2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
2024-25 (Senior): Played all 35 games (12 starts)... 11.2 points (46th ACC), 3.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.9 steals, 42.3% on 3FGs... GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Game-high 31 points (10-13 FGs, 5-7 3FGs, 6-8 FTs), including 26 points in the first half, in the second round of the NIT vs Oklahoma State 3/23... Game-high 25 points (8-10 FG, 3-5 3FG, 6-7 FT) with 2 assists and a rebound in the win at Notre Dame 2/19... Had 16 points (5-5 FG, 2-2 3FG, 4-4 FT), 3 rebounds, 2 steals and an assist in win vs Stanford 2/1... Game-high 21 points (6-10 FG, 4-6 3FGs, 5-6 FTs) with 6 rebounds in ACC opener vs Virginia 12/7... Team-high 20 points (7-8 FG, 4-5 3FG) in win vs Alabama State 12/3... Had 14 points (5-6 FG, 3-4 3FG) in Acriusre Holiday Invitational semifinal vs Cal Baptist 11/26... 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals in SMU debut vs Tarleton St 11/4... HONORS: Received votes for ACC Sixth Man of the Year... SMU CAREER RECORDS: 42.3% (58-137) on 3FGs (6th).
2023-24 (Senior at Oregon): Averaged 7.2 points (.459 FG%), 2.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 17.7 minutes per game … Played in 36 games making three starts … Scored a season-high 20 points twice, against both Cal Baptist and Kent State … Net double-digits 12 times, including 15 points in wins over USC and on the road against WSU … Grabbed five rebounds three times and had nine multi-assist games … Recorded two steals on three occasions, including against Arizona in the conference tournament … Blocked a career-high four shots vs. Alabama and scored 17 points.
2022-23 (Junior at Georgia): Averaged 12.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists playing 25.4 minutes per game for the Bulldogs … Shot 39.2 percent (112-of-286) from the field, 26.7 percent (35-of-131) from three and 74.7 percent (109-of-146) from the line … Played in 29 of 32 games last year … Season high 22 points (7-11 FG, 2-5 3FG) in a win over Chattanooga … 20 double-figure scoring efforts including 20 points in a victory over Kentucky.
2021-22 (Sophomore at Georgia): Georgia’s leading scorer, both overall (15.2 ppg) and in SEC action (18.3 ppg) … Started all 31 games he played, missing only one game at Auburn … Led the Bulldogs offensively in a team-high 13 contests, and also paced Georgia on the boards six times, in steals in 15 outings and in blocks in 12 games … Recorded 10 20-point performances, including eight against SEC opposition … Scored 33 points against Texas A&M, equaling the highest single-game tally by any SEC player during the 2021-22 campaign … Posted the Bulldogs’ four highest scoring outputs of the season – 33 points at Texas A&M, 28 at Mississippi State, 26 at LSU and 25 vs. Auburn in Athens.
2020-21 (Freshman at Florida Southwestern): Averaged 13.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 22.2 minutes of playing time per game for the Buccaneers … Named first-team All-Southern Conference, one of three freshmen featured on that unit … Helped Florida Southwestern to an 18-5 overall record and a 9-3 mark in Southern Conference play … An efficient scorer from the floor who shot 55.4 percent overall and 40.3 percent from 3-point range … Upped his contributions in conference play to 15.3 points per game, which ranked fourth among league leaders … Also improved his shooting percentages in league action, connecting on 57.4 percent overall and 51.3 percent on 3-pointers.
Prep: Coached by Kyle Gilreath at Astronaut High as a junior… Enrolled at Florida Southwestern College in January 2020 and bypassed his senior season at Astronaut… As a junior, averaged 21.2 points and 8.3 rebounds as Astronaut finished with a 20-6 record… Scored his 1,000th career point during his final game with AHS... Named 2019 Brevard County Class 5A Player of the Year in balloting of the area’s coaches… Selected to the 2018 and 2019 All-Cape Coast Conference team, an 11-player squad featuring players from Brevard County’s 16 public high schools… Coached by Chris Bainbridge as a freshman and sophomore at Titusville High… As a sophomore, earned first-team All-District 14-6A honors… Helped Titusville compile a 26-3 record and reach the “Sweet 16” round of the FHSAA Class 6A state tournament as a freshman, falling to the eventual state champion, Leesburg (71-60).
Personal: Born in January of 2000 in Titusville, Florida… Son of Shannon Deese.
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