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Avery Anderson III
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Justin, Texas
- High School:
- Northwest HS
Bio
2021-22 (Junior Season)
• Asserted himself as a true scoring threat as he led the Cowboys in three-point percentage and points.
• In 30 games, earned 30 starts and averaged 28.6 minutes per game with 12.1 points. Averaged 3.1 rebounds with 2.3 assists and 1.8 steals.
• Opened his junior campaign with 13 points against UT-Arlington on Nov. 9 in OSU’s win.
• In a tough home stretch against Wichita State, Xavier and Cleveland State, recorded double-digit scoring three-straight games as he scored 17 against Wichita State, 26 against Xavier then followed it up with 29 in the win over Cleveland State.
• Recorded a season-best seven rebounds at West Virginia on Jan. 11.
• Scored a career-high 34 points on Jan. 26 at home against Iowa State. It was one of just 11 30-point games that season from Big 12 athletes and was the second most scored. Only Ochai Agbaji (37 points against Texas Tech) scored more in a game on the season in the Big 12.
• Had a season-best streak of seven games starting at TCU on Feb. 8 in which he finished with double-digit scoring. Streak included games against Kansas State, Baylor, at Oklahoma and at Iowa State.
• In total, had 15 double-digit scoring games in OSU’s 30 contests.
• Was a threat defensively, most notably in the win over Iowa State on March 2. Recorded a season-best five steals to help OSU hold Iowa State to just 36 points. On the season, he finished with fourth-best steals per game average in the conference (1.77).
• Averaged the 14th-most points per game in the Big 12.
• Speaking of Big 12 standings, also had the sixth-best free throw percentage (.761).
• In conference only games, had the 17th-best scoring average (11.94) 11th-best assists per contest average (2.61), ninth-best free throw percentage (.773) and the fourth-best steals per game average (1.67).
2020-21 (Sophomore Season)
• Used his speed and instincts to become a force in the Big 12 and a legitimate scoring threat for the Cowboys.
• Earned All-Big 12 Championship Team honors after helping lead the Cowboys to the title game. Anderson posted 17 points in the win over No. 10 West Virginia and 20 points in the win over No. 2 Baylor.
• Burst onto the national scene by powering OSU to a win at No. 6 West Virginia with a career-high 31 points on 11-of-14 shooting. The 31 points tied for the fourth most by a Big 12 player in 2020-21.
• Anderson got strikingly better as the season progressed. The sophomore posted three 20-plus point scoring performances over the last six contests, and averaged 19.2 points on 52.6 percent shooting over that stretch.
• Named Academic All-Big 12 and a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 7 selection.
• For the season, he ranked second on the squad with 12.2 points per game, which was 23rd among all Big 12 players.
• One of the nation’s most improved players, Anderson essentially tripled his scoring output from his freshman season from 4.2 to 12.2 points per game, and saw his shooting percentages increase exponentially. He was 2-of-26 (.077) from 3-point as a freshman, but raised that mark to 19-of-58 (.328) as a sophomore.
• A pest on the defensive end of the floor, Anderson ranked seventh in the Big 12 with 1.48 steals per game.
• Ranked fifth in the Big 12 with a free throw clip of 83.9 percent (78-of-93).
• Ended his sophomore season ranked 10th in school history in career free throw percentage with a mark of 82.8 percent (106-of-128).
• Racked up a career-best 10 rebounds in the double-overtime win over No. 6 Texas. Also added 16 points for his first career double-double outing.
• In all, Anderson tallied 17 double-digit scoring games, including nine of his final 10 games.
• Led the Cowboys in scoring with 21 points in OSU’s NCAA Tournament opening round win over Liberty.
• Helped lead OSU to nine wins over ranked squads, the program’s first Big 12 Championship title game since 2005 and its first NCAA Tournament victory since 2009.
• Finished the season ranked third on the roster in plus/minus with a mark of +87 (+3.6 per game, +4.6 per 40).
• Averaged 30.5 minutes per game, and added 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.3 blocks per game for the Cowboys.
• Took three charges on the season, which ranked second among all Cowboys.
2019-20 (Freshman Season)
• Saw action in 30 games and proved a speedy 1-2 punch alongside Isaac Likekele.
