Delta State University

CAREER: Played in 87 games with 81 starts at guard...Scored 734 points (8.4 ppg) in his three-year career at Delta State...Collected 456 rebounds (5.2 rpg) and handed out 249 assists (2.9 apg)...Ranks 10th on Delta State's career assists list...Blocked 74 shots and swiped 94 steals.

2013-2014 (Senior): Played in 33 games with 33 starts at guard for the Statesmen...Helped guide Delta State to 26-7 overall record, Gulf South Conference regular season title and NCAA Sweet 16 finish...Scored 259 points for a 7.8 points per game average...Collected 148 rebounds (4.5 rpg)...Blocked 34 shots to rank fifth in the Gulf South Conference...Handed out 77 assists for a 2.4 assists per game average...Made 22 steals...Shot 41.8 percent after making 89-of-213 shots...Connected on 67-of-101 free throws...Made 14-of-40 three-point attempts...Scored in double figures 11 times with a season-high 19 points, five rebounds and five assists at North Alabama...Scored 17 points in a win over Christian Brothers at Sillers Coliseum.

2012-2013 (Junior): Played in 27 games with 21 starts…Averaged 33.7 minutes per game with 909 minutes played…Made 258 points on the year, averaging 9.6 points per game…Shot 91-of-235 (0.387) from the field...Shot 6-of-26 (0.231) from 3-point range...Shot 70-of-101 (0.693) from the free throw line...Collected 161 rebounds (6 per game)...35 offensive rebounds...126 defensive rebounds...Had 17 blocks...Made 25 steals...Recorded 101 assists. Recorded a career-high 13 rebounds against Shorter College (02/14/13) and dished out a career-best nine assists against Belhaven University (12/29/12).

2011-2012 (Sophomore): Started and played in all 27 games for the Statesmen…Averaged 8.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game…Scored a career-high 22 points against Ouachita Baptist (11/26/11) and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against Shepherd Tech (01/10/12)…Recorded one double-double and scored in double figures 10 times during the season…Second in the Gulf South Conference in minutes played (34.8)…Fifth in the GSC in steals per game (1.7)…Eighth in the GSC in blocked shots per game (0.9).

MARION MILITARY INSTITUTE: Played one season under the direction of former Statesmen assistant coach Marcus Thomas and the Tigers...Averaged 5.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest...Scored a career high 23 points versus East Mississippi on December 10...Finished the season as a 71 percent shooter from the free throw line...Also finished 40 percent from the three point line. 

PREP: Prepped at Davidson High School under the direction of head coach Devin Powell...Named Honorable Mention All-Conference.

PERSONAL: Cornel Cephas Knight...Born January 17, 1992...Son of Shelia and Jessie Johnson and Steve Knight...Has four brothers, Donel Knight, Justin Johnson, Jessie Johnson, Jr. and Jeremy Stallworth...Majoring in Sport Management.