End of 2018-19 SDSU Season
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San Diego State Career
Produced one of the best two-year careers in school history... In his freshman and sophomore years combined, he played in 67 games (every game during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 campaigns)?and made 55 starts... Helped lead the Aztecs to a 43-24 two-year record, advanced to the 2018 NCAA?tournament, won the 2018 Mountain West tournament championship and twice advanced to the conference tournament title game... Started the final 38 games of his collegiate career (including all 34 contests of his sophomore campaign)... SDSU?was 34-21 in his 55 career starts... The Aztecs were 17-8 in the 25 games in which he scored at least 16 points and 8-0 when he scored at least 16 points and added 10 rebounds... Produced 20 career double-doubles (6th highest total in school history and 2nd most among two-year players (Kawhi Leonard, 40))... Had 50 career double-digit scoring games (35-15), 28 games with at least 15 points (20-8) and nine contests with 20 or more points (7-2)... Recorded 22 games with 10 or more rebounds (18-4)... Led the Aztecs in scoring 22 times, rebounding 40 times and assists five times... Ended his career on several SDSU?career charts including:?6th in efficiency average (16.54), 9th in rebound average (7.90),16th in field goal percentage (50.4), 22nd in rebounding (529)... Since the start of the 2017-18 season, McDaniels was one of 13 players in the nation to play in at least 60 games and average 13 points, 7.5 rebounds, record 100 assists and shoot at least 50 percent from the field.
As A Sophomore (2018-19 Season)
MW Rankings: T-3rd in double-doubles, 4th in field goal percentage, 4th in two-point field goal percentage, 7th in points-assists-rebounds per game, 7th in defensive rebounds per game, 8th in rebounding, 9th in scoring, 10th in effective field goal percentage, 11th in offensive rebounds per game, 12th in rebound percentage
NCAA Rankings: 48th in double-doubles, 54th in total rebounds, 61st in defensive rebounds per game, 83rd in rebounds per game, 87th in field goals made, 169th in total points, 178th in field goal percentage, 207th in scoring
Named NABC District 17 (Mountain West Conference) first-team, second-team all-Mountain West Conference by both the coaches and media (two separate polls)... Became the first San Diego State player in program history to earn consecutive Mountain?West Conference Player of the Week honors (Jan. 21 and 28)... Helped guide San Diego State to the Mountain West tournament championship game and earned all-tournament accolades... Played in all 34 games and was one of only two players (Devin Watson) to start every game... Averaged 15.9 points (2nd on team), 8.3 rebounds (1st), 2.1 assists (3rd) and 1.1 steals (2nd) in 31.0 minutes per game... Led the team in field goal percentage (46.6) and connected on 93-of-127 free throws (73.2)?and 24-of-75 three-point field goals (32.0 percent)... Recorded 11 double-doubles (tied for the 11th highest single-season total in school history)... Posted six straight double-doubles (two short of the single-season school record set by Michael Cage) from Jan. 8-30, 2019... During that six-game stretch he averaged 20.7 points and 11.3 rebounds... Became just the 35th player in school history to produce a game with at least 30 points when he scored a career-high 30 points in the victory over UNLV on Jan. 26, 2019... One of 13 Division I?players to average 15.5 points, eight rebounds, two assists, one steal per game and connect on 45 percent from the field... Played his best basketball in the second half of the season... In his final 23 games, he averaged 16.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and connected on 47.6 percent from the field (55.6 percent inside the arc)... Averaged 15.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational... Scored a then-career-high 26 points (9-14 FG, 3-5 3FG, 5-8 FT) with eight rebounds and a career-high-tying three blocked shots in SDSU’s 19-point come-from-behind victory vs. Xavier (11-20-18)... Made a career-high three three-pointers in the Xavier game after entering the game with just six for his career... Registered 24 points, 11 rebounds and four assists against New Mexico, scoring 17 of his 24 in the second half... Became just the third Aztec since 1996-97 to record at least 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in the same game (also Jamaal Franklin (twice) and Randy Holcomb)... Had a monster game vs. UNLV, recording a career-high 30 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and four assists, becoming just the sixth player in the last 23 years in the country to post that line and first since LSU’s Ben Simmons on Dec. 2, 2015 (Simmons went onto be the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft).