• Posted a pair of double-digit scoring games, including a season-high 16 points against Minnesota.
• Ended the year with 42 assists (1.4 apg), which ranked third on the squad.
• Heads-up play in the closing seconds of the Big 12 Championship matchup against Iowa State led to the game-winning bucket from Isaac Likekele.
• Tallied 14 games with at least two assists.
• Proved a capable rebounder with six-board games against Ole Miss and TCU.
• Ended the year with a rebounding average of 2.1 per game.
• Finished with 12 points, four rebounds and a team-high, four steals in his second career start against Iowa State.
• Had a balanced stat line of eight points, three rebounds and three steals against West Virginia.
• Posted six assists and just a single turnover in OSU's exhibition win over Rogers State.
• Finished with eight points and four rebounds against Western Michigan on Nov. 22, 2019.
Northwest High School
• A consensus four-star recruit, Avery was ranked the nation's No. 102 overall recruit by 247Sports.com, which also listed him as the No. 17 combo guard in the country.
• ESPN had Avery ranked among the top-10 players in his class in the state of Texas and named him the No. 17 point guard nationally.
• Helped Justin's Northwestern High School reach the Texas Class 5A State Tournament in 2017 and 2018, including a state title-game appearance in 2018.
• Voted All-State by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and was named his district’s MVP as both a junior and a senior.
• Broke the Northwest High School scoring record by racking up 2,767 career points.
• Poured in 22.7 points per game as a senior.
• Named to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's 2018 and 2019 All-Area First Team.
• Averaged 17.3 points, 4.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game in 2017-18.
• Scored 16 points and tied a Texas 5A state tournament record with eight steals in a semifinal win over San Antonio Alamo Heights, which helped Northwest finish with a 34-6 record in 2018.
• Joined another future Cowboy teammate, Kalib Boone, at the prestigious 2018 NBPA Top 100 camp.
• Chose the Cowboys over Florida, LSU, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, Texas A&M and others.
Personal
• Born on Sept. 26, 2000.
• Is the son of Tracy and Avery Anderson Jr.
• Has one sister, Brittanie.
• Avery hasn't officially declared a major at OSU, but plans to study coaching science.
• Asserted himself as a true scoring threat as he led the Cowboys in three-point percentage and points.
• In 30 games, earned 30 starts and averaged 28.6 minutes per game with 12.1 points. Averaged 3.1 rebounds with 2.3 assists and 1.8 steals.
• Opened his junior campaign with 13 points against UT-Arlington on Nov. 9 in OSU’s win.
• In a tough home stretch against Wichita State, Xavier and Cleveland State, recorded double-digit scoring three-straight games as he scored 17 against Wichita State, 26 against Xavier then followed it up with 29 in the win over Cleveland State.
• Recorded a season-best seven rebounds at West Virginia on Jan. 11.
• Scored a career-high 34 points on Jan. 26 at home against Iowa State. It was one of just 11 30-point games that season from Big 12 athletes and was the second most scored. Only Ochai Agbaji (37 points against Texas Tech) scored more in a game on the season in the Big 12.
• Had a season-best streak of seven games starting at TCU on Feb. 8 in which he finished with double-digit scoring. Streak included games against Kansas State, Baylor, at Oklahoma and at Iowa State.
• In total, had 15 double-digit scoring games in OSU’s 30 contests.
• Was a threat defensively, most notably in the win over Iowa State on March 2. Recorded a season-best five steals to help OSU hold Iowa State to just 36 points. On the season, he finished with fourth-best steals per game average in the conference (1.77).
• Averaged the 14th-most points per game in the Big 12.
• Speaking of Big 12 standings, also had the sixth-best free throw percentage (.761).
• In conference only games, had the 17th-best scoring average (11.94) 11th-best assists per contest average (2.61), ninth-best free throw percentage (.773) and the fourth-best steals per game average (1.67).
2020-21 (Sophomore Season)
• Used his speed and instincts to become a force in the Big 12 and a legitimate scoring threat for the Cowboys.
• Earned All-Big 12 Championship Team honors after helping lead the Cowboys to the title game. Anderson posted 17 points in the win over No. 10 West Virginia and 20 points in the win over No. 2 Baylor.
