Bryson Pope

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Jenks, Okla.
High School:
Jenks H.S.

Kent State head coach Rob Senderoff on Bryson Pope:

"Bryson Pope gives us a lot of versatility. Heplayed all three perimeter positions when he was at Tulsa. Atalmost 6-foot-6 and he can defend any position from the one to thefour. Bryson is also very smart. He is very good at creating forother players offensively."

"One of the great things about Bryson is I don'tthink anything is going shake him up. He is new to Kent State, buthe's been in college basketball, he knows what to expect, he hasplayed in big arenas. He reminds me a little bit of Nate Gerwig inthat nothing seems to get to him. Something bad will happen and hesmiles and just keeps on playing."

2012-13 – Junior Notes

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 High School 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