Matt McMahon commends KJ Williams for reaching 2,000 career points

LSU forward KJ Williams reached 2,000 career points Saturday with a 3-pointer in the second half of the Tigers’ loss to Tennessee.

LSU head coach Matt McMahon, who coached Williams first at Murray State and now in Baton Rouge, La., had high praise for Williams after the game.

“It’s a great credit to him for his work ethic, his commitment,” McMahon said. “He’s an elite teammate. He just wants to help his team get better. He wants to help his team find ways to win. I know he’s had the bonus year here, but not not many players go through their college career and go over 2000 points. It’s an even smaller fraternity of players who go over 2000 points with 1000 rebounds. So I’m obviously very proud of him for the work that he’s put in over these four and a half seasons.”

KJ Williams joins exclusive company with 2,000th career point

According to the LSU athletic department, KJ Williams is unofficially the 123rd player in college basketball history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds.

He picked up his 1,000th rebound earlier in the month against Texas A&M.

Williams spent first four years of his career at Murray State, where he averaged 13.4 points and 72. rebounds per game.

When Matt McMahon moved from the Racers to the Tigers in the offseason, Williams followed him for his fifth and final year of college basketball.