Longwood University Athletics

2022-23: Bulldog defender and rugged combo guard who averaged 7.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting .439 from the floor, .339 from three and .722 from the free throw line…Played in 25 games with 18 starts after battling a midseason injury…Helped the team win 20 games and finish second in the Big South regular season…Third on the team with 55 assists…Scored in double figures five times…Tallied a career best eight assists on Nov. 18 against VMI…Scored 12 points on Nov. 19 against Fairleigh Dickinson…Tied a career best with 16 points on Jan. 7 against Winthrop to lead Longwood in scoring…Scored 14 points while hitting a career best four threes in the return to Winthrop on Feb. 1…Had a season-high six rebounds on Feb. 23 at Gardner-Webb while also scoring 13 points…Tallied a career high four steals on March 3 against Campbell in the Big South Tournament to go with eight points and five rebounds…

2021-22: Hard-nosed defender with high levels of athleticism and toughness who played an integral role for a Longwood team that won both the Big South regular season and tournament titles for the first time in program history to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament…Played in 26 games and averaged 5.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in 19.6 minutes per game…Scored in double figures five times…Posted a season-best 14 points at High Point on Feb. 17 while going 3-6 from the floor, 1-4 from three and 7-10 from the free throw line…The free throws made and attempted in the game were both career bests, and he added a career high four offensive rebounds as well…Had a career best seven rebounds against UMBC on Nov. 20…Matched his career high with seven rebounds on Dec. 22 at Abilene Christian…
 
2020-21 (College of Charleston): Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman…helped College of Charleston to a 6-4 record in games he played…averaged 2.3 points, 1.4 rebounds and 9.7 minutes per game in those contests…hit 3-of-9 three-pointers on the season…highest-scoring game came against Elon when he contributed five points in 11 minutes (Feb. 13)…saw his first collegiate action against ACC powerhouse North Carolina (Jan. 25)…played a career-high 18 minutes at Delaware, hitting his lone three-point attempt and adding a career-high three assists.
 
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Bellaire Episcopal High School in Houston, Texas…helped lead Bellaire to back-to-back Texas state runner-up finishes…named to the Texas All-State team as a senior…averaged 16.0 points, 5.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game as a senior…averaged 13.0 points, 6.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds as a junior…team captain and team MVP…earned all-academic honors.
 
Personal: Son of Demarcus and Tanika Houston…has five siblings: Alani, Christian, D’Maryia, JeQuarius (Quari) and Demarrea (Dee)…his cousin Kevin Houston played professional basketball in France after playing collegiately at Long Beach State...uncle, Devin Lee, also played football at Houston Baptist…