Blessing King

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Blessing King
  • Height:
    5'10
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, Ohio
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Year:
    Freshman
  • gp
    23
  • pts/g
    10.4
  • fg %
    62.0
  • 3pt %
    0.0
  • ft %
    49.4
  • reb/g
    13.7
  • a/g
    1.0
Bio

High School: King joins the Bucs from the Buckeye State of Ohio where she prepped at Worthington Christian High School.  She was the District Player of the Year and a 1st Team All-State selection as a senior when she averaged 14 points and 11 rebounds per game.  She finished her career with nearly 1,100 points and is WCHS' all-time leading rebounder with 964 career boards.  

Personal: Born September 4, 2004, she is the daughter of Samson and Precious King.  She is the oldest of three siblings and has a sister, Faith (15), and a brother, Isaac (12).  

CAREER HIGHS AT FSW
Points 28  vs. Chipola (Dec. 9, 2022)
Field Goals Made 9  vs. Chipola (Dec. 9, 2022)
Free Throws Made 10  vs. Chipola (Dec. 9, 2022)
Rebounds 21  vs. Daytona State (Dec. 9, 2022)
Assists 6  vs. Bishop County CC (Dec. 17, 2022)
Blocks 4  vs. Bishop County CC (Dec. 17, 2022)
Steals 3  3x, Last vs. Wayne County CC (Dec. 16, 2022)
Minutes 36  vs. Chipola (Dec. 16, 2022)

