Peru State College Athletics

Anderson enters his second season as a graduate assistant for the men's basketball team. Anderson helped the Bobcats to a historic campaign in the 2022-23 season.

 Peru State finished with a 25-8 overall record in the 2022-23 season. The 25 wins is tied for second most all time all long with Newt Kyle's 1950-1951 teams and John Gibbs 1996-1997 team. Peru State also finished with a 17-5 Heart of America Athletic Conference record which is also tied for most all time.

The Bobcats had .758 winning pct. on the year and a .773 conference winning percentage. They had a 14-4 home mark with a 10-3 road record as the team was "road warriors" all season long. Peru State also finished 1-1 in neutral site games.

Peru State's record earned them the No. 2 seed in the Heart Conference Tournament as they made a run to the conference championship game. The Bobcats defeated No. 7 seed Graceland 78-56 in the Heart Quarterfinals and defeated No. 3 seed Evangel 76-71 in OT in the Heart Semifinals before falling in the Heart Championship game to No. 1 seed William Penn 95-82.

Peru State made it to the NAIA National Tournament for the first time since the 2018-2019 season where they were defeated by William Carey 95-89. The Bobcats earned a six seed in the national tournament winning its first-round matchup against 11 seed Mayville State 101-92 before falling to three seed and host site Jamestown 95-88.

Peru State was one of the best offensive teams in the country in the 2022-23 season as the 51.7% from the field was good for fifth in the NAIA,  its 38.7% shooting from beyond the arc was good enough for tenth best in the country, its effective field goal percentage was 58.9% good for third best in the NAIA and its true shooting percentage was seventh best at 61.2%.
 
Peru State also was ninth in the country in points per possession with 1.156.

The 2022-23 Bobcat squad has the most field goals made in a single season in  program history with 1,058. Peru State also broke the single game record for three pointers made in a single game with 18 against Avila back on November 5, 2022.
 
Lorenzo Anderson (Lithonia, Ga.) made the top-30 all time single season point scorer with 518 points. Man Man Baker (Aurora, Colo.) is now second all time in single season assists with 201 and Sayvon Traylor (Atlanta) is now the single season 3-point percentage leader 47.9% minimum one attempt per game.
 
Jibril Harris (Chicago), Man Man Baker (Aurora, Colo.), were named First Team All-Conference. Lorenzo Anderson (Lithonia, Ga.) and Troy Houghton (Omaha) were named Second Team All-Conference while Sayvon Traylor (Atlanta) was named All-Conference Honorable Mention.
 
Harris was also named to NAIA All-American Honorable Mention.

Arrived on campus as a graduate assistant with several years’ experience as a teacher in the Minnesota public school system in his home state. Most recently, he was a varsity assistant at Harris-Lake Park High School. Prior to that, Anderson worked with MN Nice AAU, Eagles United AAU, and Marshall Hoops Club. He will be pursuing his masters in Sport and Recreation Management at Wayne State.