2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster

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10 Kareem South

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Last School(s) Kiski School (Penn.)

Biography

Career Highlights:
  • 2019 All-Southland Third Team
  • 2019 All-Southland Academic Second Team
  • 2018 All-Southland Academic First Team
  • 2018 D1-AAA ADA Scholar Athlete

As a Graduate Student (2019-20): 27 starts and appearances in all 32 contests for Cal, averaging 8.9 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists...Scored in double figures 14 times, including a 20-point outing at San Francisco…Shot 85.5 percent (53-62) at the charity stripe...15 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal in the Pac-12 Tournament win over Stanford…Second-consecutive Pac-12 game in double figures with 13 points in loss to No. 11 Oregon, plus 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal…13 points in the win over Stanford…First double-figure outing in conference play came as 12 points and a season-high 3 steals at USC…11 points and a season-best 6 rebounds and 3 steals vs. Boston College…Hit back-to-back 3-pointers against Saint Mary’s scoring all 10 of his points in the first half…Season-high 20 points in Cal’s loss at USF…Then-season-high points (14), assists (4) and rebounds (5) against UC Davis…Made his official Cal debut with a 14-point game in the opener against Pepperdine, and added 3 assists, 2 boards and 1 steal…Led all scorers with 23 points, and added 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in Cal’s exhibition
 
At Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2015-19): A three-year starter for the Islanders, averaging 10.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists in his career…Shot 41.5 percent (384-925) from the floor, 36.4 percent (133-365) from 3-point range and 82.2 percent (203-247) from the charity stripe…As a senior, led the Islanders in scoring (13.8 ppg), 3-pointers (51 made) and steals (40) to be named third team All-Southland Conference…Recorded his first collegiate double-double with 29 points and 12 rebounds against Stephen F. Austin, where he also surpassed 1,000 career points…Contributed 11.4 points with 29 steals and shot 42.6 percent as a junior, along with 16 double-figure outings…As a sophomore, returned to action to make 29 starts and average 9.0 points, leading the squad to a 24-12 record and the championship game of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament…Missed all but five games of his freshman season due to injury…Majored in Biomedical Science…Two-time All-Southland Academic selection and the 2018 D1-AAA ADA Scholar Athlete
 
High School/Club: Spent one season at the Kiski School (Penn.), where he averaged 18.3 points, 6.0 assists and 5.3 rebounds to lead the team to the state semifinals and Hill School Tournament title…Prior to that, attended Senator O’Connor High School in Toronto, where he posted the second-most 25-point games in the city in 2014…Ranked one of the top 20 prospects in Canada by NPH.com…Turned in a 4.0 grade point average to earn the Best All-Around Student Award…Played club ball with the Northern Kings, averaging 14 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2.5 steals in his three-year career…Helped the Northern Kings to the Basketball Hall of Fame tournament title and the Fab 48 quarterfinals
 
Personal: Born in Toronto, Canada…Parents are Brian and Dilorece South…Has one sister, Imani

Graduate Major: Public Health

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