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Porter Career Stats

PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Played and started in all 31 contests in his freshman season … Named to All-WCC Freshman Team and was awarded WCC Freshman of the Week three times (12/27, 2/13, 2/27) … Averaged 12.1 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds in his debut year … Became the only freshman in the WCC to accrue a double-double and ended up recording eight total, good enough for third out of all conference players … Scored a career-high 30 points against BYU (2/9) and a career-high 14 rebounds against George Washington (12/23) … Recorded a team-high five steals at Hawaii (12/22) … Earned the game-winning shot in a double-overtime contest against Portland (2/4).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Father Tolton Catholic High School, located in Columbia, Mo., in 2022 ... Played four years of varsity basketball ... Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN and 247 Sports and ranked #71 nationally, #10 among power forward and #5 in the state of Missouri ... Averaged 23.9 points and 13.2 rebounds as a senior and was named Class 4 All-State and to the Central Missouri All-District first team ... Was the AAA Conference Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year ... Helped team finish as state runner-up in 2022 ... Averaged 22.4 points and 11.5 rebounds as a junior and was all-state and the Boone County Player of the Year ... As a sophomore, averaged 12 points and 9.5 rebounds and was the AAA Conference co-Defensive Player of the Year.
 
CLUB: Played for MPJElite, a program created by his older brother Michael Jr.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Fishers, Ind. ... Son of Lisa Porter and Michael Porter Sr. ... Has seven siblings: Bri, Cierra, Michael Jr., Jontay, Coban, Izaak and Jayda ... Father played collegiately and New Orleans and his mother played at Iowa ... Michael Jr. played at Missouri and is now with the Denver Nuggets in the NBA ... Jontay also played at Missouri and previously was with Memphis in the NBA ... Coban plays at Denver ... Older sisters Bri and Cierra played at Missouri ... Chose Pepperdine because “My family has had a great relationship with Coach Romar. One of the main reasons I chose Pepperdine was because every college that Coach Romar has been at, he's always produced pros. I want to get to the next level, and I wanted to go to a place where the coaches will help make me the player I want to become at the next level.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include his two older brothers (pro basketball players), Denver Nuggets (pro basketball team), the Bible (book), Interstellar (movie), Money Heist (TV show), Lecrae (musical artist) and football (sport other than basketball).