2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
2018-19
Named to the 2019 MVC All-Newcomer Team ... Invited to participate in the 2019 State Farm College Slam Dunk Competition, finishing seventh, while participating on the winning team in the Applebee's Team Shootout competition ... Led the Missouri Valley Conference and finished 9th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.04) ... Also led the MVC in assists per game (5.1), which ranked 57th among all Division I players ... In Valley games, he posted a conference-best 4.7 assists per game and 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio ... His 164 total assists, also a league high, was the most by a Bear since 2011-12 ... Led team with a .774 free throw percentage, while averaging 7.8 points (fifth on team) and 3.3 rebounds per game ... Ranked 12th in the league in minutes played per game (32.1) ... Presented teams "Most-Improved Award" by coaching staff at end of season ... Played all 32 games with 31 starts ... Led Missouri State in assists in 27-of-32 games and scored in double figures 24 times ... Posted 12 points vs. Bradley in MVC Tournament (3/8/19) ... Distributed 8 assists on senior day vs. Drake (3/2/19) ... Matched season high with 14 points in home win over Indiana State (2/23/19) ... Had 5 rebounds and 2 blocks vs. UNI (2/20/19) ... Dished out 10 assists and hit a pair of treys in win at Loyola (2/17/19) ... Scored 7 of his 11 points in final 77 seconds to help lead Bears to comeback win over Illinois State (2/10/19) ... Recorded 12 points in home win over Southern Illinois (2/6/19) ... Scored 9 points at UNI (2/2/19) with 6 assists and no turnovers ... Had 12 points and 3 assists in OT win at Valparaiso (1/29/19) ... Posted 14 points, 5 assists and a pair of treys in home win over Loyola (1/23/19) ... Matched career high with 8 rebounds at Drake (1/20/19) ... Posted 11 points, including a soaring dunk, vs. Evansville (1/16/19) ... Drained 2 clutch free throws with 15.7 seconds left in road win at Bradley (1/12/19) with 8 points and 7 assists ... Notched 11 points and 6 assists in MVC debut at Southern Illinois (1/2/19) ... Posted 8 points and 8 assists with no turnovers and a pair of threes in home win over William Woods (12/30/18) ... Matched MSU Division I-era record with 15 assists in win over UAPB (12/22/18) with no turnovers, helping him win MSU Coors Player of the Week honors ... Posted 10 points in first reserve appearance of the season at North Dakota State (12/15/18) ... Made 3-of-4 field goals and posted 7 points in win over Western Kentucky (12/5/18) ... Posted 10 points, 7 assists and 3 steals at Murray State (11/24/18) ... Was 8-for-8 at the foul line with 4 assists in a 38-minute assignment against Robert Morris (11/9/18) ... Posted 6 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists in MSU debut vs. Oral Roberts (11/6/18).
2017-18 (Texas Tech)Â Â Â
Saw action in 26 games as a junior in 2017-18 for coach Chris Beard at Texas Tech, including a stint in the NCAA Regional final in Boston against eventual national champion Villanova (3/25/18) ... Saw season-high 21 minutes at No. 20 West Virginia (2/26/18) ... Posted season-high 4 points, along with a season-high 4 assists, against Maine (11/14/17) ... Red Raiders finished season with a 27-10 overall record and 11-7 mark in the Big 12 with NCAA Tournament wins over No. 23 Florida and No. 11 Purdue ... Completed his undergraduate degree in August 2018 with a bachelor’s in University Studies.
2016-17 (South Plains College)Â Â Â
Earned all-conference honors in his one season of junior college basketball for coach Steve Green at South Plains (Texas) College … Was rated as the No. 1 junior college point guard by 247Sports.com as a sophomore ... Team was ranked No. 1 in the nation for a majority of the 2016-17 season and earned a third-place finish at the NJCAA Championship after a 32-2 campaign … Webster registered 9.1 points, 7.1 assists and connected on 58.4 percent of his field goal attempts his sophomore season … His 241 assists and 4.4 assist-to-turnover both ranked second, while his 7.1 APG ranked fourth nationally in the NJCAA … Handed out 10-plus assists on six occasions headed by 18 assists at Bossier Parish (11/25/16) … Reached double figures in scoring 17 times highlighted by a 23-point effort at Odessa (2/9/17) on a 9-for-12 shooting effort ... Posted 17 points three times ... Converted 71.8 percent (51-of-71) of his free throw attempts as a sophomore.
2015-16 (UMSL)Â Â Â
Selected to the All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Defensive Team as a redshirt freshman for coach Bob Sundvold at NCAA Division II Missouri-St. Louis ... Averaged 10.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game for his hometown Tritons ... Also posted 25 steals and 29 blocks -- the eighth-best single season block total in program history at the time ... Had career night with 22 points and 8 assists at Southern Indiana (2/13/16) ... Also scored 19 points against Webster (11/24/15) and vs. Wisconsin-Parkside (1/14/16) ... Also shot 50.7 percent from the field, while starting 22 of 28 games for an UMSL team that was 12-16 overall and 6-12 in the GLVC ... His 291 points as a freshman were the fifth most in a season by a freshman at UMSL, while his 107 assists were the second most. Â
2014-15 (UMSL)Â Â Â
Redshirted as a true freshman at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
High School  Â
Was instrumental in Christian Brothers College (CBC) High School’s march to the 2014 Missouri Class 5 state title ... Cadets were 25-7 overall with 11 straight wins to end the year ... Scored 9 points in state championship game win over Columbia Hickman (3/22/14) ... Tallied his best two scoring games in wins over Vianney with 14 points (1/24/14) and 12 points (2/14/14), respectively ... Dished out 9 assists against Clayton (1/13/14) ... Averaged 4.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals as a senior while converting 53.2 percent of his field goal attempts ... Played 18 games as a junior for a 20-8 squad.
Personal  Â
Joshua Webster was born 1/2/97 in St. Louis, Mo. ... Son of Ronald and Lynda Webster of St. Louis ... Has three sisters, Rianna, Lindsey and Whitney ... Majoring in Sports Management (M.S.).
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