Tickets2024 ALL-BIG 12 DEFENSIVE TEAM
2023-24 (SIXTH YEAR)
Earned All-Big 12 Defensive team honors while producing his best offensive season ... Averaged 9.2 ppg and 5.4 rpg to go with 48.5 percent shooting ... Started all 37 games, which tied him with Dion Dixon and Sean Kilpatrick of the 2012 Sweet 16 team for most in school history ... Surpassed 1,000-point milestone with a free-throw early in the NIT game against Bradley ... Scored season-high 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting in overtime win over TCU ... Posted 18 double-figure scoring games in all, which included 19 and 18 in wins over UCF and Kansas State, respectively ... Also had 18 against Xavier ... Earned first UC double-double with 10 points and season-high 10 rebounds at No. 1 Houston ... Game-time decision to play at Texas Tech following rib/midsection injury late at West Virginia; scored 11 points and held Pop Isaacs to 5-of-19 shooting in win.
2022-23 (FIFTH YEAR)
Played only the season opener against Chaminade, collecting two rebounds and a steal, in 11 minutes ... Missed rest of the season due to injury ... Completed master's degree in May 2023.
2021-22 (SENIOR)
Appeared in 32 games, starting 31 ... Played through injury all season, averaging 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds over 25.9 minutes per game ... Scored in double-figures nine times, keyed by 14 in the Xavier game ... Also had 10-plus in consecutive AAC games against SMU, Memphis, ECU and Wichita State, with other instances later in the year against Wichita State, South Florida and Houston (twice) ... Threw down a posterizing dunk at Houston on March 1 that was featured on ESPN's social channels ... Had season-high nine rebounds at Temple ... Best deep-shooting game was going 3-for-5 at Memphis.
2020-21 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in 22 games, earning eight starts, and averaging 3.1 ppg and 15.5 mpg... Was recovering from knee injury suffered during 2020 ACC Tournament... Had season-high 12 points against Maryland, Georgia Tech and Florida State... Shot 34.1 percent from the field and was 12-for-13 (92.3 percent) from the foul line... Averaged 2.0 rpg and had 24 assists with 12 steals ... Named to NABC's Honors Court in August 2021 for his academic achievements.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in all 31 games and started all 31... averaged 9.5 points per game… averaged 3.9 rebounds per game…. had 31 steals and 68 assists… opened the season with back-to-back double-digit scoring games with 15 points in the home opener against Virginia Tech (Nov 5) and 16 points in a win over Presbyterian (Nov. 7). Went 11-for-20 combined in both games from the floor…. scored 16 points on 4-for-8 shooting in a loss to No. 21 Colorado… netted 17 points in Clemson’s first-ever win over UNC, finishing an efficient 7-for-12 from the floor with six rebounds and four assists… scored a career-high 23 points on 7-for-9 shooting and a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line over No. 5 Louisville… first career double-double came in a dominant win over Boston College, finishing with 11 points, 10 rebounds and three assist.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in all 34 games on the season and made one start… first career start was against Mississippi State… averaged 2.1 points per game and 1.8 rebounds per contest… grabbed 60 rebounds…. tallied 15 assists, 12 steals, and five blocks….
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-star prospect…. ranked No. 5 in the state of North Carolina according to Phenom Hoops… ranked 42nd at his position nationally according to ESPN… three-time state champion… finished high school with 1,400 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, and 100 steals... averaging 14.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists during his senior season.
2023-24 (SIXTH YEAR)
Earned All-Big 12 Defensive team honors while producing his best offensive season ... Averaged 9.2 ppg and 5.4 rpg to go with 48.5 percent shooting ... Started all 37 games, which tied him with Dion Dixon and Sean Kilpatrick of the 2012 Sweet 16 team for most in school history ... Surpassed 1,000-point milestone with a free-throw early in the NIT game against Bradley ... Scored season-high 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting in overtime win over TCU ... Posted 18 double-figure scoring games in all, which included 19 and 18 in wins over UCF and Kansas State, respectively ... Also had 18 against Xavier ... Earned first UC double-double with 10 points and season-high 10 rebounds at No. 1 Houston ... Game-time decision to play at Texas Tech following rib/midsection injury late at West Virginia; scored 11 points and held Pop Isaacs to 5-of-19 shooting in win.
2022-23 (FIFTH YEAR)
Played only the season opener against Chaminade, collecting two rebounds and a steal, in 11 minutes ... Missed rest of the season due to injury ... Completed master's degree in May 2023.
2021-22 (SENIOR)
Appeared in 32 games, starting 31 ... Played through injury all season, averaging 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds over 25.9 minutes per game ... Scored in double-figures nine times, keyed by 14 in the Xavier game ... Also had 10-plus in consecutive AAC games against SMU, Memphis, ECU and Wichita State, with other instances later in the year against Wichita State, South Florida and Houston (twice) ... Threw down a posterizing dunk at Houston on March 1 that was featured on ESPN's social channels ... Had season-high nine rebounds at Temple ... Best deep-shooting game was going 3-for-5 at Memphis.
2020-21 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in 22 games, earning eight starts, and averaging 3.1 ppg and 15.5 mpg... Was recovering from knee injury suffered during 2020 ACC Tournament... Had season-high 12 points against Maryland, Georgia Tech and Florida State... Shot 34.1 percent from the field and was 12-for-13 (92.3 percent) from the foul line... Averaged 2.0 rpg and had 24 assists with 12 steals ... Named to NABC's Honors Court in August 2021 for his academic achievements.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in all 31 games and started all 31... averaged 9.5 points per game… averaged 3.9 rebounds per game…. had 31 steals and 68 assists… opened the season with back-to-back double-digit scoring games with 15 points in the home opener against Virginia Tech (Nov 5) and 16 points in a win over Presbyterian (Nov. 7). Went 11-for-20 combined in both games from the floor…. scored 16 points on 4-for-8 shooting in a loss to No. 21 Colorado… netted 17 points in Clemson’s first-ever win over UNC, finishing an efficient 7-for-12 from the floor with six rebounds and four assists… scored a career-high 23 points on 7-for-9 shooting and a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line over No. 5 Louisville… first career double-double came in a dominant win over Boston College, finishing with 11 points, 10 rebounds and three assist.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in all 34 games on the season and made one start… first career start was against Mississippi State… averaged 2.1 points per game and 1.8 rebounds per contest… grabbed 60 rebounds…. tallied 15 assists, 12 steals, and five blocks….
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-star prospect…. ranked No. 5 in the state of North Carolina according to Phenom Hoops… ranked 42nd at his position nationally according to ESPN… three-time state champion… finished high school with 1,400 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, and 100 steals... averaging 14.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists during his senior season.
JOHN NEWMAN III.
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