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David DeJulius Season 2022-23

PositionG
Weight200 lbs
Height6-0
ClassGraduate Student
HometownDetroit, Mich.
Previous SchoolMichigan
2022-23 All-AAC Third Team
2022-23 Preseason All-AAC
2021-22 All-AAC Third Team

2022-23 (FIFTH YEAR)

Third-Team All-AAC for the second-straight year ... Finished his career 35th in Cincinnati career-scoring with 1,187 points, while his 192 assists were third to only two Oscar Robertson years for most in school history ... Finished fifth nationally with a 3.15 assist-turnover ratio ... Started all 36 games and averaged 14.8 ppg (second on team) to go with 5.3 apg and 32.5 mpg ... Was third in the AAC for assists and free-throw percentage (85.6), while ranking 10th in minutes ... Averaged 6.8 assists per AAC game, which led the league by 1.3, and was second from the foul line at 89.7 percent ... Scored 20-plus points 10 times out of 28 in double-figures ... Poured in career-high 30 points in Senior Day win over SMU, kissing the midcourt logo on his way off the floor after his late trey ... Had five games of nine-plus assists, tying a career-high 12 in the home win over ECU that was Cincinnati's first points-assists double-double since Troy Caupain in 2017 ... Other four contests were against Houston and Tulsa (back-to-back games), South Florida and Hofstra in the NIT.

2021-22 (SENIOR)
Third-Team All-AAC and a four-time Honor Roll selection ... Only Bearcat to start all 33 games, leading the team in scoring (14.5 ppg), field-goal percentage (among starters, 40.9) and free-throw percentage (82.4) ... Sixth in AAC-play for scoring (15.9 ppg), seventh for free-throws (83.3 percent) and eighth in field-goal percentage (41.7) ... Scored in double-figures 23 times and had 10 games of 20-plus points ... Improved his three-point percentage 9.6 percent ... Had season-high 25 against No. 6 Houston, followed by 24 at South Florida and 23 at Tulsa to be the first UC player with three-straight since AAC Player of the Year Jarron Cumberland in 2018-19 ... Also scored 22 in AAC Tournament versus ECU ... Other 20-pointers came against Alabama A&M, No. 13 Arkansas, Ashland, SMU, Tulsa and SMU ... Named to the Hall of Fame Classic All-Tournament Team following his performances against Illinois and Arkansas ... His 12-for-12 free-throw shooting against Houston was the best in the AAC for the year, also tying for fourth in school history, and marked the most UC makes in a perfect-shooting game since Sean Kilpatrick against Iowa State in 2012 ... Scored the game-winning put-back off his own miss with 3.7 seconds left at East Carolina.

2020-21 (JUNIOR)
Played in 19 games with 16 starts averaging 9.1 points, 4.5 rebounds 4.2 assists in 29.6 minutes … ranked among AAC leaders in assist-to-turnover ratio (second at 2.5), assists (sixth at 4.2), defensive rebounds (10th at 4.2) and minutes (17th at 29.5) … named to AAC Weekly Honor Roll (2/8) after scoring a season-high 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting with four 3-pointers and three steals at Temple (2/4) … named to AAC Weekly Honor Roll (12/14) after tallying 11 points, seven assists and three steals at No. 12 Tennessee (12/12) … posted 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting with six assists and five rebounds vs. Xavier (12/6) … handed out 12 assists at SMU (1/7), the most by a Bearcat since Steve Logan (16 assists vs. Coppin State in 2001-02) … grabbed six or more rebounds in seven games, including as many as nine against Furman (12/9) and at SMU (1/7) … led the team in assists in 12 games. 

PRIOR TO CINCINNATI
Transferred from Michigan where he played the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons with the Wolverines … saw action in 31 games as a sophomore in 2019-20, serving as the squad’s sixth man while averaging 7.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 20.9 minutes … scored a career-high 20 points on 6-of-10 shooting with a trio of 3-pointers in the regular-season finale at No. 9 Maryland on Mar. 9, 2020 … listed on ESPN’s Top 100 for the Class of 2018, tabbed as the fifth-best prospect in the state of Michigan and ranked as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com coming out of East English Village Preparatory Academy in Detroit … tabbed a finalist for the state’s Mr. Basketball award and named a two-time Class A First Team selection by the Associated Press (2017, 2018) … chosen as a two-time Detroit News All-Detroit First Team honoree (2017, 2018) … averaged 26.3 points, 8.1 assists and 7.7 rebounds as a senior at East English Village, including a 49-point effort against Chicago Orr … averaged 25.0 points, 6.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds with 76 3-pointers a junior.

PERSONAL
Born Aug. 9, 1999 in Detroit, Michigan … son of Latrice Halthon and Ladell DeJulius … has one brother, Terrell Thornton, and three sisters, Aaliyah DeJulius, Cerisse DeJulius and Latriece DeJulius …  right-handed.

 

DECISIVELY ENGAGED! pic.twitter.com/2trDVZfwin

— David DeJulius (@DavidDejulius) March 26, 2022

The scene from the court as @DavidDejulius puts one back for a big road W?? pic.twitter.com/u4RggXp81i

— Cincinnati Men’s Hoops (@GoBearcatsMBB) January 30, 2022
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Senior
2021-22

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6-0 / 190 lbs
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Junior
2020-21

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6-0 / 195 lbs