2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
David Efianayi
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Orlando, Fla.
- High School:
- Ocoee HS
Two-time All-Big South Conference performer … A first-team All-Big South honoree by Athlon, Blue Ribbon and Street & Smith’s … One of the league’s most effective wings … Enters senior season with 1,109 career points and 272 made free throws in just 50 career starts … Is a career 75.1 percent free throw shooter (272-of-362).
2017-2018 at Gardner-Webb: Earned second-team All-Big South Conference honors … Played in and started all 32 games … Ranked fourth in the Big South with 17.5 points per game … Added 3.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game … Shot 43.7 percent from the floor and 36.2 percent from long range (51-of-141) … Made an impressive 142-of-176 free throws (80.7 percent), topping 100 free throws for the second season in a row … Led team with 40 steals … Averaged a durable 32.6 minutes per game … Scored in double figures 28 times in 32 starts … Tied a career-high with 31 points at Campbell (1/3) and at Presbyterian (2/22) … Scored 20 or more points in 11 different games … Had 28 points vs. Brevard (11/21) in only 26 minutes … Scored 27 points vs. Jacksonville (11/26) … Was at his best against the top of the Big South, posting more than 19 points per game against the league’s top four during the regular season … Made at least five free throws in 11 different games … Had a career-high eight assists at Campbell (1/3) and at UNC Asheville (1/24).
2016-2017 at Gardner-Webb: Earned honorable mention All-Big South Conference honors after a career-best campaign … Played in 32 games and started the final 15 games of the season … Averaged 12.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game … Also averaged 1.0 steals per game … Shot a very efficient 50.9 percent from the floor (135-of-265) and 41.5 percent from long range (22-of-53) … Connected on 111-of-154 free throws (72.1 percent) … Had a career-high 31 points on 10-of-13 shooting to help GWU to a win over Howard (11/19) … Netted 20 or more points in six different games, including three off the bench … Scored 20 points off the bench at Pittsburgh (11/14) … Had 21 points off the bench in a league win on the road at Radford (1/4) … Netted 22 points vs. Winthrop (1/22) and had back-to-back games with 20 points when he scored 20 vs. Longwood (2/4) and 27 vs. Liberty (2/9) … Made 13-of-17 free throws vs. the Flames in Paul Porter Arena … Scored in double figures eight times in final nine games … Had 22 games with at least 10 points scored. 2015-2016 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 20 games and earned three starts … Averaged 17.4 minutes per game … Averaged 7.4 points and 1.9 rebounds per game … Posted six games in double figures ... Poured in a season-high 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting against Toccoa Falls (Nov. 19) to go along with five assists ... Scored 11 points with a 5-for-8 night from the floor at George Washington (Nov. 24) ... Dropped in 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Furman (Dec. 12) ... Poured in 16 points with a 7-for-11 clip from the eld against Warren Wilson (Dec. 18). 2014-2015 at GWU: Redshirted.
High School: Played at Ocoee High School under head coach Rob Gordon … Named All-County Honorable Mention by the Orlando Sentinel as a junior … Rated as the No. 27 prospect in Florida for the 2014 recruiting class by Source Hoops … Averaged 15.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game in 2012-2013 while averaging nearly two steals per game … Converted 99-of-127 attempts at the free throw line (78 percent) … Chose Gardner-Webb over North Florida, IPFW, UT-Martin and North Carolina Central.
