2011-12 Men's Basketball

Bryson Pope
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Jenks, Okla.
- High School:
- Jenks H.S.
Prior to Kent State
• Transferred to Kent State after having played with theUniversity of Tulsa for two seasons
• The 6’6” forward led the Golden Hurricanes tothe 2011 Post Season N.I.T. tournament where he scored acareer-high 16 points and shot 7-for-7 from the field in the lossagainst eventual champions, Wichita State
• As a sophomore in 2010-11 he started in 21 games forTulsa while averaging 6.3 points and 2.9 rebounds and helped with2.3 assists per game
• Played his best in Conference USA play averaging 7.8points per game while starting in 15 out of 16 game and collectinga team-high 43 rebounds
• Spent two months in the summer of 2009 in Europe playingfor France in the U19 World Championships
• Born in Ploemeur, France
• A three-time letter winner and starter at Jenks HighSchool where he help his team reach state quarterfinals all threeyears and went 70-13 overall
• In 2009 he was named the Tulsa World State Player of theYear and was a three-time first-team all-conference selection and atwo-time Frontier Valley Conference Player of the Year
• Played for coach Clay Martin at Jenks and averaged 18.5points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 2.1 assists while leading histeam to a 27-2 record and the Class 6A state championship game hissenior year
• Majoring in Public Communications