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#2 Johnny O'Bryant III Season 2011-12

Position
Forward
Height
6'9
Weight
262
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Cleveland, Miss.
High School
East Side HS

2014 NBA Draft: 36th overall Pick by Milwaukee Bucks (2nd Round)

Coaches All-SEC First Team, 2014
AP All-SEC Second Team, 2014
USBWA All-District, 2014
NABC All-District, 2014
Coaches All-SEC First Team, 2013
AP All-SEC Second Team, 2013
USBWA All-District, 2013

JUNIOR SEASON (2013-14)
Started all 34 games … All-SEC First-Team Pick for the second straight season who had eight 20-plus scoring games and eight double doubles, 25 career … 28 double figure scores games, 62 over three seasons … Averaged 15.4 points a game, 7.7 rebounds a game and 1.6 assists a contest … Averaged 30.0 minutes, playing over 1,000 minutes (1,020) for the first time in college career … Ninth in the league in scoring, fifth in rebounding and his 49.6% field goal percentage (203-of-409) was the fourth best in the SEC … JOB III’s 702 career rebounds is 20th on LSU’s all-time rebounding list … His 1,157 career points puts him 31st on the school scoring list … One of just 14 players in LSU history to have 1,000 career points and 700 rebounds … Best game of season was 29 at home in win over No. 11 Kentucky in Baton Rouge (1/28), one off his career high set the previous season … Hit 12-of-20 field goal attempts in that game … Had 20 in the overtime rematch in Lexington (2/22) and 18 against the Kats in the SEC Tournament (3/14) … Scored 25 at No.1-ranked Florida (3/1) … Became the first player since Justin Anderson in 2012 to have a 20-point, 15-rebound game when he scored 20 and pulled down 16 rebounds at Arkansas (2/1) … Was named SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 3) after his games against Kentucky and Arkansas … Had 13 points and six rebounds in the NIT win at San Francisco (3/19) and 16 points, 7 boards in loss at SMU (3/24) … Upped scoring average by nearly two points from sophomore to junior season …. Played in 91 career games, starting 79.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2012-13)
Started 28-of-29 games … Averaged a team best 13.6 points per game (up 5.1 points from his freshman season) … Averaged 8.7 rebounds (up two rebounds from his freshman season) … Shot 48 percent from the field (153-of-319) and averaged 29.1 minutes per game … Finished second in the league with 15 doubles doubles (17 career) … Had a five game stretch of double doubles starting at Georgia (1/19) through the road Mississippi State game (2/2) … The last player to have at least five straight double doubles was Glen Davis in the 2005-06 season … A total of 12 of the 15 double doubles came against SEC teams … 22 games scoring in double figures, 34 over two seasons … 20 career games with double figure rebounds … Five games over 20 points topped by career best 30 at South Carolina (2/14) … First LSU player to score 30 points in a game since Tasmin Mitchell vs. Auburn (1/20/10) … Also had 24 vs. Alabama (2/23) and at Tennessee (2/19); 22 at Alabama (2/9) and 21 at Kentucky (1/26) … Career rebound best of 14 at Georgia (1/19) … Made 13 field goals in the win at Carolina (2/14) … In home win vs. Mississippi State, had career best eight assists (2/16) … Played 51 minutes in the triple overtime vs. Alabama (2/23) … No. 12 in scoring and No. 3 in rebounding overall; fourth in field goal percentage (48.7%) … In conference games averaged 14.7 ppg (6th in the SEC) and 9.4 rpg (2nd).

FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12)
Played in 28 games with 17 starts, missing the first five SEC games because of a freak hand injury in practice prior to the first league contest … Averaged 8.5 points per game and 6.7 rebounds a contest … 12 games in double figures with a high of 21 against Northwestern in the Charleston Classic (11/17) … Best SEC games were 17 points versus Alabama (2/11) and 18 in the SEC Tournament win over Arkansas (3/8) … Had season best of 11 rebounds against Arkansas, at Ole Miss and Arkansas in the SEC Tournament … Two double-doubles … Averaged 21.4 minutes per contest … Scored 12 points in the NIT game at Oregon (3/13) … Was 14-of-23 at the free throw line in the three post-season contests in the SEC Tournament and the NIT … Had 12 points in regular season meeting with Kentucky (1/28) … Three games with six field goals made.

PRIOR TO LSU
Named McDonald’s All-American and Parade magazine All-American after a stellar senior season that earned him post-season all-star appearances in the nationally-televised McDonald’s and Jordan Brands Classic All-Star games … Played for Coach Leroy Cotton at Eastside … Averaged 21 points, 16 rebounds, three assists and five blocks in his senior season and 17 points and 13 rebounds for his career …. O’Bryant III scored 10 points in the Jordan game in Charlotte, N.C., playing 18 minutes, making 5-of-9 field goal attempts … He grabbed four rebounds and had one assist and one block … In the McDonald’s game in Chicago, O’Bryant III scored nine points with seven rebounds, two assists and three steals in 18 minutes of play with no turnovers … O’Bryant III was named the third team center on the 2011 USA Today All-USA Boys Basketball Team.

PERSONAL
Full name is Johnny Lee O’Bryant III … Born on June 1, 1993 … parents are Angela Moore and Johnny O’Bryant, Jr. … Two older siblings – Lashandra Walker and Quadray Walker … Major at LSU is sports management … Said “the school pride, and my friends Andre Stringer and Jalen Courtney” influenced him in his decision to come to LSU … One of his hobbies is playing video games … Favorite food is chicken alfredo … Favorite NBA team is Los Angeles Lakers and favorite NBA player is Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks … Favorite singers are Drake, J-Cole and Lil’ Wayne.

Top Career Performances
Points: 30, at South Carolina, 2/14/13
Rebounds: 16, at Arkansas, 2/15/14
Field Goals Made: 13, at South Carolina, 2/14/13
3 PT FG Game: 1, six times
Free Throws Made: 11, vs. Vanderbilt, 1/18/14
Assists: 8, vs. Mississippi State, 2/16/13
Blocks: 4, vs. Georgia, 3/8/14
Steals: 2, seven times
Minutes Played: 51, vs. Alabama, 2/23/13

Top Career Scoring Games
1. 30 – at South Carolina, 2/14/13
2. 29 – vs. Kentucky, 1/28/14
3. 25 – at Vanderbilt, 3/6/14
3. 25 – at UMass, 11/12/13
5. 24 – vs. Alabama, 2/23/13
5. 24 – at Tennessee, 2/19/13
7. 23 – vs. Arkansas, 2/1/14
8. 22 – vs. Vanderbilt, 1/18/14
8. 22 — at Alabama, 2/9/13
10. 21 – vs. Northwestern State, 11/16/13
10. 21 – at Kentucky, 1/26/13
10. 21 – vs. Northwestern, 11/17/11

 

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