< Previous40 @KentuckyMBB Off the court with TYRESE n Graduated in the top five percent of his class n Father, Tyrone, played basketball at Washington State n Has seen every Marvel movie since 2008 n U18 gold medalist with Team USA n Texas Mr. Basketball in 2019 n Chose Kentucky over Texas, Michigan, Michigan State and Oklahoma State High School Kentucky's top-ranked player in the 2019 class ... Tabbed the No. 10 overall prospect by the Recruiting Services Consensus Index ... Ranked in the top 15 by the major recruiting services, including 247Sports (No. 10), Rivals (No. 10) and ESPN (No. 13) ... 247Sports tabs him as the third-best combo guard in the class ... Consensus five-star prospect ... Made the Naismith High School Boys' 2019 All-Amer- ica Second Team ... Averaged 22.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game for South Garland ... Tabbed Texas Mr. Basketball in 2019 ... Also named the Dal- las-Fort Worth Area Player of the Year ... Two- time All-State selection ... Logged 22.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game as a junior ... Named to the 2018 USA Today All-Texas First Team, the 2018 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-State First Team and was crowned the 2018 Dallas Morning News Sports Day Player of the Year as a junior ... Also a two-time Texas Associ- ation of Basketball Coaches All-Region pick and made the 2018 University Interscholastic League State All-Tournament Team ... Won a gold medal as a part of the U18 Team USA ... McDonald's All-American selection ... Scored 13 points in that game. Personal Born Nov. 4 in Dallas ... Major is undeclared/ exploratory studies in agriculture ... Parents are Denyse and Tyrone Maxey … Has three siblings, Denasia, Julia and Keiarn ... Father played basketball at Washington State ... Graduated in the top 5% of his class ... His most memorable moment as a basketball player is going to the state tournament ... A definition of a true hero is someone who impacts lives in a positive way ... Seen every Marvel movie since 2008 ... His father has influenced him most ... Chose Kentucky over Texas, Michigan, Michigan State and Oklaho- ma State. Guard n 6-3 n 198 n Fr. TYRESE MAXEY Follow TYRESE on Social Media n @TyreseMaxey on Twitter n @tyresemaxey on Instagram #3 Garland, TexasFree Live Streaming Audio for all Football and Men’s Basketball games Join UK Fan Community with real-time Twitter, Instagram & Facebook conversations Home and Away location enabled venue specific interactive maps Win Memorable VIP fan experiences at UK Athletics events Proud Partner of UK Athletics Proud Partner of UK Athletics42 @KentuckyMBB Off the court with EJ n He’s currently watching "Money Heist" on Netflix n Favorite restaurant in Lexington is The Local Taco n Enjoys having dance offs with his two sisters when he’s home visiting family n Would give himself an NBA2K rating of ‘90’ because he gets buckets 2018-19 Declared for the NBA Draft but elected to re- turn to school for his sophomore season ... Ap- peared in all 37 games for the Wildcats during his freshman campaign, including making 10 starts … Started in nine of UK’s final 11 games … UK was 9-1 overall when he started … Scored 139 points, had 150 rebounds, totaled 38 blocks, posted 16 steals and had 15 assists … Ranked third on the team with the 38 re- jections and led the team in the category in 14 games … Logged three games with three or more swats … Had two games with dou- ble-figure scoring and two with double-dig- it rebounds … Led the team in steals in six games … Grabbed 11 rebounds in his NCAA Tournament debut against Abilene Christian … Scored eight points against Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifi- nals … Posted a career-high four blocks, six rebounds and two points at Ole Miss … In the first game without Reid Travis (sprained right knee), started and played 23 minutes against Auburn … Finished with six points, seven re- bounds, three blocks and a pair of steals in that win … Scored six points and had four rebounds in nine minutes of the win over No. 1/1 Tennessee … Earned his first career dou- ble-double with career highs in points (11) and rebounds (13) in a win over South Carolina . Personal Born Sept. 12 in Fort Pierce, Florida ... Major is community and leadership development ... Parents are Efrem and Glenda Montgomery … Has two sisters, Brittni and Brandy ... Both of his parents and his two sisters played bas- ketball in college ... Lists some of his favorite movies as Love and