CAREER OVERVIEW | Career Statistics
At the time of his graduation, he ranked 6th on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,390 points in 102 career games, making 84 starts … 425 career free throws made were the 3rd-most, and his .810 career free throw percentage was the 7th-best.
Career-High Points: 37 @ Little Rock (1/22/22)
Career-High Rebounds: 13 @ Texas State (2/2/19)
Career-High Assists: 8 vs. ULM (2/21/20)
AWARDS
2022 Sun Belt Conference First Team
2022 NABC All-District First Team
Feb. 15, 2022: Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week
Jan. 4, 2022: Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2020 Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2020 NABC All-District Second Team
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021-22) | 19.9 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.8 APG | Game-By-Game Stats
Led the Sun Belt in conference scoring (23.9) by nearly five points per game … 19.9 points per game for the year ranked 20th in the nation … four 30-point games in Sun Belt play; the rest of the league combined had just three such outings … delivered 13 performances of 20+ points – 12 of which came after league play began on Dec. 30 … responsible for the three highest-scoring games in Sun Belt play with 37, 36 and 33 … the 36 points came against App State (Feb. 5) after dislocating a finger on his shooting hand minutes into the game … the 37 points occurred at Little Rock (Jan. 22) to represent a tie for the 10th-most points in single-game program history … 33 points tied a then-career high at Georgia Southern (Jan. 8) … made 17 free throws in the Little Rock contest – tied for the 5th-most by any player in the nation during the season, the most by a UTA player since 1979 and tied for the 4th-most in program history … in Sun Belt Conference games he ranked 2nd in minutes played (36.7), 3rd in free throw percentage (84.9) and tied for 6th in field goal percentage (44.1) … responsible for 30 percent of UTA’s points in Sun Belt play, and he missed two games due to COVID protocols versus Louisiana (Jan. 13) and ULM (Jan. 15) … the two 35+ point games matched a single-season program record … four 30-point contests were tied for the 5th-most in single-season program history … single-season program rankings: free throws made (4th, 158), free-throw percentage (7th, .845), points per game (T-10th, 19.9) and total points (14th, 518) … the 158 made free throws were the 22nd-most in the country … first UTA player since Erick Neal in 2018 with multiple Sun Belt Player of the Week honors in the same season (Jan. 4, Feb. 15) … became the 28th member of UTA’s 1,000 Point Club with a free throw in the 1st half at Oklahoma (Dec. 19) ... did not play vs. Howard Payne (Dec. 22; illness) … reached double-figure points in all but three games … according to KenPom, he ranked 22nd nationally in fouls drew per 40 minutes (6.5), 35th in terms of percentage of possessions used and 39th in percentage of shots taken … started all 26 games he appeared in … led UTA in scoring 20 times (including one tie) … team-high 34.6 minutes per game.
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21) | 12.8 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 2.1 APG | Game-By-Game Stats
Missed 13 games in Sun Belt play due to a leg injury … returned on Feb. 22 ... #1 play on SportsCenter’s Top 10 on Feb. 26 (video at the bottom of this page) for his game-winning four-point play at the buzzer against Arkansas State (team-high 22 points in that contest) ... 12 points and nine rebounds the next day against the Red Wolves (Feb. 27) ... had reached double-figure points in every game except one before the injury ... team-high 21 points in the Sun Belt Tournament against Troy (Mar. 5) … went 11-12 from the free-throw line in that contest to represent a career-high makes and also the most made free throws by a UTA player during the year … double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds at Louisiana Tech (Nov. 27) … led, or tied, the team in scoring at LA Tech and versus Dallas Christian (15) … reached double-figure points nine times … 10 games with at least one steal … five contests of 5+ rebounds … started all 12 games he played.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHPMORE (2019-20) | 14 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 3.7 APG | Game-By-Game Stats
Led UTA in scoring, steals (33) and free throws made (119) … tied for the team lead in assists and ranked 3rd on the club in rebounding … averaged 15 points per game in Sun Belt contests to tie for 8th in the league … also ranked tied for 5th in the Sun Belt for assists and was 3rd in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8) … in league games his 44.9-percent rate from the floor (106-236) was 3rd-best in the Sun Belt … poured in a career-high 33 points at Georgia Southern (Dec. 21) … that total was tied for the 2nd-most by any Sun Belt player during the season … added 12 rebounds in that game to represent one of only four 30-point double-doubles all year in the Sun Belt … all 12 rebounds came on the defensive end, tied for the 10th-most in single-game program history … had two other double-double performances: 13 points and 10 rebounds versus UC Santa Barbara (Dec. 7) and 20 points and 10 rebounds against Texas State (Feb. 28) … by himself he was responsible for 29 percent of UTA’s total free throws made during the season (119 of 409) … had 27 games of double-figure points, including 21-straight contests from Nov. 9-Jan. 30 … had five games of 20 or more points … secured five or more rebounds on 13 occasions … 20 games with at least one steal … appeared in all 32 games, making 29 starts … came off the bench the final three games of the year and averaged 14.7 points, reaching double-figure points in each outing.
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2018-19) | 8.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 1.6 APG | Game-By-Game Stats
Ranked 3rd on the team in scoring and assists … finished 3rd in the Sun Belt in free-throw percentage (.815, 110-135) to rank as the 19th-best in single-season program history … the only Sun Belt freshman to rank in the top-15 in free-throw percentage … first career double-double with a season-high-tying 16 points and then-career-best 11 rebounds at Appalachian State (Jan. 10) ... game-high 15 points off the bench at Georgia Southern (Jan. 24), including 8-8 from the free-throw line ... 13 defensive rebounds at Texas State (Feb. 2) were one shy of matching the single-game program record; added 14 points for his second double-double of the year ... tied a career high with 16 points at Arkansas State (Feb. 16); 14 of those came in a stretch where he scored all but two of UTA’s 16 points in the 2nd half … reached double-figure points 12 times, had 5+ rebounds on 13 occasions and posted 15 contests with at least one steal … appeared in 32 games with 17 starts … averaged 23.2 minutes per game.
AS A FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Suffered a knee injury in a preseason charity scrimmage at the University of Oklahoma ... spent the season in rehabilitation ... received a medical redshirt and will have four years of eligibility remaining.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of Clear Brook High School ... coached by Christian Thompson ... a finalist for the Guy V. Lewis Award as Greater Houston's top boys player ... District 24-6A Most Valuable player as a senior ... led district in scoring and rebounding three times ... became program's all-time leading scorer with 2,006 points during his prep career ... averaged 20.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.8 steals during his prep career ... registered averages of 25 points and 7.9 rebounds per game as a senior ... team went 25-9 in 2017 ... fell just two points shy of the school record for points in a single game when he scored 46 points in a win over La Porte High School as a junior ... scored 38 points in a rivalry win over Clear Creek that same season that clinched a playoff berth ... four-year letterwinner ... voted 24-6A Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore and Offensive Player of the Year as a junior ... played AAU basketball for Texas Boys' Athletic Club ... coached by Chris Walker ... rated as the No. 44 player in Texas by Texas Basketball Review and the No. 41 player in the state by Texas Top 100 ... listed as No. 14 best player in the Houston area by RCS Sports.
PERSONAL
Born on June 30, 1999 ... son of David and Jacquelyn Azore ... has one sister, Joilyn, who is his twin and played volleyball at Southern.
