University of Memphis Athletics
2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Williams, DeAndre
Jersey Number 12
DeAndre Williams
- Position:
- F
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-9 / 205
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- Prev School:
- Evansville
- NIL:
Bio
2022-23 (5th Year)
- Named All-AAC First Team, NABC All-District First Team, AAC All-Tournament Team and Preseason Karl Malone Watch List
- AAC Player of the Week (J23), (F13), (F27) and AAC Honor Roll (D5), (D26), (J9), (F6)
- The only Tiger to start all 35 games, averaging 31.0 minutes each time out
- Posted a career-best 17.7 points (5th AAC), 8.2 rebounds (3rd AAC), 2.9 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 block per game
- Shot 53.2% (1st AAC) from the floor, 40.3% from deep and 73.2% from the charity stripe
- Grabbed 12 double-doubles, giving him 22 for his career
- Hauled in double-digit rebounds in a team-high 13 games
- Led the Tigers in rebounding 22 times and in scoring 13 times
- Defensively, he paced the team in steals eight times and in blocks seven
- Recorded 10+ rebounds in three-straight games in the AAC Tournament for the first time in his career
- Scored double figures in 32-of-35 games and reached 20+ in 10 games
- At South Florida (F8) he became just the eighth Tiger since 2010-11 to go perfect at the free throw line (10-10) with at least 10 attempts
- Pulled down three double-doubles in the team's AAC Championship run, averaging 26.0 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game while shooting 58.0% overall and draining 8-of-12 from long range
- Recorded a 35-point, 13-rebound outing against UCF in the quarterfinals shooting 14-of-23 from the floor
- Put up 27 points, 11 rebounds and four assists against Tulane in the semifinals
- Added 16 points and 13 boards against No. 1 Houston to help the Tigers claim their first AAC championship
2021-22 (Senior)
- All-AAC Second Team and AAC All-Tournament selection
- Started 25-of-26 games played and finished second on the team in scoring (11.1) and rebounding (5.8) while shooting 56.4 percent from the floor
- His 114 field goal makes (202 attempts) were second most on the Tigers
- Dished 45 assists, swiped 35 steals and blocked 17 shots
- Reached double figures in 16 of his 26 games played, including a season high 20 in a win over No. 6 Alabama
- Pulled down a pair of double-doubles
- Hauled in at least five boards in 17 outings
- Grabbed a Memphis career-best 13 rebounds against Tulane Feb. 9
- Had 20 points, six assists and three steals in a win over No. 6/8 Alabama (Dec. 14)
- Named to the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team after averaging 11.0 points and 8.0 rebounds in two games in Brooklyn
- Had 16-point, 10-rebound double-double against Virginia Tech (Nov. 24)
2020-21 (Junior)
- Became eligible prior to the Dec. 16 game at Tulane, and Tigers went 16-5 from there
- The five losses were by a combined 15 points (7 vs. Tulsa, Dec. 21; 1, at Tulsa, Jan. 17; 2, at SMU, Jan. 28; 3 at #9/7 Houston, March 7; 2 vs. #7 Houston, March 13)
- One of six players in the nation to average at least 11.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game
- Finished second on the team with an average of 11.7 points per game
- Shot 49.7 percent from the field (88-177) and 45.5 percent from 3-point range (15-33)
- Finished 16th in the American Athletic Conference in scoring, 10th in rebounding and sixth in field goal percentage
- Led the conference in steals per game and was 10th in assists per game
- Had 16 games in double figures
- Poured in a season-high 21 points in the NIT semifinals against Colorado State (March 27)
- Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on March 8
- Had a career-high 10 assists Feb. 28 at Cincinnati to go along with 10 points and seven rebounds
- Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 1
- Notched first double-double as a Tiger at SMU with 17 points and 11 rebounds (Jan. 28)
- Had 13 points, nine rebounds and a then-career-high three steals against Tulsa (Dec. 21)
2019-20 (Sophomore at Evansville)
- Averaged 15.2 points and 6.9 rebounds for Evansville, whose season included an upset of a No.1-ranked Kentucky team
- Shot 64.8 percent from the field in 18 games as a sophomore before being sidelined by a back injury
- Among best outings were 26 points and nine rebounds in debut against Ball State and 37 points (on 17-of-18 shooting) in a game against Miami (Ohio)
- Scored 20 or more points in seven games
- Debut against Ball State was the best by an Evansville player in 33 years
- Also had a 20-point, 15-rebound, five-assist game, the first for the program since 1994
2018-19 (Freshman at Evansville)
- Sat out the season as a year-in-residence.
Prior to Memphis/Personal
- Played for Nation Wide Academy in Oklahoma City in 2017-18 and averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds
- A 2016 graduate of Klein Forest High School in Houston, was chosen to play in the NBA Top 100 Camp in the summer of 2015 before senior year of high school
- ESPN and Scout.com rated him a 3-star recruit
- Also was homeschooled before college
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