Kentan Facey

Kentan Facey (born July 14, 1993) is a Jamaican basketball player for Souffelweyersheim He played college basketball for the University of Connecticut Huskies. He is a 6'10 power forward and occasional center who played on the UConn 2013–14 NCAA Championship team. [1]

Kentan Facey

Souffelweyersheim
Position	Power forward / Center
Personal information
Born	(1993-07-14) July 14, 1993 Trelawny, Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaican
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school	Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, New York)
College	UConn (2013–2017)
NBA draft	2017 / Undrafted
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2018	Aries Trikala
2018–2019	AEL Limassol
2019–present	Souffelweyersheim
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (2014)

High school career

Facey attended Long Island Lutheran playing under coach John Buck. He was named N.Y. State Gatorade Player of the Year after averaging 14.8 points, 13.0 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game in 2012-13 and was also a nominee for the McDonald’s All-American Game.

College career

Kentan Facey is also notable in that he was involved in a fairly prominent decision made by the NCAA that set precedent for future eligibility issues. Due to the fact that the education system in Jamaica is more similar to that of the United Kingdom than that of the United States, Facey had already technically graduated from high school by international standards[2] before enrolling at Long Island Lutheran High School in New York City, where he played for two seasons before enrolling at UConn. Originally, the NCAA had ruled that he had to forgo two years of his eligibility and redshirt for one season. It was later decided that this would not be applied, as the NCAA did not want to punish international athletes for performing well academically.[3] He graduated from UConn in 2017 with a degree in herpetology.

College statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2013–14	Connecticut	23	0	5.3	.481	.667	.667	1.8	.2	.1	.3	1.5
2014–15	Connecticut	31	22	21.5	.543	1.000	.724	5.2	.4	.2	.4	4.4
2015–16	Connecticut	35	5	12.7	.573	.000	.652	3.6	.3	.2	.9	3.1
2016–17	Connecticut	33	28	28.5	.484	.000	.703	7.1	.6	.2	1.2	8.5
Career	[4][5][6][7]	122	55

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, Facey joined Aries Trikala of the Greek Basket League.[8]

The Basketball Tournament

Kentan Facey played for Sideline Cancer in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. He scored 8 points and had 6 rebounds in the team's first-round loss to Gael Nation.

References

1. "12 Kentan Facey". UCONN. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
2. "Kentan Facey Could Face Stiff Penalty for Being a Good Student Who 'Graduated' Twice". borgesblognhr.blogspot.com. August 6, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
3. "UConn freshman Kentan Facey cleared to play 2013-14 season". sbnation.com. October 27, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
4. UCONN Stats
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8. "Kentan Facey will start his pro career in Greece with Trikala". sportando.com. July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017.