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Jersey Number 33
Sam Funches
- Height:
- 7-0
- Weight:
- 238
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Gluckstadt, MS
- High School:
- Germantown
HIGH SCHOOL: Funches comes to Gonzaga from Germantown High School in Madison, Miss. … helped the Mavericks capture the 2025 MHSAA Class 7A State Championship, the first state title in school history, before leading Germantown to a 23-9 record and a runner-up finish in the 2026 Class 7A State Championship as a senior … named 2026 Mississippi Class 7A Mr. Basketball, becoming the first player in Germantown history to earn the honor … also named the 2025-26 MaxPreps Mississippi High School Basketball Player of the Year … averaged 21.7 points, 11.6 rebounds and 5.0 blocks per game as a senior … scored 22 points with 10 rebounds in the 2026 Class 7A state semifinal win over Northwest Rankin … scored 22 points in the quarterfinal win over DeSoto Central … as a junior, averaged 14.7 points, 8.8 rebounds, 4.7 blocks and 1.7 assists per game while earning Clarion Ledger First-Team All-State honors and his second straight Dandy Dozen selection … four-star recruit according to ESPN and 247Sports … ranked as high as No. 8 nationally by On3 and No. 42 by Rivals … consensus top-15 center in the 2026 class and the top-ranked player in Mississippi … played for Team Sipp United on the Puma PRO16 Circuit, averaging 11.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.1 assists per game during the summer of 2025 … possesses a 7-foot-5 wingspan.
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TEAM USA: Invited to the 2026 USA Basketball U18 National Team training camp … previously participated in the 2023 USA Basketball U16 National Team training camp.
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TEAM USA: Invited to the 2026 USA Basketball U18 National Team training camp … previously participated in the 2023 USA Basketball U16 National Team training camp.
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