Had surgery to repair a torn ACL on Dec. 16 and will be out the rest of the season ... will apply for a sixth year ... had played in 103 games with 41 starts in his career ... missed the first game of his SCU career this season when he didn’t dress (ankle) vs. SD Christian (11/15) and didn’t play at #20 Michigan St. (11/24) ... passed Kurt Rambis (93) for 5th place on career blocks (94) with 1 at Utah State (11/19) and is 6 shy of becoming the 5th player in school history with 100+ ... has 2+ blocks in 27 career games ... has 10+ rebounds in 11 career games and needs 124 to enter school’s top-10 career list ... scored in double-figures once in his career (12, vs. LMU 1/23/12) ... works as a reporter for EyeBronco as well.
2014-15 (SR): Starter in both games played ... 4 reb. in 16 min. in his 40th career start (vs. CS Fullerton 11/14) ... missed the 1st game of his career when he didn’t dress vs. SD Christian (11/15) ... returned to starting lineup with 5 pts. in season-high 20 min. with a blk. (94th career) to move into 5th on SCU’s career list ahead of Kurt Rambis at Utah State (11/19) ... did not play (knee) at #20 Michigan St. (11/24).
2013-14 Action Photos
2013-14 (JR): Played in all 33 games with 21 starts ... team leader in blocks (0.91 bpg) and 2nd in rebounding (5.0 rpg) ... made his 20th career start with 10 reb. (11th career 10+ game) vs. San Jose State (11/12) ... had a career-high 2 stl. at CS Fullerton (11/16) ... 2 blk. to reach 70 career (vs. N. Dakota St. 11/29) ... 9 reb. in 17 min. at No. 24 Gonzaga (12/28) ... 8 pts. making 4 of a career-high tying 7 FGA with 6 reb., including 500th career (502) at USF (1/25) ... perfect shooting night (2-2 FG; 3-3 FT) for 7 pts. tying career-high with 3 FTM vs. UOP (2/20) ... season-high 9 pts. on 4-6 FG with his 90th career blk. (at LMU 2/27) ... 7 reb. in 14 min. in WCC torunament win over UOP (3/6).
2012-13 Action Photos
2012-13 (SO): Played in all 38 games starting 12 ... 10th in WCC in total reb. (6.2 rpg), 5th in offensive reb. (2.4 rpg) and 6th in blks. (1.0 bpg) ... WCC leader in total reb. (7.9 rpg) and offensive reb. (3.3 rpg) in conference-only games ... had 5 games with 10+ reb., including a career-best 16 at Portland (2/23) ... multiple blks. in 13 games tying his career-best with 4 vs. Pepperdine (2/16) ... shot better from the field (50%) than the FT line (46.6%) ... season-high 7 pts. with 9 reb. vs. Simpson (11/10) ... 3 blks. at No. 1 Duke (12/29) ... grabbed 13 reb. with 2 blks. vs. USF (1/2) ... 9 reb. vs. No. 10 Gonzaga (1/5) ... 9 reb., his 5th game with 9+, 5 pts. and 2 blks. at LMU (1/10) ... had his 7th career double-digit reb. game with 13 vs. Portland (1/31) ... season-high and career-high tying 4 blks. at Pepperdine (2/16) ... career-high 16 reb. in 28 min. at Portland (2/23) ... 10 reb. in 1st round CBI win over Vermont (3/19).
2011-12 Action Photos
2011-12 (FR): Played in all 30 games with 5 starts ... had multiple blks. in 7 games and led team in blks. and finished No. 5 on SCU freshman blks. list with 24 … No. 6 on SCU freshman reb. chart with 159 ... shot 51.4% from the field and had a stretch of 6 games where he made 13 of 14 FGA (1/24 to 2/9) ... grabbed season-high 12 reb. and scored 2 pts. in 1st career game (vs. UC Merced 11/11) ... registered his 1st career blk. (at UCSB 11/15) ... Totaled 11 reb. and 5 pts. vs. CS Northridge (12/3) ... made 3 of a career-high 7 FGA scoring 9 pts. with 10 reb. at Washington St. (12/11) ... pulled down 10 boards vs. UOP (12/17) ... made his 1st career start (at Portland 1/5) ... scored career-high 12 pts. on 5-5 FGs and 2-2 FTs with 9 reb. and 2 blks. vs. LMU (1/24) ... had a career-high 4 blks. (vs. Pepperdine 2/23) ... made consecutive starts for the first time with 10 reb. and 4 pts. at LMU (2/25).
2010-11: Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Besant Hill School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Calif. … played for head coach Randy Bertin and was named the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Co-Player of the Year his senior year when he averaged 15.2 ppg, 14.8 rpg and 4.1 bpg … team was 28-3 his senior year and advanced to the second round of the state playoffs ... nominated for All-American team his senior year ... as a junior helped lead team to CIF Division VI A Championship and averaged 20.4 ppg, 13 rbg and 2.2 apg… was named to the All-CIF first team and won the John Wooden award ... AAU team was Impact Basketball (Pasadena, Calif.).
PERSONAL: Originally from Akonolinga, Cameroon … first language is French (French is the official language of Cameroon) and English is his second language ... parents are Evina Gaston and the late Effa Ngono Cecile … has three siblings: Martial, Ansene and Nicaise … Ansene plays rugby in France … At Happy Valley, he participated in the school variety show and project days … helped renovate an orphanage near his place of birth in Yaounde, Cameroon ... majoring in political science and french.
