2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 34
Richmond Aririguzoh
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ewing, N.J.
- High School:
- Trenton Catholic
Bio
At Princeton
2019-20
NABC second team All-District...first-team All-Ivy League…named Ivy League Player of the Week on Dec. 1…Aririguzoh’s career field goal percentage of .636 ranks second all-time in school history…averaged 12.0 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while shooting .617 from the field this season, which ranked second in the Ivy League and eighth all-time in school history…started all 27 games…led the Ivy League with 2.9 offensive rebounds per game… his 7.4 rebounds per game ranked fourth in the conference…recorded five double-doubles on the season and scored in double figures in 19 games… against Arizona State on Nov. 26, he finished with 18 rebounds, which was most by a Princeton player since Mason Rocca against Georgetown University in 1999. No Princeton player has had more than 18 rebounds since Bob Roma had 19 rebounds against Villanova University on Dec. 12, 1978…knocked down a pair of game-winning free throws against Harvard on Feb. 1…made a career-high 10 field goals against Lehigh on Dec. 29…blocked a career-high four shots against Monmouth on Dec. 10…had a career-high three steals at Harvard on Feb. 2.1
2018-19
Second-team All-Ivy League ... Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... Ivy League Player of the Week on Jan. 7 after a 20-point game against Penn two days earlier in which he went 9-13 from the field and added seven boards ... had a breakout season that saw him play 25.9 minutes a game, shoot .693 from the field and .758 from the stripe, grab 6.4 rebounds a game and score 12.1 points a game, raising those averages from 7.8 minutes a game, .551 shooting from the field and .447 from the line, 1.5 rebounds and 2.3 points a game over his first two seasons ... had three double-doubles on the season, including at Maine on Nov. 28 (10 pts., 10 reb.), against Harvard on Feb. 15 (15 pts., 11 reb.), and against Brown on Mar. 8 (20 pts., 11 reb) ... reset his single-game scoring best six times during the season, from nine entering the year up to 24 by the season finale against Yale in the Ivy Tournament semifinal ... .693 field goal percentage was the second-best for a season in program history for any player with at least 150 attempts.
2017-18
Played in 27 games and had the first four starts of his career ... led team in scoring with nine points at Harvard on Feb. 9 ... led team in rebounding against Cornell on Jan. 13 and Rowan on Jan. 28 ... shot .596 from the field.
2016-17
Played in 13 games with a high of 11 minutes against Rowan on Nov. 25 ... scored four points on 2-of-4 shooting each against Rowan and Cal Poly on Dec. 31.
Before Princeton
Helped Trenton Catholic to three Burlington County Scholastic League titles and two Mercer County Tournament titles ... team MVP as a senior, averaging 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game ... earned team MVP honors with the Iron Mikes' track and field team as a sophomore, competing in the hurdles and discus ... brother Franklin is in the Class of 2019 at Princeton and on the track and field team ... born in Italy, came to the U.S. at age 12.
Personal
Majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology.
2019-20
NABC second team All-District...first-team All-Ivy League…named Ivy League Player of the Week on Dec. 1…Aririguzoh’s career field goal percentage of .636 ranks second all-time in school history…averaged 12.0 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while shooting .617 from the field this season, which ranked second in the Ivy League and eighth all-time in school history…started all 27 games…led the Ivy League with 2.9 offensive rebounds per game… his 7.4 rebounds per game ranked fourth in the conference…recorded five double-doubles on the season and scored in double figures in 19 games… against Arizona State on Nov. 26, he finished with 18 rebounds, which was most by a Princeton player since Mason Rocca against Georgetown University in 1999. No Princeton player has had more than 18 rebounds since Bob Roma had 19 rebounds against Villanova University on Dec. 12, 1978…knocked down a pair of game-winning free throws against Harvard on Feb. 1…made a career-high 10 field goals against Lehigh on Dec. 29…blocked a career-high four shots against Monmouth on Dec. 10…had a career-high three steals at Harvard on Feb. 2.1
2018-19
Second-team All-Ivy League ... Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... Ivy League Player of the Week on Jan. 7 after a 20-point game against Penn two days earlier in which he went 9-13 from the field and added seven boards ... had a breakout season that saw him play 25.9 minutes a game, shoot .693 from the field and .758 from the stripe, grab 6.4 rebounds a game and score 12.1 points a game, raising those averages from 7.8 minutes a game, .551 shooting from the field and .447 from the line, 1.5 rebounds and 2.3 points a game over his first two seasons ... had three double-doubles on the season, including at Maine on Nov. 28 (10 pts., 10 reb.), against Harvard on Feb. 15 (15 pts., 11 reb.), and against Brown on Mar. 8 (20 pts., 11 reb) ... reset his single-game scoring best six times during the season, from nine entering the year up to 24 by the season finale against Yale in the Ivy Tournament semifinal ... .693 field goal percentage was the second-best for a season in program history for any player with at least 150 attempts.
2017-18
Played in 27 games and had the first four starts of his career ... led team in scoring with nine points at Harvard on Feb. 9 ... led team in rebounding against Cornell on Jan. 13 and Rowan on Jan. 28 ... shot .596 from the field.
2016-17
Played in 13 games with a high of 11 minutes against Rowan on Nov. 25 ... scored four points on 2-of-4 shooting each against Rowan and Cal Poly on Dec. 31.
Before Princeton
Helped Trenton Catholic to three Burlington County Scholastic League titles and two Mercer County Tournament titles ... team MVP as a senior, averaging 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game ... earned team MVP honors with the Iron Mikes' track and field team as a sophomore, competing in the hurdles and discus ... brother Franklin is in the Class of 2019 at Princeton and on the track and field team ... born in Italy, came to the U.S. at age 12.
Personal
Majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology.
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