2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 3
Avery Anderson III
- Position:
- G
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 170
- Hometown:
- Justin, Texas
- High School:
- Northwest HS
- Prev School:
- Oklahoma State
Bio
2023-24 | SENIOR SEASON (TCU)
Started all 17 games and played in all 34… Averaged 7.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game… Scored a season-high 15 points five times and reached double-figures 11 times… Tied or led the team in assists 13 times and had a season-high seven against Arizona State (12/16/23)… Earned his first start of the season on Dec. 24 at Hawaii… Recorded four or more steals in a game five times including a career-high six at Kansas (1/6/24).
2023 FOREIGN TOUR (LONDON/PARIS)
Averaged 3.5 assists on tour with a high of seven against Elite Basket Congo… Averaged 7.5 points per game with a high of 11 points against Congo… Completed a perfect free throw percentage (3-3)... Had a total of eight steals for an average of 2.0.
2022-23 | SENIOR SEASON (Oklahoma State)
Started all 22 games he played in… Averaged 11.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game… Scored a season-best 18 points twice, against Iowa State and at Oakland… Scored at least 10 points 15 times… Recorded a season-high nine assists against Texas A&M Corpus Christi… Went 11-of-11 from the free throw line against Ole Miss and finished with 17 points… Shot 82.3 percent from the free throw line (79-of-96)… Was ruled out for the season with a left wrist injury on Feb. 6.
2021-22 | JUNIOR SEASON (Oklahoma State)
In 30 games, earned 30 starts and averaged 28.6 minutes per game with 12.1 points, which ranked 14th in the Big 12… Averaged 3.1 rebounds with 2.3 assists and 1.8 steals… Opened his junior campaign with 13 points against UT-Arlington on Nov. 9 in OSU’s win… In a tough home stretch against Wichita State, Xavier and Cleveland State, recorded double-digit scoring three-straight games as he scored 17 against Wichita State, 26 against Xavier then followed it up with 29 in the win over Cleveland State… Recorded a season-best seven rebounds at West Virginia on Jan. 11… Scored a career-high 34 points on Jan. 26 at home against Iowa State... It was one of just 11 30-point games that season from Big 12 athletes and was the second most scored... Had a season-best streak of seven games starting at TCU on Feb. 8 in which he finished with double-digit scoring... In total, had 15 double-digit scoring games in OSU’s 30 contests… Recorded a season-best five steals to help OSU hold Iowa State to just 36 points... On the season, finished with fourth-best steals per game average in the conference (1.77)… Had the sixth-best free throw percentage (.761)… In conference only games, had the 17th-best scoring average (11.94) 11th-best assists per contest average (2.61), ninth-best free throw percentage (.773) and the fourth-best steals per game average (1.67).
2020-21 | SOPHOMORE SEASON (Oklahoma State)
Earned All-Big 12 Championship Team honors after helping lead the Cowboys to the title game... Anderson posted 17 points in the win over No. 10 West Virginia and 20 points in the win over No. 2 Baylor… Scored a season-high 31 points to lift OSU to a win at No. 6 West Virginia on 11-of-14 shooting... The 31 points tied for the fourth most by a Big 12 player in 2020-21… Posted three 20-plus point scoring performances over the last six contests, and averaged 19.2 points on 52.6 percent shooting over that stretch… Named Academic All-Big 12 and a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 7 selection… Ranked second on the squad with 12.2 points per game, which was 23rd among all Big 12 players… One of the nation’s most improved players, Anderson essentially tripled his scoring output from his freshman season from 4.2 to 12.2 points per game, and saw his shooting percentages increase exponentially. He was 2-of-26 (.077) from 3-point as a freshman, but raised that mark to 19-of-58 (.328) as a sophomore… Ranked seventh in the Big 12 with 1.48 steals per game… Ranked fifth in the Big 12 with a free throw clip of 83.9 percent (78-of-93)… Racked up a career-best 10 rebounds in the double-overtime win over No. 6 Texas. Also added 16 points for his first career double-double outing… In all, Anderson tallied 17 double-digit scoring games, including nine of his final 10 games… Led the Cowboys in scoring with 21 points in OSU’s NCAA Tournament opening round win over Liberty… Helped lead OSU to nine wins over ranked squads, the program’s first Big 12 Championship title game since 2005 and its first NCAA Tournament victory since 2009… Finished the season ranked third on the roster in plus/minus with a mark of +87 (+3.6 per game, +4.6 per 40)… Averaged 30.5 minutes per game, and added 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.3 blocks per game for the Cowboys… Took three charges on the season, which ranked second among all Cowboys.
