2015-16
Transfer made an immediate impact, starting all 32 games as a junior and earning MVC Newcomer of the Year and All-MVC honorable mention honors ... Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week honors five times during the season – the third-most weekly newcomer honors in league history … Also earned MSU Coors Player of the Year and was named the Athletic Department’s 2015-16 Male Junior Athlete of the Year … Was 10th in the Valley in scoring (12.7), 3rd in minutes (34.7), 7th in assists (3.0), 7th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.2) and 8th in 3-pointers (1.8) … In Valley games, he was second in minutes (36.1), 6th in 3-pointers (1.9), 7th in scoring (13.4) and 8th in assists (2.8) … Led the Bears in points (406), assists (96) and 3-pointers (57) … Was 104th nationally in minutes per game … Led Bears in scoring 11 times to share team lead with Chris Kendrix and scored in double figures a team-high 24 times … Tallied 11, points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists vs. Evansville (3/4/16) in MVC Tournament quarterfinals ... Had 14 points and team-high 7 rebounds in MVC Tourney first-round win over Drake (3/3/16) ... Registered 15 points at SIU (2/27/16) on 5-of-8 from the field in regular-season finale ... Dished out 5 assists and tallied 9 points in senior day win over Drake (2/24/16) ... Led club with 16 points against Loyola (2/21/16) ... Posted his 20th double-figure scoring game of the year with 12 points and 7 assists at Wichita State (2/18/16) on CBS Sports Net ... Registered 19 points and game-high 5 assists in OT win over Indiana State (2/13/16) ... Had season highs 7 rebounds and 7 assists at Northern Iowa (2/10/16) ... Had 3 assists and 10 points at Evansville (2/6/16) ... Posted third 20-point game in four tries with 22 points behind career-best 6 3-pointers in OT win over Illinois State (1/30/16) ... Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week (1/25/16) for the fifth time this season ... Logged second straight 20-point game with 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting vs. SIU (1/24/16) ... Posted career-high 23 points on 7-for-7 at the line and 4-of-6 from three in win at Drake (1/20/16) ... Held scoreless and fouled out -- both career firsts in his career – in team’s win at Bradley (1/16/16) ... Notched game-high 17 points with 3 3-pointers vs. Wichita (1/13/16) ... Named MVC Newcomer of the Week on 1/11/16 for the fourth time ... Posted team-highs 16 points and 4 assists to go with game-winning jumper with 3.4 seconds to go in road win at Loyola (1/9/16) ... Scored game-winning layup with 6 seconds remaining vs. UNI (1/6/15) ... Scored in double figures 8 straight games from 12/5/15 to 1/2/16 ... Named MVC Newcomer of the Week on 1/4/16 for the third time -- just the third MSU player to do so ... Played 39 minutes and had 4 assists with no turnovers to go with 14 points against Evansville (1/2/16) ... Posted team-high 17 points with 3 treys vs. SEMO (12/22/15) and at Illinois State (12/30/15) ... Team-high 12 points at Valparaiso (12/19/15) to go with 5 boards ... Became first Bear ever to earn MVC Newcomer of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks on 12/14/15 ... Logged fourth straight double-figure scoring game with 11 points in win over ORU (12/16/15) ... Had 11 points against Tulsa (12/13/15) ... Posted 15 points, 5 assists and 3-of-6 from 3-point range in win over IUPUI (12/10/15) ... Named MVC Newcomer of the Week (12/7/15) for his efforts against Oklahoma State and Utah State ... Scored game-winning layup with 7.3 seconds left in win at Oklahoma State (12/5/15) with a game-high 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting and 3 treys ...Went 3-for-6 from 3-point range for 9 points along with team-high 5 assists and 2 steals vs. Mississippi State (11/22/15) ... Scored 11 points and dished out team-high 5 assists vs. Minnesota (11/20/15) in Puerto Rico on ESPNU ... Was 7-for-7 at the foul line and notched team-high 15 points vs. No. 22 Butler (11/19/15) on ESPNU.
Motlow State College
Helped lead Motlow College in Tullahoma, Tenn., to a 23-6 record in 2014-15 ... Was pivotal in the Bucks' final NJCAA Division I ranking of No. 17 in the 2015 national poll ... Averaged 19.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 9.0 assists and 2.6 steals per game as a sophomore under coach Matt Sligh, who began an assistant coaching stint with the Bears on April 6, 2015 ... Miller was a two-time All-TCCAA pick and finished fifth among all NJCAA players in assists and ranked 28th in assist-to-turnover ratio, 32nd in steals and 34th in scoring his sophomore year ... Scored 20 or more points on 10 occassions as a sophomore, including a career-high 34 points in win over his Shooting 4 Greatness (11/1/14) ... Also posted 30 points against Walters State (2/7/15) with a season-best 16 assists against Volunteer State (1/24/15) ... Ended his two-year stint at Motlow State with 157 3-pointers and a 42-percent accuracy from beyond the arc ... During his freshman season, he earned NJCAA All-America honorable mention distinction after averaging 20.9 points and 7.0 assists for a 14-14 club while claiming first-team All-Region VII and All-TCCAA honors ... Rolled up 33 points in OT loss to Chattanooga State (2/1/14) ... Was also an honor roll student at Motlow with a 3.0 GPA.
High School
Graduated from Capital High School in Charleston, W.Va., but did not play basketball as a senior ... Played three seasons at George Washington High School, also in Charleston, and was an All-Mountain State Athletic Conference selection for coach Rick Greene in 2010 ... Helped his team finish 24-6 and reach the state semifinals as a junior after averaging 14.0 points and 5.2 assists .. Also averaged 10.1 points and 5.0 assists as a sophomore ... After high school, he prepped at Shooting 4 Greatness Academy in Raleigh, N.C., in 2012-13 ... At S4G, he averaged 28.0 points and 8.0 assists per night while earning MVP honors of the Tobacco Road Holiday Invitational prep tournament ... The Kings under coach Kyle Solomon were 25-12 during his lone prep season at S4G.
Personal
Dequon S. Miller was born 5/22/93 in Charleston, W.Va. ... Has a daughter, Kali ... Son of Shawn Williams and Shantae Miller of Charleston ... Has two sisters, Kelleia and Kellese, and a brother, Deshaud ... Nephew of former Nebraska standout Josh "Cookie" Miller ... Majoring in Criminology.
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