Ben McLemore

McLemore was born Feb. 11, 1993 in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Wellston High School there for three seasons and was named to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's all-metro team his junior year. He averaged 28.3 points, 12.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists that season. The school then shut down and McLemore was forced to transfer. He initially went to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia for his senior season, but transferred to Christian Life Center in Texas and appeared in six games. McLemore received interest from schools such as Ohio State and Tennessee before ultimately committing to Kansas. McLemore redshirted his freshman 2011-12 season at Kansas. His college tenure proceeded to be a one-and-done, solely encompassing the 2012-13 campaign. He started in all but one of the 37 games he appeared in, averaging 15.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals in 32.2 minutes. He shot 49.5 percent from the field, 42.0 percent from three on 4.7 attempts per contest and 87.0 percent from the free-throw line. Those numbers helped him be named to the All-American Second Team and the All-Big 12 First Team. McLemore's best performance of the season occurred March 2 during a win over West Virginia. He played 30 minutes and posted 36 points (12-15 FG, 5-6 3Pt, 7-9 FT), seven rebounds, four assists and one steal. It was one of his three performances with at least 30 points. McLemore also had nine efforts with at least seven rebounds and three efforts with at least four assists. McLemore was selected with the seventh overall pick by the Sacramento Kings in the 2013 NBA Draft.