PPG
4.1
RPG
1.6
APG
0.9
HEIGHT
6'5" (1.96m)
WEIGHT
194lb (88kg)
COUNTRY
USA
LAST ATTENDED
Miami
AGE
25 years
BIRTHDATE
January 23, 2000
DRAFT
2023 R2 Pick 48
EXPERIENCE
2 Years
6'5" | 194lb | 25 years
DRAFT
2023 R2 Pick 48
BIRTHDATE
January 23, 2000
COUNTRY
USA
LAST ATTENDED
Miami
EXPERIENCE
2 Years
2023-24 (LA Clippers): |
Appeared in 8 games, averaging 1.6 points and 0.6 rebounds in 3.5 minutes. |
10/25 made NBA debut against Trail Blazers. |
COLLEGE (Miami 2021-23) |
2022-23 (Senior): |
One of two Hurricanes to start all 37 contests…averaged 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 steals in 35.0 minutes per game. |
Led the Hurricanes in minutes and made field goals (218), while placing second in scoring, field-goal percentage, rebounding, offensive rebounding (2.1), defensive rebounding (4.2), assists, blocks (15 total) and steals. |
Ended his career with the best field-goal percentage (55.1) in program history among players with no eligibility remaining (min. four FGM per game). |
Set the program’s career record NCAA Tournament-only field-goal percentage (min. 10 FGM; 57.7), while ranking second in made field goals (42), made free throws (28), free-throw attempts (35) and blocks (10), plus co-second in rebounds (50), third in points (113), third in field-goal attempts (73) and co-fourth in assists (17). |
Set the program record for NCAA Tournament single-game made field goals without a miss (seven), made free throws without a miss (13) and total made free throws (13), while matching the record for free-throw attempts (13), plus tied for fourth in points (27) and tied for fifth in made field goals (nine). |
Tied for second in ACC Most Improved Player balloting. |
Second ACC player in the last 30 years—joining Terence Morris (1998-99)—to average even 15p/6r on 54/35/78 shooting and one of three DI players—alongside Kobe Brown and Jake Stephens—to do so in 2022-23, as well as the second ACC player in that time—joining Julius Hodge (2003-04)—to average 15p/6r/2.5a/1s on even 50/35/75 shooting and one three DI players—alongside Brown and Jalen Slawson—to do so in 2022-23. |
Dropped a season-best 27 points on 7-of-7 shooting from the field and a 13-of-13 clip from the line (12-of-12 after halftime), setting a career high in makes and a season high in attempts, in 39 minutes against No. 5/7 Texas (3/26) in the Elite Eight win, becoming the first college player in the last 20 years to attempt 20-plus shots in a game without a miss and the first collegian with 27-plus points and no misses in an NCAA Tournament game since Duke’s Christian Laettner on 3/28/92. |
2021-22 (Junior): |
Played in 36 of 37 games, missing one with a right knee injury, and earned 31 starts…Averaged 10.0 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.8 steals in 30.8 minutes per contest. |
Paced Miami in field-goal percentage, rebounding and offensive rebounding (2.1), while ranking second in total blocks (20) and defensive rebounding (3.9), plus third in steals. |
Finished seventh on Miami’s single-season steals list (63), as well as eighth in field-goal percentage (56.1) and No. 11 in minutes (1,110). |
Tied for eighth in the nation with three five-steals outings, one of only two ACC players to post that many. |
First Hurricane since the 1985-86 program rebirth to average at least 10.0 points and 1.5 steals per game while shooting over 55 percent from the field. |
One of eight players with 25p/13r/10fgm/100ft% (min. 2 FTA) in a game against a DI team in 2021-22, with Oscar Tshiebwe the only other Power Six player on the list. |
Born Jan. 23, 2000 in Anaheim, Calif., and moved to Virginia at age six. |
Parents are Jeffery and Donna. |
Has three older brothers: Jeffery Jr., Justyn and Jovon, the latter of whom played basketball at Ferrum College. |
Best sports memory is winning a high school state title. |