2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
*Led the NCAA in free throw percentage (95.0 percent) during the 2023-24 season.
2023-24 SEASON: Started all 33 games for the Bulldogs, playing 29.4 minutes per game...finished third on the team in scoring, averaging 13.5 points per game...his 95.0-percent mark from the free throw line ranked first nationally and also led the BIG EAST...his free throw percentage ranks second in Butler single-season history...made 57 of his 58 free throw attempts in BIG EAST games...finished second on the team in three-pointers made (67) and steals (36)...his 67 three-pointers are among the Top 25 in Butler single-season history...his average of 2.03 made three-pointers per game ranked 11th in the BIG EAST...averaged 3.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 43 percent from the field and 35 percent from three-point range...scored in double figures 24 times and had nine games of 20 points or more (including eight in BIG EAST play)...led the team in scoring eight times and in rebounding in three games...scored a season-high 28 points in the Jan. 27 double-overtime win over Villanova with all the points coming after halftime...that began a four-game stretch where he scored 20 or more points in each, the first Bulldog to do that since February of 2018...his scoring average of 14.6 points per game in BIG EAST conference games was 16th in the BIG EAST...scored 25 points in the Nov. 30 overtime win over Texas Tech...went 10-for-10 from the free throw line in that game (which he also did in the Nov. 10 win over Southeast Missouri State)...hit five three-pointers in a game three times during the season...his seven assists in the NIT game against Minnesota March 19 set a new career-high...had a career-best five steals against DePaul Jan. 20...had seven or more rebounds in four games, including a career-best eight in the Feb. 10 win over Providence...named to the five-member BIG EAST weekly honor roll twice (Jan. 29 and Feb. 12)...scored his 1,000th career point in the Nov. 23 game against Florida Atlantic.
*Transferred to Butler prior to the 2023-24 season
*2022-23 All-Big West Conference First Team
*His 149 career three-pointers (in three seasons) rank 11th in UC Irvine program history
2022-23 SEASON (AS A JUNIOR AT UC IRVINE): Selected to the All-Big West Conference first team…started all 34 games that he appeared in…averaged 15.0 points per game, which was second on the team and seventh in the conference…his 88 made three-pointers led the Big West and were 51st nationally… his 87.9 percent mark at the free throw line led the Big West and was 26th nationally…shot 40.2 percent from the three-point line, which was second in the conference and 33rd in the NCAA…led UC Irvine to 23 wins and an appearance in the NIT…scored in double figures 25 times, including eight 20-point games…led the team in scoring 12 times…scored a season-best 28 points at San Diego State Nov. 29…scored 24 points (including six three-pointers) at Oregon Nov. 11…had five games with five or more made three-pointers…shot 40 percent overall from the field…added 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game…had three steals at Hawaii Feb. 25...named Big West Player of the Week Nov. 14 after leading the Anteaters to a 2-0 week that included his 24 points in the road win at No. 21 Oregon.
2021-22 SEASON (AS A SOPHOMORE AT UC IRVINE): Averaged 8.8 points per game…had seven games in double figures, including topping 20 points in both of the team’s final two games of the season…scored 24 points at CSU Bakersfield March 5 and 21 points against UC Santa Barbara March 10…had three games during the season where he made four or more three-pointers…played in 24 contests, making two starts…shot 40 percent from three-point range…made 36 three-pointers and his average of 1.5 made per game was 11th in the Big West…went 47-for-52 (.904) from the free throw line…added 1.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game…pulled down six rebounds at UC Riverside Jan. 8.
2020-21 SEASON (AS A FRESHMAN AT UC IRVINE): Played in 25 games, averaging 20.3 minutes per game…scored 9.1 points per game, adding 1.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest…shot 81 percent from the free throw line…had eight games in double figures, including two games above 20 points…scored 23 points at UC San Diego Jan. 9, which included a 5-for-8 outing from three-point range…was named Big West Player of the Week after that performance, the first freshman to be named Big West Player of the Week since 2014…scored 21 points at UC Riverside Feb. 12…had two games with five assists…had four steals at Hawaii Jan. 29.
PRIOR TO UC IRVINE: Averaged 19.2 points per game to go along with 2.9 rebounds and 2.3 steals per contest at Riverside Poly High School…also played for Centennial High School.
PERSONAL: Son of Briaunna Jackson and Daren Davis…his first name is D'Areyon, but goes by DJ.
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