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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

1 DJ McCarty

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Cedar Hill HS
  • Hometown DeSoto, Texas

Biography

Career Honors
3x AAC Weekly Honor Roll Selection

Feb. 15, 2021, March 5, 2021, Nov. 21, 2022

AAC Freshman of the Week
Dec. 2, 2019


2023-24 (Senior)
Played in 27 games, getting 17 starts and scoring in double figures five times...Led the Shockers in scoring against No. 23 Oklahoma, tying for a game-high 19 points...Recorded a game-high three steals against Presbyterian...Scored six points, all in the fourth quarter, at Temple including a game-tying floater in the final minute...Recorded eight points and led the team in assists with five at South Florida...Led Wichita State to a home win over Tulsa with a career-high 26 points, dishing out five assists...Recorded a game-high seven assists at Charlotte...Scored eight points and dished out a career-high nine assists against SMU...Scored 12 points against UTSA on senior day.

2022-23 (Junior)
Played in all 33 games, making 32 starts at point guard... Finished third on the team in scoring at 10.5 points per game, a career best... Led the team in assists (116) and steals (63)... Had 19 games with 10 or more points and 11 games with five or more assists... Did it all in the first round win vs. Temple (March 6), finishing with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists... Swiped four steals to go with 10 points at SMU (Feb. 22)... Bounced back from a scoreless outing at ECU to finish with 13 points, four assists and four steals vs. Tulsa (Feb. 15)... Did a little of everything vs. Tulane (Feb. 9), finishing with 10 points, five boards, three assists and three steals... Added 10 points in a loss at Temple (Feb. 1)... Knocked down a trio of three-pointers on the way to 11 points vs. ECU (Jan. 21)... All around game vs. SMU (Jan. 18), finishing with 14 points, five boards, five assists and three steals... Swiped a career-high six steals to go with 10 points at UCF (Jan. 15)... Swatted a career-high three shots to go with 16 points at Tulane (Jan. 11)... Fourth straight game in double figures with 10 points at Tulsa (Jan. 4)... Tied a career high with four steals to go with 15 points and five assists vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 30)... Perfect from the field, going 4-for-4 to finish with 12 points vs. SC State (Dec. 27)... Game-high 19 points on 8-of-18 shooting vs. Wyoming (Dec. 20)... Fourth consecutive game in double figures with 16 points at Saint Louis (Dec. 8)... Named to AAC Weekly Honor Roll for a second time on Dec. 5... Third straight game in double figures with 17 vs. New Orleans (Dec. 3)... Scored a game-high 19 points on a perfect 8-of-8 shooting from the field vs. Denver (Nov. 30)... Was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line, finishing with 14 points at LMU (Nov. 26)... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 21... Poured in 17 of her career-high 23 points in the first half at Oral Roberts (Nov. 16)... Pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds to go with seven points and a career-high tying six assists at Omaha (Nov. 12)... Scored a game-high 17 points behind a career-best 7-of-10 at the free throw line in the season opener vs. Alcorn State... Also swiped a career-high four steals in the opener.

2021-22 (Sophomore)
Played in 21 games, making three starts... Finished with nine games in double figures... Averaged a career-high 8.1 points to go with 3.1 rebounds, 47 assists and 27 steals... Was playing the best basketball of her career through the month of January until an ankle injury sidelined her for seven games, and only played about half of the team's conference games... Registered six of her 10 points at the free throw line vs. ECU (Jan. 25), and also dished out five assists... Made her second start of the season at Tulane (Jan. 22) and scored a team-high 14 points... Scored seven of her 13 points in the final 3:00 at Cincinnati (Jan. 13) to help Wichita State win its first conference game... Made her first start of the season at North Texas (Dec. 17) and finished with 12 points, six rebounds and four assists, including the go-ahead layup with 24.6 seconds left... Poured in 13 of her season-high 18 points after halftime, while adding three steals vs. Grambling (Dec. 11)... Splashed in a career-high five three-pointers and a team-high 16 points - all in the second half - vs. Northwestern State (Nov. 29)Dropped 13 points off the bench vs. Prairie View A&M (Nov. 23)... Stuffed the stat sheet at Denver (Nov. 15), tallying 11 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals... Scored 11 points off the bench in the season opener vs. Chicago State (Nov. 9).

2020-21 (Sophomore)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Played in 15 of the team's 18 games, making eight starts... Came on at the end of the season, starting at one of the guard spots in the final three games... Four games with 10 or more points, including one game with 20 points... Led Wichita State in steals... Claimed a spot on the final American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (Mar. 5)... Poured in a career-high 20 points in an overtime win at Tulsa (Mar. 2)... Scored 12 points and pulled down a career-high nine rebounds off the bench vs. Houston (Feb. 24)... Grabbed seven rebounds to go with eight points, four assists and three steals at ECU (Feb. 20)... Named to the American Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 15... Finished one point shy of her career high at Tulane (Feb. 13), scoring 15 of her 17 points after halftime... Swiped three more steals vs. Temple (Feb. 6) to tie a career best... Tied her career high in steals with three to go with nine points at Houston (Dec. 30)... Pulled down a career-high six rebounds in the double overtime game vs. UNI (Dec.  6)... Three straight games setting a new career high in assists after handing out six against Alcorn State (Nov. 30) and Southern (Dec. 4)... Dished out a then career-high five assists to go with nine points in the season opener vs. A&M Corpus Christi (Nov. 27).

2019-20 (Freshman)
Saw action in 24 games, making seven starts... Finished with seven games of 10 or more points... Added 11 points at UCF (March 2) in the regular season finale... Scored 12 points on a perfect shooting day, going 5-for-5 at Tulsa (Feb. 23)... Tied a season high in assists with four vs. SMU (Feb. 19)... Finished with 14 points and four assists in the win at Temple (Feb. 5)... Hit the game-winner vs. ECU on Feb. 1 on a corner three-pointer with 11 seconds left... Tied her season high in steals with three at SMU (Jan. 29)... Recorded her first weekly honor on Dec. 2 after being named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week... Set a career high with 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting at Louisiana Tech on Nov. 20... Made her first career start vs. Southern on Nov. 17, 2019... Scored a team-high 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting and a 3-for-5 mark from long range in 33 minutes off the bench in her first true road game at Oral Roberts on Nov. 11.

Cedar Hill HS
Lettered all four years at Cedar Hill and was a two-time captain... She averaged 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a junior en route to First Team All-District honors as a sophomore and junior... Helped lead her team to a 29-11 record as a junior and TABC All-Region... Also racked up Newcomer of the Year honors as a freshman. 

Personal
She is the daughter of David and Tameka McCarty and has one brother, Davion... Majoring in sport management.

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