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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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5 Daryl Banks III

  • Class Junior
  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 165
  • Hometown Los Angeles, CA
  • High School The Patrick School
  • Major Sports Management

Biography

Junior (2021-22)
  • Earned Third Team All-MAAC honors for the second consecutive season
  • Named a Third Team All-Met Basketball Writers Association selection
  • Landed on the Academic All-MAAC team for the second consecutive season
  • Played in 34 games with 31 starts on the season
  • Averaged a team-high 11.3 points per game, scoring in double figures 20 times on the year
  • Closed the year ranked fourth in the MAAC and 52nd in the country with an 85.9 free throw percentage
  • Finished with 26 points and went 9 for 16 from the floor in a contest at Providence (11/27)
  • Produced 17 points, five boards and five assists in the road win at Niagara, hitting the game-sealing 3-pointer with less than a minute left in overtime (1/21)
  • Scored 16 points and went 3 for 3 from deep in a win at home againt Quinnipiac (1/26)
  • Closed the regular season with double-digit points in six straight MAAC games
  • Racked up 14 points going 5 for 10 from the floor in the MAAC Semifinal win over Fairfield (3/9)
  • Dropped a career-high 27 points going 5 for 8 from 3-point range to lead SPU to an overtime win over Kentucky in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (3/17)
Sophomore (2020-21)
  • Continued his ascend as a top player in the league, earning All-MAAC Third Team honors after being named to the All-Rookie team a year ago
  • Lone Peacock to start in all 25 games and average more than 30 minutes of game action per outing (30.6 mpg)
  • Was the most efficient shooter on the team at the charity stripe, converting on a team-leading .884 at the free throw line 
  • Ranked second on the lineup in scoring (276, 11.0 ppg), assists (57, 2.3 apg), and steals (29, 1.2 spg), additionally posting the second-most double-digit scoring outputs with 17
  • Ranked alongside the best in the MAAC in points (22nd), three-point field goal percentage (11th), steals (13th), assist/turnover ratio (11th), and minutes (15th)
  • Added 96 rebounds (3.8 rpg) and eight blocks on the year
  • Dropped a season-high 20 points against Rider (3/11) in the quarterfinals of the MAAC tournament
  • Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds at Monmouth (12/18)
  • Dished out a career-best six assists at Canisius (1/1)
  • Recorded three steals a trio of times; vs. Fairfield (2/13), vs. Marist (2/19), and at Quinnipiac (3/4)  
  • Was one of five Peacocks named to the MAAC All-Academic Team, helping break the program's previous record of three
Freshman (2019-20)
  • One of three Peacocks this season to start in over 20 games, making 21 starts with appearances in all 30 games
  • Played the second-most minutes for the team, totaling 664 minutes (22.1 mpg), and scored 229 total points (7.6 ppg)
  • Pulled in 49 rebounds (1.6 rpg) and dished out 37 assists (1.2 apg)
  • Defensively, recorded 23 steals and one block
  • Led Saint Peter’s in scoring four times with eight double-digit games
  • Had a career-night at Iona (1/3), with career-high marks of 25 points, five rebounds, and eight made field goals
  • Shot .339 from the floor, .287 from long range, and .788 at the free throw line
  • Voted to the 2019-20 MAAC All-Rookie Team
  • Was named MAAC Rookie of the Week on 1/6 and helped Saint Peter’s become the first school in MAAC history with five individual rookie of the week award winners
Before Saint Peter's
  • Four-year member of the boys basketball team at The Patrick School in Hillside, NJ 
  • Served as the team captain during his junior and senior seasons
  • In 2017, his squad won the NJSIAA Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions, beating Don Bosco Prep 69-55 in the title game
  • Scored a career-high 43 points in a game during high school
  • Played high school basketball with Al-Amir Dawes (Clemson) and Justin Winston (St. Bonaventure)
  • Played AAU for the NJ Playaz, with five of his teammates earning Division I scholarships
  • Member of the National Honors Society and Principals honors list
Personal
  • Major: Sports Management
  • Son of Monica and Daryl Banks Jr.
  • Brother of Devenn Ellison, Kevin Hayes, Darrin Birts, and Elijah Banks
  • Daryl Lee Banks III was born on September 20, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA

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Historical Player Information

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    2019-20Freshman

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    6'3" 165 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2020-21Sophomore

    Guard
    6'3" 165 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021-22Junior

    Guard
    6'3" 165 lbs
    5

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