Career Highlights
Enters senior year with 619 points, 237 rebounds and 86 three-pointers in 65 career games (38 starts) … career averages of 9.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 22.4 minutes … owns sixth-best career three-point percentage (.411) in program history … .843 career free throw percentage ranks fourth in Bentley history.
2017-18 Season
Averaged 11.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 30.6 minutes while starting all 28 games … shot 42 percent from beyond the arc, making 46 of 109, and also shot 83 percent at the foul stripe … was sixth in the Northeast-10 in free throw percentage and 14th in three-point accuracy … in home games, averaged 14 points while shooting .504 overall, .463 from deep and .816 free throws … most productive month was December when he scored 14.7 points per game … Bentley was 11-4 during the 15 games in which he scored in double figures … season-high 23 points Nov. 15 against Stonehill and again Dec. 29 against Dominican (N.Y.) … only double-double game at Pace Jan. 27 when he finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds … made 26 consecutive free throws from Dec. 2-Jan. 13 … was named to the Dec. 11 Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll.
2016-17 Season
Was Bentley’s second-leading scorer, averaging 13.2 points as well as 3.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 19 games … as a starter in ten games, gave the Falcons 17.3 points per game while shooting .457 from the field, .377 from three and .871 at the line … an ankle injury in early February prematurely ended his season, forcing him to miss the final seven games … scored at least 20 in four of his ten starts, including 20 in his first one, Dec. 10 at Stonehill … career-high 22 points, on 9-15 shooting, Dec. 30 against Bridgeport … before cracking the starting five for the first time, averaged 8.4 points off the bench … projection of 21.3 points per 40 minutes was 12th best in the Northeast-10 … named to the Jan. 23 Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll.
2015-16 Season
Saw action in 18 games during his freshman season … averaged 1.9 points and 1.3 rebounds while playing 7.3 minutes a game … was perfect on his eight free throw attempts and knocked down 7 of 17 three-pointers (.412) … had a pair of six-point games (Dec. 12 at St. Michael’s, Jan. 30 vs. Southern Connecticut State) … in addition, grabbed a season-best five rebounds in the Southern Connecticut game.
Before Bentley
2014 graduate of Hampden Academy who prepped at Bridgton Academy … was Maine’s Gatorade Player of the Year and a first-team All-State selection in 2014 … was also a finalist for Mr. Maine Basketball … two-time Eastern Maine Class A tournament MVP and two-time Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A Player of the Year … team captain as a junior and senior … helped Hampden win the state championship in 2013, three Eastern Maine titles (2012, 2013, 2014) and three KVAC championships (2012, 2013, 2014) … poured in 38 points in the 2014 Eastern Maine Class A final against Oxford Hills … received the Maine McDonald’s Spirit of the Game award … reached the 1,000-point milestone in his final home game with Hampden … finished his Hampden career with 1,146 points, 476 rebounds and a 63-3 record … put up 23 points, 10.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals a game as a senior … at Bridgton, averaged 12 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Personal
Is majoring in management with a concentration in leadership and a minor in sociology … age as of Nov. 10: 23 … son of Carol and the late Peter Gilpin … has one brother, Nicholas (21), and one sister, Marissa (18) … mother is in the New England Basketball Hall of Fame after scoring over 1,000 in both high school and at Maine-Farmington … has volunteered at Waltham Boys and Girls Club.
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