2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics

21 Innocent Kukulu

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Staten Island, N.Y.
  • High School Curtis
  • Major Electrical Engineering / Physics

Biography

Briefly
•  Second year at XULA

2016-17
•  Scored game-high 22 points Dec. 1, 2016, in 92-73 home victory against Paul Quinn . . . Scored 17 points in the first half and made 5-of-7 3-pointers, 4-of-5 in the first half
•  Scored 18 points (7-of-8 floor, 4-of-5 3-pointers) at home against Loyola (N.O.) on Nov. 15, 2016
•  Averaged 13 points, shot 72 percent from the floor (18-of-25) and made 61.1 percent of his 3-pointers (11-of-18) during four-game stretch Nov. 15-Dec. 1, 2016

2015-16
•  Redshirted in first collegiate season and did not play

High School
•  Started half his junior season and all his senior season at Curtis High School in Staten Island, N.Y.
•  Helped the Warriors win the burrough championship and reach the semifinals of the city playoffs his junior season, then reach the burrough championship game and reach the quarterfinals of the city playoffs as a senior
•  Single-game highs of 32 points and 10 assists, both achieved his senior year
•  Selected first-team all-burrough his senior year by the Staten Island Advance newspaper
•  Selected to north shore team for Staten Island all-star game
•  Made the honor roll multiple times
•  Member of ARISTA honor society

Prep School
•  Spent one year (2014-15) at CNC Leadership Academy, a Staten Island prep school where he was a starter

Summer
•  Played two seasons of AAU basketball

Personal
•  A dual-degree electrical engineering/physics major
•  Bilingual; speaks English and Lingala
•  Born in Kinshasa, Congo; moved to the United States when he was four years old
•  Pronunciation of his last name:  cue-cue-luh
•  Brother Joel played college basketball two seasons (2014-16) for NAIA member Johnson & Wales (Fla.)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2015-16Freshman

    G
    6'0" 180 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2016-17Freshman

    Guard
    6'0" 180 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2017-18Sophomore

    Guard
    6'0" 180 lbs
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