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Jersey Number 13
Alden Applewhite
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
- High School:
- Houston HS
- Prev School:
- Portland/Mississippi State
2024-25
2023-24
Before MSU
Personal
- Played in 32 games with one start.
- Was a .393 shooter from the field (55-of-140), 391 from the 3-point line (27-of-69) and .743 from the free throw line (55-of-74).
- Grabbed 106 rebounds (27 offensive) for a 3.3 per game average.
- Came off the bench at Pittsburgh and scored 11 points and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds in 22:47 minutes on the floor.
- Had a productive seven points and six rebounds in the Racers’ win at Middle Tennessee.
- Scored six points with four rebounds at Indiana State off the bench.
- Came off the bench at Northern Iowa for 11 points on a perfect 4-of-4 from the field including hitting three-straight 3-point baskets to go with four rebounds and a pair of steals in 18 minutes of playing time.
- Scored a career-high 22 points in the double OT game at UIC on 7-of-15 from the field (2-of-8 3pt) and 5-5 from the free throw line with five rebounds.
- Made his first start as a Racer (Feb. 11) at home against UIC.
2023-24
- Appeared in 20 games where he played 18.6 minutes per game.
- Averaged 5.1ppg and 2.6rpg.
- Played his first game as a Racer at Little Rock where he played nearly 30 minutes with nine points, five rebounds and four steals.
- Had three double-digit games with 14 points against UIC, 13 points at Evansville and 13 points at Indiana State
- Had a season-high seven rebounds against UNI.
Before MSU
- Spent 2022-23 season with the Portland Pilots of the West Coast Conference.
- Saw action in 32 games and made five starts and scored 7.7 points per game and grabbed 2.9 rebounds.
- Was 69-of-154 from the field for .448, 19-of-61 from the 3-point line for .311 and 90-of-127 from the free throw line for .709.
- Had 37 assists and 22 steals.
- Had 10 games of double-digit scoring with a season-high 20 points against UC Riverside.
- Had a brilliant three-game stretch of play with 12 points vs Oregon, 20 vs Riverside and 12 vs LMU (CA).
- As a freshman at Mississippi State in 2021-22, saw action in two games.
- Played at Arizona Compass Prep School in 2020-21 where he scored 10.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
- In 2019-20, led Houston High School to the program’s first state tournament appearance where he scored 15.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
Personal
- Born Feb. 26, 2003, son of Audrey & Andre Applewhite.
- Has a brother: Andre II.
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Casey Brockman
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Alfeldt
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Alexa Becker
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2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Ivan Roe
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