Sean Kilpatrick

Sean Redell Kilpatrick (born January 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. A 6'4" shooting guard born in Yonkers, New York, during his senior season of 2013–14 with the Cincinnati Bearcats, he was named AP first-team All-American.^[1]

High school career

Kilpatrick starred at White Plains Senior High School, where he averaged 28.4 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game over his four-year career. He then spent a post-graduate year at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.^[2]

College career

Kilpatrick redshirted what would have been his freshman season at Cincinnati in 2009–10, as he played the same position as top recruit Lance Stephenson.^[3]

In his first season with the Bearcats, Kilpatrick was part of the regular rotation, averaging 9.7 points per game in 20.6 minutes per game. As a sophomore, his role and minutes expanded and he increased his scoring average to 14.3 per game. He led the Big East Conference in made three point shots and three pointers per game and was named second team All-Conference at the conclusion of the season. As a junior in 2012–13, Kilpatrick again raised his scoring average as he tallied 17 points per game and repeated on the second team All-Big East squad.^[2]

In the summer between his junior and senior seasons, Kilpatrick was selected to represent the United States as a member of the men's national team at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. He averaged 7.5 points per game as the team finished ninth.^[4]

At the beginning of his senior season, Kilpatrick was named preseason first team all-conference by the American Athletic Conference.^[5] On February 19, 2014, Kilpatrick passed Steve Logan for second all-time in Bearcats scoring history (behind Oscar Robertson).^[6] On February 28, he was named one of the 10 semi-finalists for the Naismith College Player of the Year.^[7]

For the season, he averaged 20.6 points per game and led the Bearcats to a 27-2 overall record and first-place in the conference. He was named first-team All-American by the AP, USA Today, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report and NBCSports.com.^[8] Overall, Kilpatrick was named a consensus second-team All-American.^[9]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Kilpatrick joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2014 NBA Summer League.^[10] On October 20, 2014, he signed with the Golden State Warriors.^[11] However, he was later waived by the Warriors on October 24, 2014.^[12] On November 3, 2014, he was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors as an affiliate player.^[13] On January 21, 2015, he was traded to the Delaware 87ers, along with a first-round pick, in exchange for Ronald Roberts and the returning player rights to Darington Hobson.^[14]

On March 19, 2015, Kilpatrick signed a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Timberwolves were granted an NBA hardship exception for a 16th roster spot due to having four players out with injury.^[15] He made his NBA debut later that night, recording one rebound in 10 minutes of action as the Timberwolves defeated the New York Knicks 95–92 in overtime.^[16] He was not retained by the Timberwolves following the expiration of his 10-day contract on March 29. In four games for the Timberwolves, he averaged 5.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.^[17] The same day, he returned to the 87ers.

NBA Career Statistics

References

External links

• Cincinnati bio
• ESPN.com Profile