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Player Profiles – Returning Lettermen
#11 Carson Hughes
Guard • 6’6” 180 Sr. • Keller, TX • Keller HS
CAREER HONORS
2020-2021:
Second Team All-Lone Star Conference
NABC Honors Court
D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
Fall Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll Spring Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2019-2020:
Fall Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll Spring Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2018-2019:
Fall Heartland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020-2021 (JUNIOR)
going 5-for-9 from three-point range, in a triple overtime win at Lubbock Christian (12/5) ... Dished out a career-high six assists against Texas A&M-Commerce (12/19) ... Connected on a season-best nine field goals as part of a 21-point performance versus UT Permian Basin (1/18).
2018-2019 (FRESHMAN)
Played in 33 games and made one start in his first season at DBU ... Totaled 202 points and average 6.1 points per game ... Made his debut in the season opener versus Colorado Mesa (11/9) and went 2-for-2 from the field and also drained three-pointer ... Tied for the ninth most points in a single-game in school history when he poured in 33 points versus Howard Payne (11/11) ... Led DBU with 25 points and drained a season-best six shots from three-point range in a win over Texas A&M International (12/1) ... Notched a season-high five steals against Southwestern Adventist (12/4).
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman at Keller High School ... Coached by Randall Durant ... Named the District’s Most Valuable Player and was also tabbed an All-Region selection following his senior season ... Garnered First Team All-District
accolades as a junior ... Helped guide Keller to the Class 6A State Tournament in 2017 ... Competed in the summers for 3D Hoops Academy.
PERSONAL
Born on February 1, 2000
... Parents are Casey and Amara Hughes ... Majoring in Sports Management ... Favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 27:17.
Named Second Team All-Lone Star Conference ... Led the LSC in minutes played (801) and was second in minutes per game (36.4) ... Finished the season tied for third in the LSC in assists (92) and was tied for fourth in the league in assists per game (4.2) ... Was third in the LSC in assist- to-turnover ratio (2.2) ... Averaged 10.4 points per game ... Went 40- for-43 from the free throw line to post a .930 free throw percentage ... Ranked third on the team in three-point field goal percentage (.425), rebounds (87), and rebounds per game (4.0) ... Played all 40 minutes in five games .... Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds to help lift DBU to a win over then-ranked No. 17 Angelo State (12/12) ... Recorded the fifth-most points in a single-game in school history when he went for a career-high 36 in a win over Oklahoma Christian (1/14) ... His alley-oop pass to Jalen White at the rim with 0.3 seconds left on the clock gave DBU a 91-90 win over Midwestern State (1/23) at the buzzer ... Also set a career-high in made field goals (11) and tied his career record for made three-pointers (6) in the same game ... Delivered a career-high nine assists versus A&M-Commerce (2/6).
2019-2020 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 30 games and made two starts ... Averaged 8.3 points per game and totaled 63 assists ... Delivered a season-high 22 points,
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