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2023-24 (Senior): Played and started in 34 games…Third All-Time with 136 career blocks at FIU…had a team-high 57 blocks…shot team-best 66.3 percent from the field with 63 made field goals…averaged 4.9 ppg with 168 total points…six blocks vs. NM State on March 9, 2024…scored season-high 12 points against Trinity (FL) on Dec. 16, 2023…11 points at WKU on Jan. 25, 2024

2022-23 (FIU Junior): Started 13 of 31 games played ... Shot 71.2 percent from the floor in 15.3 mins per game ... Led the squad with 40 blocks ... Pulled down five-plus rebounds on four occasions ... Tallied two or more blocks in 14 gameas ... Recorded 10 points and five rebounds against Bryant (Nov. 19) ... Notched season-high 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting at Rice (Mar. 4). 

2021-22 (FIU Sophomore): Started all 32 games played ... Shot 63.3 percent from the floor on the season (57-for-90) ... Averaged 4.0 points and 4.2 rebounds in 17.3 mins/g ... Finished second on the team in rebounds and blocks (1.2) ... Notched nine points, four rebounds and season-high five blocks versus Trinity (11/12) ... Added season-high 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting against North Florida (11/28) ... Recorded seven points and season-highs of nine rebounds in 28 minutes at Eastern Michigan (12/11) ... Added 10 points and five rebounds at Western Kentucky (1/8) ... Totaled 127 points, 134 rebounds, 38 blocks, nine steals and seven assists.  

2020-21 (Quinnipiac): Played in all 22 games, making 21 starts for QU... Averaged 8.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and a team-best 2.3 blocks per contest... Shot 78.8% (63-of-80) from the floor... Scored 12 points in the season opener vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (11/25)... Added 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocks against Drexel (12/3)... Stuffed the stat sheet with 16 points, seven rebounds, four blocks vs. Manhattan (12/8)... Chipped in with 10 points and seven rebounds vs. Monmouth (1/17)... Added 15 points, eight rebounds vs. Niagara (1/23)... Scored nine points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked four shots vs. Canisius (2/12)... Recorded 10 points, nine rebounds and seven assists against Saint Peter’s (3/4)... Added 13 points, seven rebounds and four blocks vs. Saint Peter’s (3/5)

2019-20 (Quinnipiac COVID): Played in all 30 games, making one start... Recorded 3.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game over 11.2 minutes... Finished season third in MAAC in total blocked shots (43)... Registered season-high eight points in collegiate debut at Brown (11/13), adding four rebounds in 21 minutes... Added six points and season-best eight rebounds vs. Niagara (1/10)

HIGH SCHOOL: Played his high school basketball at Archbishop Wood Catholic... Following his time in Warminster, Pinkney played one full post-graduate season at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida...Pinkney has played with and against some of high school basketball's top competition in various showcases and tournaments, including a stint at the Adidas Gauntlet... In the summer of 2018 at The Gauntlet – a three-stop travel team circuit – Pinkney scored 69 total points to go along with 39 rebounds over 12 games while playing for K Low Elite... He recorded 12 points on two separate occasions, shooting an impressive 64.3 percent from the floor during the entire showcase. 

Career Highs through 2023-24 Season

Points: 16, vs. Manhattan (1/8/21)
Rebounds: 10, vs. Canisius (2/12/21)
Assists: 3, vs. Niagara (1/23/21)
Steals: 2, last vs. UTSA (2/25/23)
Blocks: 7, vs. Saint Peters (3/4/21)
Minutes: 42, vs. Manhattan (1/8/21)
Field Goals Made: 7, vs. Manhattan (1/8/21)
Field Goals Attempted: 8, vs. Manhattan (1/8/21)
Three Point Field Goals Made: 1, vs. Canisius (2/13/21)
Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 1 (3x), last vs. Western Kentucky (1/22/22)
Free Throws Made: 6, at Monmouth (1/16/21)
Free Throws Attempted: 8, vs. Niagara (1/22/21)