Quinton Rose

Rose grew up in Rochester, New York and began playing with fellow standout Thomas Bryant in third grade. Rose's younger brother Miles is also a basketball player.[1] Quinton played basketball for Bishop Kearney High School in Irondequoit, New York. As a junior, he averaged 15.4 points, seven rebounds and seven assists per game.[2] In his senior season, Rose averaged 23 points and six rebounds per game, leading Bishop Kearney to the Class AA sectional semifinals and earning second-team All-State honors. He played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball with the City Rocks, with whom he drew attention from many NCAA Division I programs.[3] Rose was considered a four-star recruit by ESPN and a three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals. He committed to play for Temple at the collegiate level on August 7, 2015.[4]

Rose was named American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week four times during his freshman season and earned a spot on the conference All-Rookie Team.[5] He started six games and averaged 10.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.[2] As a sophomore, Rose averaged 14.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.5 steals per game as Temple lost in the first round of the NIT to eventual champion Penn State.[6] He declared for the 2018 NBA draft but opted to return to Temple after working out with several teams.[7] He was told by NBA scouts that he needed to get stronger and improve his three-point shot.[8] On March 3, 2019, Rose scored a career-high 29 points in an 80–69 win against Tulane.[9] As a junior, Rose was named second-team All-American Athletic Conference.[10] He averaged 16.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game.[3] He was hampered by a stress fracture in his foot for the last two months of the season, and had offseason foot surgery.[11] On February 8, 2020, Rose scored 25 points in an overtime win over SMU, becoming the all-time leading scorer for the American Athletic Conference. He passed Rob Gray of Houston’s mark of 1,710 career points, set in 2018.[12] At the conclusion of the regular season. Rose was named to the Second Team All-AAC.[13] He was named to the First Team All-Big 5.[14]

In 2016, Rose played for the United States at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament, an under-18 competition in Mannheim, Germany. He averaged a team-high 13.8 points per game as the United States finished in ninth place.[20] Rose was a training camp finalist to play at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Cairo but was not named to the final roster.[21]

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