Dylan Disu (born November 12, 2000) is an American

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player for the

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of the

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. He previously played for the

Vanderbilt Commodores The Vanderbilt Commodores are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's team ...

High school career

Disu played basketball for

Hendrickson High School Hendrickson High School is a high school in the city of Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas, United States. It is operated by the Pflugerville Independent School District and is named after Pflugerville educator and civil servant Robert E. Hendri ...

Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville ( ) is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States, with a small portion in Williamson County. The population was 65,191 at the 2020 census. Pflugerville is a suburb of Austin and part of the Austin–Round Rock–San Mar ...

. He led his team to back-to-back District 13-6A titles. As a senior, Disu averaged 23.4 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, earning district MVP honors. He scored a school-record 51 points against

Leander High School Leander High School is a secondary school in Leander, Texas, United States, and is part of the Leander Independent School District. It was established in 1983 and was the only high school in district, until the establishment of Cedar Park High Sc ...

. A four-star recruit, Disu committed to playing college basketball for Vanderbilt over offers from SMU,

Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

Texas A&M Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

and

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, among others.

College career

As a freshman at Vanderbilt, Disu averaged 7.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. On February 17, 2021, he posted career-highs of 29 points and 16 rebounds in an 82–78 loss to

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

. One week later, head coach

Jerry Stackhouse Jerry Darnell Stackhouse (born November 5, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores men's team. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and ...

announced that Disu would miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. As a sophomore, he averaged 15 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, leading the

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(SEC) in rebounding prior to his injury. He was named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. After the season, Disu transferred to

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

, which he described as his "dream school growing up."

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;", Vanderbilt , 32 , , 31 , , 27.0 , , .358 , , .295 , , .548 , , 5.7 , , 1.0 , , 1.1 , , .9 , , 7.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;", Vanderbilt , 17 , , 17 , , 31.6 , , .492 , , .369 , , .736 , , 9.2 , , 1.4 , , 1.1 , , 1.2 , , 15.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;",

, 26 , , 0 , , 10.9 , , .466 , , .133 , , .813 , , 3.2 , , .4 , , .4 , , .8 , , 3.7 , - , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 75 , , 48 , , 22.5 , , .426 , , .304 , , .685 , , 5.6 , , .9 , , .9 , , 1.0 , , 7.9

References

External links

Texas Longhorns bioVanderbilt Commodores bio
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