2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
PRIOR TO UTEP
- Earned NJCAA Second-Team All-America status after a banner season for perennial power Trinity Valley Community College in 2023-24
- Poured in a team-leading 18.3 points per game to go along with 4.4 rebounds per game, 2.1 assists per contest and 1.6 steals per game while starting all 35 tilts
- Efforts helped TVCC win its second straight Region XIV championship, qualify for the NCJCAA Tournament, post a 27-8 record and earn a national ranking each week of the season
- Consistent scorer who reached double figures in 31 of 35 contests, including the final 17 games
- Went off for at least 20 points 15 times, including both contests in the NJCAA Tournament (24.5 ppg)
- Tallied 13 of the team's first 17 points, aided by drilling four triples, to help TVCC race to a 17-1 lead in an eventual 61-54 win against Georgia Highlands (3/24/24) to advance to the tournament's Sweet 16
- Erupted for 27 points, including nailing five triples, in the ensuing game vs. Triton College (3/25/25)
- Recorded a season-high 31 points on 8-16 shooting, aided by filling up 7-14 from distance
- Burst onto the scene with 28 points (10-16 FG, 5-7 3PFG) in campaign-opening win at Southwestern Christian College (11/1/23)
- Was 10-20 from the floor, including 6-11 from distance, on the way to a 27-point showing at Angelina College (11/29/23)
- Surpassed 20 points in four consecutive contests in late January, averaging 25.0 ppg during the hot streak … snagged seven or more rebounds six times
- Flirted with double-doubles at Pensacola State (nine points, nine rebounds, 11/20/23) and at Grayson College (14 points, eight boards, 11/4/23)
- Nailed at least five treys in nine contests, including both in the NJCAA Tourney, on the way to finishing 113-291 (38.8 percent) from beyond-the-arc
- Overall connected on 220-518 (42.5) from the floor and 87-117 (74.4 percent) at the charity stripe
- Signed with BIG EAST member DePaul out of high school where he played in 11 contests during the 2022-23 season
- Set DI career high for points with 10 against both Oklahoma State (11/20/22) and Texas A&M (11/25/22)
- Also had three boards vs. the Aggies
- Registered eight points and career-best four boards while logging a campaign-most 21 minutes against Duquesne (12/14/22)
- Connected on a 3-pointer in an appearance off the bench against, incidentally, UTEP (12/10/22)
- Did not play in 2021-22
- At the prep level was top 100 player nationally (No. 73 by both 247Sports and ESPN, No. 96 by Rivals) who also was rated the 17th-best shooting guard in the country according to ESPN and Rivals
- Was the No. 3 prospect in Illinois by both ESPN and 247Sports
- Put up 20.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 3.2 apg to help lead Simeon HS to its 10th Chicago Public League title, a city where the Miners have a historical lineage
- Derrick Rose, Jabari Parker and the late Ben Wilson, along with former Miner Evan Gilyard, are among the greats the school has produced
- Garnered Honorable-Mention Junior All-American honors from MaxPreps
- Named to the Chicago Sun-Times All City First Team and also to the All-Area team, the lone junior to do so
- Competed with Mac Irvin Fire on the AAU circuit.
Statistics
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