Basketball, Friday and The Purge ... Also played football ... A hobby outside of basketball is playing video games, particularly NBA2K and Fortnite ... Greatest fear is not fulfilling his dreams ... Parents are his biggest influence ... Chose Kentucky be- cause of its great coaches and the opportunity to continue to improve his game. Follow EJ on Social Media n @_mont23 on Instagram Forward n 6-10 n 228 n So. EJ MONTGOMERY #23 Fort Pierce, Fla. 44 @KentuckyMBB Off the court with ZAN n Best movie he saw this summer was "Toy Story 4" n Favorite class is speech n Best restaurant in Lexington is Tekka n His current favorite TV show is "Power" 2018-19 2018-19 Southeastern Conference Academ- ic Honor Roll member ... Dean's List spring 2019 ... Used his first season as a redshirt year to recover from a knee injury he suffered at the end of his high school career. High School A highly-productive player out of Lexington Catholic High School ... 1,000-point scorer for the Knights ... Averaged 19.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game as a senior ... Three- year starter and scored 1,282 career points, which ranks 14th all-time in program his- tory ... Also collected 934 career rebounds and finished his career as the school's fourth all-time career leader in rebounds ... A knee injury in February of his senior season prema- turely ended his career. Personal Born March 23 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey ... Major is undeclared/exploratory studies in agriculture ... First name is Alexander but goes by Zan ... Parents are Kenny and Mi- chelle Payne … Has a sister, Alexis ... Father played basketball at Louisville ... Chose his jersey number because his father, Kenny, also wore that number in college ... Enjoys playing Fortnite when he's not on the court ... Lists a definition of a true hero as someone who always does the right thing ... His dad has had the greatest influence on his life. G/F n 6-4 n 235 n R Fr. ZAN PAYNE Follow ZAN on Social Media n @young_payne2321 on Twitter n @alexander.payne23 on Instagram #21 Lexington, Ky. 46 @KentuckyMBB Off the court with IMMANUEL n Best movie he saw this summer was "Avengers: Endgame" n Favorite class is communications n Favorite restaurant in Lexington is Indi’s n His current favorite TV show is "Spongebob" 2018-19 One of UK’s most improved players … Ap- peared in all 37 games and made seven starts as a freshman … Registered 193 points, 65 rebounds, 44 assists and 16 steals in his first season … Scored in double figures in six games … UK was a perfect 6-0 in such games … Made 82.8 percent of his foul shots … Drained two from the charity stripe in clutch situations in wins against Arkansas and Ole Miss … Sunk nine 3-pointers over his final nine games, including making two in a win over No. 11/9 Houston in the Sweet 16 … Had 12 points with a career-high-tying three 3-pointers in the Southeastern Conference Tournament win over Alabama … He went 4 of 4 from the field … Scored eight points on 3-of-5 shooting and 2 of 4 from 3-point range at No. 7/7 Tennessee … Dished out a career-high-tying four assists vs. South Caro- lina … Scored a combined 30 points over a three-game stretch between Jan. 5-12, includ- ing making at least two 3-pointers during the span … Scored 10 points with a career-high three steals against Texas A&M … Made a ca- reer-high three 3s at Vanderbilt … Scored 12 points in the win over Utah on 4-of-7 shoot- ing with a couple of 3s … Scored eight points with two made 3-pointers vs. Seton Hall … Posted nine points against Tennessee State … Posted a career-high six rebounds in a win over Winthrop. Personal Born June 17 in Havre de Grace, Maryland ... Major is undeclared/exploratory studies in agriculture ... Parents are Nitrease and Mar- cellous Quickley … Has two siblings, Shiloah and Paris ... Mother played basketball at Mor- gan State ... Was an honor roll student in high school ... Can play both the saxophone and the drums ... His greatest fear in life is be- ing average ... Lists his mom as the person who has most impacted his life ... Lists his game-winning shot in the state championship game his sophomore season as his greatest basketball memory ... Chose Kentucky over Maryland, Kansas and Miami. Guard n 6-3 n 188 n So. IMMANUEL QUICKLEY Follow IMMANUEL on Social Media n @IQ_GodSon on Twitter n @immanuelquickley__on Instagram n @immanuelquickley5 on Facebook #5 Havre de Grace, Md.48 @KentuckyMBB Off the court with NICK n Dream vacation would be to Dubai n