Delta State University

2018-2019 (SENIOR): Helped guide the Statesmen to the 2018-2019 Gulf South Conference championship and a berth in the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament...Delta State claimed its seventh GSC title with a 64-60 victory over Alabama Huntsville in the title game...Played and started all 31 games for the Statesmen while leading DSU to a 19-12 over record...Averaged 7.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game...Finished the season ranked eighth in the GSC in rebounding and assists per game...Closed his career with 262 assists to rank 11th on Delta State's career list...In his two seasons at DSU, played in 62 games, making 62 starts at guard...Scored 477 points (7.7 ppg) and grabbed 394 rebounds (6.4 rpg).

2017-18 (JUNIOR): Played and started in all 31 games for the Statesmen…Powered Delta State to a runner-up finish in the Gulf South Conference title game...Totaled 1078 minutes on the year, averaging 34.8 minutes a game…Averaged 7.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game…Finished the season shooting 47 percent on 97-for-206 from the field and 56 percent on 44-for-79 from the free throw line…Scored a season-high 16 points in the GSC title game against West Florida (3.4.18) and recorded a season-high of 14 rebounds in that same game. He totaled a season-high of nine rebounds versus the University of Montevallo (1.13.18)...Registered at least five points, five rebounds and five assists 12 different times in his debut season for the Green-and-White.

SOUTH SUBURBAN CC: Led the country in steals last season, logging 125 total and averaging 3.5 per game...Helped lead his team to a third place finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Tournament, scoring 13 points in the third-place game against Richard Bland (Virginia)...Averaged 9.5 points per game, 4.8 rebounds, 5.3 rebounds per game and 3.5 steals last season...Was selected as an All-Tournament team member in the tournament to qualify for nationals.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at perennial power Simeon Career Academy for coach Robert Smith...Won a city and state championship while at Simeon, with the state title coming in 2012.

PERSONAL: Son of Nicol Benford...Has two brothers, Dare and Reggie, and one sister, Jazmin...Majoring in Health, Physical Education and Recreation.