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Jersey Number 13
Alden Applewhite
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
- High School:
- Houston HS
- Prev School:
- Portland/Mississippi State
2024-25
2023-24
Before MSU
Personal
- Played in 32 games with one start.
- Was a .393 shooter from the field (55-of-140), 391 from the 3-point line (27-of-69) and .743 from the free throw line (55-of-74).
- Grabbed 106 rebounds (27 offensive) for a 3.3 per game average.
- Came off the bench at Pittsburgh and scored 11 points and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds in 22:47 minutes on the floor.
- Had a productive seven points and six rebounds in the Racers’ win at Middle Tennessee.
- Scored six points with four rebounds at Indiana State off the bench.
- Came off the bench at Northern Iowa for 11 points on a perfect 4-of-4 from the field including hitting three-straight 3-point baskets to go with four rebounds and a pair of steals in 18 minutes of playing time.
- Scored a career-high 22 points in the double OT game at UIC on 7-of-15 from the field (2-of-8 3pt) and 5-5 from the free throw line with five rebounds.
- Made his first start as a Racer (Feb. 11) at home against UIC.
2023-24
- Appeared in 20 games where he played 18.6 minutes per game.
- Averaged 5.1ppg and 2.6rpg.
- Played his first game as a Racer at Little Rock where he played nearly 30 minutes with nine points, five rebounds and four steals.
- Had three double-digit games with 14 points against UIC, 13 points at Evansville and 13 points at Indiana State
- Had a season-high seven rebounds against UNI.
Before MSU
- Spent 2022-23 season with the Portland Pilots of the West Coast Conference.
- Saw action in 32 games and made five starts and scored 7.7 points per game and grabbed 2.9 rebounds.
- Was 69-of-154 from the field for .448, 19-of-61 from the 3-point line for .311 and 90-of-127 from the free throw line for .709.
- Had 37 assists and 22 steals.
- Had 10 games of double-digit scoring with a season-high 20 points against UC Riverside.
- Had a brilliant three-game stretch of play with 12 points vs Oregon, 20 vs Riverside and 12 vs LMU (CA).
- As a freshman at Mississippi State in 2021-22, saw action in two games.
- Played at Arizona Compass Prep School in 2020-21 where he scored 10.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
- In 2019-20, led Houston High School to the program’s first state tournament appearance where he scored 15.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
Personal
- Born Feb. 26, 2003, son of Audrey & Andre Applewhite.
- Has a brother: Andre II.
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