SIUE

Prior to SIUE: Averaged 2.1 points and 0.9 rebounds in 16 games at Bradley in 2023-24...Spent the 2022-23 season at OVC rival Eastern Illinois...Appeared in 29 games and made eight starts...Averaged 5.9 points per game overall and 6.1 points per contest in OVC play...Added 3.8 rebounds per game. He scored in double figures seven times including a season-high 16 points at Tennessee State...Connected on 45.7 percent of his shots at EIU and was selected as the OVC Freshman of the Week three times during the season.

Notable: Kyle Thomas is the son of Indiana basketball great Daryl Thomas, who scored more than a 1,000 points for the Hoosiers from 1983-1987. It was Daryl Thomas who made the pass to Keith Smart-who then sank the last-second shot to win the 1987 National Championship.