05/09/2012 Lobo Men's Basketball: Did You Know?Here are some quick notes on the program that maybe you knew...maybe you didn't 04/10/2012 Stevens: New Mexico Lobos Men's Basketball 2011-12 Season ReviewSteve Alford's Lobos grab two Mountain West titles, win 28 games, and make NCAA field as No. 5 seed 03/23/2012 2011-12 Men's Basketball Awards Banquet Presented by Branch Law Firm Tickets AvailableEvent takes place Tuesday, April 10 at Embassy Suites 03/17/2012 No. 21 Lobos Fall In Third Round To No. 18 Cardinals, 59-56Drew Gordon had 21 points and 14 rebounds 03/17/2012 Stevens: Lobos' Path To Sweet 16 Goes Over Louisville CardinalsA key matchup on Saturday should be Lobo Kendall Williams vs. Louisville's Peyton Siva 03/17/2012 New Mexico vs. Louisville (AP - 3/17/12)New Mexico vs. Louisville (AP - 3/17/12) 03/15/2012 No. 5 New Mexico vs. No. 12 Long Beach State (First Round)No. 5 New Mexico vs. No. 12 Long Beach State (Second Round) 03/14/2012 NCAA Tournament Practice - March 14Photos from the Lobos' shootaround in preparation for their second-round NCAA Tournament matchup vs. Long Beach State. 03/10/2012 New Mexico vs. SDSU (AP - 3/10/12)New Mexico vs. SDSU (AP - 3/10/12) 03/08/2012 New Mexico vs. Air ForceNew Mexico vs. Air Force
GENERAL INFO/CAREER Perhaps the quickest player on the squad, Williams was one of the nation's top freshmen in 2010-11 can play multiple positions originally committed to UCLA is an avid chess player and soccer player one of UNM's vocal leaders named to the 2012 Cousy Watch List, one of 65 candidates for the award ended his sophomore year with 816 points and 283 assists, putting him on pace to become first Lobo to finish top 10 in scoring and top five in assists in a career 2011-12 SOPHOMORE Preseason All-Mountain West Midseason Cousy Award Watch List Second Team All-Mountain West Branch Law Firm Men's Basketball Awards Outstanding Defensive Player Most Assists Averaged 16.5 points per game in the exhibition season, hitting 19-of-20 free throws Led UNM with seven assists and added 12 points in the opener against New Orleans came off the bench with a team-high 16 points against Arizona State rebounded from a zero field goal game with 17 points, including a team-leading seven rebounds had a 10-point night, including several late free throws, against Boston College had six assists and seven points versus Idaho State scored a season-high 19 points, going 10-for-12 from the line scored seven points against USC led UNM in scoring against Oklahoma State with 16 points, including going 6-for-6 from the line in the second half filled up the stat sheet against Montana State with eight points, seven assists, and four steals did not play against UMKC, as coach Alford sat him for the game for "having a poor first semester academically" rebounded from the benching with 12 points and four assists against New Mexico State had nine points, including a steal and breakaway dunk with under two minutes left, against Saint Louis scored nine points on his best shooting night of the season, going 4-for-6, against Houston Baptist scored a career-high 21 points with a career-high tying four three-pointers against North Dakota, adding six assists led UNM with 14 points including 2-of-3 from three and a perfect 6-for-6 from the line scored 16 points with five assists against San Diego State, hitting a career-high tying four three-pointers tied for team leading in scoring against UNLV with 15 points, including a pair of threes and three assists with two steals scored seven points but dished out four assists and blocked two shots against Colorado State netted 14 points with a team-high five rebounds against TCU, adding a team-high three steals had a perfect night from the field, going 5-for-5 from the field with a three, and 2-for-2 from the line against Air Force, adding four assists led UNM with 18 points, 14 in the second half, at Boise State led UNM with 10 points and five assists against Wyoming tied his career-high with 21 points, including a career-best five threes, in leading UNM to a win over SDSU in San Diego scored seven against UNLV, with two steals led UNM with 16 points against the CSU Rams, including 9-for-10 from the line scored 10 points off the bench against TCU, adding three assists scored six points against Air Force but added seven assists with no turnovers had seven assists for the fifth time this season, to go with nine points against Boise State scored 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting against Air Force in the quarterfinals was plagued by foul trouble but scored seven points with four rebounds against UNLV led UNM with 14 points, including eight free throws, and six assists in the title game against SDSU averaged 11.3 points and 4.0 assists during the conference tournament scored 16 points against Long Beach State, and gave UNM the lead for good with a three-pointer with under five minutes to go scored in double-figures with 11 against Louisville WHERE WILLIAMS RANKS AFTER TWO SEASONS AMONG UNM 1000-POINT SCORERS 1. Kenny Thomas 928 2 1,931 2. Francis Grant 872 16 1,282 3. Rob Robbins 842 8 1,739 4. Kendall Williams 816 ? 