Updated 1/4/23

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 23 9
Games started 15 9
Minutes 645 262
Minutes per game 28.0 29.1
FG 98-158 40-67
FG Pct 62.0 59.7
3PT 0-3 0-0
3PT Pct 0.0 -
FT 44-89 15-34
FT Pct 49.4 44.1
Off rebounds 137 57
Def rebounds 179 84
Total rebounds 316 141
Rebounds per game 13.7 15.7
Personal fouls 52 20
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 23 6
Turnovers 30 11
Assist to turnover ratio 0.8 0.5
Steals 39 13
Blocks 22 7
Points 240 95
Points per game 10.4 10.6
Points per 40 min 14.9 14.5
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 13 at Miami Dade College W, 76-58
Feb 15 at Palm Beach State College W, 69-60
Feb 25 at Hillsborough Community College L, 88-82
Mar 3 at Palm Beach State College W, 76-58
Mar 8 vs. #9 Gulf Coast St. W, 71-65
Mar 10 at #6 Northwest Florida St. L, 69-60
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 8 at Albany Jamboree - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Nova Southeastern University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Lynn University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Eckerd College - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 vs. Georgia Highlands College W, 69-43 - 19 6-7 85.7 0-0 - 0-3 0.0 12
Nov 5 vs. #2 Shelton State W, 58-48 - 19 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 5
Nov 11 John A. Logan College W, 72-53 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 #6 Southern Idaho L, 60-56 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Pensacola State College W, 77-67 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 vs. #13 Eastern Florida L, 74-54 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at Santa Fe College W, 67-63 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 St. Petersburg College L, 71-70 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 vs. #5 Gulf Coast State L, 72-65 - 25 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 9
Dec 3 vs. #9 Eastern Florida L, 71-63 - 27 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 5-7 71.4 9
Dec 9 Chipola W, 90-84 - 36 9-12 75.0 0-0 - 10-11 90.9 28
Dec 10 Denmark Technical College W, 73-32 1 15 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 2-5 40.0 10
Dec 11 Daytona State College W, 73-53 - 33 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 16 vs. Wayne County Community College W, 118-46 - 17 7-10 70.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 15
Dec 17 vs. Bishop State Community College W, 87-70 - 30 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 7 #15 Indian River L, 70-53 1 37 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 2-6 33.3 8
Jan 11 at Miami Dade College W, 73-51 1 30 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 2-7 28.6 12
Jan 13 at Palm Beach State College W, 75-62 1 28 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 12
Jan 16 Hillsborough Community College W, 85-67 1 25 8-11 72.7 0-0 - 4-7 57.1 20
Jan 25 at #16 Indian River L, 71-65 1 20 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Jan 28 Miami Dade College W, 90-62 1 24 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 12
Feb 6 at Hillsborough Community College W, 79-63 1 34 5-6 83.3 0-0 - 1-5 20.0 11
Feb 9 #15 Indian River W, 78-75 1 29 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 9
Feb 13 at Miami Dade College W, 76-58 1 28 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 9
Feb 15 at Palm Beach State College W, 69-60 1 33 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 2-9 22.2 8
Feb 25 at Hillsborough Community College L, 88-82 1 35 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Mar 3 at Palm Beach State College W, 76-58 1 26 6-8 75.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 12
Mar 8 vs. #9 Gulf Coast St. W, 71-65 1 35 6-7 85.7 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 12
Mar 10 at #6 Northwest Florida St. L, 69-60 1 40 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 7
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 8 at Albany Jamboree - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Nova Southeastern University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Lynn University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Eckerd College - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 vs. Georgia Highlands College W, 69-43 - 19 3 4 7 0 2 1 0
Nov 5 vs. #2 Shelton State W, 58-48 - 19 2 3 5 1 0 2 1
Nov 11 John A. Logan College W, 72-53 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 #6 Southern Idaho L, 60-56 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Pensacola State College W, 77-67 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 vs. #13 Eastern Florida L, 74-54 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at Santa Fe College W, 67-63 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 St. Petersburg College L, 71-70 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 vs. #5 Gulf Coast State L, 72-65 - 25 4 8 12 1 1 0 1
Dec 3 vs. #9 Eastern Florida L, 71-63 - 27 3 7 10 0 2 1 1
Dec 9 Chipola W, 90-84 - 36 7 12 19 1 0 3 0
Dec 10 Denmark Technical College W, 73-32 1 15 3 6 9 0 0 0 0
Dec 11 Daytona State College W, 73-53 - 33 14 7 21 2 0 3 2
Dec 16 vs. Wayne County Community College W, 118-46 - 17 3 8 11 1 0 3 3
Dec 17 vs. Bishop State Community College W, 87-70 - 30 4 3 7 6 5 0 4
Jan 7 #15 Indian River L, 70-53 1 37 6 9 15 0 1 0 1
Jan 11 at Miami Dade College W, 73-51 1 30 3 8 11 1 1 2 2
Jan 13 at Palm Beach State College W, 75-62 1 28 8 7 15 0 3 5 0
Jan 16 Hillsborough Community College W, 85-67 1 25 7 8 15 0 0 0 1
Jan 25 at #16 Indian River L, 71-65 1 20 6 7 13 1 2 1 1
Jan 28 Miami Dade College W, 90-62 1 24 4 5 9 1 1 7 0
Feb 6 at Hillsborough Community College W, 79-63 1 34 6 15 21 0 3 0 0
Feb 9 #15 Indian River W, 78-75 1 29 9 12 21 1 0 1 1
Feb 13 at Miami Dade College W, 76-58 1 28 5 8 13 0 0 1 0
Feb 15 at Palm Beach State College W, 69-60 1 33 8 12 20 0 0 1 0
Feb 25 at Hillsborough Community College L, 88-82 1 35 11 12 23 2 3 1 1
Mar 3 at Palm Beach State College W, 76-58 1 26 7 3 10 3 0 3 0
Mar 8 vs. #9 Gulf Coast St. W, 71-65 1 35 7 6 13 1 3 4 2
Mar 10 at #6 Northwest Florida St. L, 69-60 1 40 7 9 16 1 3 0 1
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 8 at Albany Jamboree - - - -
