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Day Day Thomas Season 2023-24

PositionG
Weight185 lbs
Height6-0
ClassJunior
HometownBishopville, S.C.
Previous SchoolKilgore College

2025-26 (GRADUATE)
Started all 33 contests … ranked third on the team with 11.5 points per game and second on the team with 3.5 assists per game … connected on a team-high 72 made threes and paced the team with an 88.5% free throw percentage … ranked second on the team with 32 steals and third with 17 blocked shots … played a team-high 1,004 minutes … recorded a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio … led the team in scoring on 14 occasions and assists 14 times … tallied 18 double-figure scoring games and a pair with 20-plus … went for 20 points, including a perfect 12-for-12 from the charity stripe against Dayton … scored 16 points, to go along with five boards and five assists, against Mount St. Mary’s … went for 12 points, six assists and four boards against No. 6 Louisville … totaled 17 points and five boards against Eastern Michigan … poured in 19 points with six assists and five rebounds against Tarleton State … scored 15 points against Xavier … went for 15 points and four dimes against No. 8 Houston … scored 19 points in upset of No. 2 Iowa State … went for 10 points and seven assists at Kansas State … scored 16 points against Utah … scored a season-high 26 points against Oklahoma State … went for 12 points and six assists on his Senior Night vs. BYU … scored 19 points at TCU … went for 15 points and six assists against UCF in Big 12 Tournament.

2024-25 (SENIOR)
Missed first three games due to preseason foot injury, then played the next 32, including starting the final 15 ... averaged 10.2 ppg, including 40.2% from beyond the arc, up from 28.0 the previous year ... that improvement marks the highest by a Bearcat since Dion Dixon (14.1) from 2009-10 to 2010-11, and he is the third Bearcat to shoot higher than 40% on 30-plus makes since 2017-18 ... also had a team-high 56 steals, including 17 over a three-game stretch between the Big 12 Tournament and Crown, the most in such a span in the nation ... his seven swipes against DePaul in the Crown ranks third in program history, and his six against OSU in Kansas City is tied for sixth, giving him two of the top-six steals games in program history ... scored in double figures 15 times, with 13 of those coming from Feb. 2 and onward after moving back into the starting lineup for good ... season-high 20 points came in road win at UCF, then upped that with 21 against Oklahoma State in a first-round Big 12 Tourney win ... also had 19 at eventual national runner-up Houston and in the finale against UCF in Las Vegas, where he was 5-for-9 from deep.

2023-24 (JUNIOR)
Point guard and defensive ace who started the first 35 games before suffering season-ending injury late in the first round of the NIT ... averaged 10.4 ppg and led with 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game ... third on team in scoring while leading in swipes and dimes ... scored career-high 29 points that included 7-of-10 deep shooting against West Virginia to open Big 12 Championship ... also scored 21 and 20 in wins over TCU and NKU, respectively, as part of 15 games in double-figures ... 61 steals were most by a Bearcat since Cashmere Wright's record 74 in 2011-12 ... fifth Bearcat since 2010 with five rebounds, five steals and five assists in a game, doing so in regular-season finale against West Virginia ... first to open UC career with four-straight double-figure scoring games since Kyle Washington's eight in 2016-17.

PRIOR TO UC
Rated No. 4 junior-college prospect by JucoRecruiting.com ... played two seasons at Kilgore College in Texas after competing at Lee Central and Ridge View HS in South Carolina ... averaged 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game at Kilgore College in Texas, where he was also posted an 84.2% free-throw shooter ... had a career-high 33-point, 40-minute performance in November and ended the season with 26 and 20 over his last two games ... scored 32 points on Nov. 30 as another one of his 13 games of 20 or more points ... led the Rangers with 37 steals while adding 18 blocks ... Averaged 11.3 ppg on 50% shooting as a freshman ... held offers from West Virginia, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Arizona State and Memphis, among others, before choosing the Bearcats.

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Graduate Student
2025-26

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6-1 / 190 lbs
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Senior
2024-25

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6-1 / 190 lbs