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Updated: March 23, 2018

2017-18: Played in 28 games with one start … Had 10 points and five rebounds in the win over Detroit Mercy ... Had nine points in the win over Morehead State … Had a career-high 16 points in the win over Iowa ... Posted nine points, including going 3-for-4 from the charity stripe against Maryland-Eastern Shore ... Scored the second-most points of his career (10) versus NC A&T, while pulling down four rebounds ... Chipped in two points and pulled down two rebounds against No. 8 Virginia, marking conference highs ... Pulled down an ACC-high three rebounds in the win over No. 10 North Carolina ... Scored an ACC-high eight points and tallied a career-high seven rebounds against Miami ... Tallied his second-most points in ACC play, owning six points and two rebounds versus No. 12 Duke ... Pulled down the second-most rebounds in league play, collecting five boards and scoring two points in the win over Georgia Tech ... Scored his most points in conference play against No. 15 Clemson, tallying nine ... Tallied six points and four rebounds against Louisville, while earning his first block in ACC play ... Hit a free throw and pulled down four boards against No. 5 Duke ... Posted six points, four rebounds and a block – his third straight game of owning one swat – against Miami ... Tallied two points and rebounds versus Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament … Recorded five points, four rebounds and a steal versus Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

High School: Four-year letter winner at Tift County High School for coach Eric Holland … Led Tift County to the Class 7A Georgia State Championship as a senior and was also a member of the 2014 championship team ... Was named first-team All-State and was an all-state selection by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... He was named to the GACA All-Star team and was the MVP of the all-star game with 28 points and 14 rebounds ... While at Tift County, the team was 111-10 in four years, with four consecutive regional championships. He scored 1,671 career points, grabbed 811 career rebounds and had 203 career blocked shots. He averaged 16.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for his career. As a senior, he averaged 25.3 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, scoring more than 700 points ... Was a teammate of Hokie Tyrie Jackson as a freshman, sophomore and junior.

Personal: Preston Horne Jr. … Born July 26, 1999 in Tifton, Georgia … Son of Tanya and Preston Horne … Has three siblings.