2020-21: Played in 22 games, starting 21… Led the team with 31.7 minutes and 17.1 points per game… Averaged 4.7 assists and 2.4 steals per game… Shot 45.5% from the field and 28.9% from three… Scored a season-high 28 points against Jacksonville (12/4)… Went 12-26 from the field against UTSA (2/5)… Shot 4-10 from beyond the arc against Florida Atlantic (1/14)… Went 8-14 from the charity stripe against Flagler (11/25)… Logged eight rebounds in both contests at Marshall (1/22 and 1/23)… Posted a career-high 12 assists against Central Michigan (12/1)… Logged a double-double with 11 points and 12 assists against CMU and 14 points and 10 assists against Carver (12/21)… Recorded a blocked shot during three games during the season… Tallied five steals against Old Dominion (1/2).
2019-20: Started 31 games for the Panthers… Averaged 10.6 points during 28.8 minutes played… Shot 41.4% from the field, 33.3% from three and 72.6% from the foul line… Posted 3.1 rebounds per contest, 4.9 assists per outing and 1.8 steals per appearance… Logged 38 minutes and a season-best 21 points at Southern Miss (2/15)… Tallied nine assists in four games against Keiser (11/26), WKU (2/1), Old Dominion (1/23), and UTSA (1/4)… Recorded five steals at Minnesota (12/28)… Logged seven rebounds at Minnesota (12/28) and against Marshall (1/30)… Blocked a shot at Rice (1/11), against Keiser (11/26) and New Hampshire (11/30).
2018-19: Was one of the top freshmen guards in Conference USA … Played in all 34 games for the Panthers, getting the starting nod in 18 of the last 20 games played … Averaged 8.3 points-per-game, which was tied for fifth on the team in scoring … Shot 39.6 percent (101-for-255) from the field … In addition, Daye, Jr. also recorded 2.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals-per-game on the year … Scored double figures in 16 of the 34 games he played in and in 11 of his 18 starts … Had his best back-to-back games, against North Texas (2/16) and at Florida Atlantic (2/23), where he recorded 20 and a career-high 22 points, respectively, for his only two 20-point efforts of his young collegiate career … Also had 16 points against Ave Maria (11/23), and 15 points, three times; at Arkansas (12/1), at WKU (1/17) and at Marshall (1/19) … Recorded a career-high with eight rebounds in his collegiate debut against Webber International (11/7) … Also dished out a career-best seven assists at Florida Atlantic (1/23), and logged a career-high five steals, twice; at Ohio (12/30) and against Rice (2/14).
Prep Career: Averaged 25.4 points, 6.0 assists, and 5.0 rebounds-per-game for Fort Lauderdale High School and was named to the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches/Source Hoops Boys Basketball Class 8A All-State Team as a third team selection ... Daye played his first three years of scholastic basketball at Southern High School in Durham, North Carolina, where he averaged 19.4 points and 1.0 assist-per-game as a junior ... Was named Most Valuable Player his sophomore and junior years at Southern, and during his senior year at Fort Lauderdale, and was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year during all four years of his scholastic career.
Personal: Is the son of the late Antonio Daye and Charisma Peaks ... Has four siblings ... Goes by the nickname A.D. ... Enjoys reading and listening to music in his spare time ... Was also active in school plays while in high school ... Was recruited by Clemson, UAB, WKU, Old Dominion, Kennesaw State, FGCU, Rutgers, and St. Bonaventure, among others ... Daye's uncle, Jawad Williams, was a standout forward on North Carolina's 2005 NCAA Championship team and played two seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers before moving overseas where he currently plays professionally ... Currently undecided on an academic major.
Career Highs through 2020-21 Season
Points: 28 vs. Jacksonville St. (12/04/20)
Rebounds: 8, multiple last vs. Marshall (01/23/21)
Assists: 12 vs. Central Michigan (12/1/20)
Steals: 5 multiple last vs. Old Dominion (01/02/21)
Blocked Shots: 1, multiple last at Florida Atlantic (1/16/21)
Minutes: 38:20, at Middle Tennessee (01/09/21)
Field Goals Made: 12 vs. UTSA (2/05/21)
Field Goal Attempts: 26, vs. UTSA (02/05/21)
Three-Point Field Goals Made: 5 vs. North Texas (2/16/19)
Three-Point Field Goals Attempted: 10 vs. Fla. Atlantic (01/14/21)
Free Throws Made: 11 at Florida Atlantic (01/16/21)
Free Throw Attempts: 15 at Florida Atlantic (01/16/21)
