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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

Profile

  • F
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Douala, Cameroon
    Hometown
  • 7'1
    Height
  • 245
    Weight
  • Scotland Prep
    Previous School
Zach Dalin
Ari Boya
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Ari Boya
F
Position
Senior
Class
Douala, Cameroon
Hometown

Season Stats

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2021-22
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Career Stats

Career Statistics

Summary

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
MVC Elite 17 Award: 2020
MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2022 (Honorable Mention)
NABC Honors Court: 2021, 2022
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2020
MVC Honor Roll: 2019, 2020, 2021
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll (7): Fall '18, Spring '19, Fall '19, Spring '20, Spring '21, Fall '21, Spring '22

2021-22 • SENIOR
Appeared in 28 games with two starting assignments • Averaged 3.7 points and 3.1 rebounds in 10.4 minutes per contest, shooting 67.7 percent from the field • Increased his role during the season’s final 13 games, tallying 5.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in 12.2 minutes – shooting 82.9 percent from the floor • Recorded his second career double-double with 10 points and a personal-best 14 rebounds at Evansville (Feb. 5) • Tallied a season-high 13 points, while matching his personal best with five blocks in a Senior Day victory versus Valparaiso (Feb. 26) • Also set career highs in a win at Valparaiso with three assists and three steals (Jan. 26) • Made at least 75 percent of his field goal attempts in 11 of the final 13 games of the season • Received honorable mention to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team.
 
2020-21 • JUNIOR
Started the first nine games of the season before missing the final 19 contests with an injury • Ranked second on the team with 6.6 rebounds per game, while leading the Braves with 1.44 blocks per game before the injury • Also added a career-best 5.6 points per game • Bradley allowed just 59.3 points and 34.7 shooting with Boya in the lineup, compared to 70.0 points and 45.3 percent shooting in the games he missed • Scored a season-best 11 points in a two-point victory against MAC regular-season champion Toledo (Nov. 25) • Also scored in double figures with 10 points against Miami (Ohio) to go with seven boards and three blocks (Dec. 19) • Totaled nine points, 10 rebounds and a season-high four blocks against Judson (Dec. 1) • Added a season-best 11 boards versus Lewis (Dec. 7).
 
2019-20 • SOPHOMORE
Played in 31 games with two starting assignments • Led Bradley with 45 total blocks, ranking second in the Missouri Valley Conference and 98th nationally with 1.45 per game • Tallied a block every 7.3 minutes of action • Also averaged 3.0 points and 3.5 rebounds per game • Posted his first collegiate double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds at Indiana State, making 7-of-9 field goals (Jan. 25) • Rejected a career-best five shots in a win against Toledo (Dec. 28) • Added four blocks in three games, including back-to-back contests versus Loyola in regular-season finale (Feb. 29) and against Southern Illinois in MVC Tournament (March 6) • Missed the first three games of the season with an injury that also forced him to miss the entire preseason.
 
2018-19 • FRESHMAN
Appeared in 13 games during an injury-plagued rookie season • Averaged 2.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 7.2 minutes per game • Also added nine blocks for the Braves • Scored six points to go with four rebounds and two blocks in nine minutes during his collegiate debut against Eastern Illinois after missing the first 10 games of the season (Dec. 15) • Set season highs with eight points (on 4-of-5 shooting) and seven boards in his second game at Georgia Southern (Dec. 18) • Blocked two shots on four occasions.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played one year under Chris Chaney at Scotland Prep • Led Scotland to a 21-2 record during the 2017-18 campaign with the team earning a top-10 national ranking and qualifying for the 2018 National Prep Championships • Averaged 14 points, 11 rebounds and 6.3 blocks per game • Earned first-team All-Mid Atlantic Division honors in the Great Atlantic Athletic Conference • Also played AAU basketball with the Indiana Elite • Originally listed as a top-200 recruit nationally by 247Sports in the Class of 2019 before enrolling at Bradley in 2018.
 
PERSONAL
Born April 29, 1999 • Majoring in international studies and French.