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Head
Coach:
Kent Looney
email:
kent.looney@guntersvilleal.org
cell: (256) 642-9631
Kent's basketball career at Guntersville
Charter Class Inductee June 8, 2002
All-County 4 Years, All-Region 3 Years, All-American 2 Years
Guntersville Wildcats with Looney as a four-year starter 131-11
1973 - Kent averaged 19 points as a freshman
1974 - Kent’s average increased to 24 points as a sophomore
1975 -
Kent
averaged 32 points a game, Guntersville rolled to a
29-2 record, he was the
state champions - MVP
1976 -
Kent
averaged 35 points a game, Guntersville went 27-1
in the regular season state runner-up - MVP. Kent was listed
as one of the Top Five players in America and MVP of the Super
Five in Alabama Career stat of 8 rebounds per game|
His high school coach Jim Rhoades said, “He was only 5-9 but
could dunk it anyway. On defense, I’ve seen him pin the ball
against the square and the officials wouldn’t call it because they
couldn’t believe a kid that small could get up that high.”
College career ended with UAH in the National Championship
NAIA game in Kansas City before losing 86-85 in overtime to
Bethany Nazarene |
