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2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster

Anthony Benard

  • Position:
    G
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    180
  • Letters:
    0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.
  • High School:
    Grosse Pointe South (Mercer / Canisius)

Summary

Biography

2025-26:  Named to the 2025-26 MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) All-Academic Team ... appeared in 16 contests for Canisius, making four starts ... missed the final 15 games of the season with an injury ... averaged 4.0 points, 0.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game ... matched a career-high with 14 points in win over Sacred Heart (1/4) ... dished out a season-high five assists in win over Maryland Eastern Shore (11/21) ... recorded his 200th collegiate assist against Mount St. Mary’s (1/17) ... played a season-high 31 minutes vs. Mount St. Mary’s (1/17) ... grabbed a season-best three boards at Rhode Island (12/16), while scoring 10 points and dishing out four helpers ... scored in double figures twice.
 
2024-25:  Played in 31 games, making 25 starts for Canisius ... averaged 5.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game ... scored a career-high 14 points in road win at Siena (2/23) ... connected on a career-best three triples at Rider (3/6) ... grabbed a career-high six rebounds vs. Merrimack (12/6) ... registered a career-high nine assists in win over Rider (1/10) ... led the team with his 3.8 assists per game, which ranked eighth in the MAAC ... recorded at least five assists in a game nine times ... ranked ninth in the conference with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio ... led  the team with 1.9 steals per game, which ranked fifth-best in the league ... notched a season-best five steals in a game three times and finished with 59 steals ... shot 43 percent (63-for-147) from the floor and 38 percent (20-for-53) from 3-point land ... averaged 29.8 minutes per game ... scored in double figures three times.

2023-24:  Appeared in 27 games for Mercer, making 20 starts ... averaged 2.3 points, 2.0 assists and 1.2 rebounds per game ... scored a season-high 11 points against Chattanooga (1/17) ... dished out a season-best six assists vs. Florida Golf Coast (12/16) ... grabbed a season-high five rebounds against South Alabama (12/6) ... notched three steals in a game twice - at VMI (1/6) and against Chattanooga (1/17).

High School:  A 2023 graduate of Grosse Pointe South High School ... was a four-year starter and three-year team captain for the Blue Devils and coach Stephen Benard ... selected to the 2023 Detroit Free Press All-State First Team and the Detroit News All-State Third Team for Division 1 as well as BCAM's Best for Division 1 ... voted Macomb Area Conference (MAC) Red Division MVP as a senior ...finished as GPSHS all-time leader in points (1,464), three-point field goals made (189), assists (296), steals (229) and games started (83) ... was a two-time Associated Press Dream Team selection ... received Detroit Free Press All-East recognition all four seasons ... was a three-year letterwinner as a quarterback for the Grosse Pointe South football team earning All-MAC honors as well as Detroit News and Detroit Free Press All-Metro East accolades.

Personal:  Full name -- Anthony Benard ...born on August 31, 2004, in Detroit ... son of Stephen and Laura Benard ... father played basketball at Rochester Christian University and mother swam at Michigan ... has an older brother, Stephen, Jr., and a younger sister, Maddy, who is on the WSU women's basketball team ... plans to major in Communications ... last name is pronounced ben-ARD.
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