Marcus Evans (basketball)
Aaron Marcus Evans (born June 17, 1996) is an American college basketball player for the VCU Rams. He transferred from Rice.
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Position | Point guard |
League | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Midlothian, Virginia | June 17, 1996
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College | |
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High school career
Evans began his high school career at Great Bridge High School before transferring to Cape Henry Collegiate School.[1] Evans averaged 12.6 points, five assists and four steals per game as a junior. As a senior, Evans led the team to a state title. He signed with Rice in June 2014.[2]
College career
Evans was named Conference USA freshman of the week ten times, including the final six weeks.[3] As a freshman, Evans led Rice in scoring at 21.4 points per game. He was named Conference USA Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-Conference USA. Evans averaged 19 points per game as a sophomore, setting the C-USA sophomore scoring record with 665 points. He was again named to the First Team All-Conference USA. After his sophomore season, coach Mike Rhoades left to become the coach of VCU and Evans decided to transfer.[4] He ended up following Rhoades to VCU.[5]
Evans was forced to sit out a season as a redshirt, but tore his ACL twice during his redshirt year. He scored nine points in his debut for VCU against Gardner-Webb.[5] As a junior, Evans averaged 13.6 points, 3.2 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game.[6] Evans was named to the First Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-Academic Team.[7] Evans bruised his left knee in a loss in the Atlantic 10 tournament quarterfinals to Rhode Island. Playing through the pain, he returned for the NCAA tournament appearance and scored six points in the 73-58 loss to UCF in the round of 64.[8]
Coming into his senior year, Evans was named to the Bob Cousy Award preseason watchlist.[9] Evans was benched by the team on January 4, 2020 in a game against George Mason for a discipline issue.[10] On January 28, Evans scored his 2,000th career point in a win against crosstown rival Richmond, finishing with nine points and three assists.[11]
References
- Miller, Ed (January 5, 2016). "Cape Henry grad Marcus Evans is Rice's freshman scoring threat". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Johnson, Raphielle (June 29, 2014). "Point guard Marcus Evans becomes Rice's first 2015 verbal commitment". NBC Sports. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- "C-USA Men's Basketball Specialty Awards Announced". www.conferenceusa.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Coleman, Adam (March 27, 2017). "Rice's leading scorer Marcus Evans to transfer". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Epps, Wayne (November 6, 2018). "Marcus Evans makes debut as VCU grabs season-opening win over Gardner-Webb". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Brennan, Eamonn (July 31, 2019). "Finally healthy, VCU's Marcus Evans revels in the summer grind". The Athletic. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Freeman, Vernon (March 12, 2019). "VCU's Mike Rhoades named A-10 Coach of the Year; Evans makes All-Conference First Team". WTVR. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Barber, Mike (March 23, 2019). "'I gave it everything I had': VCU's Marcus Evans fights through pain to realize NCAA dream". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- "VCU's Marcus Evans named to Cousy Watch List". Augusta Free Press. October 14, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Byrum, Tyler (January 5, 2020). "VCU benches Marcus Evans for a team discipline move". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- "Chesapeake's Marcus Evans scores his 2,000th college point in VCU's win". The Virginian-Pilot. January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.