University of Texas Arlington Athletics

CAREER OVERVIEW | Career Statistics
Career-High Points: 17, 3x, Last @ Troy (2/23/22)
Career-High Rebounds: 9, 3x, Last @ Georgia State (1/6/22)
Career-High Assists: 6 @ Louisiana Tech (11/27/20)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021-22) | 8.2 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.4 SPG | Game-By-Game Stats
Tied a career high with 17 points at Troy (Feb. 23) ... three of his four games of 15+ points during the year came in the last six contests … 16 against Little Rock (Feb. 17) and 15 points off the bench at Louisiana (Feb. 12) ... secured a career-best six steals against the Ragin’ Cajuns, one shy of tying for the 3rd-most in single-game program history ... the six thefts were tied for the 2nd-most by a Sun Belt player in a league game during the year … just missed what would have been his first-career double-double with nine points and a career-high-tying nine rebounds at Georgia State (Jan. 6) ... followed it up with a 13-point outing at Georgia Southern (Jan. 8) ... then-career-best four steals versus Louisiana (Jan. 13) ... returned at Oklahoma on Dec. 19 after missing the previous month (four games in total) with a hamstring injury … averaged 1.6 steals per game in Sun Belt games to tie for the 6th-most in the conference … nine games each of double-figure points and 5+ rebounds … had at least one steal in 18 games … according to KenPom, ranked 39th in the nation in steal percentage (3.9) – the percentage of possessions that a player recorded a steal while he was on the court … finished 2nd on UTA with 36 steals … played in 25 games, making 10 starts … averaged 22.1 minutes per contest.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21) | 6.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 2.6 APG | Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared in 21 games with 13 starts … landed at #10 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays on Feb. 22 for his one-handed dunk at Louisiana ... career-high 17 points versus Texas State (Feb. 11) ... followed it up with 11 points at Texas State (Feb. 13); first time scoring in double figures in consecutive games ... suffered a leg injury in the 2nd half at Little Rock (Jan. 2) and missed the next four games (Jan. 8-16); returned on Jan. 22 against Little Rock, scoring 10 points and grabbing four rebounds … pulled down career bests of nine rebounds against both Howard Payne (Dec. 22) and Arkansas State (Jan. 30) … opened the season with a team-best eight rebounds to go along with 12 points and five assists against Oklahoma State (Nov. 25) … double-figure points against Northwestern State (11; Nov. 28), Hardin-Simmons (12; Dec. 11) and Little Rock (10; Jan. 22) … passed out a career-best six assists at Louisiana Tech (Nov. 27) … had eight games of 5+ rebounds and 12 contests with at least one steal … did not play versus Dallas Christian to rest (Dec. 17).

AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20) | 2.7 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 1.1 APG | Game-By-Game Stats
Came on strong at the end of the year, scoring 63 of his 79 points (80 percent) over the final 10 games … included in that stretch was a season-high 12 points and season-best eight rebounds against Georgia State (Feb. 20) … averaged 9.3 points over the final three games of the year, including a 10-point performance in the Sun Belt Tournament versus Coastal Carolina (Mar. 7) … season-best five assists in the regular-season finale at Troy (Mar. 3) … made his only two starts of the year at #14 Oregon (Nov. 17) and #8 Gonzaga (Nov. 19) … one of only two UTA players with a positive plus/minus ratio (+1) against North Texas (Dec. 2) … saw his minutes increase each of the final six contests of the year, culminating with a season- and team-high 32 in the SBC Tournament … had five games of five or more rebounds … had at least one steal in 12 contests … appeared in 29 games, averaging 13.1 minutes per contest.

HIGH SCHOOL
Spent his junior and senior seasons at Bella Vista Prep (Arizona) ... helped Bella Vista Prep crack the USA Today Super 25 (top 25 teams in the nation) for the first time as a senior … averaged 13 points per game at Christian Life Academy in Houston as a sophomore in 2016-17.
 
PERSONAL
Born on Dec. 21, 1999 in Paris … son of Guillaume Elame … played for the French National Team ... expected to major in sport management … played his AAU ball with the Houston Defenders ... moved to Cameroon shortly after his birth until he was 14 years old; moved back to Paris for two years before coming to America when he was 16.