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Giddy Potts

Position:
G
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 217
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Athens, Ala.
High School:
Athens HS
Major:
Leisure Studies

2017-18 (Senior): Finished his Blue Raider career with 100 wins, the most of any Blue Raider in program history (along with classmate Edward Simpson) … Amassed 1,645 points throughout his four-year career, which places him second all-time in program history … His 133 career games played makes him third in program history, and his 116 starts are more than any other Blue Raider … Was eighth all-time in field goals made (557) in a career after his senior year … His 286 career made three-pointers and 686 attempted three-pointers rank him first all-time in program history in both categories … Posted 86 career double-digit scoring games, including 27 as a senior … Made 85 three-pointers in 2017-18 to set the program’s record for threes in a single season … His senior season saw career highs in minutes per game (31.8), three-point percentage (40.5) and free-throw percentage (86.3) … Averaged 13.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per outing in his final season … Dropped a season-best 25 points twice: at FIU (Jan. 4) and against Vermont in the first round of the NIT (Mar. 13) … Tied a career high for minutes played in a game when he logged 43 vs. Southern Miss in the C-USA Tournament ... Was a career-best 9-9 from the free-throw line against Auburn (Dec. 16) … Earned Second Team All-C-USA honors … Was named to the NABC All-District Second Team.

2016-17 (Junior): Started 35 of 36 contests, only coming off the bench on Senior Day against Florida Atlantic (Mar. 4) … Second on the team in scoring at 15.3 points per game and third in rebounding at 5.3 boards per game … Led the Blue Raiders with 47 steals on the year … Shot 48.2 percent from the field … 38.4 percent from 3-point range and a team-high 80.8 percent from the free throw line … Notched 27 double-digit scoring games and eight 20-point games as a junior … Named to the Challenge in Music City All-Tournament Team after averaging 17.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists in three games … Poured in 27 points and pulled down a season-high nine boards against Vanderbilt (Dec. 8) … Totaled 25 points and seven boards in a narrow loss at VCU (Dec. 17) … Became the 33^rd member of Middle Tennessee’s 1,000-Point Club with a 22-point outing at UTSA (Feb. 2) … Totaled a career-high 30 points against Florida Atlantic (Mar. 4) in 28 minutes off the bench … Tied his career high with 30 points in the C-USA Championship game against Marshall (Mar. 11) … Named the Conference USA Tournament MVP after averaging 19.3 points and six boards per game … Voted to the All-Conference USA Third Team.

2015-16 (Sophomore): Played in 28 games and earned 27 starts for the Blue Raiders … Led the team with 14.9 points per game … Third on the team with 5.4 rebounds per game, the most among the guards … Led the country in 3-point field goal percentage at a school record 50.6%, making 79-of-156 shots from beyond the arc … His 79 made 3-pointers are second all-time in a single season at MT … Had 23 double-figure scoring performances and four 20-point games on the year … Tallied 21 points and seven rebounds at Tennessee State (Nov. 21), hitting 5-of-8 3-point attempts … Notched his first career double-double against South Alabama (Dec. 5) with 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds … Missed four games from Dec. 22 to Jan. 3, but came storming back with 26 points and a career-high five steals against UTSA (Jan. 9) and 29 points on 9-of-11 shooting while making 7-of-8 3-pointers at Charlotte (Jan. 14) … Had 27 points three games later against Rice (Jan. 23) … Tallied a second double-double against WKU (Feb. 25) with 19 points and 12 rebounds, but suffered a concussion and would miss the final three regular season games … Put up 15.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in the C-USA Tournament … Scored 19 points, grabbed five boards and swiped a pair of steals in the NCAA Tournament win against No. 2 Michigan State (Mar. 18) … Finished the season in eighth place all-time at MT with 125 made 3-pointers … Also held the second best career 3-point percentage (.450) in school history at the conclusion of his sophomore season.

2014-15 (Freshman): Saw action in all 36 games, starting 21 … Played an average of 18 minutes per contest … Connected on 80-of-213 shot attempts (.376) … Made 46-of-122 three-pointers (.377) … Was a 75.6 percent free throw shooter (31-of-41) … Secured 98 rebounds, 88 of which came on the defensive end … Dished out 31 assists … Recorded four blocks … Tallied 26 steals … Scored 237 points … Scored a career-high 28 points against Marshall (Feb. 19) … Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds on three different occasions (Dec. 2, Dec. 19, Dec. 21) … Played a season-high 33 minutes versus Western Kentucky (Feb. 22) … Dropped four assists at FIU (Mar.5) … Had nine double-digit scoring games … Averaged 6.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game… Voted to the C-USA All-Freshman Team … Named C-USA Freshman of the Week, College Sports Madness C-USA Player of the Week and TSWA Player of the Week the week of Feb. 23.

Athens High School: One of three players in the state of Alabama in the running for the title of Mr. Basketball … led Athens High School in a deep postseason run and eliminated the three-time defending state champion on the way to advancing to the Class 5A Northwest Regional final … paced Athens, averaging 20.8 points per game during his senior campaign … second on the team in rebounding, pulling down 8.0 boards a contest.

Personal: Born August 8, 1995 to Tina and William Potts … Siblings Troy Potts, Keysha Johnson, Keyra Potts and Mariah Potts … Mother played basketball at Calhoun Community College … Chose MT because the team felt like family to him.