14 Facts About Kent Benson

Michael Kent Benson was born on December 27,1954 and is an American former professional basketball player.

Kent Benson attended New Castle Chrysler High School, located in New Castle, Indiana.

Kent Benson scored 1,496 points and had 1,585 rebounds in three varsity seasons playing for coach Cecil Tague.

Kent Benson chose to attend Indiana University, located in Bloomington, Indiana, playing college basketball for Coach Bobby Knight.

Kent Benson was voted the 1976 NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player.

The 1976 Indiana team is the most recent team to complete an undefeated campaign in Division I Benson averaged 17.3 points and 8.8 rebounds a game on the season with his college season high of 57.8 percent from the field.

Kent Benson scored his career high of 38 points against Michigan State.

Kent Benson averaged 19.8 points and 10.4 rebounds a game his senior season.

Kent Benson was named the Big Ten's 1977 Player of the Year, while receiving All-American honors for the second straight season.

Two minutes into his very first game as a professional, Kent Benson elbowed Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the abdomen, and Abdul-Jabbar gave Kent Benson a concussion with a retaliatory punch.

Meanwhile, Kent Benson missed only one contest and was back in action four days later against Chicago, playing 24 minutes.

Kent Benson spent eleven seasons in the NBA with Milwaukee, Detroit, Utah and Cleveland.

Kent Benson averaged 9.1 points and 5.7 rebounds in 680 regular season games.

Kent Benson played in Italy following his two-game tenure with Cleveland in 1988.