2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Brandon Knapper
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- South Charleston, W.Va.
- High School:
- South Charleston HS
- Prev School:
- Hargrave Military Academy (Va.)
West Virginia (2019-20)
- Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Second Team
- Played in 27 games
- Averaged 2.6 points per game
- Scored five points against Kansas State
- Posted five points against TCU
- Had 10 points and four rebounds in the win over No. 22 Texas Tech
- Scored eight points with two steals and a block in the win at Oklahoma State
- Had five points in the win over No. 2 Ohio State
- Scored four points with two assists against Nicholls
- Had five points against St. John’s
- Scored five points against Boston University
- Had four points against Northern Colorado
- Scored five points at Pitt
- Scored nine points against Akron in the opener
West Virginia (2018-19)
- Played in 32 games, starting four contests
- Averaged 5.0 points per contest
- Averaged 13.8 minutes per game
- Recorded 46 assists
- Posted six games in double figures
- Finished with four points and six rebounds against Grand Canyon in the CBI
- Had 10 points and four assists against Kansas in the Big 12 Championship
- Finished with three points against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship
- Had three points against Iowa State
- Finished with three points at Oklahoma
- Had 10 points against Kansas State
- Scored five points at Kansas
- Had five points at Texas Tech
- Posted a career-high 25 points in the win over Oklahoma
- Finished with three points, three rebounds and two steals at Iowa State
- Had three points at Tennessee
- Finished with 15 points against Baylor in 16 minutes of action
- Had 12 points against Jacksonville State
- Scored eight points against Rhode Island
- Finished with four points and two rebounds against Pitt
- Had seven points against Florida
- Had 10 points and four rebounds in 14 minutes against Youngstown State
- Scored three points with two rebounds against Rider
- Made his first career start against Valparaiso and finished with seven assists
- Scored nine points to go with five rebounds and five assists against Saint Joseph’s
- Had three points against Western Kentucky
- Scored six points against Buffalo in his first collegiate game
West Virginia (2017-18)
- Redshirted his first season at WVU due to a knee injury
Prior to West Virginia
- Attended Hargrave Military Academy, playing for coach A.W. Hamilton
- Hargrave won 43 games in 2016-17 and advanced to the National Final Four
- Hargrave averaged a whopping 114 points per game
- Averaged 18 points and 3.1 assists per game
- Shot 39 percent from 3-point range and 95 percent from the free throw line
- Scored 25 points against Huntington Prep
- Registered 29 points in the National Prep Showcase in New Haven, Connecticut
- At South Charleston High, he averaged 28.5 points, 6.0 assists and 5.4 steals per game as a senior
- Played for coach Vic Herbert
- Named to the All-USA West Virginia Team by USA Today
- Three-time selection to the Class AAA All-State Basketball First Team
- Three-time selection to the Mountain State Athletic Conference All-League Team
- Two-time MSAC Player of the Year
- As a junior, he averaged 23.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists
- Entering his senior year, he had scored more than 1,000 points in two seasons
- Averaged 18.8 points and 5.2 assists as a sophomore
- Was the only non-senior on the Class AAA all-state basketball team
- Played AAU basketball for the West Virginia Wildcats
Personal
- Son of Sean and Nicole Knapper
- Birthday is October 25
- Majoring in sport management
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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