As A Redshirt Freshman (2017-18 Season)
MW Rankings: 7th in rebounding, 7th in offensive rebounding, 9th in defensive rebounding, 10th in free-throw percentage
NCAA Rankings: 82nd in double-doubles, 122nd in total rebounds, 135th in rebounds per game, 154th in defensive rebounds per game, 194th in offensive rebounds per game, 247th in free-throw percentage
Earned all-Mountain West third team recognition from the league media and honorable mention notoriety from the conference head coaches... Named to the Wooden Legacy all-tournament team... Played in all 33 games, starting 21 times, which came in the final 22 outings (did not start on Senior Night)... Averaged 10.5 points and a team-best 7.5 rebounds, while shooting an SDSU-high 58.6 percent from the field and 78.8 percent from the free-throw line... Led the team in Mountain West action in points (226), rebounding (8.5), field-goal percentage (.628) and free throw percentage (.813)... Was one of only four freshmen in the country to average 10.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and shoot 58 percent or better from the field... Ranked second on the team in blocked shots (19) and fourth in steals (27)... Posted 18 double-figure scoring games, 11 double-digit rebounding efforts and nine double-doubles, the latter two leading the team... Posted two double-digit rebounding performances in the first nine games of his career... It was the most by an Aztec freshman since Kawhi Leonard had three in the first nine games of his career back in 2009-10... Led the team in scoring nine times and in rebounding 18 times... Finished first in the school's Division I freshman record book after making 78.8 percent of his free throw attempts... Also finished second in field-goal percentage (.586), third in rebounds (248), free throws (89) and efficiency points (519), fourth in rebound average (7.5), points-rebounds-assists (PRA) (622) and efficiency average (15.73), sixth in points (345) and PRA average (18.85), and ninth in field goals (126)... Took good care of the ball, recording 23 games in which he had one turnover or less... Made 89 of his final 109 free-throw attempts (81.7 percent) after starting his career 0-for-4, covering four games... In his final 26 games, he connected on 117-of-189 field-goal attempts (61.9 percent), while averaging 12.2 points and 8.2 rebounds... Had eight points and a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Sacramento State (11-23-17)... Posted his first career double-digit game with 11 points to go with eight rebounds vs. Georgia (11-24-17)... Recorded his first career double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds vs. Bradley (12-3-17)... Led the team with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while adding a career-high two steals vs. No. 12/15 Gonzaga (12-21-17)... Started his first career game at Wyoming (12-27-17) and produced six points and a team-high 10 rebounds... Posted his third double-double in the last six games with a career-high 19 points and 10 rebounds at Colorado State (1-2-18)... Led the team with 14 points and 13 rebounds vs. Fresno State (1-17-18)... Led all players with 18 points on a career-high eight field goals, and 12 rebounds, while adding three assists vs. UNLV (2-17-18)... Named MW Player of the Week on Feb. 19, after averaging 17.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals, while shooting 60.9 percent from the field (14-23) and 75.0 percent from the free-throw line (6-8) in wins over Wyoming and UNLV... Led the team with 16 points (career-high 10-10 FT), a game-high 10 rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots at San José State (2-24-18)... Had team highs in points (15) and rebounds (10) for his second straight double-double against Boise State (2-27-18)... Posted a double-double (17 points, game-high 12 rebounds) and had four assists vs. No. 22/22 Nevada (3-9-18) in the semifinals of the MW tournament... Led the team with 18 points with nine rebounds vs. No. 21/19 Houston (3-15-18) in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
As A Redshirt (2016-17 Season)
Member of the scout team... Was a part of the travel squad for a majority of the season... Named the 2016-17 preseason Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Year... Played in the exhibition season... Had two points and three rebounds in 15 minutes vs. UC San Diego (11-3-16)... Went for 13 points and five rebounds in 19 minutes vs. Cal State San Marcos (11-7-16).
High School
Finished the season ranked No. 98 and with four stars on the Rivals 150... At the time of his signing, Rivals had him at No. 127 with three stars... Picked up four stars from Scout and the service gave him a rank of 86 nationally and was ranked 19th among all power forwards, fourth among power forwards in the west and first among players at his position in Washington... Rated four stars, No. 119 nationally, No. 29 among power forwards in America and No. 4 in Washington, according to 247Sports... ESPN gave him three stars and put him at No. 40 at the power forward position nationally, No. 25 in the region and the No. 4 player in the state of Washington... Named an Associated Press Washington state Class 4A first-team selection as a senior after averaging 19 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots during the regular season... Also named to USA Today and The News Tribune's all-state first team, and was the All-City MVP... During his final campaign, he helped Federal Way to an undefeated 29-0 record and a Class 4A state title for the second time in as many years... As a junior, helped the Eagles to the Class 4A state championship where he scored 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds in the title game.