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Career Accomplishments: Started 83 of 121 games, averaging 9.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 22.5 minutes … named Second Team All-AAC (2021) … helped lead the Bearcats to two NCAA Tournament appearances (2018 and 2019), two American Athletic Conference regular-season championships (2018 and 2020), two AAC tournament titles (2018 and 2019) and one AAC tournament runner-up finish (2021) … finished 35th on UC’s all-time scoring list with 1,156 career points.
2020-21 Season (Senior): Started 22 of 23 games, averaging 14.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals in 27.4 minutes … named an AAC Second Team honoree … named to NABC All-District 24 Second Team … named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll after scoring 20 points with a trio of threes against Vanderbilt (3/4) and tallying 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists at East Carolina (3/7) … ranked among AAC leaders in points (eighth at 14.3), assists (15th at 2.5), offensive rebounds (tied for 15th at 1.5) and minutes played (29th at 27.2) … posted a season-high 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting with five rebounds and two steals against Furman (12/9) … scored 24 points with six assists and four rebounds at Tulsa (2/24) … registered his first career double-double with 19 points and a season-high 10 rebounds at UCF (12/22) … scored in double figures in eight consecutive games capped by a 20-point effort at Tulane (2/7) … led UC in scoring 10 times and tallied 10 or more points 14 times.
2019-20 Season (Junior): Started 29 of 30 games, averaging 12.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.9 blocks in 28.9 minutes … shot 43.5 percent (136 of 313) from the field, 34.2 percent (27 of 79) from 3-point range and 79.2 percent (80 of 101) from the free throw line … ranked among league leaders during AAC games in free throw percentage (fourth at .833), field goal percentage (11th at .437), blocks (tied for 13th at 0.8), steals (15th at 1.3), points (tied for 15th at 12.7) and minutes played (22nd at 29.2) … Earned AAC Weekly Honor Roll accolades after scoring a career-high 30 points on 12-of-18 shooting with four steals during a comeback win at USF (3/3) … posted a game-best 23 points on 6-of-10 shooting with four 3-pointers against Vermont (12/3) … pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against East Carolina (1/19) … scored 10 of his 12 points during a second-half rally past No. 21 Houston (2/1) … scored in double figures in 22 games … led all Bearcats in points in six contests … recorded eight multi-block games.
2018-19 Season (Sophomore): Played in 35 games with 32 starts, averaging 9.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 25.9 minutes … ranked among AAC leaders in blocks (11th at 0.9) … scored a career-high 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting with a trio of 3-pointers and four assists against UCLA (12/19) … posted 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting with four rebounds and two blocks against Xavier (12/8) … scored 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting with a pair of threes to go with a career-high eight rebounds in 29 minutes at UNLV (12/1) … tallied a team-high 12 points with six rebounds and three assists, including a pair a game-clinching free throws with four seconds left at UConn (2/24) … scored 15 points with three blocks and three assists against North Carolina Central (11/13) in his first collegiate start … scored 10 or more points in 19 games.
2017-18 Season (Freshman): Played in 33 games as a reserve, averaging 3.1 points and 1.2 rebounds in 9.8 minutes … scored in double figures in each of his first two collegiate games, netting 10 points on 5-of-12 shooting with five rebounds in the season opener with Savannah State (11/10) and 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting against Western Carolina (11/13) … grabbed a season-high five rebounds against Savannah State (11/10) and Tulane (3/1) … scored nine points on 4-of-7 shooting in 14 minutes against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/19) ... hit a 3-pointer at No. 19 Wichita State (3/4) in the regular-season finale … knocked in a 3-pointer just prior to the halftime buzzer at UConn (3/3).
Prior to Cincinnati: Named the 2017 All-New York City Player of the Year and Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) Class AA Most Valuable Player, helping Bishop Loughlin to the Brooklyn/Queens championship game and intersectional semifinals … averaged 24.2 points and 12.6 rebounds as a senior and 15 points and 4.3 rebounds as a junior … netted 37 points in a CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens diocesan semifinal double overtime win against Christ the King … tallied 25 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the field in the 2017 Jordan Brand Classic Regional Boys Game at the Barclays Center … averaged 15.0 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 47.8 percent (96 of 201) from the field and 40.6 percent (28 of 69) from three-point range in 17 games for New Heights, an AAU squad on the 2016 Under Armour Association’s 17U summer circuit … tabbed a four-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.
Personal: Born July 25, 1998 in Brooklyn, New York … son of Yvette and Keith Williams Sr. … has two brothers, Cleyon Carryl and Courtney Tyrell, and a sister, Tuanieha Williams ... right-handed.