2019-20 | FRESHMAN SEASON (Oklahoma State)
Saw action in 30 games… Posted a pair of double-digit scoring games, including a season-high 16 points against Minnesota… Ended the year with 42 assists (1.4 apg), which ranked third on the squad… Tallied 14 games with at least two assists… Had six rebounds against Ole Miss and TCU… Ended the year with a rebounding average of 2.1 per game… Finished with 12 points, four rebounds and a team-high, four steals in his second career start against Iowa State… Had a balanced stat line of eight points, three rebounds and three steals against West Virginia.
PREP CAREER (Northwest High School)
A consensus four-star recruit… Ranked the nation’s No. 102 overall recruit by 247Sports.com which also listed him as the No 17 combo guard in the country… Ranked among the top-10 players in his class in the state of Texas and named the No. 17 point guard nationally by ESPN… Helped Justin's Northwestern High School reach the Texas Class 5A State Tournament in 2017 and 2018, including a state title-game appearance in 2018… Voted All-State by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and was named his district’s MVP as both a junior and a senior… Broke the Northwest High School scoring record by racking up 2,767 career points… Poured in 22.7 points per game as a senior… Named to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's 2018 and 2019 All-Area First Team… Averaged 17.3 points, 4.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game in 2017-18… Scored 16 points and tied a Texas 5A state tournament record with eight steals in a semifinal win over San Antonio Alamo Heights, which helped Northwest finish with a 34-6 record in 2018… Participated in the 2018 NBPA Top 100 camp.
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 26, 2000… Son of Tracy and Avery Anderson Jr… Has one sister, Brittanie… Graduated from OSU in 2023 with a degree in university studies of coaching science.
Started all 17 games and played in all 34… Averaged 7.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game… Scored a season-high 15 points five times and reached double-figures 11 times… Tied or led the team in assists 13 times and had a season-high seven against Arizona State (12/16/23)… Earned his first start of the season on Dec. 24 at Hawaii… Recorded four or more steals in a game five times including a career-high six at Kansas (1/6/24).
2023 FOREIGN TOUR (LONDON/PARIS)
Averaged 3.5 assists on tour with a high of seven against Elite Basket Congo… Averaged 7.5 points per game with a high of 11 points against Congo… Completed a perfect free throw percentage (3-3)... Had a total of eight steals for an average of 2.0.
2022-23 | SENIOR SEASON (Oklahoma State)
Started all 22 games he played in… Averaged 11.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game… Scored a season-best 18 points twice, against Iowa State and at Oakland… Scored at least 10 points 15 times… Recorded a season-high nine assists against Texas A&M Corpus Christi… Went 11-of-11 from the free throw line against Ole Miss and finished with 17 points… Shot 82.3 percent from the free throw line (79-of-96)… Was ruled out for the season with a left wrist injury on Feb. 6.
2021-22 | JUNIOR SEASON (Oklahoma State)
In 30 games, earned 30 starts and averaged 28.6 minutes per game with 12.1 points, which ranked 14th in the Big 12… Averaged 3.1 rebounds with 2.3 assists and 1.8 steals… Opened his junior campaign with 13 points against UT-Arlington on Nov. 9 in OSU’s win… In a tough home stretch against Wichita State, Xavier and Cleveland State, recorded double-digit scoring three-straight games as he scored 17 against Wichita State, 26 against Xavier then followed it up with 29 in the win over Cleveland State… Recorded a season-best seven rebounds at West Virginia on Jan. 11… Scored a career-high 34 points on Jan. 26 at home against Iowa State... It was one of just 11 30-point games that season from Big 12 athletes and was the second most scored... Had a season-best streak of seven games starting at TCU on Feb. 8 in which he finished with double-digit scoring... In total, had 15 double-digit scoring games in OSU’s 30 contests… Recorded a season-best five steals to help OSU hold Iowa State to just 36 points... On the season, finished with fourth-best steals per game average in the conference (1.77)… Had the sixth-best free throw percentage (.761)… In conference only games, had the 17th-best scoring average (11.94) 11th-best assists per contest average (2.61), ninth-best free throw percentage (.773) and the fourth-best steals per game average (1.67).
