2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

Maddie Washburn

11 Kyle Lofton

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 188
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Hillside, N.J.
  • High School Union Catholic

Biography

Overview
  • Scored 1,882 points and dished 712 assists in 147 career games, starting 146.
  • His 5,427 career minutes played marked the second-most in NCAA history.
  • Three-time all-Atlantic 10 performer and two-time Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team honoree who tallied 1,613 points and 604 assists in his four seasons at St. Bonaventure, where he started all 116 appearances (13.9 ppg, 5.2 apg).
  • Had 16 career 20-point games, including a career-high 32 points on two occasions (2/17/19 vs. George Mason, 12/30/19 at Buffalo).
  • Tallied six career double-doubles, five with points and assists and one with points and rebounds.
  • Helped the Bonnies to the 2021 Atlantic 10 tournament championship and NCAA Tournament bid, leading SBU with 23 points in the A-10 title game vs. VCU. Added an NIT semifinal appearance in 2022.
  • Led St. Bonaventure to the 2021 Charleston Classic championship, earning MVP honors with 17.0 points per game at the event.
  • Has averaged a nation’s-best 38.1 minutes per game over the past four seasons.
 
Honors
  • 2022 All-Atlantic 10 Third Team
  • 2020, 21 All-Atlantic 10 First Team
  • 2019, 2021 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
  • 2020, 2021 NABC All-District First Team
  • 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
  • 2021 Charleston Classic MVP
  • 2019 Boca Beach Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Big 4 Player of the Week (1/5/21; 1/19/21)
  • Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (2/18/19; 1/28/19)
 
2022-23, Grad Season
  • Averaged 8.7 points, 3.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 31 appearances with 30 starts as the Gators’ point guard.
  • His 2.45 assist-to-turnover ratio ranked second in the Southeastern Conference.
  • Had an all-around performance with 14 points, four assists and four rebounds in the win vs. #2 Tennessee, posting a +26 plus-minus.
  • Had a team-leading and season-high 18 points on 7-for-11 shooting in the win vs. Georgia.
  • Posted 15 points and seven assists shooting 4-for-6 from the field vs. Ohio.
 
2021-22, Senior Season
  • Averaged 12.8 points and ranked second in the conference with 5.9 assists per game, earning third-team All-Atlantic 10 honors.
  • Helped SBU to 23 wins and multiple top-25 rankings throughout the season, ultimately reaching the NIT semifinals with a run of road wins at Colorado, Oklahoma and Virginia.
  • Dished a career-high 17 assists in the win vs. UMass, also adding 11 points and five steals in 40 minutes.
  • Earned MVP honors at the Charleston Classic, which culminated with a Bonnies’ 16-point win over Marquette in the championship game. Lofton scored a season-high 22 points in the semifinal win vs. Clemson.
  • Posted a career-high six steals in the road loss at VCU.
 
2020-21, Junior Season
  • Earned first-team Atlantic 10 and NABC All-District honors for the second consecutive season after averaging 14.4 points, 5.5 assists and in 38.4 minutes per game, all team highs.
  • Started all 21 games and scored in double figures 17 times, handing out five or more assists 16 times while shooting over 41 percent from the floor and 81 percent from the foul line.
  • Led the Bonnies to an Atlantic 10 Championship victory over VCU with a game-high 23 points, adding six assists and a season-high four three-pointers.
  • Pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds in the Atlantic 10 semifinal win over Saint Louis.
  • Matched a career-high with 11 assists, also hauling in a career-best eight rebounds, in a win over Saint Joseph's.
  • Drilled the game-winning shot with less than three seconds to play, a three-pointer from the top of the key, to send the Bonnies past preseason A-10 favorite Richmond on the road as part of a 16-point effort.
 
2019-20, Sophomore Season
  • Earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 and All-District honors after leading the team in scoring (14.1 ppg) with an Atlantic 10-best 6.0 assists per game while leading the nation in minutes played at 38.4.
  • Started all 31 games at point guard and scored in double figures 25 times, including three 20-point efforts, including a season-high 32 vs. Buffalo.
  • Shot 45 percent from the floor including 41 percent from long range in A-10 games.
  • Scored 32 points and shot 7-for-8 from 3-point range in a win vs. George Mason.
  • Handed out 186 total assists, ranking third in program single season history.
  • Became first SBU player to hand out double-digit assists in three straight games since 2003.
  • First two career double-doubles in back-to-back games: vs. Gannon (14 points, 11 assists) and vs. Niagara (12 points, 11 assists).
  • Finished with 14 points and drilled the clinching three-pointer in Boca Beach Classic Championship Game win at FAU.
 
2018-19, Freshman Season
  • Averaged 14.4 points and 3.7 assists to earn Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team honors, totaling a team-high 490 points.
  • Named to the A-10 All-Tournament Team after he averaged 16.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists over three games.
  • Twice named the A-10 Rookie of the Week (1/26, 2/17).
  • Ranked eighth in the A-10 in assists (3.7 per game), ninth in steals (1.4), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0), sixth in free throw percentage (.838) and second in minutes played (37.4).
  • Scored in double figures in 27 of 34 games with eight games of 20-plus points.
  • Scored a season-high 32 points, going 7-8 from three-point range, in win over George Mason.
 
Prep School
  • Helped Putnam Science Academy win the first national prep championship in school history.
  • In the title game, a 74-66 overtime win over Northfield Mount Hermon, he had 10 points, four assists and four steals.
  • The Mustangs finished the 2017-18 season with a record of 38-4, including a school record 24-game win streak.
 
High School
  • Attended Union Catholic (N.J.) High School, graduating in 2017.
  • Averaged 13 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game as a senior as Union finished 17-11, falling in the second round of the state playoffs.
 
Personal
  • Parents are Kim and Calvin Lofton. Calvin is a teacher and rec center leader, and Kim is a counselor.
  • The youngest of four children with brothers Calvin Jr., Zarah and Ashton.
  • Majored in Sociology.
  • A fan of Carmelo Anthony, the Baltimore Ravens and Ray Lewis.
  • Long-term career interest is sports medicine and athletic training.

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