RANKING THE REBELS: 92 – Gaston Essengue
Gaston Essengue
Years: 2005 to 2007
Career highlights:
■ Averaged career highs of 7.6 points and 5.0 rebounds in 2006-07, when the Rebels went 30-7 and reached the NCAA Sweet 16.
■ Started 31 of 37 games and shot 52.8 percent from the field for the Sweet 16 team.
■ A 6-foot-8-inch forward, he had 71 career blocked shots, 50 as a senior.
Quotable: "Gaston had a big body and was very athletic. He had a good mid-range jumper. The combination of Gaston and Joel Anthony was huge because not many teams in the country had more athletic big guys than those two combined." -- Lon Kruger, UNLV coach
Currently: Essengue, from Cameroon, played professionally for a team in France last season.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
