Johnathan Stove (born December 23, 1995) is an American basketball player for

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of the

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. He plays the guard position. He played college basketball for the

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Early life

Stove was born in

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, to Sanora and Benjamin Stove. He is 6-4 (193 cm), and weighs 220 pounds (99 kg).

High school

Playing for

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('14) in Baton Rouge as a junior, he averaged 19.8 points. He earned first all-state honors, and was named to both the state Class A team and to the 11-man all-classes team by the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association. As a senior, he averaged 25.9 points, 10.9 rebounds 3.2 assists, 2.9 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game. He was ranked the No. 3 player in the state by

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, and named Class 1A MVP by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

College

In 2014-15 as a freshman for the

('18) where he majored in

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, playing guard for the

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he averaged 5.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game while shooting .496 from the field and .787 from the free throw line. In 2015-16 he averaged 8.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game, and shot .447 from the floor and .750 from the free throw line. In 2016-17 as a junior he averaged 9.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game. He shot .415 from the floor, and .732 (9th in the

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) from the free throw line. In 2017-18 as a senior he averaged 10.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game. He was second among Sun Belt Conference players in free throw percentage (.821), and seventh in two-point field goal percentage (.585).

Professional career

In 2021 he played for KB Vllaznia in the Albanian Basketball Superleague. He averaged 22 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game in five games played. In November 2021 he signed with

of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stove, Johnathan 1995 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from Baton Rouge, Louisiana Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball players Hapoel Galil Elyon players American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate sportspeople in Albania Guards (basketball)