Junior guard Alex O’Connell has entered the transfer portal. O’Connell averaged 5.2 points in 29 games this season and started 6 games for the Blue Devils.
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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
