MARCUS WEATHERS CAREER RECAP
Weathers Game-by-Game at Miami, Ohio
2020-21 SECOND TEAM ALL-ATLANTIC 10
2019-20 SECOND TEAM ALL-ATLANTIC 10
Career Highlights
- Named Second Team All-Atlantic 10 as a junior and senior.
- Was Duquesne’s first two-time All-A-10 player since Damian Saunders in 2010 (First Team) and 2011 (Second Team).
- Transferred to Duquesne in April of 2017 after playing in 32 games as a freshman at Miami, Ohio in 2016-17.
- Played for DU teams that went a combined 49-31.
- Scored 1,324 career points in 111 career games (310 points in 32 games at Miami and 1,014 points in 79 games at Duquesne).
- Finished his career ninth on DU’s career field goal percentage (.514) and blocked shot (76) lists.
- Had 70 double-digit scoring games (including 15 at Miami, Ohio).
- Scored in double digits 55 times in 79 games at Duquesne.
- Played in all but one game (with 78 starts) at Duquesne (missed the 2019 Pitt game due to illness).
- Led the Dukes in scoring as a junior (14.3 ppg.) and senior (15.3 ppg.).
- Improved his field goal percentage from .489 to .557 from his sophomore to junior years.
- Doubled his assists from 25 in 31 games as a sophomore to 51 in 30 games as a junior.
- Had 16 career double-doubles, including 14 at Duquesne.
- Used his 7’1” wingspan to block seven 3-point attempts over his last two seasons.
- Had 72 dunks in his three seasons as a Duke. It was the second-highest total by a DU player since dunks were first tracked in 2000-01.
- Finished his career with streaks of 74 consecutive games played and 68 starts (both team highs).
As a Senior (2020-21)
- Was the only Duke to start all 18 games.
- Led the team in scoring (15.3 ppg.) and was second in rebounding (7.5 rpg.) and third in steals (16, 0.9 spg.) and blocks (12, 0.7 bpg.).
- Threw down a team-high 26 dunks.
- Scored in double digits in 16 of 18 games and topped the 20-point mark four times, with all four coming in A-10 play.
- Reached double-digits in scoring in 13 of 14 Atlantic 10 games on his way to finishing seventh in scoring (16.3 ppg.) and fifth in rebounding (7.7 rpg.) in conference play only.
- Averaged 15.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in earning a spot on the 10-man Wade Houston Tipoff Classic All-Tournament Team. Had 12 points vs. Little Rock and added 18 points and seven rebounds in the win over UNC Greensboro. Had five dunks in the two games.
- Scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half in posting a 19-12 double-double at GW (Jan. 3).
- Had 19 points, including DU’s first 10 of the game, along with eight rebounds at Dayton on Jan. 13 and added 20 points vs. the Flyers at home.
- Posted back-to-back double-doubles in wins at Fordham (19-12) and vs. Saint Joseph’s (24-12). Added four assists vs. the Hawks.
- Had 23 points, three assists and three steals at La Salle.
- Followed that with a career-high 28 points and career high-tying 14 rebounds in the regular season finale vs. Rhode Island.
As a Junior (2019-20)
- Led the Dukes in scoring (14.3) and rebounding (8.1) and free throws made and attempted (103-of-153) on his way to earning Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and NABC All-District 4 honors.
- Was the first Duke to earn NABC All-District honors since Bill Clark (First Team) and Damian Saunders (Second Team) in 2011.
- Was one of two players (along with Sincere Carry) to start all 30 games.
- Led the team in scoring 13 times and rebounding 15 times (both team highs).
- Scored in double digits a team-high 21 times, with a team-high five 20-point games.
- Led the team with 18 traditional three-point plays and 30 dunks. The three-point plays were the most by a Duke since Aaron Jackson’s 20 in 2009.
- His 7’1” wingspan allowed him to block five 3-point attempts on the season.
- Posted his first three career 20-point games in a four-game span with 21 vs. Austin Peay, 25 vs. Marshall and 26 vs. Saint Louis.
- Entered the season with a career scoring high of 19 points.
- Had eight double-digit rebound games including five double-doubles: 13-12 vs. Lipscomb, 19-13 vs. Radford, 25-13 vs. Marshall, 13-10 at George Washington and 16-10 vs. George Mason.
- Earned A-10 co-Player of the Week on Dec. 16 after scoring 16 points vs. Columbia and adding 19 points and 13 rebounds vs. Radford.
- Averaged 19.5 points and 7.0 rebounds on .722 shooting (13-of-18) at the St. Pete Shootout. Set a then-career scoring high with 21 points to go along with eight rebounds vs. Austin Peay.
- Eclipsed his scoring high with 25 points to go along with a then career high-tying 13 rebounds vs. Marshall. Had 17 points and 10 boards in the first half alone. Also had three traditional three-point plays vs. MU.
