1 Demaree King

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Demaree King

GUARD • 6-0 • 180 • SENIOR TULSA, OKLA. • NORTHERN OKLAHOMA-TONKAWA WILL ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL

JSU CAREER:

2021-22: Played in all 32 games for Jax State as a Covid junior making three starts… quickly became a scoring weapon off the bench averaging double-digit points as a an outside threat…his 337 points (10.5 PPG) were third most for the Gamecocks as he evolved into one of the best three-point shooters in the nation… at one point led the nation in 3-pt shooting percentage before finishing second at 45.2 percent from beyond the arc while knocking down a JSU program record 84 treys…King scored 20-ormore points on five occasions, including backto-back games at Central Arkansas and versus Florida Gulf Coast in January…he posted a career-best 32 points at Little Rock on Dec. 21 going 11-for-14 overall and making 9-of-11 from three-point range…as a key part of JSU’s ASUN Conference championship and NCAA Tournament appearance, King finished the season with 71 assists, 66 rebounds and 24 steals. 2020-21: Appeared in all 27 contests in his first season with the Gamecocks…his first start came at Morehead State on Jan. 9…led the Gamecocks with 15 points off the bench in his Division I debut on Nov. 25 at Alabama…playing 20.5 minutes per game, he averaged 6.4 points per game and shot 42.1 percent from the field…scored a career-high 24 points on eight 3-pointers Nov. 29 vs South Alabama…came up one 3-pointer shy of the program’s singlegame record vs USA…recorded 173 points, 44 rebounds, and 12 steals in his junior season.

PRIOR TO JSU

Northern Oklahoma - Tonkawa - Three Seasons

Spent his first three seasons at Northern Oklahoma - Tonkawa, redshirting his second season after six games…comes to Jacksonville State as a junior…played 69 games for the Mavericks over his three years in Tonkawa, totaling 881 points, 183 rebounds and 98 steals…in 21.9 minutes per game, the guard averaged 12.8 points per contest and shot 48.6 percent…started 31 games his sophomore season, averaging a team-best 19.5 points per game…also led the Mavericks in points scored with 606, field goals with 208 and 3-pointers with 120…shot 46.2 from beyond the arc.

HIGH SCHOOL

Played his high school career at Will Rogers in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

PERSONAL

Born July 20, 1999 in Tulsa, Oklahoma…son of Monica and Shon King…has three brothers, Jerrel, Dimitri and Shon…majoring in integrated studies.

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