Rider University Athletics

2022-23:
- Played in all 30 games off the bench, averaging 2.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 48.1 percent from the floor and 78.6 percent from the free-throw line in 9.0 minutes per game
- Scored a season-high 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the floor and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line in a season-high 22 minutes during a double-overtime setback at Quinnipiac (Feb. 19)
- Went for six points and a season-high seven rebounds in 13 minutes at Canisius (Dec. 31)
- Added six points on 3-of-4 shooting in a win over Niagara (Jan. 20)
- Dished out two assists twice

2021-22:
- Played in all 33 games off the bench
- Averaged 3.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game
- Scored in double figures three times
- Scored a season-high 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting vs. Gwynedd Mercy (Dec. 20)
- Added 10 points and seven rebounds vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 23), making 4-of-5 attempts from the floor
- Scored 10 points on 4-for-4 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line at Iona (Dec. 3)
- Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds at Buffalo (Nov. 20)
- Scored eight points, including a go-ahead three-pointer in overtime vs. Siena (Feb. 13)

2020-21:
- Played in 16 games off the bench as a Rider rookie
- Played a season-high 17 minutes in the opener at Syracuse (Dec. 5)
- Scored a season-high five points, including a three-pointer, at Manhattan (Dec. 12)
- Grabbed a season-high three rebounds at Saint Peter’s (Feb. 26)

Before Rider:
Averaged 21.5 points and 10.0 rebounds in his senior year at Lutheran East High School… First Team All-State and First Team All-District as a senior… Scored 60 points and had 10 rebounds in three quarters of a game in his senior season… Earned All-District three times in his high school career… Was a First Team All-Portage Trail Conference selection as a freshman at Streetsboro High School, becoming the school’s first-ever freshman to achieve the feat.

Personal:
The son of Candace and Gregory Benson… Has an older brother, Noah, and a younger sister, Naomi… Brother, Noah, played basketball at Wright State – Lake and Miami (Ohio)… Majoring in business with a minor in marketing.