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POSITION:
Forward HEIGHT: 6’8” (203 cm)
WEIGHT:
190lbs (86kg)
BIRTHDATE:
July 28, 1993 (Ottawa, Ontario)
HIGH SCHOOL:
Ashbury College (Ottawa, Ontario)
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE:
Ottawa (2016-18) Carleton (2012-15)
HOW ACQUIRED:
Signed as a free agent by Ottawa on February 24, 2020
YEARS PRO: 2
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Career averages of 5.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 23.2 minutes in 70 games, playing in Spain and Mexico.
2019-20:
- Played 36 games and started 34 for Santos de San Luis Potosi, in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) in Mexico, where he averaged 5.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.4 steals and 22.8 minutes.
- Played double-digit minutes in all games.
- Grabbed seven or more rebounds on 18 occasions.
Highlight performances:
- Recorded a double-double on Nov. 19 vs. Capitanes Ciudad de México with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
- Grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds on Nov. 9 vs. Capitanes Ciudad de México.
- Scored a season-best 12 points on Nov. 3 vs. Aguacateros de Michoacàn.
2018-19:
- Averaged 6.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 23.5 minutes in 34 games for Saenz Horeca Araberri of the Liga Española de Baloncesto (LEB Oro).
- Started 25 games.
- Produced five double-figure scoring games and six double-figure rebounding games in his last 10 games, including two double-doubles.
- Closed the season with a second double-double on May 3rd vs. Leyma Basquet, scoring 11 points and grabbing 15 rebounds.
- Scored 12 points in successive games, on April 21 vs. Magia Huesca and on April 13 vs. Quesos Cerrato.
Highlight performances:
- Recorded his first double-double as a pro on March 31 vs. Ceceres Patrimo with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
- Grabbed a career-best 18 rebounds, including highs of 10 defensive and eight offensive boards, on Feb. 15 vs. Real Canoe.
UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER
Collegiate averages of 8.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 20.6 minutes in 112 games split between University of Ottawa and Carleton University ... Won three CIS (now U SPORTS) national championships and two OUA titles with the Carleton Ravens.
2017-18 (At Ottawa):
- Averaged 13.1 points, a career- best 8.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.7 steals and 30.0 minutes in 19 games.
- Led the team in scoring average. Missed the first four games of the calendar year 2018 due to an injury.
- Played 30 minutes or more 11 times.
- Opened the season at home with 17 points, nine rebounds, two blocks and a season-best three steals on Nov. 3 vs. Algoma.
Highlight performances:
- Named OUA Second Team All Star.
- Ranked fourth in the OUA in field-goal percentage (.592), fifth in rebounds per game, second in offensive rebounds per game (2.9) and fifth in blocks per game (1.4).
- Recorded a career-best seven double-doubles.
- Tied a career-high with 24 points on nine-for-12 shooting from the floor and six-for-eight shooting from the line, to go along with 10 rebounds, in an overtime victory Dec. 2 vs McMaster.
2016-17 (At Ottawa):
- Averaged 13.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.8 steals and 26.8 minutes in 19 games.
- Finished fifth in the OUA in field-goal percentage (.541), second in blocks per game, sixth in rebounds per game and third in offensive rebounds per game (2.9).
- Led the team in minutes played (512) and points (273).
- Scored in double figures 17 of 22 games and recorded six double-doubles.
- Scored 18 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, dished two assists and made two steals on Jan. 21 vs. Guelph.
Highlight performances:
- Career-best in scoring, blocking (1.5) and stealing averages.
- All-OUA First Team All Star.
- Blocked a career-best five shots on Feb. 25 at Laurentian.
- Notched career-highs of 24 points and 16 rebounds to go along with four blocked shots on Jan 28. at Windsor.
- Recorded his first double-double during his first game as a member of the Gee-Gees on Nov. 19 vs. Algoma.
2015-16 (Redshirted at Ottawa):
- Transferred to University of Ottawa.
- Redshirted the season due to the CIS transfer rule.
2014-15 (At Carleton):
- Averaged 7.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.7 steals and 20.9 minutes in 24 games.
- Recorded eight double-figure scoring games.
- Picked up a season-high three steals Nov. 8 vs. McMaster, while scoring 13 points and grabbing eight rebounds.
Highlight performances:
- Won his third CIS National Championship and second OUA title.
- Scored a season-high 16 points Nov. 22 vs. Waterloo, hitting four-of-seven shots from the field.
2013-14 (At Carleton):
- Averaged 4,7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.5 steals and 17.0 minutes in 27 games.
- Played double the minutes of the previous year.
- Grabbed five or more rebounds eight times, with a season-high 10 boards on Jan. 10 vs. Laurentian.
Highlight performances:
- Won CIS National Championship.
- Netted a season-high 14 points Nov. 2 vs. Western, shooting a perfect six-of-six from the field and two-of-two from the charity stripe, while putting down two rebounds and nabbing three steals in 17 minutes.
2012-13 (At Carleton):
- Averaged 1.9 points, 1.5 rebounds, 0.2 assists, 0.2 steals and 8.3 minutes in 20 games.
- Played 10 minutes or more in eight games.
- Knocked down his first three pointer Feb. 1 vs. Queen’s.
- Scored his first point of the season on Nov. 23 vs. Lakehead.
Highlight performances:
- Won his first CIS National Championship and OUA title.
- Played his best statistical game of the season on Jan. 19 vs. Queen’s when he pulled down six boards to go along with nine points on three-for-five from the field and three-for-four from the foul line in 12 minutes.
- Played career-high 19 minutes Jan. 25 vs. York and registered a season-high three steals.
PERSONAL
- The son of Joëlle Pierre-Charles and Jean Pierre-Charles.
- Has an older brother, Gérard, who attended Collège La Cité in Ottawa.
- Majored in economics.
- Played for the Canadian team in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast (Australia) where he averaged 5.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.8 steals in six games.
- Played on the Canadian university National team in the 2017 World University Games in Taipei, Taiwan where he averaged 3.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in six games.
- Attended the All-Canada classic in 2011, a game for the best high school players in the country.
- Played on the U16 National Team in 2010.
CAREER PROFESSIONAL STATISTICS
(as of February 20, 2020)