2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 11
LaDavius Draine
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Calhoun City, Miss.
- Prev School:
- Calhoun City HS
Bio
2020-21 (Senior): Joined Tyler Stevenson as only ones to start all 25 games, despite a lingering foot injury through the season ... Averaged 8.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game ... Was 42-for-121 from beyond the arc (34.7 percent), giving him 220 made threes in school history (second to only Bernard Haslett's 316 from 1990-94) ... Had four games of five made deep balls (South Alabama, ULM, Loyola, at UTSA) ... Had double-double against ULM with 17 points and 10 boards ... Also added a season-high 11 rebounds in overtime win over UTEP to begin league play.
2019-20 (Junior): Joined Gabe Watson in August trip to Ukraine as part of 11-day tour of clinics and culture with Sports Reach ... Started 26 of 31 games, averaging 12.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game ... Finished the year No. 3 in three-pointers at the school with 178 (70-for-199 on the year, 35.2 percent), trailing only Bernard Haslett (316) and Casey Fisher (194) ... Scored 20-plus points in seven games, including five against C-USA competition ... Made first 23 free-throw attempts (all to begin C-USA play) for fifth-longest streak in school history ... Included in that was a 9-for-9 mark as part of a career-high 28 points in road win at UAB (Jan. 23) ... Found his stroke in first two games of Battle 4 Atlantis, going 9-for-16 from deep against No. 7 Gonzaga and No. 13 Seton Hall ... Also tied his own career-high of seven makes (10 tries) against Tougaloo on Dec. 21 to conclude non-conference play ... Made five treys against ODU and WKU and four more against FIU and Rice ... His 15 tries against Rice were the most by a Golden Eagle since Neil Reed in 1999 ... Posted four double-figure rebounding games (the first of his career), with 10 against Rice and WKU, followed by 11 versus FAU and a career-high 14 in the second meeting against Rice ... Finished the year 82.8 percent from the line (53-for-64) and ranked second in C-USA play at 87.8 percent ... His 199 three-point tries were the ninth-most in school history ... Averaged 28.0 minutes per game in non-conference play and then 35.2 in Conference USA, the latter ranking 10th.
2018-19 (Sophomore): Named Conference USA's Co-Sixth Player of the Year, the first Golden Eagle to earn such distinction ... Broke Casey Fisher's school record for three-point shooting (46.4 percent) by one-tenth of a point ... Was 78-for-168 on the year and 131-for-269 overall (48.7 percent) ... Averaged 23.2 minutes and 11.3 points per game, with all three of his starts coming in November ... Blistered UTEPÂ with seven treys on just nine attempts in a 77-47 win (Feb. 16) ... Went 6-for-8 from deep in a C-USA Quarterfinal win over defending champ Marshall (March 14) ... Also made five triples against UAB (Jan. 12) and WKU (Jan. 24) with four more against North Texas (Jan. 5), Marshall (Jan. 26), LA Tech (Feb. 9) and Old Dominion (March 6) ... Averaged 3.6 rebounds per game that included a season-high eight against Western Carolina in Cancun (Nov. 21) ... Also had seven versus William Carey (11/25) and FIU (Jan. 31) ... Was a solid 33-for-42 (78.6 percent) from the foul line, including a 6-for-6 performance in the Feb. 9 overtime win over LA Tech ... Ended the year with 35 more made three-pointers than the next-closest sophomore.
2017-18 (Freshman): Appeared in 28 games, all in reserve duty, averaging 11.8 minutes per game ... Exploded onto the scene Jan. 11 at UAB, going 8-for-11 from the field with three triples for a career-high 19 points ... Had scored 30 points in 79 minutes all season prior ... Followed it up with 14 points and nine rebounds at Middle Tennessee, including three more deep balls, then 16 more points in the Jan. 18 win over Rice ... Other three double-figure scoring games were against LA Tech, FAU and Charlotte ... Went 3-for-4 from beyond the arc in the regular-season finale win over LA Tech.
