RGJ sports writer Chris Murray will break down all 13 scholarship players on the Nevada basketball team leading into the team’s season opener Nov. 13 against Coastal Carolina. Today’s focus: Leland King.
Leland King
Class: Junior
Position: Small forward
Height/weight: 6-7/215
Hometown: Inglewood, Calif.
2014-15 stats: 25.5 mpg, 14.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.6 apg, 47.1 FG%, 30 3PT%, 75.5 FT% (at Brown)
Likely role: King, who is officially a walk-on this year but expected to transition to a scholarship, has to sit this season under NCAA rules after transferring from Brown.