ULM Warhawks

2022-23 (GRADUATE)
Played in 32 games with 25 starts in his only season at ULM, averaging career bests with 7.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 2.3 blocks and 26.9 minutes per game … Shot 50% (94-of-187) from the field and 65% (46-of-71) from the free-throw line … Had eight double figure scoring games and pulled in 10 or more rebounds six times with one double-double … Ranked third in the Sun Belt Conference and 13th in NCAA Division I with 2.3 blocks per game … Ranked third in the SBC and 44th in NCAA Division I at 3.0 offensive rebounds per game … Ranked 11th in the SBC at 6.9 rebounds per game … According to KenPom.com, ranked 14th nationally in block percentage at .097 (percentage of opponents’ two-point shots that are blocked by the player while he is on the court) … Inside SBC games, averaged 6.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 2.2 blocks per game … In just conference action, led the league in offensive rebounds per game (3.5), ranked second in the SBC in blocked shots per game and ninth in rebounding … Set a school-record with 10 offensive rebounds while finishing with 15 total rebounds, nine points and two blocks at Georgia Southern (1/19/23) ... Earned first double-double as a Warhawk and second of his career with 11 points and 10 rebounds while adding four blocks at Texas State (12/29/22) ... Had a career day vs. Loyola Maryland, with career highs in scoring (20 points), field goals made (8) and minutes (39), matched career highs in free-throws made (4) and free-throws attempted (4) and added eight rebounds, two blocks and one assist (11/26/22) ... Had his third consecutive double-figure game, matching his career high with 20 points (6-of-8 free-throw attempts) vs. Champion Christian (12/3/22) ... Led the team with 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks at James Madison (1/28/23) ... Tallied 13 points, all in the second half, with nine rebounds, three blocks and two assists at Arkansas State (12/31/22) ... Tallied double figures for the second-straight game as he scored 13 points and matched season highs with nine rebounds, three blocks and two assists at Tulane (11/28/22) ... Scored 14 points, six field goals (6-of-6)and two assists while also pulling in nine rebounds and blocking two shots vs. Central Baptist (11/14/22) ... Added 11 points with eight rebounds and three blocks vs. Dallas Christian (11/10/22) ... Chipped in nine points, all in the second half, with six rebounds and three blocks at Ragin' Cajuns (2/16/23) ... Scored nine points (4-of-6 field-goal attempts) with eight rebounds at Southern Miss (2/11/23) ... Picked up seven points and 11 rebounds vs. App State (2/9/23) ... Added eight points, pulled in eight rebounds, dished out three assists and blocked two shots vs. Coastal Carolina (2/2/23) ... Scored six points with 11 rebounds in a career-high 41 minutes at Marshall (1/26/23) ... Picked up eight points with 10 rebounds while adding a career-high four assists and three blocks vs. Lamar (12/17/22) ... Scored six points with a season-high 10 rebounds and a career-high six blocks at Northwestern State (12/10/22) ... Made his ULM debut, scoring four points with two rebounds and a team-high three blocks at Texas A&M (11/7/22).

MERCER
Played in 80 games, including seven starts, during his four-year career at Mercer from 2018-22 … saw action in 14 games as a fifth-year senior in 2021-22, including three starting assignments … logged more than 10 minutes of playing time in four games … made 61 percent (17-of-28) of his field-goal attempts while averaging 2.8 points and 1.8 rebounds per game … scored a season-high eight points (3-of-4 field-goal shooting) and collected four rebounds, with three coming off the offensive glass, in 17 minutes at Furman … earned his first start of the 2021-22 season against Troy and posted seven points, six rebounds and four blocked shots while playing a career-best 25 minutes … appeared in five games as a junior in 2020-21 … contributed four points in seven minutes and Western Carolina and tallied four points and a season-high five rebounds in seven minutes against The Citadel … as a sophomore in 2019-20, averaged 3.6 points and 2.5 rebounds in 31 games, including four starting assignments … scored in double figures four times, including a 10-point effort at ETSU (5-for-5 field-goal shooting) … recorded his first collegiate double-double against Milligan, with 13 points to go along with a career-high 12 rebounds … connected on 5-of-9 field-goal attempts and went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line en route to a career-best 14 points against Georgia State … added 12 points against Canisius (5-of-8 field-goal shooting) … averaged 2.8 points and 1.7 rebounds per game as a redshirt freshman in 2018-19 … saw action in 30 games and his 28 blocked shots led the Bears … played more than 10 minutes in 11 games, including 19 each against Brewton-Parker and at ETSU … produced four blocked shots each at ETSU and against UNC Greensboro … netted a season-high 13 points at Western Carolina, hitting 6-of-9 shots from the floor … tallied nine points, three rebounds and four blocks in his home debut against Piedmont College … earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Mercer … listed on the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll four years in a row … was twice named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court.
 
HIGH SCHOOL 
Graduated from Centro Educacional Sigma in his hometown of Brasilia, Brazil … also competed for the Brazil U18 National Team in the 2016 FIBA Americas Championship in Valdivia, Chile.
 
PERSONAL
Born June 14, 1998 … Native of Brasilia, Brazil … Son of Marcos and Fabiola Bafutto.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Minutes: 41, at Marshall (1/26/23)
Points: 20, 2x, last vs. Champion Christian (12/3/22)
Rebounds: 15, at Georgia Southern (1/19/23)
Field Goals: 8, vs. Loyola Maryland (11/26/22)
Field-Goal Attempts: 15, 2x, last vs. Champion Christian (12/3/22)
3-Point Field Goals: None
3-Point FG Attempts: 2, vs. Troy (12/22/21)
Free Throws: 6, vs. Champion Christian (12/3/22)
Free-Throw Attempts: 8, vs. Champion Christian (12/3/22)
Assists: 4, vs. Lamar (12/17/22)
Blocks: 6, at Northwestern State (12/10/22)
Steals: 2, 3x, last vs. App State (2/9/23)
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Career Double-Figure Scoring Games: 13
20+ Point Games: 2
Career Double-Figure Rebounding Games: 7
Career Double-Doubles: 2

CAREER STATS

Season	GP	GS	MIN	M/G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FG	3FGA	3FG%	FT	FTA	FT%
2018-19 (MER)	30	0	239	8.0	35	65	.538	0	1	.000	14	28	.500
2019-20 (MER)	31	4	281	9.1	50	99	.505	0	1	.000	13	25	.520
2020-21 (MER)	5	0	20	4.0	5	7	.714	0	0		0	0
2021-22 (MER)	14	3	108	7.7	17	28	.607	0	2	.000	5	8	.625
2022-23	32	25	861	26.9	94	187	.503	0	0		46	71	.648
TOTAL	112	32	1509	13.5	201	386	.521	0	4	.000	78	132	.591
Season	OR	DR	REB	R/G	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS	AVG
2018-19 (MER)	26	25	51	1.7	44	1	20	28	6	84	2.8
2019-20 (MER)	33	44	77	2.5	59	10	31	13	5	113	3.6
2020-21 (MER)	2	4	6	1.2	0	1	2	1	0	10	2.0
2021-22 (MER)	10	15	25	1.8	17	5	13	9	2	39	2.8
2022-23	96	126	222	6.9	74	35	50	73	12	234	7.3
TOTAL	167	214	381	3.4	194	52	116	124	25	480	4.3