- Did one better with 26 points (a third career high in four games) on 8-of-10 shooting in the A-10 opener vs. Saint Louis. Added 26 more points in the rematch with the Billikens in St. Louis on Feb. 5. Drew nine fouls and went 11-of-13 from the line in game two vs. SLU.
- Scored 20 points on 7-of-8 shooting at Rhode Island.
- Averaged 17.0 and 7.0 rebounds in two games vs. nationally-ranked Dayton. Shot .600 (15-of-25) in the two games vs. the Flyers.
- Went over the 1,000 career-point mark on a jumper with 12:02 left at Dayton on Feb. 22 (his 14th of 17 points).
- Scored 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting vs. La Salle.
- Had a career-high 14 rebounds at Fordham and followed that with a team-high 19 points vs. GW.
- Tied his career high with 14 boards in the A-10 finale vs. Richmond.
As a Sophomore (2018-19)
- Played in 31 of 32 games with 30 starts.
- Finished tied for second on the team in double-digit scoring games (18) and was second in double-digit rebound games & double-doubles (4 each).
- Fourteen of his 18 double-digit scoring games came against Atlantic 10 opponents.
- Posted four double-doubles: vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (11-11), at Fordham (16-12), at George Mason (14-11) and vs. Saint Joseph’s at the Atlantic 10 Championship (17-10, including 9-of-12 from the foul line).
- Had a career-high three 3-pointers - and a career high-tying 12 boards at Fordham.
- Tied his career scoring high with 19 vs. Saint Louis (11-of-13 from the line).
- Rejected a career-high four shots vs. VCU and scored 16 at La Salle.
- Missed the Nov. 30 Pitt game due to illness.
- Went 14-of-34 (.412) from the foul line in his first 12 games, before improving to 61-of-83 (.735) over the final 19 games of the season.
As a Freshman at Miami, Ohio (2016-17)
- Was one of four players to see action in all 32 games for the 11-21 Redhawks. Made eight consecutive starts from Jan. 10 through Feb. 4.
- Averaged 9.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in shooting 51.3 percent from the field.
- Scored in double digits 15 times with a season high of 19 both in his first career start at Ball State on Jan. 10 and again in a start at Central Michigan on Jan. 21.
- Posted three double-digit rebound games with 12 vs. Grambling, 11 at Ohio and 10 at Kent State. The rebound totals were part of double-doubles vs. Grambling (18-12) and at Kent State (18-10).
- Scored 14 points in 26 minutes to help the Redhawks rally from a 15-point deficit with 11:01 left to post a 79-75 win at Akron (and then-coach Keith Dambrot). His layup with 48 seconds left gave Miami a 75-74 lead and his two free throws with 17 seconds left sealed it.
High School
- Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, Kan. (head coach Steve Stitzer).
- Named first team all-state as senior after helping lead the program to the 2016 Kansas 6A State Championship. Averaged 19 points per game in the three-game run to Shawnee Mission North’s first state title in 63 years.
- Finished as program’s second all-time leading scorer (to his twin brother Michael) with 1,150 points and third all-time leading rebounder with 425 boards.
- Named first-team All-Sunflower League as senior, averaging 18.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg., and 2.3 bpg.
- Was a three-year letterman at small forward.
Personal
- Transferred to Duquesne in April of 2017.
- Played with his twin brother, Michael - who is older by three minutes - at Miami in 2017. Michael is currently enrolled at Texas Southern.
- His late father, also named Michael, played collegiately at Drake (1984). His stepfather, Henry Loring, played football at Grambling.
- Major: psychology.
- Date of birth: 8/5/97.
Weathers' Stats at Miami, Ohio
YEAR G/GS MIN/AVG FG-AT PCT 3M-AT PCT FT-AT PCT O/D REB PF-DQ A TO BK S PTS-AVG
2017* 32/9 788/24.6 98-191 .513 14-40 .350 100-147 .680 67/124 191-6.0 90-2 23 42 20 28 310-9.7
* - at Miami, Ohio
Career Highs
Points - 28, Rhode Island (Sr.)
Rebounds - 14, , 3x, Rhode Island (Sr.) last
Assists - 6, at Saint Louis (So.)
Steals - 6, Lipscomb (Jr.)
Blocks - 4, VCU (So.)
3-Pointers - 3, at Fordham (So.)
Minutes - 37, at Ball State, Grambling (Fr.) & at La Salle (So.)
Superlatives
Double-Digit Scoring Games - 70 (15 Fr., 18 So., 21 Jr., Sr. 16)
20-Point Games - 9 (0 Fr., 0 So., 5 Jr., Sr. 9)
10-Rebound Games - 20 (3 Fr., 4 So., 8 Jr., 5 Sr.)
Double-Doubles - 16 (2 Fr., 4 So., 5 Jr., 5 Sr.)