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2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster

2 Kobi Simmons

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 175
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
  • High School St. Francis HS

Biography

Freshman Season (2016-17)
One of three Cats to play in all 37 games in 2016-17 season, starting in 19 of them… Opened the year with 18 points in win over No. 12 Michigan State, tying the most by a UA player in a NCAA Debut in a decade… Set season high with 20 points in win at No. 3 UCLA (Jan. 21, 2017)… Instrumental in second-half comeback at Cal in Pac-12 opening win with ten straight points for his team… Led UA in charges taken with nine… In addition to his season-best 20 points in win over No. 3 UCLA, played perhaps his most complete game of season against the Bruins with final line of 20 points, six rebounds and five assists… Most efficient scoring night came in his 15-point performance in victory over Texas Southern (Nov. 30, 2016) when shot 7 of 11 (.636) for the game… Scored 14 or more points on ten occasions, leading his team in scoring in five of those games.

Prior to Arizona
Became the 22nd McDonald’s All-American to commit to the University of Arizona… Scored 12 points with two assists and one steal in the 2016 McDonald’s All-American game… Member of ESPN’s 2016 Top 100 as a five-star prospect… Rated as the top prospect out of the state of Georgia in the 2016 class… 2016 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Player of the Year honors after averaging 26.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game… Guided St. Francis to 100 wins and a pair of state championship titles and four state championship appearances during his career… Scored 36 points, including seven made three-pointers, in 2016 state semifinals versus Milton HS.

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