Marques Bolden
No. 20 – Duke Blue Devils | |
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Position | Center |
League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Personal information | |
Born |
Dallas, Texas | April 17, 1998
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
Listed weight | 246 lb (112 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | DeSoto (DeSoto, Texas) |
College | Duke (2016–present) |
Marques Terrell Bolden (born April 17, 1998) is an American college basketball player for Duke University.
High school career
At DeSoto High School, Bolden supplied per-game averages of 23.4 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots as a senior,[1] helping his team win the Texas Class 6A state title, while earning Texas Mr. Basketball[2] and TABC 6A Player of the Year honors. He had eight points and five rebounds in the 2016 Jordan Brand Classic[3] and tallied 13 points as well as seven boards at the McDonald’s All-American Game the same year.[4]
Ranked 8th overall in the 2016 high school class by Scout.com, 11th overall by Rivals and 16th overall by ESPN, Bolden committed to Duke in May 2016.[5]
College career
Bolden had to sit out the first eight games of the 2016-17 season due to a leg injury,[6] before making his debut against Maine on December 3, 2016, scoring seven points and five rebounds.[7] He missed the NCAA Tournament due to illness[8] and averaged 1.5 points and 1.1 rebounds (24 games) as a freshman.[9]
National team
Playing at the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit, Bolden scored three points and pulled down two rebounds in 13 minutes of action for Team USA.[10] He attended training camp of the 2017 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team, but was cut before the start of the tournament.[11]
References
- ↑ "duke-lands-5-star-center-marques-bolden". 247Sports. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Blue Devil Nation: Marques Bolden A Part of USA Basketball". Blue Devil Nation. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics East Team vs West Team" (PDF). jordanbrandclassic.com. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "2016 Boys Games Results :: McDonald’s(R) All American Games – A Basketball Rite of Passage (TM)". www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Duke lands five-star center Marques Bolden, completes No. 1 recruiting class". USA Today High School Sports. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Updated: Marques Bolden elects to return for sophomore season with Duke men's basketball". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Tatum, Bolden make debuts in Duke’s 94-55 win over Maine". newsobserver. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Bolden to Return to Duke in 2017-18". goduke.com. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Duke Season Statistics". nmnathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Boxscore". D1 Circuit. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Duke’s Marques Bolden cut from USA Basketball U19 national team tryouts". heraldsun. Retrieved 2017-07-18.