University of Denver Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS:
NABC First Team All-District 12 (2023-24)…Summit League First Team (2023-24)…Summit League Male Athlete of the Month (November, December, January)…Oscar Robertson Trophy & All-America Watch List (2023-24)…Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week (01/30/24)…Summit League Peak Performer of the Week (11/13/23, 12/11/23, 01/02/24, 01/08/24, 01/29/24)…Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List (2023-24)…Summit League Preseason Second Team (2023-24)...Summit League All-Newcomer Team (2022-23)...Honorable Mention All-Summit League (2022-23). 

CAREER:
Finished in double figures in 105 career games…Finished with 20+ points 30 times in his career…5+ assists in 42 carer games…Became the 43^rd Pioneer over and just the 16^th in the Pioneers modern DI era to score 1000 points…Reached 1000 points at DU in just 52 career games in a Denver uniform, 15 games faster that B.J. Pratt, who previously held the record…Crossed 2,000 career points in his five-year collegiate career, the 16^th active player in the country in 2023-24 to reach that milestone… In Denver’s DI career-record book after just two seasons with the Pioneers, finished ninth in scoring with 1324 points, first in scoring average at 20.1 points per game, second in free-throws made at 356, third in free-throws attempted at 433, sixth in free-throw percentage at 82.2.

2023-24 (FIFTH YEAR SENIOR):
Played and started in all 34 games for the Pioneers, averaging 24.0 points and 2.8 rebounds in 33.8 minutes per game…Also produced 143 assists, 43 steals and 4 blocks. Shot 43.5% from the field, 32.3% from beyond the arc and 80.8 percent from the line…Finished in double figures in 33 games…Finished with 20+ points 22 times and 30+ points 10 times…Finished with 5+ assists 14 times…816 points in a season ranked fifth in the Summit League’s single-season history…210 free-throws ranked seventh in the Summit League’s history…Made 14-of-14 free-throws in Denver’s game against Cal Poly on November 9, the fourth player in Denver men’s basketball history to make at least 14 free-throws in a game without a miss…Scored 49 points in Denver’s double overtime win over South Dakota, while also swiping the game-winning steal in the second extra session…Scored 41 points in Denver’s 20-point comeback against North Dakota State to complete the season sweep for the Pioneers, becoming the first Pioneer since Scott Williams in 1989-90 to have 2 40+ point games in the same season…Turned in 8 of the top-24 performances in the program’s Division I history…Five of the top field-goals made performances in DI history…Set the single-season DI record for points in a season with 816…Set the single-season record for field goals made with 262…Set the DI single season record for field goals attempted 602…Third in Denver’s DI history in three-pointers made with 82..Second in single-season three-pointers attempted with 232…Broke the DI single-season free-throws made record with 210…Broke the single-season free-throws attempted record with 260…Fourth in DI history in single-season assists with 143… NCAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS: 3^rd in the country in field goal attempts (602), 6^th in field goals made (262), 9^th in free-throws made (210), 2^nd in points (816), 2^nd in points per game (24.0), 70^th in three-point attempts (232), 96^th in three-pointers made (82).

2022-23 (SENIOR) 
Started and appeared in all 32 games … logged a team-best 34.5 minutes per game … named to the Summit League All-Newcomer Team … Honorable Mention All-Summit League …  averaged 15.9 points per game, eighth in the Summit League … 2.8 rebounds … handed out 4.2 assists per game, second in the Summit League … shot 40.2 percent from the field … 33.3 percent from 3 … 84.4 percent from the foul line … had a team-high 27 games scoring in double figures … was the leading scorer 15 times … eight games with at least 20 points … 15 games with at least five assists … poured in a season-best 29 points in a triple overtime win against Kansas City on Dec. 29 … dished out a season-high eight assists in a win at Houston Christian on Dec. 1 … pulled down a season-most seven rebounds on two occasions … knocked down a season-high four 3s two times … swiped a season-high four steals against Omaha on Feb. 25 … recorded his 1,000th career point on Dec. 7 at Sacramento State.

2021-22 (JUNIOR AT JACKSONVILLE)
Appeared in 13 games, started in one ... logged 20.1 minutes per game ... scored 8.8 points per game ... grabbed 1.8 rebounds ... handed out 1.8 assists ... shot 42.6 percent from the field ... 34.0 percent from 3 ... 86.7 percent from the foul line ... recorded six games in double figures ... poured in a season-high 23 points in lone start against Carver on Dec. 29 ... had five games with at least two 3s made ... three games posting a .500 or better shooting percentage ... had season highs in rebounds (5) and assists (5) also in game against Carver on Dec. 29. 

AT USC UPSTATE 
Appeared in 54 games, starting 49 in his two year career at USC Upstate...Led the team in scoring (13.6) and assists (85) as a sophomore...shot 41/33/81 to earn All-Big South Honorable Mention...Set the USC Upstate freshman scoring record in the 2019-20 season, passing Torrey Craig with 461 points scored...Big South All-Freshman Team member and 2x Big South Freshman of the Week...Kyle Macy Freshman All-American...College Sports Madness National Player of the Week...second on the team in scoring average (14.0 ppg), free throw percentage (80.2) and led the team in made field goals (158)

BEFORE COLLEGE
Attended Gray Collegiate Academy where he played for head coach Dion Bethea and helped lead the team to back-to-back South Carolina Class AA state championships...Also part of a state championship team as an eighth grader at Hammond School...Named the Class AA Player of the Year as a senior after averaging 16ppg...Participated in the Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Game in Wilmington, N.C.

PERSONAL
Son of Thomas and Larisa...Has one sister, Ashley, and two brothers, Tyler and Jordan...Sister played basketball at South Carolina, where she finished her career fourth in all-time games played and second in all-time SEC games played, pulled down 701 career rebounds (14th all-time), was a Second Team All-SEC selection as a senior and went on to play professionally in France...Brother played three seasons of basketball at Yale and one at Alabama, and was a First Team All-Ivy League selection in 2020 after winning Yale Comeback Player of the Year in 2019...Majoring in business.