Keshon Gilbert

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Iowa State Men's Basketball Starting Lineup

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Photo by: Jeff Spaur

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Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

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Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

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Photo by: KL6PHOTO LLC.

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Position:
Guard
Height:
6-4
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
Vashon
Prev School:
UNLV

Honors & Awards
NABC All-Central District Second Team (25)
All-Big 12 Third Team (25)
Big 12 Player of the Week (12/2 and 12/9)
Reese's College All-Star Game (25)
Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team (25)
Bob Cousy Award Top 10 List (25)
Big 12 Championship MVP (24)
Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (24)
All-Big 12 Second Team (24)
Big 12 All-Newcomer Team (24)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (12/11/23 & 1/2/24)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S24, F24)

2024-25
Appeared in 29 games, including 28 starts, while battling multiple injuries down the stretch of the season … averaged 13.4 points, a team-best 4.1 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.7 steals in 31.4 minutes per game … shot 48.4 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from deep and 72.9 percent at the free throw line … scored a season-high 24 points against Dayton and No. 5 Marquette … had a double-double against No. 25 Baylor with 16 points and a season-high 10 rebounds … had a season-high 10 assists against Kansas City … had a career-high eight steals against No. 23 BYU … tied a career-high with 12 free throws made against Dayton … ISU went 15-5 in the games he scored in double figures, while going 3-1 in games he reached 20 or more points … the Cyclones were 18-2 when he had three or more assists, while going 10-2 in games he had multiple assists … hit a 3-pointer in his final six games at Iowa State … ranked 18^th in school history with 123 career steals, while his 1.86 per game ranked seventh … He finished 18^th in school history with 274 career assists ... tallied eight steals in three NCAA Tournament games in his career, the seventh-most in program history.

2023-24
Started all 37 games, tied for the most games played and started in program history ... averaged 13.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, leading the Cyclones in scoring on the year ... shot 43.8 percent from the floor and 34.6 percent from downtown, while connecting on 72.8 percent of his trips to the charity stripe ... was second on the team with 155 assists, ranking sixth in the Big 12 and 70th in the nation ... his 202 free throw attempts led the team and the Big 12, while ranking 47th in the nation, while his 147th makes were second in the league and 63rd in the country ... tallied 74 steals to rank second on the team with the fourth-most in program history ... his steal total was 17th in the nation and third in the Big 12, while his 2.0 steals per game ranked fifth in the league, 43rd in the country and 13th in school history ... his 74 steals were the second-most ever by a Cyclone junior ... recorded the eighth triple-double in school history with 10 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 11 assists against New Hampshire ... scored in double-figures in the final seven games of the year, as Iowa State went 22-6 on the year when he hit double-digits ... had eight games with 20 or more points, as ISU went 7-1 in those games ... tied his career high with 25 points in a win over Iowa ... hit a career-high five 3-pointers at No. 18 Baylor ... was 12-of-15 at the free-throw line in a win over VCU, a career-high in both ... recorded a career-high 13 rebounds in a win over Kansas State ... his six steals against Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals are tied for the fifth-most in a game in program history and tied Iowa State's Big 12 Championship record ... his five steals against Illinois in the Sweet 16 tied the ISU NCAA Tournament single-game record ... tallied eight steals in the NCAA Tournament, the third-most in a single tournament in school history and tied for the sixth-most in a career in NCAA Tournament games at Iowa State ... scored 48 points in the Big 12 Championship, the eighth-most in program history ... his 15 assists in the Big 12 Championship are tied for the fourth-most in a single tournament in program history, while his 11 steals are the second-most in a single tournament.

2022-23 (UNLV)
Gilbert appeared in 31 of the Runnin’ Rebels 32 games, 29 starts ... second on the team with 11.4 points per game, while also ranking fourth on the team with 3.8 rebounds ... led UNLV in steals with 1.7 per game, while being one of two players on the roster averaging over three assists per game at 3.2 ... scored in double-figures 19 times, including a season-high 25 points in a victory over Washington State ... also had a 23-point performance in a victory over Incarnate Word ... both point totals helped the Runnin’ Rebels to a 10-0 start to the season, with Gilbert scoring in double-figures in nine of those 10 victories ... had a season-high 10 rebounds in a victory over Southern Miss ... he had multiple assists in 26 games, including a season-high eight against High Point.

2021-22 (UNLV)
Appeared in all 32 Runnin' Rebel games during his freshman season, making four starts ... led the Runnin' Rebels in steals and ranked ninth in the Mountain West with 1.2 per game ... earned Academic All-Mountain West honors ... averaged 2.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game ... also dished out 1.7 assists per contest ... scored a then career-high eight points against Wichita State and grabbed a then career-high seven rebounds against Wyoming ... had four assists in a game on three occasions and recorded three steals in a game four separate times.

High School
A 2021 graduate of Vashon High School in St. Louis, Mo. ... helped his team to a state title as a senior ... averaged 13.2 points per game, while shooting 55.5 percent ... coached by Antonio Irons ... also attended Durango High School in Las Vegas ... as a junior he led the Trailblazers to the state tournament for the first time in 17 years, while averaging 14 points and five assists ... his sophomore season, he scored 15.3 ppg on 54 percent shooting and also averaged 4.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest ... was ranked No. 29 in the nation among point guards in his class by 247 Sports and was also rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals ... also played AAU ball for the Las Vegas Knicks.

Personal
Son of Koray Gilbert and Amelia Mclain ... majoring in sociology ... Has two brothers, Koray and Kendrick, and a sister, Kyla ... brother, Kendrick, was a member of the UNLV men's basketball program.