Maxwell Evans - Men's Basketball - Vanderbilt University Athletics

#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”


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