2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Accolades
- 2x C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
- C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2021)
After Cal
- Signed professional contract with Umea BSKT of the Swedish Basketball League (SBL)
At Cal
2023-24 (Graduate)
- Started all 25 games played & averaged 31.3 minutes in lone season as a Golden Bear
- Led Cal with career-high 38 steals & ranked sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.5 steals per game
- Averaged 9.3 points, 4.7 rebounds & 1.8 assists per game
- Missed first seven games of the season with a non-shooting hand injury
- Exploded for season-high 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting in 48 minutes played of a double-overtime loss at Butler (Dec. 9)
- Totaled 10 points, nine rebounds & four assists in season debut vs. Santa Clara (Dec. 2)
- Tied career highs of four 3-pointers made (4 of 6) & four steals in road win at Arizona State (Feb. 3)
- Tied another career high with six assists vs. Ole Miss (Dec. 16); finished with 11 points, seven boards & six dimes in the neutral-site loss
- Shot 42.3% from 3-point range across final eight games of the season
- 13 double-figure scoring performances, including four of the final seven games of the season
- Five games with seven rebounds or more
- One of four transfer signees who made up Cal's No. 8-ranked transfer class (On3) in the 2023 offseason
Before Cal
2022-23 (R-Sr.) (Memphis)
- Played in 25 games with 12 starts in his only season as a Tiger
- Averaged 9.2 points (third best on team), 2.6 rebounds & 1.2 steals in 23.1 minutes per game
- Injured his hand Feb. 19 in Houston & missed the remaining eight games of the season
- Scored double figures in 11 games, including a stretch of six-straight from Jan. 19 to Feb. 8
- Recorded a season-high 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including 3-of-5 from distance, in a win at South Florida (Feb. 8)
- Shot 46.1% on the year (88 of 191) & was the team's third-best marksman from long range, connecting at a 38.1% clip (37 of 97)
- His 37 made 3s were the second most on the squad after draining a triple in 20-of-25 outings
- Knocked down two-plus 3s in 11 of 25 games played
- Made a season-high four 3s on two occasions against Wichita State (Jan. 19) and Tulane (Feb. 4)
- Hauled in a season-high five rebounds at South Florida (Feb. 8)
- Recorded season highs of four assists (at Temple, Jan. 15), four steals (at #1 Houston, Feb. 19), five free throws (SMU, Jan. 26) & 32 minutes played (three times)
2021-22 (R-Jr.) (UTEP)
- Started 16 of 19 games played while leading the team in rebounding (6.1 RPG) & steals (1.8 SPG)
- Ranked third on the team in scoring (14.1 PPG) & minutes per game (33.4)
- Missed the first 15 games of league play with an injury but returned to make a difference in the stretch run & in postseason play
- Hit double figures in scoring in 15 games, including his final 12 appearances
- Scored 17-plus points in five contests, including a pair of efforts with 20 or more points
- Posted at least three steals in seven different contests
- Shot at least 50% from the floor in eight games
- Led the team in rebounding in nine games & in scoring on four occasions
- Came alive for a career-high 27 points, including a then career-best three triples, on 8-of-13 shooting in a win against NC Central (Dec. 21)
- Had a huge double-double (22 points, career-high 15 rebounds) in the win against Western Illinois (March 19) in The Basketball Classic
- Erupted for a then career-high-tying 22 points (14 in first half) while adding eight rebounds & three steals in the win at New Mexico (Dec. 12)
- Secured a double-double with 11 points & 10 rebounds vs. Middle Tennessee (March 10) in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Championships
- Came off the bench to score 10 points in 22 minutes against UAB (Feb. 26) in his first action after missing 15 games
- Nailed a career-best four 3-pointers against Western Illinois (March 19)
- Scored 17 points in-back-to-back games against North Texas (March 5) & vs. Old Dominion (March 9)
2020-21 (R-So.) (UTEP)
- Started all 24 games in his first season of action at UTEP
- Averaged 8.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists & 1.3 steals in 31.4 minutes played per game
- Was tied for third on the team in points & ranked second in rebounding
- Totaled 38 offensive rebounds, the third most on the team
- Scored a career-high 22 points on a career-best nine field goals (16 attempts) in a win versus Rice (Jan. 8)
- Opened his UTEP career with a double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds) against UTPB (Nov. 25)
- Recorded back-to-back double-doubles against UTSA (Jan. 28-30)
- Scored 12 points with 13 boards at UTSA (Jan. 28)
- Followed with a season-best 14 rebounds & 10 points against UTSA at home (Jan. 30)
- Dished out a season-high six assists to go along with 13 points in a win over LA Tech (Jan. 22)
- Scored 17 points with six rebounds in a win versus FIU (Feb. 12)
- Tallied a career-high four steals with eight points & five rebounds at Arizona (Dec. 12)
- Registered seven points, five rebounds & two steals in a win at Arizona State; threw down a dunk that made SportsCenter’s Top 10
- Concluded season with 14 points, seven rebounds, two steals & two assists against Florida Atlantic at the Conference USA Championships (March 10)
2019-20 (R-Fr.) (UTEP)
- Redshirted; sat out the season per NCAA transfer rules
2018-19 (Fr.) (Xavier)
- Averaged 12.2 minutes per game across 22 contests played in his freshman campaign
- Scored a season-high eight points in 25 minutes of action against Illinois at the Maui Invitational
- Grabbed a season-best five rebounds against Eastern Kentucky & tallied five more against Ohio
High School
- Graduated from Westlake High School (Austin, Texas) in spring 2018
- Averaged 14.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists & 1.5 steals per game as a senior in 2017-18
- Named to the All-District 25 First Team & was the 6A Regional Defensive MVP
- Added District 25-6A Academic All-District honors as a senior
- Earned an all-district third team honor during his junior season
- Earned a four-star rating from ESPN.com & was ranked as the nation's 25th-ranked shooting guard
Personal
- Full name is Keonté Le'Mun Kennedy
- Born on August 9, 2000, in Aurora, Colorado
- Son of Sommer Shaunte Carter and Kez DeMun Kennedy and has two siblings
Statistics
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