Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A two-year letterwinner . . . has played in 56 career games with 50 starts . . . owns career shooting averages of 50.8 percent from the field (135-for-266), 31.8 percent from downtown (27-for-85) and 74.3 percent from the free-throw line (153-for-206) . . . has totaled 450 points (8.0 ppg), 180 rebounds (3.2 rpg), 72 assists (1.3 apg), 22 steals (0.4 spg), and five blocks (0.1 bpg) in 1,508 minutes (26.9 mpg) . . . has 19 double-digit scoring efforts . . . registered a career-high 21 points against Washburn (March 4, 2014) . . . career-best eight rebounds came against Missouri Southern State (Nov. 22, 2011) . . . was twice named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2013-14) . . . competed in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship . . . earned a medical redshirt following his sophomore campaign after sitting out most of the season with an injury . . . transferred to Northeastern State from St. Edward’s University.
 
Junior (2013-14) – Played in 23 contests and made 19 starts . . . posted shooting percentages of 48.3 percent overall (57-for-118), 37.3 percent from downtown (19-for-51) and 67.1 percent at the free-throw line (53-for-79) . . . averaged 8.1 points per game, 3.8 rebounds per game and 1.3 assists per game in 28.3 minutes per game . . . scored in double figures in eight games, including a season-high 21 against Washburn (March 4) in the first round of the MIAA Championship . . . also registered 16 points to help lead NSU to an upset win over Central Missouri in the quarterfinals of the tournament (March 7) . . . posted a season-best seven rebounds in back-to-back contests against Pittsburg State (Jan. 29) and Central Oklahoma (Feb. 6) . . . dished out five assists against the Bronchos (Feb. 22) . . . landed on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Redshirt Sophomore (2012-13) – Participated in 27 games and made 25 starts . . . led the team in shooting at 51 percent (61-for-119) . . . also shot 25 percent from behind the three-point line (8-for-32) and 78 percent from the free-throw line (74-for-95) . . . finished in the top four on the team in five statistical categories . . . averaged 7.6 points per game, 2.6 rebounds per game and 26.0 minutes per game . . . reached double-figure scoring in nine games, including a season-high 19 points against Northwest Missouri State (Jan. 31) . . . dropped 16 at Southwest Baptist (Jan. 12) and 15 against Fort Hays State (Jan. 3) . . . made 9 of 10 free throws against both the Tigers and NWMSU . . . registered a season-high six rebounds twice . . . scored two points in 13 minutes against Winona State in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship . . . finished the season with 204 points, 69 rebounds, 35 assists, six steals, and one block in 701 minutes . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

St. Edward’s University (2009-11) – Competed in 23 games and made four starts with the Hilltoppers . . . averaged 4.4 points per game, 1.7 rebounds per game and 14.3 minutes per game . . . added 18 assists and 11 steals . . . sat out his initial season at SEU and took a redshirt.

High School – Lettered in four different sports at Van Alstyne HS . . . was named to the all-state third team senior year . . . was a three-time district MVP and All-Texomaland member . . . also competed in track, cross country and football.

Personal – Majoring in health and human performance . . . son of Rick and Kim DeMasters . . . born June 30, 1991.