Wichita State Athletics

Career Summary (2018-22):
6-foot-5 wing (and occasional stretch-four) started 94 of his 112 career games over four seasons and took home the 2022 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year award… Helped lead WSU to its first AAC regular season title in 2021 as well as an NCAA at-large berth… Earned AAC All-Freshman Team honors in 2019 and was a catalyst in the Shockers’ run to the NIT semifinals… Totaled 991 career points, 557 rebounds, 176 three-point field goals (seventh on WSU’s career list) and 70 blocks.
 
Individual Career Honors:
AAC Defensive Player of the Year (2022)
AAC All-Freshman Team (2019)
AAC All-Academic Team (2019)
1x AAC Player of the Week (Mar. 8, 2021)
4x AAC Player of the Week (Nov. 11, 2019, Jan. 27, 2020, Feb. 17, 2020, Mar. 2, 2020).
3x Shocker Radio Defensive Player of the Year* (2019, 2021, 2022)
4x WSU Varsity Letterman (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
WSU Athletics Rookie of the Year** (2019)
            *=Men’s basketball postseason banquet award   **=WSU Gold Carpet Awards
 
Team Success:
AAC Regular Season Champions (2021)
NCAA Tournament Qualifier (2021)
NIT Semifinalist (2019)
 

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2021-22 (Junior II):
AAC Defensive Player of the Year… Started all 27 games in which he appeared and averaged 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in 31.2 minutes… Blocked 24 shots and tallied 24 steals… Struggled with his three-point shot for much of the year, connecting on just 35 of his 118 attempts (.297), but made free throws at a .787-clip (48-of-61).
 
Notable Performances:

• Paired nine points with a season-high 10 rebounds in a double-overtime loss to nationally-ranked Houston (Feb. 20).
• Nailed 4-of-7 three-point attempts on his way to 14 points in a home win over South Florida (Feb. 12).
• In arguably his best game of the year, finished with six points, five rebounds and four assists in a win over SMU (Feb. 5) while limiting AAC Player of the Year Kendric Davis to a season-low eight points on 1-of-7 shooting.
• Scored a season-high 16 points against Memphis (Jan. 1).

 

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2020-21 (Junior):
Started all 22 games and averaged 9.6 points and 4.4 rebounds in 28.6 minutes… Defensive ace was assigned to the opposing team’s top scorer… Collected 16 blocks and 17 steals… Made 36 threes on 33.6 percent accuracy and converted 43-of-54 free throw tries (.796)…  Found his shooting touch late in the year and finished on a tear, making at least two threes in each of the last nine games while shooting 44.7 percent from distance (21-of-47)… Voted Defensive Player of the Year by the WSU staff… Scored in double-figures 10 times and recorded two double-doubles… Entered his name into the NBA Draft in the summer of 2020 but announced his return to WSU in August, 2020. 
 
Notable Performances:

• Tallied 13 points, seven boards and three blocks in his NCAA tournament debut against Drake (Mar. 18).
• Helped WSU clinch the AAC regular season title with 14 points on 3-of-5 three-point shooting in the finale against South Florida (Mar. 6).
• Set season-highs with 20 points, 13 rebounds on 4-of-8 three-point shooting at Tulane (Mar. 3) to win the AAC Player of the Week award.
• Keyed an upset of No. 6 Houston with 12 points, six rebounds and a game-saving steal with 15 seconds left and WSU clinging to a one-point lead.
• Logged a double-double at UCF (Feb. 10) with 16 points, 10 rebounds.
• Contributed 12 points, including a pair of free throws in the final minute of an OT win over UCF (Jan. 30).
• Dunked three times and drilled a pair of threes in an 18-point effort at No. 11 Houston (Jan. 6).
• Exceled in tough defensive assignments early in the year against a pair of potential NBA Draft picks... Held Mizzou’s Xavier Pinson to 1-of-13 shooting (0-of-7 from three) and limited Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham to 10 points on 11 shots.

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2019-20 (Sophomore):
Averaged 9.2 points… Appeared in 28 games with 20 starts… Ranked second on the team in minutes-per-game (25.8)… Made 84.6 percent of his free throws (33-of-39)… Hit 51 threes on 33.6 percent accuracy but finished the year on a tear… In conference play, averaged 11.2 points and 5.6 rebounds and ranked third on the league leaderboard in both three-pointers (2.3) and three-point percentage (.390)… Four-time AAC weekly honor roll qualifier (Nov. 11, Jan. 27, Feb. 17, Mar. 2)... Qulified for the AAC All-Academic Team (3.00+ GPA for the 2019-20 school year).

