Kerwin Roach

Kerwin Roach
No. 12 – Texas Longhorns
Position Shooting guard
League Big 12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1996-10-24) October 24, 1996
Houston, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school North Shore (Cloverleaf, Texas)
College Texas (2015–present)

Kerwin Latroy Roach II (born October 24, 1996) is an American basketball player. He currently plays for the Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 Conference.

High school career

Roach attended North Shore High School. He was considered a 4-star prospect and ranked the 21st best shooting guard and 71st overall prospect in his high school class. Roach committed to Texas, spurning offers from California and Wichita State.[1] He was also a track and field star at North Shore, reaching 50 feet, 8 inches in the triple jump.[2]

College career

Roach was named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team.[3] Roach averaged 7.5 points per game as a freshman. He was suspended for the first game of his sophomore year.[4] As a sophomore, Roach averaged 9.9 points per game on a 11-22 team.[5] Roach was an important contributor for Texas as a junior, taking an important role on offense with guard Andrew Jones lost for much of the season with leukemia. Roach had his own health issues to deal with, playing most of the conference season with a broken hand. He averaged 12.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.5 steals per game.[6] Roach improved his shooting to 43.8 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from three and was an Honorable Mention All-Big 12 selection.[7] Roach lost a tooth in a Big 12 tournament matchup with Iowa State but continued to play and finished with 9 points, 6 rebounds and a team-high 7 assists in the win.[8] In the NCAA Tournament, Roach scored a career-high 26 points in an 87-83 overtime loss to seventh-seeded Nevada. After the season Roach flirted with the NBA draft, but ultimately decided to come back to Texas.[6] He suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee on August 2, 2018 at the CP3 Elite Guard Camp which required surgery.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Four-Star Guard Kerwin Roach Jr. commits to Texas". Sports Illustrated. October 24, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "UT basketball pledge Kerwin Roach soars past field in triple jump". Austin American-Statesman. March 28, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Nation's Best Lead All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Sports. March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tevin Mack, Kerwin Roach remain suspended for Texas's season opener". Sports Illustrated. November 7, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ Griffin, Tim (October 25, 2017). "Texas-Texas A&M basketball score: Live updates, stats". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Moyle, Nick (May 24, 2018). "Kerwin Roach will return to Texas for senior season". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Raphielle (March 27, 2018). "Texas SG Kerwin Roach entering 2018 NBA Draft without an agent". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ Boone, Kyle (March 8, 2018). "Texas' Kerwin Roach loses tooth in win over Iowa State, gets it glued back on". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  9. ↑ Moyle, Nick (August 7, 2018). "Texas' Kerwin Roach undergoes knee surgery". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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