Biography
Career: Finished with 2,362 career points (15.9 ppg) in 149 games… Also posted 552 assists (3.7 apg), 534 rebounds (3.6 rpg) and 202 steals (1.4 spg) along with 240 3-pointers… Became just the 13th player in the last 30 years to record 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 200 steals... In two seasons at Binghamton, scored 1,151 points (18.6 ppg) in 62 games to go with 4.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists… Put up 10.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 55 games at Penn State… 110 career games scoring in double figures with 47 games with a least 20 points and 21 contests with 25 or more points… Has gone over the 30-point mark eight times and has one game with 40 points… Dished out at least five assists in 50 contests... Seven career double-doubles - four times in points/rebounds and three with points/assists.
2022-23 (Redshirt Senior): First Team All-MEAC… Second Team NABC All-District Team… BOXTOROW First Team All-American… HBCU All-Star Game… Led the MEAC in scoring (20.5 ppg) which was 18th in the Nation, while ranking second in steals (2.0 spg) and third in assists (5.0 apg)… Only player in the Nation to average 20 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals while shooting over 50 percent from the floor… Recorded 17 games with at least 20 points, including a season-high 37 against Howard where he hit a CSU record 16-of-25 from the floor (2/18)… Had 35 points on 15-of-22 shooting, including the game-winner in the closing seconds at Loyola Maryland (12/3)… Became first CSU player in eight years to record ten assists in a game, a feat he accomplished at both Georgetown with 16 points & 10 assists (11/8) and at Tennessee Tech where he posted 24 points & 10 assists (11/17)… Had at least five assists in 18 games, with a pair of nine assist games and another game with eight assists… Put up 28 points in wins over Mount St. Mary’s where he added five rebounds, five assists and two steals (11/11) and James Madison (12/21)… Also scored 28 points at Maryland on 11-of-20 shooting with six rebounds, six assists and three steals (11/25)… Posted a career-high seven steals against South Carolina State along with 26 points (1/7)… Tallied 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting in season opener at Charlotte (11/7)… Tallied 24 points with season-high five 3-pointers in win over Navy (11/14)… Went for an identical 24 points at NC State while dishing out nine assists (12/6)… Pulled down ten rebounds while scoring 23 points for a double-double against Delaware State (1/30)… Scored 17 points on a career-high 15-of-19 free throws to go with six rebounds, six assists and four steals in win at Norfolk State (2/20).
2021-22 (Senior at Penn State): Academic All-Big Ten…Emerald Coast Classic All-Tournament Team… Played in all 31 games while making 10 starts…Led Nittany Lions with 42.0 percent (34-81) 3-point shooting percentage…Was third on the team in scoring with 11.6 ppg and second with 82 assists…Tallied 19 double-digit scoring efforts, including two 20-point games (26 vs. St. Francis NY) and (22 vs. Cornell with six 3-pointers)… Started his first game at Penn State in the season opener and stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, eight assists and five rebounds against Youngstown State (11/10)… Added 18 points in gams at Minnesota (2/12) and against Ohio State in the B1G Tournament… Tallied 17 points in two more games (Rutgers & at Maryland) and had one effort each with 16 points (Wagner) and 15 points (at Ohio State)… Notched a double-double against LSU with 13 points, ten rebounds and five assists (11/26).
2020-21 (Junior at Penn State): Played in 24 games in first season with Nittany Lions as key sixth-man player, averaging 8.2 points per game…Had nine double-digit scoring efforts…Only Nittany Lion to score in double figures in first seven games, all off the bench and finished with ten games with at least ten points…Grabbed 48 rebounds…Dished 56 assists…Had 32 steals…Posted a season-high 18 points against Wisconsin in the B1G Tournament (3/11)… Had a pair of games with 17 points, vs. VCU (12/2) and at Indiana (12/30)… Tallied 12 points, four assists and four steals in Penn State debut against VMI (11/28)… Dished out six assists in games against Seton Hall (12/6) and at Iowa (2/21)… Grabbed season-high seven rebounds at Maryland (3/7).
2019-20 (Sophomore at Binghamton): Second Team All-America East… Two-Time America East Player of the Week (11/25 & 2/24)… Lou Henson Award Preseason and Midseason Watch List… Started in all 29 games and averaged a league-high 19.4 points per game… Dished out 4.8 assists per game… Notched three double-doubles (13p, 10a vs. Maine | 27p, 12r vs. Sacred Heart | 33p, 12r at NJIT) … Recorded 16 games with 20-plus points and four with 30-plus points, including a career-high and school-record 40 points against Boston University where he scored nine points in overtime with a school-record 15 field goals (12/7)… Had a 39-point effort against UMass Lowell, hitting 11-of-13 from the line (2/20)… Ended season with 38 points at New Hampshire (2/29)… Reached 1,000 point plateau in just his 57th collegiate game when he scored 22 points against Stony Brook (2/12)… Finished the season on a tear, averaging 30.8 points over the last four games and 6.8 assists over the last six games… Ranked in the top three in nine America East statistical categories and in the top five in 12...Was second in field goals made (208), assists per game (4.8), assists (138), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.39) and minutes per game (35.44)...Made 81.1 percent of his free throws for third in the league...Ranked 41st in the country in scoring and stands in ninth nationally with a career scoring average of 18.6 points per game.
2018-19 (Freshman at Binghamton): CollegeInsider.com Kyle Macy Freshman All-America Team… America East Rookie of the Year… Third Team All-America East… Seven-Time America East Rookie of the Week… Started in 32 of 33 games, averaging 17.8 points and 3.5 assists per game… Scored in double figures in 25 games… Tallied 20 or more points in 11 games and at least 25 points in six games… Had a pair of 30-plus point games, going for 34 points against Hartford (2/27) and 32 points against UMass Lowell (1/23)… Ranked fifth nationally for freshman in scoring while ranking third in the America East in scoring and fifth in assists… first freshman to finish in top five in scoring and assists for Binghamton since Bearcat J.J. Barea in 2002-03...Had the second-highest freshman scoring average in 18 years of America East Conference history...Finished in the top five of seven league statistical categories...Was second in AE in field goals made (224) and 43rd nationally...Possessed the No. 2 spot on Bearcat single-season points chart (588) and scoring average.
High School: Was a four-year standout at The Shipley School for coach Philip D’Ambrosio...Helped lead Gators to 68 wins during his career and berth in league championship game in back-to-back seasons in 2017 and 2018...Was a three-time team MVP...Earned all-league and All-Mainline accolades all four years...Selected to all-state team twice with first-team honors as a senior...Ranked as one of the top scorers in Philadelphia with 28.8 points per game as senior and 23.0 ppg for his junior season...Scored school-record 2,091 career points...Collected 510 career rebounds and 202 steals...Totaled 402 career assists...Holds school single-game points record with 55 points vs. Perkiomen School (1/26/18) with 24 points in fourth quarter...Nominated for McDonald's All-American Game.
Personal: Son of Samuel Sessoms Sr. and Agalelei Falaniko...Has two sisters, older sister Sapphira Johnson and younger sister Katie, and two younger brothers, Sidney and Saint.