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2016-17 Basketball (M) Roster
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Adams, Darian
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Jersey Number 13
Darian Adams
- Position:
- G
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 210
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Montgomery, Ala.
- High School:
- Carver HS
Bio
2019-20 (R-Junior):
• Played in 25 games making 21 starts
• Co-leading scorer, averaging 12.1 points and 4.4 rebounds
• Hit 57 3-pointers, the second most on the team
• Recorded 83 assists, the second most on the team
• Scored at least 10 points in 15 games
• Opened the season with 18 points and 5 assists against UAB (Nov. 7)
• Scored at least 10 points in five of the first games of the season (Nov. 7-Nov. 25)
• Set a new career-best (20 points) at Texas A&M (Nov. 20)
• Exploded for 19 points and 8 assists at Chattanooga (Dec. 15)
• Scored 134 points (14.8 points/gm) in a nine-game stretch from Dec. 11-Jan. 11
• Hit a career-best five 3-pointers and scored 15 points with 6 assists in Troy’s victory at Texas State (Jan. 6)
• Exploded for 18 points and 11 rebounds in Troy’s upset victory over Sun Belt regular-season champion Little Rock (Jan. 9)
• Tied his career high at Arkansas State (Jan. 11), scoring 20 points and grabbing 6 rebounds.
2018-19 (R-Sophomore):
• Started all 30 games
• Averaged 7.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game
• Tied with Javan Johnson for the most minutes played this season in 890
• Led the team in assists per game (3.3), good for 11th in the Sun Belt, and total assists (98)
• Led the team in free-throw percentage (84.2)
• Grabbed the second most steals on the team (26)
• Finished third in the Sun Belt in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9)
• Scored in double figures in 12 games, including a career-high 17 points against South Alabama (Feb. 2)
• Recorded at least four assists in 10 games, including dropping a career-high eight dimes twice (Jan. 5 and Jan. 24)
• Made a career-high seven field goals against South Alabama (Feb. 2)
• Dropped 13 points with eight assists and a career-high two blocks against App State (Jan. 5).
2017-18 (R-Freshman):
• Played in 32 games
• Averaged 2.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game
• Scored a season-high 10 points against UT-Arlington on 3-of-4 from the field with two threes
• Grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds against Brewton-Parker
• Racked up a season-high five assists against North Dakota
• Played 34 minutes against Hawai’i and tallied five points, two boards, an assist and a steal.
2016-17 (Freshman): Redshirted his freshman season.
High School:
• Played at Saint Jude Educational Institute (9-10) and George Washington Carver High School (11-12)
• Part of two state title winning teams at Saint Jude sophomore year and Carver junior year
• George Washington Carver was a combined 57-9 the two seasons Adams was on the team • Named all-metro twice and all-state twice
• Averaged 14 points per game his junior season and 17 points per game senior year
Personal:
• Born March 11, 1998, in Mesa, Ariz
• Son of Yolanda and Clark Adams
• Has one brother, Desmond Deramus, who plays for AUM
• Majoring in human services with a minor in recreation
• Played in 25 games making 21 starts
• Co-leading scorer, averaging 12.1 points and 4.4 rebounds
• Hit 57 3-pointers, the second most on the team
• Recorded 83 assists, the second most on the team
• Scored at least 10 points in 15 games
• Opened the season with 18 points and 5 assists against UAB (Nov. 7)
• Scored at least 10 points in five of the first games of the season (Nov. 7-Nov. 25)
• Set a new career-best (20 points) at Texas A&M (Nov. 20)
• Exploded for 19 points and 8 assists at Chattanooga (Dec. 15)
• Scored 134 points (14.8 points/gm) in a nine-game stretch from Dec. 11-Jan. 11
• Hit a career-best five 3-pointers and scored 15 points with 6 assists in Troy’s victory at Texas State (Jan. 6)
• Exploded for 18 points and 11 rebounds in Troy’s upset victory over Sun Belt regular-season champion Little Rock (Jan. 9)
• Tied his career high at Arkansas State (Jan. 11), scoring 20 points and grabbing 6 rebounds.
2018-19 (R-Sophomore):
• Started all 30 games
• Averaged 7.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game
• Tied with Javan Johnson for the most minutes played this season in 890
• Led the team in assists per game (3.3), good for 11th in the Sun Belt, and total assists (98)
• Led the team in free-throw percentage (84.2)
• Grabbed the second most steals on the team (26)
• Finished third in the Sun Belt in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9)
• Scored in double figures in 12 games, including a career-high 17 points against South Alabama (Feb. 2)
• Recorded at least four assists in 10 games, including dropping a career-high eight dimes twice (Jan. 5 and Jan. 24)
• Made a career-high seven field goals against South Alabama (Feb. 2)
• Dropped 13 points with eight assists and a career-high two blocks against App State (Jan. 5).
2017-18 (R-Freshman):
• Played in 32 games
• Averaged 2.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game
• Scored a season-high 10 points against UT-Arlington on 3-of-4 from the field with two threes
• Grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds against Brewton-Parker
• Racked up a season-high five assists against North Dakota
• Played 34 minutes against Hawai’i and tallied five points, two boards, an assist and a steal.
2016-17 (Freshman): Redshirted his freshman season.
High School:
• Played at Saint Jude Educational Institute (9-10) and George Washington Carver High School (11-12)
• Part of two state title winning teams at Saint Jude sophomore year and Carver junior year
• George Washington Carver was a combined 57-9 the two seasons Adams was on the team • Named all-metro twice and all-state twice
• Averaged 14 points per game his junior season and 17 points per game senior year
Personal:
• Born March 11, 1998, in Mesa, Ariz
• Son of Yolanda and Clark Adams
• Has one brother, Desmond Deramus, who plays for AUM
• Majoring in human services with a minor in recreation
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