2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

10 Kalib Boone

  • Position
    Forward
  • Ht/Wt
    6-9 / 215
  • Class
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown
    Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • High School
    Memorial High School
  • Prev School
    Oklahoma State

Biography

CAREER
Boone is in his first year as a Runnin' Rebel in 2023-24 ... Came to UNLV as a graduate transfer from Oklahoma State where he played four seasons (2019-23) ... Played in 123 career games for the Cowboys, starting 62 ... Chose UNLV over Georgia and Kansas, among others ... His twin brother Keylan is a UNLV teammate.

SENIOR (2022-23) - OKLAHOMA STATE
Started 30 of 36 games for the Cowboys last season, finishing third on the team in scoring with an average of 10.6 points per game and earning third team All-Big 12 honors ... Also contributed 4.9 rebounds per game (16th in Big 12) and shot 58.4% from the field and 75.7% on free throws ... Was third in the conference in blocks with 42 ... He averaged 21.3 minutes played per contest, scoring in double figures in 17 games including a career-high 27 points against then-No. 4 Kansas ... He was named Big 12 Player of the Week twice.

JUNIOR (2021-22) - OKLAHOMA STATE
Saw action in 26 games, while fighting through early season injuries ... Earned four starts on the year with 10.9 minutes played per game ... Scored a season-high 20 points against NC State ... Finished with the second-most blocks in the Big 12 with 33.

SOPHOMORE (2020-21) - OKLAHOMA STATE
Set the program's single-season field-goal percentage record by making 64.2% of his shots ... Blocked 49 shots, leading the Big 12 and ranking 32nd nationally ... Earned first career Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Was third on the team in scoring with 9.4 ppg, nearly doubling his average from his freshman season ... Was 14th in the league and third on the squad with 5.4 rpg ... Had two six-block performances at the Big 12 Championship in wins over then-No. 2 Baylor and then-No. 10 West Virginia, which were the most by any Big 12 player during that season ... Was the only OSU player to appear in all 30 games, starting the second-most games with 24.

FRESHMAN (2019-20) - OKLAHOMA STATE
Ranked 15th in the Big 12 and third among freshmen with 0.7 blocks per game ... Named the league's Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 17 ... Was fourth in plus/minus per 40 minutes (+4.4) and overall (+40) ... Scored a then-career-high 16 points in a win over then-No. 24.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Memorial High School ... A consensus four-star recruit, ranked as the top player in the state of Oklahoma and the nation's No. 98 overall recruit by both ESPN and 247Sports.com ... With his brother Keylan, led MHS to three straight Oklahoma state titles and a 77-8 record in that span ... Named to the ESPN Top 100 list and was also ranked the No. 23 power forward in the country by ESPN ... Averaged a double-double over his final two seasons at Memorial, including 17.2 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks as a senior ... Posted 17 rebounds - only one shy of his opponent's team total - in the 2019 championship game against Del City ... Set the school record for career blocks with 277 ... Shot 66% from the field and 78% from the free throw line in 2019 ... Named to The Oklahoman's Super 5 First Team in each of his last two seasons ... Earned Tulsa World's All-World state MVP award in 2018 and was a finalist in 2019 ... Selected as the Tulsa World's co-MVP of the 5A state tournament with Keylan for the second consecutive year after averaging 19 points and 12.7 rebounds ... Career totals: 96 games, 1,181 points, 892 rebounds, 143 assists, 112 steals ... Also selected with Keylan as co-MVP of the Green Country Conference.

PERSONAL
The son of Jamie Hawkins and Michael Boone ... Has a twin brother Keylan who is also a member of the UNLV men's basketball team ... Has two other siblings, Kamren and Kiera.

 

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