Oct 21 at Nova Southeastern University - - - -
Oct 26 at Lynn University - - - -
Oct 29 at Eckerd College - - - -
Nov 4 vs. Georgia Highlands College W, 69-43 - 2 - 0.0
Nov 5 vs. #2 Shelton State W, 58-48 - 2 - -
Nov 11 John A. Logan College W, 72-53 - - - -
Nov 12 #6 Southern Idaho L, 60-56 - - - -
Nov 13 Pensacola State College W, 77-67 - - - -
Nov 18 vs. #13 Eastern Florida L, 74-54 - - - -
Nov 19 at Santa Fe College W, 67-63 - - - -
Nov 29 St. Petersburg College L, 71-70 - - - -
Dec 2 vs. #5 Gulf Coast State L, 72-65 - 4 - 1.0
Dec 3 vs. #9 Eastern Florida L, 71-63 - 4 - 0.0
Dec 9 Chipola W, 90-84 - 3 - -
Dec 10 Denmark Technical College W, 73-32 1 1 - -
Dec 11 Daytona State College W, 73-53 - 2 - -
Dec 16 vs. Wayne County Community College W, 118-46 - 3 - -
Dec 17 vs. Bishop State Community College W, 87-70 - 1 - 1.2
Jan 7 #15 Indian River L, 70-53 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 11 at Miami Dade College W, 73-51 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 13 at Palm Beach State College W, 75-62 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 16 Hillsborough Community College W, 85-67 1 2 - -
Jan 25 at #16 Indian River L, 71-65 1 5 1 0.5
Jan 28 Miami Dade College W, 90-62 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 6 at Hillsborough Community College W, 79-63 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 9 #15 Indian River W, 78-75 1 3 - -
Feb 13 at Miami Dade College W, 76-58 1 2 - -
Feb 15 at Palm Beach State College W, 69-60 1 0 - -
Feb 25 at Hillsborough Community College L, 88-82 1 2 - 0.7
Mar 3 at Palm Beach State College W, 76-58 1 0 - -
Mar 8 vs. #9 Gulf Coast St. W, 71-65 1 4 0 0.3
Mar 10 at #6 Northwest Florida St. L, 69-60 1 3 0 0.3
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 23 28.0 4.3-6.9 0.0-0.1 1.9-3.9 10.4
Total 23 28.0 4.3-6.9 0.0-0.1 1.9-3.9 10.4
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 23 15 645 98-158 62.0 0-3 0.0 44-89 49.4 240
Total 23 15 645 98-158 62.0 0-3 0.0 44-89 49.4 240
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 23 645 28.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 23 645 28.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 23 6.0 7.8 13.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.0
Total 23 6.0 7.8 13.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 23 15 137 179 316 23 30 39 22
Total 23 15 137 179 316 23 30 39 22
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 23 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 23 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 23 28.0 4.3-6.9 0.0-0.1 1.9-3.9 10.4
Conference 9 29.1 4.4-7.4 0.0-0.0 1.7-3.8 10.6
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 7 28.4 4.9-8.1 0.0-0.0 3.0-4.9 12.7
Away 9 30.4 4.0-7.0 0.0-0.3 1.4-3.8 9.4
Neutral 7 24.6 4.0-5.4 0.0-0.0 1.4-3.0 9.4
Result
Wins 17 27.1 4.7-7.5 0.0-0.2 1.9-4.0 11.4
Losses 6 30.7 3.0-5.2 0.0-0.0 1.8-3.5 7.8
Month
November 2 19.0 4.0-5.5 0.0-0.0 0.5-2.5 8.5
December 7 26.1 4.0-6.3 0.0-0.0 3.0-4.3 11.0
January 6 27.3 4.8-8.2 0.0-0.0 2.3-4.7 12.0
February 5 31.8 3.6-6.6 0.0-0.0 1.4-4.2 8.6
March 3 33.7 5.0-7.0 0.0-1.0 0.3-1.7 10.3
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 23 15 645 98-158 62.0 0-3 0.0 44-89 49.4 240
Conference 9 9 262 40-67 59.7 0-0 - 15-34 44.1 95
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 7 5 199 34-57 59.6 0-0 - 21-34 61.8 89
Away 9 9 274 36-63 57.1 0-3 0.0 13-34 38.2 85
Neutral 7 1 172 28-38 73.7 0-0 - 10-21 47.6 66
Result
Wins 17 11 461 80-127 63.0 0-3 0.0 33-68 48.5 193
Losses 6 4 184 18-31 58.1 0-0 - 11-21 52.4 47
Month
November 2 - 38 8-11 72.7 0-0 - 1-5 20.0 17
December 7 1 183 28-44 63.6 0-0 - 21-30 70.0 77
January 6 6 164 29-49 59.2 0-0 - 14-28 50.0 72
February 5 5 159 18-33 54.5 0-0 - 7-21 33.3 43
March 3 3 101 15-21 71.4 0-3 0.0 1-5 20.0 31
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 23 645 28.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 9 262 29.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 7 199 28.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 9 274 30.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 7 172 24.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 17 461 27.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 6 184 30.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 2 38 19.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 7 183 26.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 6 164 27.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 5 159 31.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 3 101 33.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 23 6.0 7.8 13.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.0
Conference 9 6.3 9.3 15.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 7 7.1 8.4 15.6 0.7 0.3 2.0 0.7
Away 9 6.8 9.0 15.8 0.9 1.7 1.6 0.6
Neutral 7 3.7 5.6 9.3 1.4 1.9 1.6 1.7
Result
Wins 17 5.9 7.5 13.4 1.1 1.1 2.1 0.9
Losses 6 6.2 8.7 14.8 0.8 2.0 0.5 1.0
Month
November 2 2.5 3.5 6.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5
December 7 5.4 7.3 12.7 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.6
January 6 5.7 7.3 13.0 0.5 1.3 2.5 0.8
February 5 7.8 11.8 19.6 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.4
March 3 7.0 6.0 13.0 1.7 2.0 2.3 1.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 23 15 137 179 316 23 30 39 22
Conference 9 9 57 84 141 6 11 13 7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 7 5 50 59 109 5 2 14 5
Away 9 9 61 81 142 8 15 14 5
Neutral 7 1 26 39 65 10 13 11 12
Result
Wins 17 11 100 127 227 18 18 36 16
Losses 6 4 37 52 89 5 12 3 6
Month
November 2 - 5 7 12 1 2 3 1
December 7 1 38 51 89 11 8 10 11
January 6 6 34 44 78 3 8 15 5
February 5 5 39 59 98 3 6 4 2
March 3 3 21 18 39 5 6 7 3
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 23 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 17 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Macarena Retamales and Aaliyah Williams combined for 43 points and Blessing King broke a program single game record with 21 rebounds as the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers raced past the Daytona State Falcons 73-53 Sunday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers. 

