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LaDontae Henton Crosses 1,000

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In Friday’s win over Fairfield, junior forward LaDontae Henton crossed the 1,000 point mark for his college career.

Henton, Ed Cooley’s first recruit at Providence, has been one of the most productive forwards through two seasons that we’ve seen in Providence. As I wrote prior to this season, if Henton were to match the numbers of his first two seasons he could go down as one of the most productive Friars of all time.

Through his first two seasons at Providence, LaDontae Henton has scored 900 points and grabbed 556 rebounds, yet he’s somewhat of a forgotten man on a team that returns a pair of all conference performers and welcomes a group of newcomers that should have a sizable impact this season.

But before we delve deeper into the continued growth of Bryce Cotton and Kadeem Batts, or  speculate as to who may break out for the Friars in 2014, we start with Henton — a player on pace to have one of the greatest statistical careers in Providence history.

Hyperbole? Let’s look deeper.

Henton is well on his way to becoming only the 7th Friar in history to grab 1,000 rebounds in his career.

If he doubles the 900 points scored in his first two seasons, he’ll be the 8th Friar to score 1,800 points in his career.

His 11 double doubles last year gave him 20 for his career. Only four Friars have had 40 or more double double games in their careers: Ryan Gomes (40), Michael Smith (46), Jim Hadnot (46), and then there’s Marvin Barnes with an amazing 80.

Doubling his freshman and sophomore totals would give Henton 1,800 career points and over 1,100 rebounds. The only other Friars who can make such a claim? Barnes and Gomes – both PC royalty.

Henton has been perhaps the most consistent Friar this season, averaging 13.6 points, eight rebounds and two steals per game. He’s making 48% of his shots from the field and nearly 44% from three.

 

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