Enjoys watching anime and his favorite show is "Nitro" n Loves dogs and has a German shepherd named Luna n His all-time favorite movie is "The Wolf of Wall Street" n Participated in cricket and soccer while growing up in Jamaica n Chose Kentucky over Arizona, Connecticut and St. John’s 2018-19 Declared for the NBA Draft but elected to return to school for his junior season ... Ap- peared in all 37 games in 2018-19 with 147 points, 123 rebounds and a career-high 47 blocks … His 47 blocks led the team … Led UK in blocks in a team-high 16 games … Posted two double-figure scoring games and two double-figure rebounding games … Fill- ing in admirably without the injured PJ Wash- ington, scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds in 17 minutes vs. Abilene Christian in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Posted six points and four rebounds in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifi- nals vs. No. 8/8 Tennessee … Recorded nine points in the SEC Tournament opener vs. Al- abama … Blocked three shots in three of the five games Reid Travis missed due to injury from Feb. 23 to March 9 …. Scored eight points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked three shots in his third start of the season at No. 7/7 Tennessee … Put together one of the best games of his career with seven points, 15 rebounds and three blocked shots in the win vs. Arkansas … Scored seven points with four rebounds at Missouri … Recorded a sea- son-high 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting in ad- dition to four blocked shots in the win at Van- derbilt … Swatted a career-high five shots in nine minutes in the win vs. No. 9/10 Kansas. Personal Born Nov. 29 in Kingston, Jamaica … Major is community leadership and development ... His mom is Marion Tenn … Has one sibling, Sharique ... A soccer enthusiast who lists Cris- tiano Ronaldo as his all-time favorite athlete ... His mother has influenced his life the most ... A talent he most wishes he had is the ability to draw well ... Chose Kentucky over Arizona, Connecticut and St. John’s. Forward n 6-11 n 247 n Jr. NICK RICHARDS Follow NICK on Social Media n @iamnickrichards on Twitter n @nickrichards_ on Instagram #4 Kingston, Jamaica@UKSportsNetwork 49 Off the court with NATE n Nickname is Sesti n Earned a degree in geography from Bucknell n Has had at least one cup of coffee every day since he was in 10th grade n Favorite activity outside of basketball is fishing with his dad and brothers 2018-19 (Bucknell) Tabbed Second Team All-Patriot League and was tabbed to the Patriot League All-Tourna- ment Team ... National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District selection ... Ranked second on the squad and sixth in the league in points per game (15.8) and led the team and league in rebounds per game (8.5) ... Shot 53.6 per- cent from the field, 38.0 percent from 3-point range and 80.8 percent from the charity stripe ... Played in 31 games ... Scored in double figures in 27 contests ... Posted a career-high 32 points and broke the school record for most field goals without a miss (11 of 11) against Holy Cross ... Scored 10 points at Ohio State ... Named to the Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 15.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg. 2017-18 (Bucknell) Appeared in 34 games and averaged 6.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game ... Shot 56.0 per- cent from the field and 74.4 percent from the free-throw line ... Charted seven games with double-digit points ... Had 14 points in a win over Siena ... Scored seven points and had seven boards in NCAA Tournament game vs. Michi- gan State ... In four postseason games, he shot 73.7 percent from the field and totaled 32 points and 20 boards. High School First Division I player from Cameron County since the 1970s ... Averaged 22 points and 14 rebounds and had 26 double-doubles in 28 games as a senior ... Finished with 1,703 career points and 955 rebounds. Personal Born May 12 ... Parents are Donald and Rachelle Sestina ... Pursuing a graduate degree in kinesi- ology and health promotion ... Youngest of five siblings ... Brother, Andrew, played basketball at Allegheny College ... Mother was a swimmer at IUP ... Grandfather, Richard Gaydos, played football at Carnegie Tech ... Graduated from Bucknell with a degree in geography. Forward n 6-9 n 234 n Gr. NATE SESTINA Follow NATE on Social Media n @NateSestina23 on Twitter n @natesestina4 on Instagram #1 Emporium, Pa.Next >