Brandon Weems

 

# 10 Brandon Weems

Guard

5-9

Senior

Akron, OH/Akron Saint Vincent-Saint Mary HS

Last year’s NAIA assist leader returns for his final year in the  Maroon and Gold... Will start at the point… Takes care of the ball as well as anyone in Cavalier history… Second in career assists with 459… Needs 187 points to reach 1,000… Sixth in career three-point field goal percentage (.429) and eighth in career three-point attempts (331) … 2006: Led the NAIA in assists, dishing out a Walsh record 237, for a 7.4 per game average… Tied single-game assist mark, dishing out 17 against Central Methodist at NAIA Disney Challenge… Handed out 10 or more assists in a single game seven times… Recorded 3.1 assist/turnover ratio, which led the AMC and was second in the NAIA… Honorable Mention All-AMC South for second straight year… Logged more minutes than any other Cavalier (1,119)… Played and started in 32 games… Missed the first two games, after suffering an ankle injury at Ohio State in exhibition game… Scored in double figures 15 times, with season-high 19 points in win at Rio Grande… Led the Cavs in scoring twice; scored 18 points in AMC Tournament Championship game against Notre Dame and 14 against King College in NAIA First Round win… Averaged 4.0 rebounds per game and led the team in rebounding three times… Hauled down career-best 12 in home win over Malone… 2005: Honorable Mention All-AMC South Division… One of three players to start all 34 games… Played at the point, as well as the off guard spot… Averaged 33.9 minutes per game, most on the team… Second in the AMC and ninth in the NAIA in assist/turnover ratio (2.7)… Second on the team with 142 assists, while committing only 52 turnovers… Dished out career high nine assists in AMC Tournament title win over Daemen College… Fourth in the AMC in three-point percentage (.436)… Averaged 8.7 points per game and reached double figures in 15 games… Scored season-high 23 points in road win at the University of Rio Grande, connecting on 6-8 from behind the arc… During stretch in late January, early February, averaged 14.4 points in seven games… Scored 18 points in season opening win over Saint Francis (IN) at Notre Dame Tournament and was selected to All-Tournament Team… One of the finest rebounding guards in the AMC, averaging 4.3 per game… Pulled down career-high eight rebounds in home AMC South win over Urbana… Had seven rebounds against Oregon Tech and five against Tennessee Wesleyan at NAIA National Tournament… Had at least five rebounds in a single game 16 times… AMC Player of the Week (12/3/-10)…. 2004: Named to the AMC’s All-Freshmen Team… Received NAIA Champions of Character Award at the national tournament… Played in all 35 games and started one… Logged 882 minutes and averaged 25.2 minutes per game, 6.5 points, 2.4 assists, 2.4 rebounds, shot .470 from the field, .448 from three-point and .765 from the line… Put together one of the finest freshman seasons in Walsh history at the point… Posted 2.1 assist/turnover ratio, with only 39 turnovers and 80 assists… Averaged 26.2 minutes at the National Tournament, with 3.6 points and eight assists… Scored eight points in win over Northwestern… Scored in double figures nine times in the regular season, with a season high 18 points at home against Shawnee State… His three-point percentage (.448) was best on the team… Dished out season-high six assists twice, in first collegiate game against Roberts Wesleyan, and against Malone… High school teammate and NBA star, LeBron James attended Weems first game against Roberts Wesleyan… HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four times for Dru Joyce and played on two Ohio High School State Championship teams (2001, 2003)... Came off the bench as a junior on USA Today National Championship team... Started at the point his senior year and averaged 10.0 ppg... First Team All-City and third-team NE Inland... Carried a 3.7 grade point average, and was on the honor roll every quarter for four years... Played in 18 games as a freshman and 23 games as a sophomore... PERSONAL: Born June 22, 1986 in Akron, Ohio... Son of Darrell Weems and Brenda Lewis (deceased)... Has two sisters… Business major… THREE LETTERS