High School: Three-time District 4-2A MVP and averaged 30.2 points and 11.2 rebounds per game as a senior ... Ultimately scored 2,318 points in his time as a Wildcat and recorded eight points and six rebounds in the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game in March ... Biggest game was posting a school-record 52 points as a senior, including 46 in the first half ... Four-year honor roll student and BETA Club member was also voted Class Clown, Mr. CCHS, Most Talented and Most Likely to be Remembered in the Who's Who elections.
2019-20 (Junior): Joined Gabe Watson in August trip to Ukraine as part of 11-day tour of clinics and culture with Sports Reach ... Started 26 of 31 games, averaging 12.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game ... Finished the year No. 3 in three-pointers at the school with 178 (70-for-199 on the year, 35.2 percent), trailing only Bernard Haslett (316) and Casey Fisher (194) ... Scored 20-plus points in seven games, including five against C-USA competition ... Made first 23 free-throw attempts (all to begin C-USA play) for fifth-longest streak in school history ... Included in that was a 9-for-9 mark as part of a career-high 28 points in road win at UAB (Jan. 23) ... Found his stroke in first two games of Battle 4 Atlantis, going 9-for-16 from deep against No. 7 Gonzaga and No. 13 Seton Hall ... Also tied his own career-high of seven makes (10 tries) against Tougaloo on Dec. 21 to conclude non-conference play ... Made five treys against ODU and WKU and four more against FIU and Rice ... His 15 tries against Rice were the most by a Golden Eagle since Neil Reed in 1999 ... Posted four double-figure rebounding games (the first of his career), with 10 against Rice and WKU, followed by 11 versus FAU and a career-high 14 in the second meeting against Rice ... Finished the year 82.8 percent from the line (53-for-64) and ranked second in C-USA play at 87.8 percent ... His 199 three-point tries were the ninth-most in school history ... Averaged 28.0 minutes per game in non-conference play and then 35.2 in Conference USA, the latter ranking 10th.
2018-19 (Sophomore): Named Conference USA's Co-Sixth Player of the Year, the first Golden Eagle to earn such distinction ... Broke Casey Fisher's school record for three-point shooting (46.4 percent) by one-tenth of a point ... Was 78-for-168 on the year and 131-for-269 overall (48.7 percent) ... Averaged 23.2 minutes and 11.3 points per game, with all three of his starts coming in November ... Blistered UTEPÂ with seven treys on just nine attempts in a 77-47 win (Feb. 16) ... Went 6-for-8 from deep in a C-USA Quarterfinal win over defending champ Marshall (March 14) ... Also made five triples against UAB (Jan. 12) and WKU (Jan. 24) with four more against North Texas (Jan. 5), Marshall (Jan. 26), LA Tech (Feb. 9) and Old Dominion (March 6) ... Averaged 3.6 rebounds per game that included a season-high eight against Western Carolina in Cancun (Nov. 21) ... Also had seven versus William Carey (11/25) and FIU (Jan. 31) ... Was a solid 33-for-42 (78.6 percent) from the foul line, including a 6-for-6 performance in the Feb. 9 overtime win over LA Tech ... Ended the year with 35 more made three-pointers than the next-closest sophomore.
2017-18 (Freshman): Appeared in 28 games, all in reserve duty, averaging 11.8 minutes per game ... Exploded onto the scene Jan. 11 at UAB, going 8-for-11 from the field with three triples for a career-high 19 points ... Had scored 30 points in 79 minutes all season prior ... Followed it up with 14 points and nine rebounds at Middle Tennessee, including three more deep balls, then 16 more points in the Jan. 18 win over Rice ... Other three double-figure scoring games were against LA Tech, FAU and Charlotte ... Went 3-for-4 from beyond the arc in the regular-season finale win over LA Tech.
High School: Three-time District 4-2A MVP and averaged 30.2 points and 11.2 rebounds per game as a senior ... Ultimately scored 2,318 points in his time as a Wildcat and recorded eight points and six rebounds in the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game in March ... Biggest game was posting a school-record 52 points as a senior, including 46 in the first half ... Four-year honor roll student and BETA Club member was also voted Class Clown, Mr. CCHS, Most Talented and Most Likely to be Remembered in the Who's Who elections.
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