  • December 11, 2022
Federica Lagana (Photo by Roy Allen)
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  • December 10, 2022
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Florida SouthWestern freshman Blessing King put together one of the best performances in Buccaneer history Friday night, racking up 28 points and 19 rebounds as FSW outlasted Chipola 90-84 in a day one shootout at the Rudolph's Roundup Tournament at Suncoast Credit Union Arena. 

  • December 10, 2022
Federica Lagana (Photo by Roy Allen)
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  • December 10, 2022
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Florida SouthWestern freshman Blessing King put together one of the best performances in Buccaneer history Friday night, racking up 28 points and 19 rebounds as FSW outlasted Chipola 90-84 in a day one shootout at the Rudolph's Roundup Tournament at Suncoast Credit Union Arena. 

  • December 10, 2022
Kiana Wilson (Photo by Rick DePaiva)
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  • December 10, 2022
Big Second Half Leads FSW Past Denmark Tech

After suffering a bit of a hangover early in Saturday's game against Denmark Tech following their big win over Chipola on Friday, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put together a huge second half to blow away the Panthers 73-32 to win their second straight in Rudolph's Roundup Tournament at Suncoast Credit Union Arena. 

  • December 10, 2022
Blessing King (Photo by William Parmeter)
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  • December 09, 2022
King's Monster Night Leads FSW Over Chipola

Florida SouthWestern freshman Blessing King put together one of the best performances in Buccaneer history Friday night, racking up 28 points and 19 rebounds as FSW outlasted Chipola 90-84 in a day one shootout at the Rudolph's Roundup Tournament at Suncoast Credit Union Arena. 

  • December 09, 2022
Macarena Retamales (Photo by Linwood Ferguson)
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  • December 03, 2022
FSW Drops Game of Runs to #9 Eastern Florida

It was a wild game of runs in Daytona on Saturday as the #19 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers hooked up with the #9 Eastern Florida State Titans for the second time this season. After going back and forth to  a three point game at the half, Eastern pulled away in the second to come away with a 71-63 win to hand FSW their third consecutive loss for just the second time in program history.  

  • December 03, 2022
Aaliyah Williams (Photo by William Parmeter)
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  • December 02, 2022
Bucs Falter Late In Loss to #5 Gulf Coast

For 28 minutes, the #19 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers went toe to toe with the #5 Gulf Coast State Commodores Friday afternoon in Daytona Beach.  Unfortunately for the Bucs, a six minute stretch after that did them in as Gulf Coast went on a 23-4 run that FSW could never recover from as the Commodores went on to win 72-65.  

  • December 02, 2022
Natalia Tondi (Photo by Brad Young/BradYoungPhoto.com)
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  • November 04, 2022
Bucs Cruise Past Chargers In Season Opener

The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers tipped off their 2022-2023 season on the road in Morristown, Tennessee on Friday, shellacking the defending NJCAA National Tournament runners-up, Georgia Highlands by a count of 69-43 to get their campaign started off with a bang.  

  • November 04, 2022