Notable Performances:

• Set career-highs with 25 points and seven three-point field goals at SMU (Mar. 2), including 17 points on five triples over the last 14 minutes, to help the Shockers rally from a 24-point deficit. It marked just the sixth time in school history that a Shocker has connected seven-or-more times from deep. His 14 attempts also ranked third on WSU's single-game chart.
• Scored a career-high 21 points, on 4-of-5 three-point shooting and snagged nine rebounds in the Feb. 16 win over Tulane to notch third AAC honor roll appearance.
• Made the weekly honor roll for a second time after a double-double effort against UCF (Jan. 25). He tallied 18 points and 11 rebounds and hit 4-of-8 threes.
• Scored 12 points and hit three of his four three-pointers after halftime to help WSU pull away at USF (Jan. 21).
• Scored eight points and a secured a team-high eight rebounds in 26 minutes to help the Shockers knock off No. 21 Memphis at home (Jan. 9).
• Scored nine points and nailed all six free throws in a win over Oklahoma at INTRUST Bank Arena (Jan. 4).
• Made a three-pointer in each of his first four games before coming up empty against Oral Roberts (Nov. 22). His streak of 21-straight games with a three-pointer (which began in February, 2019) was the fifth-longest in program history.
• Named to the AAC Honor Roll on Nov. 11 after after averaging 18.0 pts, 8.0 reb. on 7-of-14 three-point shooting in wins over Omaha and Texas Southern.
• Knocked down five three-pointers and a Sportscenter Top-10 dunk in the season-opener against Omaha (Nov. 5), finishing with 17 points, nine rebounds. 

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2018-19 (Freshman):

• Voted to the American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team
• 1x AAC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 25)
• Team’s fourth-leading scorer (8.4) and most-accurate volume 3-point shooter (.400).
• Hit 54 threes – fourth-most all-time by a WSU freshman.
• Averaged 5.3 rebounds -- most ever for a Shocker freshman guard.
• Hit at least one three-pointer in 16-straight games to finish the year.
• 26.0 minutes-per-game was the most for a WSU true freshman since 2009.
• 35 games with 25 starts, including each of the last 13 games.
• Averaged 9.9 points, 6.2 rebounds, 28.2 minutes over the last 18 contests, during which the team went 14-4. He was 42-of-96 from three (.438) over that span.
• Four double-digit rebounding games and two double-doubles.
• Named Rookie of the Year (all sports) at WSU's annual Gold Carpet Awards.

Notable Performances:

• Team-high 13 points (3-of-6 from three) in the NIT semifinals against Lipscomb at Madison Square Garden (Apr. 2).
• Season-high 39 minutes and six blocks in the NIT quarterfinals at Indiana (Mar. 26). Scored 14 of his 17 points and hit four of his five threes after halftime.
• Pulled down 11 rebounds in the NIT second round win at Clemson (Mar. 24).
• Registered his second double-double in AAC tournament upset of Temple (Mar. 15); matched his season-high with 19 points and tied the tournament's freshman record with 12 rebounds.
• Released a corner three just ahead of the buzzer to beat Tulane, 82-79, in the regular season finale (Mar. 9) -- played less than 100 miles from his hometown in front of a large group of family and friends. The shot was No. 2 on SportsCenter's Top-10.
• Tied WSU's freshman record with six threes and helped the Shockers match the school record with 15 total threes at Tulsa (Feb. 20). Finished with 18 points, eight rebounds.
• Tallied 14 points, 13 rebounds at Cincinnati (Feb. 18); first double-double by a Shocker freshman in 11 years and the most rebounds since December, 2001.
• Struggled with his shot but grabbed 10 rebounds in a win over UConn (Feb. 28).
• Earned Freshman of the Week honors after scoring 17 points vs. Memphis (Feb. 23).
• Keyed an upset of UCF (Jan. 16) with eight points and nine rebounds.
• Missed two December games with a concussion (vs. ORU and at VCU).
• Scored 15 of his season-high 19 points in the second-half against Alabama (Nov. 18) during which he was 5-for-5 and grabbed four offensive rebounds.
• Made first career start in Veterans Classic win over Providence (Nov. 9). Nailed both of his three point attempts and finished with eight points in 20 minutes.
• Scored 10 points in 28 minutes off the bench in his collegiate debut vs. LA Tech (Nov. 6).

 

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Prep School:
Spent a post-graduate year at Believe Sports Academy in Athens, Tenn., where he was coached by WSU assistant Tyson Waterman… Chose WSU at the start of the spring signing period over finalists Ole Miss, Kansas State and Georgia Tech.
 
High School:
Earned 2017 First Team Class 3A All-State honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association as a senior at Baker High School near Baton Rouge, La… Averaged 23.4 points and helped his team to a 25-12 record and a trip to the state quarterfinals… All-Metro (Baton Rouge) and District MVP… Coached by James Holmes… Selected for the 2017 Louisiana High School All-Star game… Honor Roll student…  Played AAU ball for Elfrid Payton Elite under coach Mitchell Johnson… Played his first three high school seasons at Southern University Lab School in Baton Rouge, La… As a junior, earned second team Class 1A All-State honors and led his team to a district title and a runner-up finish in the state tournament.
 
Personal:
Born Feb. 9, 1999… Mother, Dawn McQuirter, played three seasons at Grambling State… Has an older sister, Jada… Distant cousin of Aaron James, the first player ever drafted by the expansion New Orleans Jazz… Sport Management major.