Niagara University Athletics

Why Niagara?
I want to attend a school that feels right for me to help me reach my goals. When I came up there for an official visit, it really did feel like the school would be a great fit for me. Coach Casey, along with the other coaches, were honest and gave me good feedback and I felt that I could grow under their leadership in basketball. The campus was nice and it just felt right for me to focus on my academics and work hard to maintain a good GPA, along with working hard on my athletic abilities to develop my skills and become a great player for the team.

2017-18 (R-Junior)
Played in 33 games and started in 19 games...Averaged 4.6 points and 5.6 rebounds…Made Purple Eagles debut at St. Bonaventure (11/10)...Swatted a career-high three shots at BYU (11/21)...Scored a then-season-high four points against Alabama A&M (11/24)...Scored a then-season-high five points and had a career-high two steals against Army (11/27)...Had first career double-double with career-highs in points (12) and rebounds (10) against UB (11/29)...Made first career start and shared game-high honors with eight rebounds at New Hampshire (12/5)...Had a career-high four blocks in a season-high 27 minutes at Norfolk State (12/16)...Grabbed a then-career-high 11 rebounds at Monmouth (2/4)...Led the game with a career-high 12 rebounds at Iona (2/16)...Led team in rebounds eight times...Led/tied team in steals four times...Led/tied team in blocks nine times.

2016-17 (Junior)
Redshirted the 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

 
Before Niagara
King spent the 2015-16 season as a member of the Eastern Kentucky Colonel basketball team…King saw action in 23 games, while starting in two, and averaged 3.0 points per game and 2.7 rebounds per game…King’s second start was at West Virginia where he scored seven points and grabbed a career-high six rebounds while playing in a career-high 29 minutes…King played one season at Chipola College, an NJCAA program in Marianna, Fla., where he averaged 6.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game; he also made the Dean’s List…King played high school basketball at Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Lithonia, Ga. and was named DeKalb County Tip-Off Club Player of the year in 2012 and 2013.
 
Personal
Born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 7, 1995...Son of Gregory and Karen King...Favorite athletes are Lebron James and Antonio Brown...Career aspiration is to play professional basketball and then buy a professional team.