2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Giovanni Santiago
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico
- High School:
- Cincinnati Hughes
2023-24 SEASON
Appeared in 34 games and started in 27…averaged 9.1 points per game and 4.2 assists per game…Seventh all-time in assists and the top 10 for games played for the Flashes after their last game of the regular season…led the Flashes in 21 games for assists.
2022-23 SEASON
Averaged 7.5 points per game…Averaged 1.8 rebounds per game… Averaged 1.7 assists per game… Appeared in 23 games… Sat out for the remainder of the season due to injury on 2/3.
2021-22 SEASON
Career-high 21 points vs. EMU (2/5)… Played in 28 games, starting 14… Recorded 11 games with 3+ three-pointers made… Posted 12 double-digit scoring games… Shot 6-for-6 from three against Point Park (11/30)… Second-most threes made in a game without a miss in program history… Scored 12 or more points in five of his last 11 games… Recorded a career-high six steals vs. Ball State (2/22), tied for the fifth-most in a single game in Kent State history… One of five Golden Flashes with a 20-point game… Led the Flashes in scoring three times and led the team in assists three times.
2020-21 SEASON
Was the only Golden Flash to start in all 23 games... Averaged 9.1 points, 4.1 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game... Led the team with 51 made three-pointers and shot 44.7% from deep, including recording multiple threes in 16 contests... Recorded a career-high 22 points against Western Michigan (2/16)... Scored in double figures 10 times, all coming in the second half of the season... Recorded 5+ assists in 10 different games... Posted a career-high 6 rebounds against Akron (1/1) and a career-high 4 steals against Toledo (1/23)... Led the team in minutes played (775), free throw percentage (92.0) and assists (95).
2019-20 SEASON
Appeared in 25 games, starting four... Averaged 2.4 points per game shooting 48.8% from the field and 36.8% from beyond the arc... Scored 7 pts and dished out a team-high single-game 10 assists against Hiram (11/6).
Recipient of the Robert G. Miller and Lora Jean Weidleman Men's Basketball Scholarship (2019-2020)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
HARGRAVE MILITARY PREP
Averaged 12.3 points and 5.0 assists per game.
PUERTO RICO NATIONAL TEAM
Averaged 11.8 points and 5.3 assists... Scored a tournament-high 17 points against the United States and posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists in a 14-point win over the Dominican Republic.
CINCINNATI HUGHES HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 15.1 points per game and led the Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference in assists his senior year... Anchored the Big Red to their second-straight 20-win season and first District Championship since 2013.
