 Demarcus Demonia drives against Texas in 2022 | |
| No. 4 – Texas A&M–Commerce Lions | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Southland Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 12, 1999 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| College | Texas A&M-Commerce (2020–2023) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Demarcus Marquette Demonia (born August 12, 1999) is an American college basketball player for the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions of the Southland Conference (SLC).
College career edit
After his freshman season at Allegany College of Maryland, Demonia averaged 18.2 points and shot 55 percent from the field in leading the Trojans to the Region XX championship game was named first-team All-Maryland JUCO in men’s basketball team. [1]
Demarcus Demonia committed to Central Michigan men's basketball team on November 13, 2019[2], but never played for Chippewas citing an NCAA Division I eligibility issue.[3]
Demonia would later sign to Texas A&M-Commerce where he earned All-LSC honors for the 2020-2021 season averaging 12.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, in 12 games during a COVID-shortened season.
In the 2021-2022 season, Demonia repeated All-LSC honors in a season where he averaged 10.9 points and 5.8 rebounds and recorded 20 points against Oklahoma Christain in the Lions last game at the Division II level. The following season Texas A&M-Commerce moved to Division I and joined the Southland Conference. [4]
For the 2022-2023 season, Demonia started 33 games and averaged 15.2 points and 5.4 rebounds. For the week of January 9, Demonia was named Southland Player of the Week after notching career highs of 33 points (vs Incarnate Word) and 32 points (vs McNeese State).[5] Following a stellar senior season he was voted All-Southland Conference Second Team. [6]
Career statistics edit
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
College edit
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 12 | 8 | 25.4 | .453 | .115 | .662 | 5.3 | 2.1 | .8 | .5 | 12.7 |
| 2021–22 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 26 | 26 | 28.2 | .471 | .338 | .692 | 5.9 | 2.4 | .8 | .27 | 10.9 |
| 2022–23 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 33 | 33 | 31.4 | .436 | .276 | .671 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .3 | 15.2 |
| Career | 71 | 67 | 29.2 | .449 | .276 | .673 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .34 | 13.2 | |
References edit
- ^ Mathews, Matt. "Demonia, Watson earn conference honors". www.times-news.com. Cumberland Times-News. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ Central Michigan. CMU Men's Basketball https://twitter.com/CMUMensBBall/status/1194744085795373056.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Booher, Christain. "Chippewas reveal 2020-21 MBB roster: Kevin Hamlet, Demarcus Demonia no longer with program, other observations". Central Michigan Life. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ Athletics, Lions. "Texas A&M University-Commerce Officially Joins NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference". Texas A&M-Commerce. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Athletics, Lions. "Demonia earns Southland Player of the Week award". Texas A&M-Commerce Lions Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Conference, Southland. "Sharp of Northwestern State is Player of the Year, Lutz of A&M-Corpus Christi is Coach of the Year as All-Southland Conference Men's Basketball Teams and special honors revealed". Southland Conference. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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