2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

Isabella Marley

23 Brandon McKissic

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Ferguson, MO
  • High School St. Louis University HS

Biography

Overview
  • Totaled 1,376 points in 141 career games with 108 starts.
  • High-motor player and vocal leader who plays defense with pride and toughness.
  • Averaged 11.0 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.2 steals in 107 games with 86 starts over four seasons at UMKC, shooting .484 from the field and .385 from 3-point range.
  • Left UMKC as the ninth-ranked scorer in program history with 1,178 points for the Roos.
  • Saw his scoring average increase each season, climbing from 7.9 as a freshman to 10.5 as a sophomore, 11.0 as a junior and 17.2 in his all-conference senior season.
  • Has 10 games with 20+ points, including a career-best 29 vs. Omaha.
  • Has 14 games with five or more assists, including a career-best eight on two occasions, with one coming against #2 Kansas.
 
Honors
  • 2021 Summit League Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2021 Second-Team All-Summit League
 
2021-22, Grad Season
  • Appeared in all 34 games with 22 starts, averaging 5.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and added 62 assists and 38 steals.
  • A defensive stopper, McKissic helped key the Gators’ 61-42 win vs. Vanderbilt in which the SEC’s leading scorer Scotty Pippen Jr. managed a season-low six points on 1-for-10 shooting.
  • Posted 12 points in the win vs. #20 Florida State and added two assists and two steals.
 
2020-21, Senior Season (UMKC)
  • Averaged a team-high 17.2 points per game while shooting .508 from the field and .429 from 3-point range, garnering second-team All-Summit League honors and earning conference Defensive Player of the Year accolades.
  • Started 17 of 18 games played, scoring double figures in all but one and posting five 20-point games. His 20-point games all came efficiently as McKissic shot .608 (48-for-79) from the field, including .520 from 3-point range (13-for-25)
  • Exploded for 29 points against Omaha, adding five assists and four steals.
  • Posted 24 points each in road games at Kansas State and Oral Roberts.
 
2019-20, Junior Season (UMKC)
  • Led his team with 11.0 points per game and 83 assists while converting at a .517 clip from the field.
  • Had 14 double-figure scoring performances, including a season-best 27 points vs. Avila where he shot 10-for-15 from the field and 5-for-8 from 3-point range, adding three assists and three steals.
  • Posted 20 points on 8-for-9 shooting from the field, including 2-for-3 from beyond the arc.
  • Had five games with three or more steals, including a season-high four at Utah Valley.
  • Tallied nine points, eight assists, three rebounds and two steals against second-ranked Kansas
 
2018-19, Sophomore Season (UMKC)
  • Averaged 10.5 points per game, ranked third on UMKC, shooting .453 from the field, earning 28 starts in 30 appearances.
  • Posted 18 double-figure scoring games and two 20-points performances, tallying 21 on 9-for-12 scoring vs. Chicago State and 20 on a 7-for-12 night vs. UT Rio Grande Valley.
  • Stuffed the box score with 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting, five rebounds, four steals and two assists vs. Cal Baptist.
 
2017-18, Freshman Season (UMKC)
  • Averaged 7.9 points per game while shooting .460 from the field, starting 20 of his 31 games played.
  • Had 10 double-figure scoring games, including a season-high 22 points at Chicago State.
  • Had 17 points on 4-for-7 shooting, including 2-for-4 from 3-point range, along with three steals, two rebounds and assists vs. Chicago State.
 
Prep
  • Four-year standout at St. Louis University High School, helping his team finish in the top three in the conference each season.
  • Helped his team advance to the state tournament his sophomore and junior year.
  • Named conference Player of the Year his senior season.
  • Became the first student-athlete to earn all-state recognition for three years and was also the first sophomore to reach all-state status.
  • Also earned all-district honors for three seasons.
  • Played AAU basketball with the St. Louis Eagles for three years.
  • Active member of his school’s Diversity Club in high school.
 
Personal
  • Son of Gerald and Rhonda McKissic.
  • Mother played softball in college, while father wrestled.
  • Mother played softball in college, while father wrestled.
  • Also competed in football, swimming, soccer and track growing up.
  • Came to Florida because it felt like the best place to showcase what he can at the highest level and get him prepared for the next steps in life on and off the court.

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