University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior forward Makinde London is declaring for the NBA draft, according to his Twitter page.
The 6-foot-10, 220-pound London averaged 13.6 points a game this past season, which was second on the team, while leading the Mocs with 6.9 rebounds per game. He shot 40 percent from the floor, 34 percent from 3-point range and 73 percent from the free-throw line.
He set a UTC record this season with three games of at least 20 points and 15 rebounds, twice against Samford and once against Marshall. In total he had eight 20-point games, four double-digit rebounding performances, three double-doubles and 12 games in which he hit multiple 3-pointers. He hit at least one 3 in 27 of the 29 games he played, including four on two occasions: against Jacksonville State on Nov. 21 in Chattanooga and at Tennessee Tech on Dec. 17.
In the Southern Conference tournament, he averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the floor, 40 percent from 3-point range and 86 percent from the free-throw line, earning first-team all-tournament honors.
London was a former four-star prospect and top 100 recruit who played two seasons at Xavier, averaging 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in 18 games with a career high of seven points in a win over DePaul in January 2016.