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2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster

21 Jesse Bunting

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 250
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Plymouth, Mass.
  • Highschool Tabor Academy

Biography

Moved into the starting lineup in 2018-20109... Was second on the squad in rebounding... Missed most of the 2017-2018 season with an injury… Became a valuable contributor off the bench for the Rams in 2016-2017… Named NEPSAC Class A Player of the Year at Tabor Academy in 2015… Ranked fourth-best player in Massachusetts and 18th-best in New England by NERR2.0… Played for the Expressions Elite AAU program.
 
As a Senior (2018-2019)
• Appeared in 28 games at forward for the Rams in 2018-2019, starting 23, before missing rest of season after suffering a minor stroke on March 5.
• Averaged 6.6 ppg and 5.1 rpg, second best on the team.
• A career .570 (122-214) shooter.
• Netted a career-high 19 points, shooting 8-for-13 from the field, and added five rebounds at George Washington.
• Scored 18 points to go with eleven rebounds for his first double-double of the year vs. FIU.
• Was a perfect 14-for-14 from the charity stripe in the FIU game.
• Recorded 13 points and eight rebounds in loss at Richmond.
• Finished with 12 points, shooting 5-for-6 from the field, and nine rebounds at Maine.
• Netted 12 points, shooting a perfect 6-for-6 from the field, and added three rebounds and two assists in win at UMass.
• Also had 12 points and added nine rebounds and three blocks in win at URI.
• Finished with ten points and four rebounds in home loss to St. Bonaventure.
• Scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds at Houston Baptist.
• Pulled down ten rebounds in home loss to Duquesne.

As a Junior (2017-2018)
• Appeared in five games at forward for the Rams in 2017-2018, starting one, missing most of the season due to injury
• Averaging 3.2 ppg and 2.2 rpg
• A career .600 (48-80) shooter
• Matched his career-high with 12 points to go with six rebounds in win over Manhattan

As a Sophomore (2016-2017)
• Appeared in 29 games at forward for the Rams in 2016-2017, starting nine
• Averaged 2.1 ppg and 2.1 rpg
• Shot .558 (24-43) from the field
• Finished with a career-high 12 points, shooting 6-for-7 from the field, and grabbed seven rebounds in NYIT win
• Pulled down a career-high eleven rebounds and added a career-best four steals in FDU win
• Netted six points in six minutes, hitting all four free throws, in win at Saint Joseph’s

As a Freshman (2015-2016)
• Appeared in 24 games at forward for the Rams in 2015-2016, starting one.
15195• Averaged 1.7 ppg and 1.0 rpg.
• Finished with a season-high eleven points, shooting 5-for-6 from the field, at VCU (1/13/16).
• Scored six points, hitting all three field goal attempts, and added two blocks against Coppin State (12/13/15).
• Netted four points vs. Queens (11/17/15).
• Scored four points and blocked two shots versus Colgate (11/24/15).
• Made first collegiate start and scored four points to go with a pair of rebounds in Maine game (12/19/15).

Before Fordham
• A graduate of Tabor Academy where he lettered in basketball for head coach Chris Millette.
• Named NEPSAC Class A Player of the Year in 2015.
• Averaged 23 ppg and 13 rpg in 2014-2015 at Tabor.
• Ranked fourth-best player in Massachusetts and 18th-best in New England by NERR2.0.
• Transferred to Tabor after playing for Plymouth North High School where he averaged 20 points and eleven rebounds per game for the Blue Eagles in 2012-13.
• Played for the Expressions Elite AAU program.
• Also had interest from 12 other Division I programs, including Saint Joseph’s, Duquesne and Quinnipiac.
• Took up the high jump in the spring semester of his senior year at Tabor and broke a 25-year-old school record with a leap of 6' 9".
• League and New England High Jump champion.
• Attended Plymouth North High School in Plymouth, Massachusetts, prior to Tabor.
• Earned All-League honors as a junior and was named team MVP as both a sophomore and junior.

Personal
• Son of Cathy and Bill Bunting.
• Has an older sister (Danielle).

Major
• Business Administration.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2015-16Freshman

    Forward
    6'8" 210 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2016-17Sophomore

    Forward
    6'8" 225 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2017-18Junior

    Forward
    6'8" 225 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2018-19Senior

    Forward
    6'8" 250 lbs
    21