2008-09 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Bakari Lewis
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cleveland, Ohio
- High School:
- Shaker Heights HS
2010-11 -- Played in 28 games with 22 starts... averaged 11.3 points and 2.1 rebounds... shot .408 from the field, .398 from three point range and .780 from the free throw line... registered a team-high 81 assists, 33 steals and nine blocks... sits 15th school history with 772 points... scored in double figures 15 times including last four games, six of last seven and eight of last 10... led team in scoring four times, rebounds once, assists 15 times and steals eight times... finished with team-highs of three assists and two blocks against Truman State... scored a season-high 21 points against SEMO... scored 11 points and dished out a season-high tying four assists in the win over UVU...finished with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting and four assists in win over Houston Baptist...led team with 16 points against Kansas...led team with 17 points in win over SDSU... tied his career-high with eight assists against Centenary....scored 20 points and swiped a career-high five steals against Oakland.
2009-10 -- Played in 29-of-30 games on the year with 14 starts... averaged 8.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 24.6 minutes per game... shot .350 (78-223) from the field, .348 (31-89) from long range and .761 (54-71) from the free throw line... paced the team with 77 assists and was third with 29 steals... ranked 11th in The Summit League in assists... the .761 free throw percentage is the ninth best by a UMKC junior in the record books... reached double digits in nine games and scored nine or more points in 16 games... had eight games with four or more assists and seven games with five or more rebounds... made 4-of-5 shots en route to 13 points vs. Idaho State (11/28)... scored in double digits in four straight games from Dec. 5 to Dec. 19... scored 10 of his season-high 18 points over the final four minutes in the road win at Centenary (12/5)... this included seven straight points over the final 52 seconds, which included the game-winner with 3.3 seconds remaining... had 10 points and seven boards vs. Wichita State (12/9), 17 points at Houston Baptist (12/12) and 13 points vs. Central Arkansas (12/19)... netted 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting at Missouri (12/30)... made the game-winning three-pointer from the top of the key with 17 seconds left to lift UMKC past Southern Utah (1/2)... had 15 points and six assists vs. South Dakota State (1/7)... netted 10 points to go along with five assists in the win over Western Illinois (1/21)... made 5-of-9 field goals en route to 17 points in the win over IPFW (2/11)... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team.
2008-09 -- Appeared in 20 games for the 'Roos after sitting out the first semester per NCAA Division I transfer regulations... received the starting nod in 15 games... ranked third on the team with a 10.8 scoring average to go along with 2.1 rebounds in 25.5 minutes per game... the 10.8 scoring average was the ninth best average by a sophomore in school history... shot .393 (72-183) from the floor, .379 (22-58) from long range and .742 (49-66) from the charity stripe... also had 51 assists, 22 steals and seven blocks... the 51 assists were tied for the second most on the team... reached double figures in scoring in 10 games on the year, which included a pair of games with at least 20 points... had five games with three or more rebounds, nine games with three or more assists and seven games with at least two steals... made his UMKC debut at Loyola Chicago (12/13)... scored 14 points on 4-of-9 shooting (6-9 FT) to go along with eight assists in the victory at Eastern Washington (12/18)... connected on 7-of-11 shot attempts, which included a perfect 4-of-4 performance from long range, en route to a 18 point showing at IUPUI (12/31)... finished with 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting at Oral Roberts (1/22)... reached double figures in seven of the final eight games to close out the year... scored a career-high 23 points in back-to-back games vs. IUPUI (1/31) and at Southern Utah (2/7)... made 8-of-17 shots (4-of-9 3-PT) vs. the Jaguars and 7-of-13 shots (8-of-9 FT) vs. the Thunderbirds... finished with 11 points at South Dakota State (2/14), 14 points and six rebounds vs. Centenary (2/19), 10 points vs. Oral Roberts (2/21), 17 points and six assists at IPFW (2/26) and 16 points at Oakland (2/28).
At Nicholls State University -- Saw action in seven games for the Colonels during the 2007-08 season... averaged 1.9 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.4 steals per game for NSU... shot .833 (5-6) from the free throw line... scored four points in 10 minutes of action in his debut against Florida State (11/9).
Prep School -- Averaged 16 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals per game at the IMG Preparatory School in Bradenton, Fla.
High School -- Averaged 13 points, five rebounds and five assists as a senior at Shaker Heights High School... team finished with a 14-12 overall record... two-year varsity letterwinner... as a sophomore named the 263rd best player in the nation by Hoop Scoop Online... also was selected to the all-newcomer team by the Bay Pro-AM City League Association... high school coach was Chris Ward.
Personal -- Born on Dec. 14, 1987... son of Hakeem and Crystal Lewis... has five older siblings in Michelle King, Aisha Porter and Naeemah, Deja and Sekou Lewis... also has a niece (Amaya King) and nephew (Zeke Cannon)... brother-in-law is Howard Porter... brother, Sekou, played collegiate basketball for four years at American University, and he played high school basketball with LeBron James... nickname is “BK”... was recruited by assistant coach Martin Unger initially at Nicholls State... majoring in liberal arts.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 23 (twice)
Rebounds: 7 (twice)
FGM: 8 (twice)
FGA: 17 (twice)
3FGM: 4 (three times)
3FGA: 9 vs. IUPUI, 1/31/09
FTM: 8 (three times)
FTA: 9 (twice)
Assists: 8 (twice)
Steals: 5 vs. Oakland, 2/24/11
Blocks: 2 (three times)
Minutes: 37 vs. Oakland, 2/24/11
