the field ... Big South Player of the Week on Nov. 11, 2021 ... Scored in double figures 10 times while shooting .548 (97-177) from the floor … Tallied a career high 24 points against North Carolina A&T on Jan. 26, 2022 while knocking down a career best 10 free throws…In that game, went 7-13 from the floor and 10-12 from the free throw line…
 
2020-21 (LONGWOOD): Averaged 8.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 17.7 minutes per game ... Played in 25 games with six starts … Shot a team-best .648 (83-of-128) from the floor … Scored in double figures eight times, including a career-high 20 points against The Citadel, when he went 9-of-11 from the floor… Scored in double figures in four consecutive and five of six games overall from Dec. 19 to Jan. 15 … Averaged 11.3 points per game during that stretch while shooting .750 (30-of-40) from the floor.

2019-20 (LONGWOOD): Played in all 32 games as a freshman while averaging 15.6 minutes, 3.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game …Led the team with a .585 (48-of-82) field goal percentage and with 21 dunks … Averaged almost six points and shot 69 percent from the field over the final 10 games, including three-double figure efforts ... Grabbed 11 rebounds in his first collegiate game against Marymount.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Discovery High School…2018-19 Region 6-AAAAAAA Player of the Year…led Discovery to the school’s first-ever playoff win as a senior, rallying to a 61-48 win over Parkview in the Class-7A opening round…Named all-state…As a junior averaged 10.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game…As a sophomore, averaged 12.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.
 
PERSONAL: Son of Leslie and Elizabeth Nkereuwem ... Last name pronounced en-CARE-you-um.

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