Fairfield University Athletics

2017-18

Jonathan Kasibabu played in all but one game as a junior, missing the Marist home game on February 15. He scored in all of his other 32 appearances which included 16 double-figure efforts. The forward hit the 20-point mark twice in 2017-18, first with a personal-best 22 points against Quinnipiac in mid-February. He also hit  20 points in the regular-season finale against Monmouth, completing his third double-double of the season with 10 rebounds. He also collected a double-double at Manhattan (14 points, 13 rebounds) and Quinnipiac (22 points, season-high 15 rebounds). The effort was the first of five straight games with 10 or more points, a stretch that ran through the first two MAAC tournament games. He was even more effective defensively with his team-best 35 blocks in 31 games, placing him among the MAAC leaders for most of the season. He posted 10 games with two or more blocks, rejecting a season-high three shots against New Hampshire and at Canisius. Kasibabu was named the MAAC Student-Athlete of the Week on January 29 for his performance on the court and in the classroom.

2016-17

Kasibabu continued his development as one of the top big men in the MAAC, ranking among the conference leaders in both rebounding and blocked shots. The sophomore posted 4.9 rebounds per game which placed him 19th in the MAAC, while his 1.4 blocks per contest was fifth-best among the conference leaders. Kasibabu started the year with four straight multi-block games and went on to register two or more rejections in 11 more games to bring his season total to 15. Kasibabu led the team in field goal percentage, netting 76 of 130 shots in 2016-17 for a .585 mark. Over his final 10 games, Kasibabu shot 60.7 percent from the floor (34 of 56), highlighted by his 6 of 7 performance at Niagara that led to a career-high tying 16 points. He just missed a double-double at Niagara with a nine rebounds, a mark he would surpass one game later with 10 caroms at Siena. Kasibabu was a member of the starting lineup in the first three games of the year, came off the bench for 19 straight outings, before starting the final nine games of the campaign. His best bench performance included 13 points, nine rebounds, and a career-best five blocks at Manhattan.

2015-16

Kasibabu led all Stags with 181 rebounds in 2015-16 which broke out to 5.5 rebounds per game. The forward was ranked in three MAAC statistical categories, namely rebounding (16th with 5.5 per game), blocked shots (7th with 1.2 per game), and eighth in offensive rebounding (2.1 per game). He was among the top rebounders during the MAAC tournament by averaging 8.0 per contest, highlighted by nine against Monmouth. He posted 10 or more rebounds in five games, two of which completed a double-double. The forward garnered 12 points and a personal-best 15 caroms against Sacred Heart and followed up with 16 points and 10 rebounds versus Saint Peter’s. He blocked at least one shot in 21 games, putting together a run of 10 straight games with a block. He totaled 19 rejections over those 10 games (1.9 per game). He tallied four blocks in the MAAC tournament quarterfinal game against Saint Peter’s, tying his season high set earlier at Marist. Kasibabu was the team’s most accurate shooter with a .514 field goal percentage, the only Stag who made more than half of his attempts for the season. He earned the MAAC rookie of the week award on November 23.

Before Fairfield

Kasibabu attended Westtown School (Pa.) where he earned All-Friends School League first team honors. The 6-8 forward also gained attention when he was labeled a “Player to Watch” at the Chic-Fil-A Classic Holiday Tournament earlier in the season. He was voted team captain by his teammates and helped the team post a post a 25-8 record and capture the 2015 Friends School League title. Before his time in the United States, Kasibabu was selected to the Euroleague Nike International Junior Tournament All-Tournament team in 2014 and was one of 12 players who were designated Top Prospect that showed best potential at the same tournament.  

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