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Desi Sills Season 2020-21

PositionG
Weight200 lbs
Height6-2
ClassJr.
HometownJonesboro, Ark
Desi Sills
Desi Sills
• Was the only Razorback to play all 98 of Arkansas' games the last three years.
• Made the Department’s Honor Roll (GPA between 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2020.
• Named to the 2021 SEC Winter Honor Roll

2020-21 (Jr.): 
Preseason All-SEC second team (coaches) ... Named to the 2021 SEC Winter Honor Roll ... Played in al 32 games with 15 starts ... Scored 19 in the season opener, tying career high for FG made, going 8-of-10 from the field (2-of-3 3PT) ... Scored 12 in the second half, including seven to start the period as Arkansas out-scored MVSU 16-0 over the first 2:56 minutes ... Had 14 versus North Texas, going 5-of-8 at the free throw line ... Tied a career high with four steals versus UT Arlington ... Had his best career assist-to-turnover game versus Southern with five helpers and zero turnovers ... Added 11 points (3-of-5 from 3-point range) ... Posted his first career Double-Double versus Oral Roberts with 16 points and a career-high 10 rebounds ... Added two assists, a steal and a blocked shot ... Led the team in Plus/Minus (+18) ... Had 18 versus Abilene Christian, including 16 in the first half as Arkansas raced out to a 22-point lead in the period ... Added two assists and two steals ... Scored a career-high 23 points at Auburn, making 4-of-5 from 3-point range ... Also led th team (tied) with six rebounds, including four on offense ... Broke a mini slump by scoring 14 at LSU, including 12 in the second half to help Arkansas outscore the Tigers in the period ... Led Arkansas to win vs Auburn (1/20) ... Scored 22 points (2nd-best career effort) including 14 in the second half to help Arkansas erase a 12-ponit halftime deficit ... Made and attempted career-highs for free throws (8-of-10) and was 7-of-12 from the field (seven FG made was 2nd-best career effort) ... Injured his shoulder in the first half vs Mississippi State ... Only played 4:06 in the first half, but had career-high two blocked shots ... Had a sneaky good night in the Missouri win, scoring eight points with four rebounds and two assists ... Came up huge off the bench in the South Carolina win with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range ... He made each of his first four 3-piointers and tied his career high with five 3-pointers made ... Provided big minutes in the Sweet 16 win over Oral Roberts ... Led the team with Plus-Minus of 11 (only player in double figures) with six rebounds, four assists and two steals in 28 minutes played ... Played 30:44 minutes in the Elite 8 game versus Baylor ... Led the team with four assists and tied for the team lead with six rebounds ... Led the team with Plus-Minus of 6.

2019-20 (So.): 
Played in all 32 games, starting 24 ... Scored in double figures 10 times over the last 14 games ... Named Collegiate Hoops Roadshow All-Tournament ... Scored 17 points in the finale versus Northern Kentucky and had five steals over the four games ... Tied for the team lead with six rebounds versus North Texas and added his first career blocked shot ... Had 11 points at Georgia Tech, including three shots at the rim over one of the nation’s top shot blockers, James Banks III ... Led team with season-high four assists while grabbing four rebounds in the overtime win ... At Western Kentucky, led the team for the first time in his career in scoring as he pumped in a then career-high 20 points ... Was 7-of-11 from the field, making three 3’s ... Scored 18 of his 20 in the second half (6-of-6 from the field, 3-of-3 from 3PT and 3-of-3 at the free throw line) ... Scored 10 at Indiana, hitting a key trey late in the game to get the Hogs to within two (61-59) ... Added five rebounds ... In the SEC opener versus Texas A&M, scored 13 versus Texas A&M - 11 in the first half ... Added four rebounds and two steals ... Hit a trey as time expired in the first half ... Singled out by Aggie head coach Buzz Williams for his “pesky” play ... Scored nine in playing a regulation career-high 35:23 at Ole Miss ... Hit a shot in the lane with 3:56 left to tie the game (68-68) ... Drew seven fouls in the game ... Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds versus Vanderbilt, adding 13 points, two assists and two steals ... With Isaiah Joe out with injury, had his best game versus TCU ... Scored 18 points in his first game coming off the bench, making 7-of-8 from the field, including 3-of-3 from 3-point range .... Added two steals ... Had a sneaky really good game at Alabama, playing an SEC career-high 39:07 minutes and tying a career-high with three steals ... Only scored seven points, but they were all big ... Down 12-0, he got Arkansas on the board with a layup at 16:34 ... Drained a 3-pointer at 7:41 to get Arkansas to within one, 22-21 at 7:41 ... Got a steal that led to two made free throws for a six-point lead (30-24 at 4:22) ... In the second half, had a steal at 13:46 and one at 9:01 as Arkansas would go up seven (64-57) ... Stepped up big again with Isaiah Joe’s absence versus Auburn to produce his best career SEC game with 14 points and career-highs in 3’s made (4), steals (4) and minutes (40:50) ... Tied then SEC career-high with 15 points vs Miss State (2-of-4 from 3PT and 3-of-3 FT) ... Hit a 3-pointer to give Arkansas a 75-72 lead to cap a 36-16 run in erasing a 17-point, second-half deficit ... Set then SEC career-high with 17 points versus Mizzou, making 4-of-6 from 3PT ... Made three clutch triples down the stretch — up two with 7:45 to put Hogs up five; up to with 6:14 left to go back up five and with 1:33 left made a trey to go up eight and secured win ... Continued strong play off the bench, scoring 13 with four rebounds, in the win over Tennessee ... Made back-to-back 3’s in the first half to give Arkansas a 15-point lead ... Hit a trey in a 9-0 run to turn a two-point lead into an 11-point cushion ... Had career-high 21 points at Georgia with six rebounds, his second-best career total ... After going down 14-0 to start the game, Sills came off the bench and immediately scored 11 points (hit 3 treys and a layup) ... Hit two early 3’s off the bench to give Arkansas an early 9-6 in the win over LSU, a lead it would not relinquish ... Finished with 13 points despite going 3-of-8 at FT line ... Made his first five 3-point attempts and scored 20 points in the SEC Tournament win over Vanderbilt ... The triples made were a carer high ... Overall, was 5-of-6 from 3PT and 6-of-8 from the field.

