Biography
Honors and Awards
•Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2013-14)
As a Senior (2013-14)
Appeared in 31 games, starting one…Averaged 5.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.3 steals over 16.3 minutes per game…Shot .423 (55-130) from the floor, .392 (31-79) from 3-point range and had a .696 clip (16-23) at the free throw line…Had six double-figure scoring efforts…Scored a season-high 15 points at Minnesota (Dec. 20) on 4-for-5 shooting from behind the arc and a 3-for-3 effort at the charity stripe…Pulled down a season-best five rebounds vs. Iowa Wesleyan (Nov. 30)…Along with the four boards, scored seven points, had four assists and shot 2-for-2 against IUPUI…Dished out a career-best six assists vs. Waldorf (Dec. 3)…Hit three 3-pointers to finish with 11 points against Waldorf...Put up 13 points vs. North Dakota (March 19) in the first round of the CIT, shooting 6-of-10...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll.
As a Junior (2012-13)
Appeared in 31 games, starting 26…Averaged 8.2 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.7 steals over 21.1 minutes per game…Shot .464 (91-196) from the floor, .375 (21-56) from 3-point range and had a .761 (51-67) clip at the free throw line…Had 11 double-figure scoring efforts…Made his first career start vs. Bethune-Cookman, hitting 5-of-7 shots from the floor to finish with 11 points…Scored a career-high 17 points vs. Chicago State (Nov. 24) on 6-for-10 shooting from the field and a 4-for-4 effort at the charity stripe…Pulled down a career-best six rebounds three times: vs. IUPUI (Jan. 10), vs. Western Illinois (Jan. 12) and vs. Chicago State (Feb. 19)…Along with the six boards, scored 15 points, had four assists and shot 6-for-7 against IUPUI…Swiped three steals in the Nov. 24 Chicago State game…Dished out a career-best four assists twice, first at Iowa State (Dec. 9) and again against IUPUI…Hit three 3-pointers to finish with 11 points against ISU…Averaged 7.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.6 steals per game and shot .458 in Summit League play.
New Mexico Junior College
Played two years for Coach Chris Tifft…As a sophomore, was named first-team all-conference and averaged 10.3 points per game, including 17.8 points per contest in league play…Helped NMJC finish 23-9, tying for second in the WJACC and appearing in the regional tournament…In his freshman season, the Thunderbirds went 19-9 to tie for fourth in the WJACC…invited to the Jerry Mullens Top 100 Camp.
Smiths Station High School
Three-year letterwinner for Coach Dewayne Drakeford…Three-time first-team all-state selection…Also a three-time All-Bi-City pick…Averaged 22 points, five rebounds and six assists per game as a senior…As a junior, led the Panthers to a 30-1 record and their first state championship since 1967…Voted most valuable player of the state championship game, in which he posted 29 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists.
Personal
Born March 23, 1990 in Bullock County, Ala….Parents are Wanda Phillips and Jesse Phillips and Melissa Grant…Has two brothers, Jesse Phillips and Stanley Perkins, and one sister, Jessica Phillips...Earned his associate’s degree from New Mexico JC in May 2012...Member of the UNO Dean's List...Graduated with his bachelor's degree in general studies in Spring 2014.