• Burst onto the national scene by powering OSU to a win at No. 6 West Virginia with a career-high 31 points on 11-of-14 shooting. The 31 points tied for the fourth most by a Big 12 player in 2020-21.
• Anderson got strikingly better as the season progressed. The sophomore posted three 20-plus point scoring performances over the last six contests, and averaged 19.2 points on 52.6 percent shooting over that stretch.
• Named Academic All-Big 12 and a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 7 selection.
• For the season, he ranked second on the squad with 12.2 points per game, which was 23rd among all Big 12 players.
• One of the nation’s most improved players, Anderson essentially tripled his scoring output from his freshman season from 4.2 to 12.2 points per game, and saw his shooting percentages increase exponentially. He was 2-of-26 (.077) from 3-point as a freshman, but raised that mark to 19-of-58 (.328) as a sophomore.
• A pest on the defensive end of the floor, Anderson ranked seventh in the Big 12 with 1.48 steals per game.
• Ranked fifth in the Big 12 with a free throw clip of 83.9 percent (78-of-93).
• Ended his sophomore season ranked 10th in school history in career free throw percentage with a mark of 82.8 percent (106-of-128).
• Racked up a career-best 10 rebounds in the double-overtime win over No. 6 Texas. Also added 16 points for his first career double-double outing.
• In all, Anderson tallied 17 double-digit scoring games, including nine of his final 10 games.
• Led the Cowboys in scoring with 21 points in OSU’s NCAA Tournament opening round win over Liberty.
• Helped lead OSU to nine wins over ranked squads, the program’s first Big 12 Championship title game since 2005 and its first NCAA Tournament victory since 2009.
• Finished the season ranked third on the roster in plus/minus with a mark of +87 (+3.6 per game, +4.6 per 40).
• Averaged 30.5 minutes per game, and added 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.3 blocks per game for the Cowboys.
• Took three charges on the season, which ranked second among all Cowboys.
2019-20 (Freshman Season)
• Saw action in 30 games and proved a speedy 1-2 punch alongside Isaac Likekele.
• Posted a pair of double-digit scoring games, including a season-high 16 points against Minnesota.
• Ended the year with 42 assists (1.4 apg), which ranked third on the squad.
• Heads-up play in the closing seconds of the Big 12 Championship matchup against Iowa State led to the game-winning bucket from Isaac Likekele.
• Tallied 14 games with at least two assists.
• Proved a capable rebounder with six-board games against Ole Miss and TCU.
• Ended the year with a rebounding average of 2.1 per game.
• Finished with 12 points, four rebounds and a team-high, four steals in his second career start against Iowa State.
• Had a balanced stat line of eight points, three rebounds and three steals against West Virginia.
• Posted six assists and just a single turnover in OSU's exhibition win over Rogers State.
• Finished with eight points and four rebounds against Western Michigan on Nov. 22, 2019.
Northwest High School
• A consensus four-star recruit, Avery was ranked the nation's No. 102 overall recruit by 247Sports.com, which also listed him as the No. 17 combo guard in the country.
• ESPN had Avery ranked among the top-10 players in his class in the state of Texas and named him the No. 17 point guard nationally.
• Helped Justin's Northwestern High School reach the Texas Class 5A State Tournament in 2017 and 2018, including a state title-game appearance in 2018.
• Voted All-State by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and was named his district’s MVP as both a junior and a senior.
• Broke the Northwest High School scoring record by racking up 2,767 career points.
• Poured in 22.7 points per game as a senior.
• Named to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's 2018 and 2019 All-Area First Team.
• Averaged 17.3 points, 4.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game in 2017-18.
• Scored 16 points and tied a Texas 5A state tournament record with eight steals in a semifinal win over San Antonio Alamo Heights, which helped Northwest finish with a 34-6 record in 2018.
• Joined another future Cowboy teammate, Kalib Boone, at the prestigious 2018 NBPA Top 100 camp.
• Chose the Cowboys over Florida, LSU, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, Texas A&M and others.
Personal
• Born on Sept. 26, 2000.
• Is the son of Tracy and Avery Anderson Jr.
• Has one sister, Brittanie.
• Avery hasn't officially declared a major at OSU, but plans to study coaching science.
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