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2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster
O'Connell, Alex
Jersey Number 15
Alex O'Connell
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 171
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Roswell, Ga.
- High School:
- Milton
Bio
CAREER
2019-20
2018-19
DUKE CANADA TOUR -- SUMMER 2018
2017-18
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
(updated Augist 2020)
- Played three seasons at Duke before transferring to Creighton University prior to the 2020-21 season
- Saw action in 101 career games and made 14 starts for the Blue Devils
- Averaged 4.3 points and 1.8 rebounds, while shooting .437 from the field and .361 from three-point range in his Duke career
2019-20
- Appeared in 29 games with six starts
- Averaged career-highs with 5.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game
- Went 5-of-12 from the field for 12 points to go with five rebounds and a career high-tying three assists against Notre Dame (2/15)
- Contributed 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting with three assists in 15 minutes off the bench at Syracuse (2/1)
- Scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting at Georgia Tech (1/8)
- Scored 14 points, including 12 on 4-of-5 shooting in the second half, and added four rebounds against Brown (12/28)
- Netted seven points and grabbed five boards in the ACC opener at Virginia Tech (12/6)
- Shot 3-of-6 from three-point range and finished with 14 points and a season-high six rebounds against Colorado State (11/8)
- Notched a career-high three steals to go with nine points in the win over No. 3 Kansas (11/5)
2018-19
- Played in 36 games and made a career-high seven starts, averaging 14.0 minutes per game
- His scoring and rebounding averages of 4.4 and 1.9, respectively, were each career highs
- Shot .447 from the field and .375 from three-point range
- Scored nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from three-point range with three rebounds in the Champions Classic win over Kentucky (11/6)
- Logged eight points, three boards and matched his career high with three steals in 21 minutes against Eastern Michigan (11/14)
- Recorded his first of five double-digit scoring efforts for the season with 13 points in the Stetson win (12/1)
- Played a then career-high 34 minutes against Syracuse at Cameron Indoor (1/14) with 16 points, three assists, three boards and two steals – his performance came with Cam Reddish out (illness) and Tre Jones injured in the opening minutes
- Earned his first of five consecutive starts – in the absence of Zion Williamson – in a key road win at Syracuse (2/23) with a career-high 20 points and five rebounds on 5-of-8 shooting from three-point range
- Played 30 minutes in the Miami win (3/2) with 11 points on 5-of-8 from the field and four rebounds
- Scored seven points with a pair of rebounds in the win over North Dakota State (3/22) in the NCAA First Round
- Learned he would start just minutes before the win over Virginia Tech (3/29) in the Sweet 16 with Reddish out (knee) and delivered a career-high 35 minutes with four points, two assists and a career high seven boards
DUKE CANADA TOUR -- SUMMER 2018
- Suffered an eye injury in the opening game of the Duke Canada Tour and missed the remainder of the tour
2017-18
- Played in 36 games and earned his first career start late in the season at Georgia Tech (2/11)
- Averaged 3.3 points and 1.4 rebounds, while playing 10.4 minutes per contest
- Made 22 of his 45 attempts from three-point range, which was statistically the best percentage on the team
- Played 13 minutes in his Duke debut against Elon in the season opener (11/10), scoring eight points and making both of his three-point attempts
- Scored 10 points, which included 4-of-5 from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range against Furman (11/20)
- Followed that with nine points against Portland State in the opening round of the PK80 in Portland (11/23)
- Played a then career-high 29 minutes against Texas in the PK80 (11/24) and posted a then career-high six rebounds
- Notched a then career-high 13 points in 15 minutes of action against Wake Forest (1/13)
- Followed that 10 days later at Wake Forest (1/23) by hitting 3-of-3 from the field for seven points and two steals
- Poured in 11 points on 4-of-8 from the field and 3-of-5 from distance at North Carolina (2/8)
- Made his first career start at Georgia Tech (2/11), playing 22 minutes with three points, four rebounds, two assists and one blocked shot
HIGH SCHOOL
- Ranked No. 85 overall and No. 20 among shooting guards in the 2017 high school class by ESPN
- Rated No. 55 overall by Rivals.com and No. 66 by Scout.com
- Named Atlanta/North Fulton Player of the Year and Class 7A Region 5 Player of the Year as a senior in 2017
- Claimed second-team All-Metro Atlanta and second-team Class 7A all-state accolades following his senior season Earned All-Class 7A South honors and was named to the North Senior Boys All-Star Team by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association in 2017
- Named to the 2016 NBPA Top 100 Camp, averaging 9.5 points per game
- Averaged 14.1 points per game for Team United on the EYBL circuit in 2016
- Scored 22.1 points per game for Milton on his way to Georgia Class 6A all-state honors as a junior in 2016
PERSONAL
- Born Alex David O’Connell on June 2, 1999, in Baltimore
- Son of David and Crystal O’Connell
- Father played basketball at Duke from 1973-76
- Has two brothers, Shawn and Brady
- Shawn played basketball at Georgia Southern, before playing his final year as a graduate transfer at UNC Wilmington in 2019
- Majored in sociology
(updated Augist 2020)
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