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Jersey Number 1
Damari Wheeler-Thomas
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Elgin, Ill.
- High School:
- Larkin HS
2024-25 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
2023-24 Season (Sophomore): Started all 32 games and led the Bison in minutes played for the season … Ranked third on the team with 10.7 points per game, and led the team with 2.5 assists per game … Averaged just under 34 minutes per contest … Shot 45 percent overall, 37 percent from three-point range, and 83 percent at the free throw line … Scored a career-high 30 points at Omaha on Jan. 13, making four three-pointers and 12-of-17 shooting … Posted six assists and six rebounds in the season-opening win at Western Michigan … Scored 22 points in the win at Montana on Nov. 16.
2022-23 Season (Freshman): Played in 32 of 33 games and made 28 starts as a true freshman … Averaged 7.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game … Played 25.2 minutes per contest – the fourth-most on the team … Scored a season-high 17 points in a game twice, including in the semifinal victory over South Dakota State in the Summit League Tournament … Also posted a season-high 7 assists vs. SDSU in the tournament … Season-high 6 rebounds at Oral Roberts on Feb. 18 … 85-percent free throw shooter for the season.
High School: Led Larkin HS to an unbeaten conference title as a senior in 2021-22 … Named to the IBCA all-state second team in Class 4A … Chicago Sun-Times 4A all-state second team … Captain of the 2022 Daily Herald All-Area Team … Averaged over 19 points per game and totaled 674 points his senior season, leading Larkin to a record of 31-4 … Averaged 17.5 points and 5.0 assists per game as a junior, earning Upstate 8 all-conference honors … Four-year varsity player.
2023-24 Season (Sophomore): Started all 32 games and led the Bison in minutes played for the season … Ranked third on the team with 10.7 points per game, and led the team with 2.5 assists per game … Averaged just under 34 minutes per contest … Shot 45 percent overall, 37 percent from three-point range, and 83 percent at the free throw line … Scored a career-high 30 points at Omaha on Jan. 13, making four three-pointers and 12-of-17 shooting … Posted six assists and six rebounds in the season-opening win at Western Michigan … Scored 22 points in the win at Montana on Nov. 16.
2022-23 Season (Freshman): Played in 32 of 33 games and made 28 starts as a true freshman … Averaged 7.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game … Played 25.2 minutes per contest – the fourth-most on the team … Scored a season-high 17 points in a game twice, including in the semifinal victory over South Dakota State in the Summit League Tournament … Also posted a season-high 7 assists vs. SDSU in the tournament … Season-high 6 rebounds at Oral Roberts on Feb. 18 … 85-percent free throw shooter for the season.
High School: Led Larkin HS to an unbeaten conference title as a senior in 2021-22 … Named to the IBCA all-state second team in Class 4A … Chicago Sun-Times 4A all-state second team … Captain of the 2022 Daily Herald All-Area Team … Averaged over 19 points per game and totaled 674 points his senior season, leading Larkin to a record of 31-4 … Averaged 17.5 points and 5.0 assists per game as a junior, earning Upstate 8 all-conference honors … Four-year varsity player.
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