3-Star guard and Houston native joins Texas Southern Tigers as freshman in 2018-19.
HOUSTON, Texas -- After receiving a release from his University of Houston National Letter of Intent (signed on November 9, 2017; decommit on May 25, 2018), guard Antoine Davis has committed to Texas Southern University. Antoine is the son of Texas Southern head basketball coach Mike Davis and selected the Tigers over interests from Auburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Memphis and SMU. He previously selected Houston over offers from Nevada, Stephen F. Austin, UTEP, Colorado State, Cal State Bakersfield, Massachusetts, Tennessee-Martin and Arkansas Little-Rock.
Davis, who measures 6-foot-2 and 175 pounds, was a 3-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals. As a junior with the Homeschool Christian Youth Association in Houston, he averaged 23.0 points per game.
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UH head basketball coach Kevin Sampson had this to say about Davis upon his signing with the Cougars: “I am really excited about Antoine Davis. He comes from a basketball background. He is the best shooter I have seen in this State since I have been at Houston, but he is more than just a shooter,” Sampson said. “Antoine is a self-made player. He is a good ball-handler and a good passer.”
“Antoine brings a high basketball IQ because he has been around the game all his life. He is just over the top in shooting skills. He works on his shooting like no one I have ever seen before,” said Coach Tony Lusk, who led Davis with HHA during the 2016-17 season. “He is very quiet but will give you the shirt off his back. He is a model citizen and a good young man to be around.”
His father, Mike Davis, is a long-time college basketball coach and has served as the head coach at Texas Southern since 2012.
The Tigers of Texas Southern University saw their magical 2017-18 season come to an end with a 102-83 loss to Xavier University, the No. 1-seeded team in the West Region in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Making their eighth appearance at the NCAA's Division I Tournament, the Tigers (16-20) claimed their first-ever win at college basketball's premier event with a 64-46 First Four win over North Carolina Central University. TSU's trip to the 2018 Tournament was the fourth in five seasons. Coach Mike Davis also claimed his eighth career Tournament win as a coach in the win over NCCU.
COURTESY: Excerpts from TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS AND UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
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