2020-21 | SOPHOMORE SEASON (Oklahoma State)
Earned All-Big 12 Championship Team honors after helping lead the Cowboys to the title game... Anderson posted 17 points in the win over No. 10 West Virginia and 20 points in the win over No. 2 Baylor… Scored a season-high 31 points to lift OSU to a win at No. 6 West Virginia on 11-of-14 shooting... The 31 points tied for the fourth most by a Big 12 player in 2020-21… Posted three 20-plus point scoring performances over the last six contests, and averaged 19.2 points on 52.6 percent shooting over that stretch… Named Academic All-Big 12 and a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 7 selection… Ranked second on the squad with 12.2 points per game, which was 23rd among all Big 12 players… One of the nation’s most improved players, Anderson essentially tripled his scoring output from his freshman season from 4.2 to 12.2 points per game, and saw his shooting percentages increase exponentially. He was 2-of-26 (.077) from 3-point as a freshman, but raised that mark to 19-of-58 (.328) as a sophomore… Ranked seventh in the Big 12 with 1.48 steals per game… Ranked fifth in the Big 12 with a free throw clip of 83.9 percent (78-of-93)… Racked up a career-best 10 rebounds in the double-overtime win over No. 6 Texas. Also added 16 points for his first career double-double outing… In all, Anderson tallied 17 double-digit scoring games, including nine of his final 10 games… Led the Cowboys in scoring with 21 points in OSU’s NCAA Tournament opening round win over Liberty… Helped lead OSU to nine wins over ranked squads, the program’s first Big 12 Championship title game since 2005 and its first NCAA Tournament victory since 2009… Finished the season ranked third on the roster in plus/minus with a mark of +87 (+3.6 per game, +4.6 per 40)… Averaged 30.5 minutes per game, and added 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.3 blocks per game for the Cowboys… Took three charges on the season, which ranked second among all Cowboys.
2019-20 | FRESHMAN SEASON (Oklahoma State)
Saw action in 30 games… Posted a pair of double-digit scoring games, including a season-high 16 points against Minnesota… Ended the year with 42 assists (1.4 apg), which ranked third on the squad… Tallied 14 games with at least two assists… Had six rebounds against Ole Miss and TCU… Ended the year with a rebounding average of 2.1 per game… Finished with 12 points, four rebounds and a team-high, four steals in his second career start against Iowa State… Had a balanced stat line of eight points, three rebounds and three steals against West Virginia.
PREP CAREER (Northwest High School)
A consensus four-star recruit… Ranked the nation’s No. 102 overall recruit by 247Sports.com which also listed him as the No 17 combo guard in the country… Ranked among the top-10 players in his class in the state of Texas and named the No. 17 point guard nationally by ESPN… Helped Justin's Northwestern High School reach the Texas Class 5A State Tournament in 2017 and 2018, including a state title-game appearance in 2018… Voted All-State by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and was named his district’s MVP as both a junior and a senior… Broke the Northwest High School scoring record by racking up 2,767 career points… Poured in 22.7 points per game as a senior… Named to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's 2018 and 2019 All-Area First Team… Averaged 17.3 points, 4.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game in 2017-18… Scored 16 points and tied a Texas 5A state tournament record with eight steals in a semifinal win over San Antonio Alamo Heights, which helped Northwest finish with a 34-6 record in 2018… Participated in the 2018 NBPA Top 100 camp.
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 26, 2000… Son of Tracy and Avery Anderson Jr… Has one sister, Brittanie… Graduated from OSU in 2023 with a degree in university studies of coaching science.
TCU MBB | first practice week of 2025
Friday, June 06
MBB Postgame Press Conference
Tuesday, March 11
Postgame Press Conference vs. Colorado
Tuesday, March 11
Postgame Press Conference at Colorado
Saturday, March 08