2018-19 (Fr.):
Started the last eight games and started second half prior to that at Auburn to solidify his spot as a starter over the last eight ... In his eight starts, scored double figures four times (five times all season), including a career-high 18 at Indiana in the NIT, a then career-high 15 points at Kentucky, 11 at Vanderbilt and 11 versus Alabama ... Made a career-high four 3-pointers at Indiana and three each at Kentucky, at Vanderbilt and versus Alabama ... Had a career-high three steals vs. Ole Miss ... At Auburn, had a career-high four rebounds ... Over the last eight games, shot a team-best 64.3 percent from 3-point range (18-of-28), 50 percent from the field (25-of-50) while averaging 10.1 points per game ... Prior to starting role, was 1-of-10 from 3-point range over a 13-game span ... Was the first sub off the bench (solo or tied) in 13 of the first 25 games prior to getting starting role ... Handed out a career-high six assist versus FIU ... As part of his nine points versus Western Kentucky, scored six straight over two minutes in the second half to tie the game at 62-62 (8:35 mark) and made a free throw to tie the game at 70-70 with 4:32 left ... Had a break-out game in his SEC debut — a win at Texas A&M — with 14 points ... 13 of those points came in the first half, including eight straight at one spell, as the Razorbacks led 33-32 at halftime ... Had five assists and no turnovers in 18 minutes in the overtime loss versus LSU ... Started the second half at Auburn ... Made (5) and took (8) career-high free throws ... Added a career-high four rebounds ... Played 23 minutes and led the team with three assists ... Earned first career start versus Texas A&M (2/23) and scored seven points on 3-of-6 shooting ... At Kentucky, scored a then career-high 15 points (making 3-of-5 3-pointers and 4-of-4 at the line) ... Made back-to-back 3-pointers to start the second half and gave Arkansas its largest lead of the game (15 points) ... In the Ole Miss win, had a career-high three steals as well as a career-high five deflections ... At Vandy, made 3-of-3 from 3-point range, scored 11 points and had four assists ... Followed that with another 11-point performance in the regular-season finale win versus Alabama, making 3-of-5 from 3-point range ... At Providence, hit the Razorbacks’ first 3-pointer from the NIT experimental FIBA distance as Arkansas started the game 5-of-5 from long range ... Finished 2-of-4 from distance and played second-most career minutes (27) ... Closed the season with a career-high 18 points at Indiana, making a career-high four 3-pointers.


Prior to Arkansas:
Rated #3 player in the state of Arkansas by 247Sports.com and ESPN while being a consensus top 50 pick among the nation’s top point guards … Named to the USA TODAY All-Arkansas first team … A two-time, first team 6A All-State selection (2017 and 2018) … Helped guide Jonesboro High School to back-to-back 6A state championships … Averaged 20 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 2017-18 … As a junior, put up 15.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and two assists per game, leading the Hurricanes to a perfect 32-0 record that ended in a title game victory over former Razorback Daniel Gafford … Played with Isaiah Joe and Ethan Henderson on the Arkansas Hawks AAU team.

Personal:
Born Dec. 29, 1998, in Jonesboro … Son of Desi and Shawna Sills … Has two brothers – Travon Neal and Quaavon – and two sisters – C’cchae and Devonce … Majoring in recreation and sports management.
Desi Sills

So.
2019-20

G
6-1 / 196 lbs
Desi Sills

Fr.
2018-19

G
6-1 / 196 lbs