5. Clayton Shields 791 4 1,837 6. Kenny Page 784 15 1,387 7. Phil Smith 767 11 1,477 8. Charles Smith 774 1 1,993 9. Lamont Long 720 3 1,840 10. Willie Banks 608 14 1,394 11. Phillip McDonald 605 23 1,146 12. Luc Longley 568 6 1,769 13. Rob Loeffel 550 28 1,011 14. Dairese Gary 532 13 1,458 15. Kelvin Scarborough 474 12 1,469 16. Mel Daniels 467 10 1,537 17. Ruben Douglas 455 5 1,782 18. David Chiotti 448 24 1,145 19. Hunter Greene 399 7 1,745 20. Mark Walters 387 19 1,200 21. Chad Toppert 359 26 1,067 22. Tony Danridge 352 17 1,260 23. Willie Long 300 9 1,542 24. Roman Martinez 314 20 1,159 25. Ron Becker 294 29 1,010 26. Ike Williams 190 25 1,086 27. Marvin Johnson 0 18 1,246 28. Charlie Thomas 0 21 1,158 29. Johnny Brown 0 22 1,157 30. Ira Harge 0 27 1,016 2010-11 FRESHMAN UNM's leading scorer in four postseason games (MWC Tournament and NIT) at 16.3 ppg was 11-26 from 3-pt. and 18-20 FTs Led UNM with 55 3-pointers, which is highest total ever by a Lobo freshman, and he was second in the MWC in three-point accuracy at 42.6% Double figures in assists twice, and 141 for the season, the third-most by a Lobo freshman Team-high 18 points in 37 minutes at Alabama in the NIT, tying career highs with four treys and six rebounds Team-high 18 points, plus five rebounds and four assists in a team-best 36 minutes against UTEP in the NIT...tied a career-high with eight FTs (in 10 attempts 6-6 from the line in the final 1:20 to seal the win UNM's second-leading scorer at the MWC Tournament with 29 points in the two games, including a game-high 16 against Colorado State when he made 4-5 FGs, 2-2 threes and 6-6 FTs Snapped out of a four-game shooting slump in the win at No. 3 BYU on March 2 with 15 points (6-11 FGs, 3-5 3s), seven assists and just one turnover 16 points at Colorado State Feb. 12 when he tied a career-high for the third time with four threes also four rebounds, four assists and two steals Team-high 16 points in the win over No. 9 BYU Jan. 29; had a huge second half with 12 points on 4-5 FGs, 2-3 from 3, 2-2 FTs, two rebounds and two assists while playing all 20 minutes 10 of those points came in a span of 5:02 during the Lobos' furious comeback 16 points at Air Force Feb. 1, tying a career high with four threes, all coming in the first half also equaled a career best with six rebounds 11 points at UNLV Jan. 22, going 7-8 at the FT line only miss in the 63-62 loss came with 1.1 seconds left after he stole the in-bounds pass and was fouled Team-high 18 points, three assists and three steals at Utah Jan. 19 nailed a half-court three at the end of the first half Eight points, 10 assists and four steals against Cal State Bakersfield 14 points and five rebounds at Dayton scored six of the UNM's final eight points in regulation on three extremely difficult shots All-tournament team at the Las Vegas Classic with 29 points, 14 assists, seven rebounds and four steals against Colorado and Northern Iowa First career double-double with 18 points and a career-high 11 assists against Colorado in Las Vegas it's the most assists by a UNM freshman since John Robinson II had 11 at Fresno State on Jan. 4, 1999 Nine points (7-10 FTs), three steals and eight assists against The Citadel Career-high 20 points and six assists against Longwood...made 7-8 FGs, including 3-3 from three-point, and three steals 15 points, four rebounds and three assists vs. New Mexico State on Dec. 11 18 points on 4-8 FGs, 3-5 threes and 7-8 FTs in the OT win at New Mexico State added a career-best six rebounds, four assists and two steals in 40 minutes had a key steal in the closing seconds to preserve the victory 15 points (4-6 FGs, 4-5 threes, 3-6 FTs) against Arizona State made his first four threes, and added four assists and a team-best three steals HIGH SCHOOL A 2010 graduate of Los Osos HS in Rancho Cucamonga where he was first team all-state and a two-time All-CIF selection Los Osos is Spanish for "The Bears" A three-year starter who averaged more than 21 points a game in his final three seasons Led the Grizzlies in scoring (22.5 ppg), assists (4.7 apg) and steals (2.9 spg) as a senior Also averaged 7.7 rebounds a game Played for head coach Dave Smith Top scoring game was 40 points against Upland when he was 14 of 26 from the floor and 11 of 13 from the line Ten games with double-figure rebounds, including a high of 13 against Vista Murrieta and Arcadia Had four or more steals 10 times Los Osos was 20-9 in his last season Excellent in the classroom with a 3.7 cumulative GPA PERSONAL Born July 3, 1991, in Upland, Calif Full name is Kendall T. Williams the "T" is just an initial Son of Robert and Debbie Father is a private investigator and mother is a math professor at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif Oldest sister Chelsea attends UC Irvine while another sister, Britni, was a goalkeeper for the University of Arkansas soccer team from 2007-10, setting school career records with 27 shutouts and 30 wins Kendall is an avid chess player Interested in journalism or broadcasting after playing days are over |
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