Overview Redshirt freshman coming off a serious injury that required him to sit out the 2013-14 season ... suffered what at first was diagnosed as a pulled groin, but it led t
Overview Redshirt freshman coming off a serious injury that required him to sit out the 2013-14 season … suffered what at first was diagnosed as a pulled groin, but it led to surgery to repair a rare hip injury … began fully participating in individual workouts during the first summer session … signed in the fall of 2012 with the Tiger basketball program … when healthy, provides the Tigers with an asset that has been sorely lacking in recent seasons, shooting the basketball from long distance … comes from an athletic family … mother, Velda, was a track athlete at Appalachian State University and his father, Steven, played basketball at nearby Southern Wesleyan University … mother earned a master’s degree from Clemson … attended same high school as former college standouts Stephen and Seth Curry … Stephen now players for the Golden State Warriors, and Seth was an All-ACC guard for Duke in 2013 … school also produced Virginia forwards Akil Mitchell and Anthony Gill … recruited by assistant coach Earl Grant … majoring in communication studies.
2013-14 Redshirted due to injury.
Italy (August 2013) Averaged 7.0 points per game in four games … averaged 9.8 minutes per game and shot 8-for-18 from three-point range, a .444 clip … added six steals … did not score in the opener but posted eight or more over the final three games … capped trip with 11-point first quarter total against Airte … played trip-high 17 minutes in that win … made 3-of-5 from long distance for nine points in the game against the Vicenza All-Stars.
Before Clemson Three-star prospect according to ESPNU, Rivals.com and Scout.com … rated No. 7 prospect in the state of North Carolina by ESPNU … rated the nation’s No. 31 prospect at his position by ESPNU … all-conference each of his last three seasons … named to All-South Charlotte boys basketball team as a senior … averaged 17 points per game as a senior … averaged 14 points per game and made 37 percent from three-point range as a junior in 2011-12 … led school to three straight conference championships from 2009-12, including a runner-up finish in the state tournament in 2010-11 … played AAU ball for Team Loaded, a Virginia-based program that won the prestigious Las Vegas FAB 48 Tournament in the summer of 2012 … coached by Shonn Brown … born Sept. 4, 1994.