Career Accomplishments: Started 83 of 121 games, averaging 9.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 22.5 minutes … named Second Team All-AAC (2021) … helped lead the Bearcats to two NCAA Tournament appearances (2018 and 2019), two American Athletic Conference regular-season championships (2018 and 2020), two AAC tournament titles (2018 and 2019) and one AAC tournament runner-up finish (2021) … finished 35th on UC’s all-time scoring list with 1,156 career points.
2020-21 Season (Senior): Started 22 of 23 games, averaging 14.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals in 27.4 minutes … named an AAC Second Team honoree … named to NABC All-District 24 Second Team … named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll after scoring 20 points with a trio of threes against Vanderbilt (3/4) and tallying 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists at East Carolina (3/7) … ranked among AAC leaders in points (eighth at 14.3), assists (15th at 2.5), offensive rebounds (tied for 15th at 1.5) and minutes played (29th at 27.2) … posted a season-high 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting with five rebounds and two steals against Furman (12/9) … scored 24 points with six assists and four rebounds at Tulsa (2/24) … registered his first career double-double with 19 points and a season-high 10 rebounds at UCF (12/22) … scored in double figures in eight consecutive games capped by a 20-point effort at Tulane (2/7) … led UC in scoring 10 times and tallied 10 or more points 14 times.
2019-20 Season (Junior): Started 29 of 30 games, averaging 12.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.9 blocks in 28.9 minutes … shot 43.5 percent (136 of 313) from the field, 34.2 percent (27 of 79) from 3-point range and 79.2 percent (80 of 101) from the free throw line … ranked among league leaders during AAC games in free throw percentage (fourth at .833), field goal percentage (11th at .437), blocks (tied for 13th at 0.8), steals (15th at 1.3), points (tied for 15th at 12.7) and minutes played (22nd at 29.2) … Earned AAC Weekly Honor Roll accolades after scoring a career-high 30 points on 12-of-18 shooting with four steals during a comeback win at USF (3/3) … posted a game-best 23 points on 6-of-10 shooting with four 3-pointers against Vermont (12/3) … pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against East Carolina (1/19) … scored 10 of his 12 points during a second-half rally past No. 21 Houston (2/1) … scored in double figures in 22 games … led all Bearcats in points in six contests … recorded eight multi-block games.
2018-19 Season (Sophomore): Played in 35 games with 32 starts, averaging 9.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 25.9 minutes … ranked among AAC leaders in blocks (11th at 0.9) … scored a career-high 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting with a trio of 3-pointers and four assists against UCLA (12/19) … posted 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting with four rebounds and two blocks against Xavier (12/8) … scored 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting with a pair of threes to go with a career-high eight rebounds in 29 minutes at UNLV (12/1) … tallied a team-high 12 points with six rebounds and three assists, including a pair a game-clinching free throws with four seconds left at UConn (2/24) … scored 15 points with three blocks and three assists against North Carolina Central (11/13) in his first collegiate start … scored 10 or more points in 19 games.
2017-18 Season (Freshman): Played in 33 games as a reserve, averaging 3.1 points and 1.2 rebounds in 9.8 minutes … scored in double figures in each of his first two collegiate games, netting 10 points on 5-of-12 shooting with five rebounds in the season opener with Savannah State (11/10) and 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting against Western Carolina (11/13) … grabbed a season-high five rebounds against Savannah State (11/10) and Tulane (3/1) … scored nine points on 4-of-7 shooting in 14 minutes against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/19) ... hit a 3-pointer at No. 19 Wichita State (3/4) in the regular-season finale … knocked in a 3-pointer just prior to the halftime buzzer at UConn (3/3).
Prior to Cincinnati: Named the 2017 All-New York City Player of the Year and Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) Class AA Most Valuable Player, helping Bishop Loughlin to the Brooklyn/Queens championship game and intersectional semifinals … averaged 24.2 points and 12.6 rebounds as a senior and 15 points and 4.3 rebounds as a junior … netted 37 points in a CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens diocesan semifinal double overtime win against Christ the King … tallied 25 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the field in the 2017 Jordan Brand Classic Regional Boys Game at the Barclays Center … averaged 15.0 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 47.8 percent (96 of 201) from the field and 40.6 percent (28 of 69) from three-point range in 17 games for New Heights, an AAU squad on the 2016 Under Armour Association’s 17U summer circuit … tabbed a four-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.
Personal: Born July 25, 1998 in Brooklyn, New York … son of Yvette and Keith Williams Sr. … has two brothers, Cleyon Carryl and Courtney Tyrell, and a sister, Tuanieha Williams ... right-handed.