Free agent | |
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Position | Power forward |
Personal information | |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | July 13, 1996
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Village Christian (Sun Valley, California) |
College | USC (2015–2019) |
NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
Playing career | 2019–present |
Career history | |
2019–2021 | Memphis Hustle |
2021–2023 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
2023 | Libertadores de Querétaro |
2023–2024 | San Miguel Beermen |
2024 | Shanxi Loongs |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball Reference |
Bennie Francois Boatwright III (born July 13, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans.
Boatwright is the son of police officer Bennie Boatwright Sr., who was an All-CIF shooting guard at Lutheran High. Boatwright attended Village Christian School, where he was coached by Jon Shaw. As a senior, he averaged 27 points and 12 rebounds per game. [1] Boatwright led the team to a Southern Section 1AA championship, scoring 30 points and grabbing 13 rebounds in the title game. He signed with USC. [2]
Boatwright averaged 11.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game and made 60 3-pointers as a freshman. [3] As a sophomore, he averaged a team-high 15.1 points and helped the Trojans to two wins in the NCAA tournament. He declared for the NBA draft but ultimately returned to school. His junior season was shortened as he missed the final nine games. [4] He averaged 13.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as a junior. [5] In the offseason after his junior year, Boatwright underwent knee surgery. [6] As a senior, Boatwright averaged 18.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. [7] He was named to the First Team All-Pac-12. [8]
After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Boatwright joined the Detroit Pistons' Summer League roster. [9]
On October 18, 2019, Boatwright signed with the Memphis Grizzlies, [7] but was waived on October 19. [10] He was named to the roster of the Grizzlies’ NBA G League affiliate, the Memphis Hustle. [11] Boatwright missed his rookie season due to a knee injury. [12] On December 15, 2020, Boatwright signed with the Memphis Grizzlies. [13] He was subsequently waived on December 19, and rejoined the Hustle. [14]
On September 10, 2021, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants acquired the returning player rights of Boatwright from the Memphis Hustle. [15] However, he was waived on February 19, 2022, after suffering a season-ending injury. [16]
On September 16, 2022, Boatwright signed with the Indiana Pacers. [17] He was then later waived. On September 26, he re-signed with the Mad Ants, [18] but was waived on February 8, 2023. [19]
In December 2023, Boatwright signed with the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) to replace Ivan Aska as the team's import for the 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup. [20] In his second game, he scored 51 points in a 132–110 win against the Terrafirma Dyip. [21]
Boatwright and the Beermen won the championship by defeating the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots in six games, earning his first as a professional. [22]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2015–16 | USC | 33 | 32 | 24.4 | .394 | .359 | .738 | 5.2 | 1.0 | .4 | .8 | 11.5 |
2016–17 | USC | 19 | 18 | 27.6 | .428 | .364 | .907 | 4.5 | 1.7 | .4 | .4 | 15.1 |
2017–18 | USC | 23 | 18 | 27.7 | .415 | .346 | .726 | 6.4 | 2.0 | .3 | .8 | 13.6 |
2018–19 | USC | 31 | 28 | 33.5 | .474 | .429 | .702 | 6.6 | 2.5 | .7 | .6 | 18.2 |
Career | 106 | 96 | 28.3 | .432 | .380 | .759 | 5.7 | 1.8 | .5 | .7 | 14.5 |
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