Carey Booth

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Carey Booth
No. 0Illinois Fighting Illini
Position Power forward / center
League Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (2005-07-18) July 18, 2005 (age 19)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school
College

Carey Booth (born July 18, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

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Early life and high school

Booth grew up in Englewood, Colorado, and attended Cherry Creek High School. [1] He averaged 10.6 points and 7.7 rebounds per game as a junior. [2] Booth transferred to Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, after his junior year at Cherry Creek. [3]

Booth was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to play college basketball at Penn State, where his father had played, over offers from Texas, Ohio State, and Stanford. [4] He later requested a release following the departure of head coach Micah Shrewsberry, who left to coach Notre Dame. [5] Booth later committed to play for Shrewsberry at Notre Dame. [6]

College career

Booth entered his freshman season at Notre Dame as a reserve forward. He made his collegiate debut in Fighting Irish's season opener against Niagara and scored ten points with nine rebounds and one block in 21 minutes played. [7] Following his freshman season, Booth transferred to Illinois. [8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2023–24 Notre Dame 331919.9.391.297.6344.3.5.2.66.4
2024–25 Illinois

Personal life

Booth's father, Calvin Booth, played in the NBA for ten seasons and is currently the general manager of the Denver Nuggets. [9] [10]

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