#3 Maxwell Evans Season 2020-21
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Class
Senior
Height
6'2"
Weight
190
Hometown
Houston, Texas
High School
Bellaire
Major
Sociology
As a Senior (2020-21)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- One of two Commodores to play in all 25 games
- Second on the team with 20 starts
- Averaged 8.5 points and 3.2 rebounds in 25.8 minutes per game
- Shot 45 percent overall and 35.4 percent from 3
- Third on team in assists (43) and steals (24) and fourth in scoring
- Scored in double figures 10 times and led team in scoring three times
- Team-high 20 points at LSU (March 6)
- Added 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting with four 3s at Alabama (Feb. 20)
- Scored 20 points with four 3s in win at Mississippi State (Feb. 13)
- Season-high 29 points on 9 of 15 shooting (5 of 8 from 3) in win over South Carolina (Jan. 30)
- Scored 16 points with six rebounds and four assists in win over Valparaiso (Nov. 27)
As a Junior (2019-20)
- Played in all 32 games, made 30 starts and averaged 8.3 points per game in 28 minutes of game action
- Scored a career-high 31 points on LSU, including 25 in the first half, and was 10-18 from the floor and 7-12 from 3 – both career bests in field goals made and 3s made
- Scored 20 points in a win over South Carolina
- Tallied double figures in 11 games
- Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds on four different occasions
- Had a season-high three steals at Tennessee
- His 28 minutes per game average ranked third on the team with players who played the entire season
Sophomore (2018-19)
- Played in 31 games and made two starts as a sophomore while averaging 3.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game
- Made first start of the season at Missouri and played a season-best 27 minutes
- Tallied double digits in four games as a sophomore
- Scored a career-high 16 points in season-best 26 minutes against Savannah State
- Scored 10 points at Georgia
Freshman (2017-18)
- Played in 29 games and made 15 starts while averaging 3.9 points per game in 13 minutes per contest
- Scored in double figures in four games as a true freshman, including a career-high 16-point effort in a win over Georgia
- Tallied 14 points each against Houston Baptist and at Ole Miss
- Grabbed career-high nine rebounds at Arkansas
- Made career-high three 3-pointers against Texas A&M
- Played career-high 29 minutes at Auburn
High School
- Four-year starter and captain who averaged 32.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 3.2 steals and two blocks as a senior at Bellaire where he played for coach Bruce Glover
The Evans File
- Evans was the number 16-ranked prospect in the state of Texas and 247sports.com ranked him as the 11th-ranked combo guard nationally at the end of his junior season
- Chose the Commodores over Purdue, Northwestern and Kansas State
- Played in 92 total games and made 47 starts in his career
- Son of Carlis and Sharon
- Is a triplet with sisters Megan and Maya who each play volleyball at Alabama A&M
- Also has an older brother Denzel who is a running back at the University of Kansas
- Majoring in Sociology
- Advice to young people: “Always work hard on what you want to achieve”