DeSean Woods
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Hometown:
- Lexington, Ky.
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- Position:
- G
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Previous School:
- Southern U.
Bio
2022-23 (R-Sophomore – Southern U.): Woods competed in 26 of the team’s 32 games, averaging 11.3 minutes per game… averaged 2.4 points, 1.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 0.7 steals per game… shot 31.8 percent from the field, 25.7 percent from distance, and 75.0 percent from the charity stripe… turned in a season-high 12 points on 3-for-4 shooting and a 2-for-2 mark from deep at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Jan. 21)… hauled in season-best three rebounds three times… racked up a season-high six assists and three steals against LSU-Alexandria (Dec. 10)… also distributed six helpers in just 10 minutes of action against Alcorn (Jan. 28)… scored 10 points with five dimes in 23 minutes off the bench against Texas Southern (Feb. 13)… recorded five or more assists six times.
2021-22 (Sophomore – Southern U.): Woods sat out the 2021-22 season as a redshirt.
2020-21 (Freshman – Southern U.): Woods played in four of the team’s 19 games on the year, averaging 12.8 minutes of action… averaged 1.3 points and 2.0 assists per game… finished 2-for-12 from the floor and 1-for-8 from downtown on the year… made his collegiate debut with two dimes and a rebound in nine minutes off the bench at Arkansas (Dec. 9)… played a season-high 19 minutes and scored his first career bucket at UAB (Dec. 16)… posted season-best marks of three points and six assists against Grambling (Feb. 6).
High School: Woods competed at Dunham High School in Baton Rouge, La. as a senior for head coach Jonathan Pixeley, at DeLand High School in DeLand, Fla. as a junior for head coach Sebastian Singletary, and at Rowan County High School in Morehead, Ky. as a freshman and sophomore for head coach Shawn Thacker… spent one post graduate season at Core4Prep Academy in Atlanta… helped lead Dunham to a 32-6 record and runner-up finish at the LHSAA Division III championship game… averaged 14.3 points and 9.1 assists per game as a senior, earning All-District (2A-8) First Team honors… as a junior, led DeLand to a 22-7 mark as a junior… picked up All-District (7A-2) First Team accolades after averaging 9.6 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game as a junior… averaged 13.7 points, 6.4 assists, and 3.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Rowan County, earning District MVP honors and an All-Region nod… led RCHS to a 26-10 record that season.
Personal: Son of Dashaynia and Sean Woods… born in Lexington, Ky. on March 30, 2001… full name is DeSean Lavell Woods… father, Sean Woods, was teammates with Tennessee Tech head coach John Pelphrey at Kentucky, played for the Wildcats from 1989-92, had his #11 jersey retired, and was inducted into the UK Athletic Hall of Fame… father, Sean, served as head coach at Mississippi Valley State (2008-12), Morehead State (2012-17), and Southern University (2018-23)… brother, Martiese Morones, played basketball at TCU from 2006-08, served as a graduate manager under Sean Woods at Morehead State from 2012-15, and was an assistant under Woods at Southern from 2018-21.
Academic: Majoring in finance.
News mentions
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – It was raining threes in the Hooper Eblen Center Sunday afternoon, as the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team dropped Alice Lloyd, 108-82, in a matinee match-up that saw the Golden Eagle offense in rare form.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men’s basketball will officially kick off the 2023-24 season Monday evening, traveling east down I-40 for a match-up with No. 9 Tennessee at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. It marks the second straight year the Golden Eagles will open a campaign against the Vols.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Fans of candy, costumes, and Tennessee Tech basketball will get the opportunity to enjoy all three in one night as the Golden Eagles men's squad will provide a preview of what is to come in the 2023-24 campaign with an exhibition affair against UT Southern in the Hooper Eblen Center Thursday night, putting a cap on a festive Purple Palooza evening.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Following a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men's basketball coaches and communication directors, the League officially released its Preseason All-OVC Team and preseason poll Tuesday morning as part of its annual Media Day session.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be wrapping up our deep dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer Kyle Layton, a freshman from Mountain Brook High School in Alabama.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be wrapping up our deep dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer DeSean Woods, a junior transfer from Southern University.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be taking a dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer Brandon Brown, a sophomore transfer from Lees-McRae College.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be taking a dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer Rylee Samons, a freshman from Pikeville High School in Pikeville, Ky.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be taking a dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer David Early, a junior transfer from Marshall University.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be taking a dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer Daniel Egbuniwe, a sophomore transfer from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be taking a dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer Rodney Johnson Jr., a junior transfer from Weatherford College.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be taking a dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer David Craig, a sophomore transfer from Mercer University.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be taking a dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Today we'll take a close look at newcomer Josiah Davis, a sophomore transfer from West Virginia University.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the next several weeks, we'll be taking a dive into getting to know the members of the 2023-24 Tennessee Tech men's basketball team. Head coach John Pelphrey’s roster will feature 17 student-athletes for the second straight year, with 10 newcomers and seven faces already familiar to Golden Eagle fans.