Ben Burnham Season 2024-25

2023-24 (College of Charleston)
• Advanced to the 2024 NCAA tournament following a 82-79 overtime win against Stony Brook in the CAA title game
• Averaged 11.9 points per game as a junior
• Scored 19 points against Alabama in the NCAA first round game
• Back-to-back 20+ point performances in wins over William & Mary and North Carolina A&T
• Set a career-high with four triples made in win over Coastal Carolina
• Season-high 23 points on nine made field goals in win over Rhode Island
• 18 points and five rebounds in win vs. Liberty going 8-for-11 from the field
• Stuffed the stat sheet vs. Wyoming with 19 point and eight rebounds, set new career-high in three-point attempts with 10
• Ten points and five rebounds vs. Duquesne
• Set career-high for free throws made (5) and free throw attempts (7) in season opener vs. Iona with 13 points

2022-23 (College of Charleston)
• Crucial block in final minutes of CAA Championship
• Collected eight rebounds in CAA semifinals vs. Towson
• Career game vs. Stony Brook with 25 points on 13 attempts and seven rebounds
• Tied season-highs in free throws and three-point field goals made at Elon
• Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention selection
• Went 6-for-7 from the field vs. Northeastern with 16 points
• Season-high 18 points while going 6-for-9 from the field vs. UNCW
• 15 points vs. Northeastern, his second highest offensive performance of the season
• Shot 50% for 13 points with eight rebounds vs. William & Mary
• 5-for-7 from the field in win over UNCW
• Breakout performance vs. Delaware including a two-minute stretch with six points, four rebounds and two blocks vs. Delaware that saw him land at No. 8 on Sports Center Top 10
• 11 points and seven rebounds vs. NC A&T including a monster coast-to-coast dunk
• Stuffed the stat sheet vs. North Greenville with a season-high 17 points and eight rebounds while shooting 50% from 3-point range
• Season-high 13 points and five rebounds vs. Davidson
• Came up with two blocks in overtime win vs. Richmond, tying his career-high
• Nine points in 21 minutes at #1 North Carolina going 4-6 from the field

2021-22 (College of Charleston)
• Played in all 32 games, making 26 starts, during a standout freshman campaign that saw him land on the CAA All-Rookie Team
• He and fellow freshman Reyne Smith became the first CofC duo to nab All-Rookie honors in the same season since Jarrell Brantley and Marquise Pointer in 2015-16
• Averaged 7.7 points, 4.3 boards, 0.7 steals and 0.8 assists, finishing his first season in Charleston with 245 points, 138 boards, 22 steals and 27 assists
• Led CofC in field goal percentage (min. 150 attempts) with a 47.3 percent clip. and shot 32.4 percent from the 3-point line
• Scored in double figures 10 times and chipped in at least eight points on 18 occasions
• Grabbed double-digit boards in three games and at least five 13 times
• His 138 rebounds marked the third-most on the team in 2021-22, and the most by any CofC freshman since NBA standout Jarrell Brantley in 2015-16
• Was dominant on a career night at Hofstra finishing with a career-high 19 pts. and 13 reb to nab his first ever double-double
• Threw down a poster dunk that was featured on SC Top 10 and scored 10 points in the win at Northeastern
• Posted 13 points (4-5 FGs) and made a career-high four free throws in 26 minutes vs. Towson
• Finished with a career-high 10 boards, a career-high three steals, three assists and eight points vs. JMU
• Contribued 11 points and two steals at William & Mary
• Scored nine points for the fourth consecutive game vs. Northeastern
• Packed the stat sheet with nine points, seven boards, two big blocks and two steals in the W over William & Mary
• Posted nine points and eight boards at JMU
• Had 12 points, five boards and two blocks in 23 minutes at Towson, shooting 5-of-12
• Was +14 and finished with 12 points and a career-high two blocks on 5-of-7 FGs in the win over Elon
• Scored 10 points, grabbed seven boards and dished a career-high three assists at ODU
• Posted eight points, 10 rebounds and two assists in an overtime win over Presbyterian
• Reached double figures for the third straight game with 10 points & seven rebounds at Oklahoma State
• Poured in 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including a 3-of-3 clip from 3-point range against eventual national runner-up UNC
• Appeared in all 3 games at the Rising Coaching Classic, shooting 47.1 percent and averaging 7.3 PPG & 2.3 RPG

Prep
• 6-foot-7 forward who starred at Carmel Christian School in Charlotte, N.C.
• Recorded two monster triple-double performances as a senior with 22 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks versus Victory Christian on Jan. 26 and 23 points, 23 rebounds and 10 blocks against Charlotte Christian in the state 4A playoffs
• A two-time NCISAA all-state selection
• Helped lead his team to a 24-2 overall record and a state 4A championship runner-up finish averaging 23.6 points, 12.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game as a senior
• During his junior year, he averaged 15.1 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.2 blocks per game, while shooting 62 percent from the floor
• Recipient of the Carmel Christian Basketball Coaches Award and scored 1,000 career points for the Cougars

Personal
• Ben Burnham
• Son of Tammy and Roger Burnham
• Has one younger brother, Jackson
• His father, Roger, played at Virginia Weslyan and his great grandfather and uncle, Freddie and Benny, played at South Carolina
• Born on April 3, 2002 in Nashville, Tenn., but calls Fort Mill, S.C. home
• Chose Tech over Florida State, Ole Miss and South Carolina
• Majoring in psychology