2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Mark Wagner

Cougar Downing #11 G

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-1 / 175
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    0
  • Hometown:
    Olathe, Kan.
  • High School:
    Olathe West HS
  • Prev School:
    Neosho CC/ Barton CC

Summary

Biography

Prior to Little Rock: A two-time All-Region and all-conference selection that also earned honorable mention all-conference honors his freshman season … Played three years at the junior college level, making 85 starts in 88 games played … Totaled 1,454 points, 269 rebounds, 192 assists, 95 steals and 25 blocks in 2,636 minutes played … Shot 41.6% (463-for-1112) from the field with a 36.3% mark (218 of 600) from 3-point range and 84.9% (310-for-365) from the charity stripe … Over his two seasons at Barton, he etched his name in eight different program all-time achievements, most notably finishing with 1,162 points which ranks as the sixth-most in 55 years of competition Barton has played … Set the program’s all-time free throw shooting mark with an 85% career clip, ranks second in Barton history with an 87.9% single-season mark in 2022-23 and ranks third in school history as he knocked down 161 career 3 pointers … Played in 64 games with 63 starts across two seasons at Barton Community College, totaling 1,162 points, 196 rebounds (37 offensive, 159 defensive), 157 assists, 73 steals and 13 blocks in 1,980 minutes played … Shot 41.2% (365-for-885) from the floor with a 35.1% mark (161 of 459) from 3-point range and 85% (271-for-319) from the charity stripe … Averaged 18.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.2 blocks in 30.9 minutes per game … Posted single-game career highs of 42 points against Odessa College (11/5/2021), eight rebounds twice against Pratt CC (12/11/2021 and 2/9/2022), seven assists against Clarendon College (11/12/2021). four steals against Cloud County CC (12/8/2021) and two blocks at Independence CC (3/31/2021).
 
2022-23 (Junior at Barton CC): A first team all-region and all-conference selection that averaged a region sixth-best 17.0 points game to lead Barton in 14 of the 33 contests … Scored in double digits in all but three games, eclipsing his average eleven times … Started and played in all 33 games, leading his team to a 24-9 record and to the regional championship game … Totaled 562 points, 80 rebounds (21 offensive, 59 defensive), 60 assists, 34 steals and six blocks in 975 minutes played … Shot 42.2% (175-for-415) from the floor with a 33.8% mark (74 of 219) from 3-point range and an 87.9% clip (138-for-157) from the free throw line … Averaged 17.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.2 blocks in 29.5 minutes per game … Reached double figures in all but three games, surpassing the 20-point threshold in nine games … Scored a season-high 29 points on two different occasions, first at Independence CC (Feb. 1) and then again at Northwest Kansas Tech (Feb. 22) … Twice tallied a season-high six rebounds, doing so at Hutchinson CC (Nov. 26) then again against Coffeyville CC (Mar. 10) with a season-high six assists against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (Nov. 4) … Swiped a season-high three steals on four different occasions and had one block in six different games.
 
2021-22 (Sophomore at Barton CC): A second-team all-region and all-conference selection that led the Cougars' season scoring and in 21-out-of-31 games played … Ranked second in the region in scoring … Reached double figure scoring in all but two games, eclipsing his average 14 times … Played in 31 games, starting in 30 of those as he led Barton to a 17-14 mark on the year … Totaled 600 points, 116 rebounds (16 offensive, 100 defensive), 97 assists, 39 steals and seven blocks in 1,005 minutes played … Shot 40.4% (190-for-470) from the field, 36.3% (87 of 240) from 3-point range and an 82.1% mark (133-for-162) from the charity stripe … Averaged 19.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.2 blocks in 32.4 minutes per game … Reached double figures in 30 of the 31 games he played in, Scored a JuCo-career-high 42 points against 12th-ranked Odessa College (Nov. 5) with a career-best eight rebounds at Pratt CC (Dec. 11), which he replicated against Pratt again at home (Feb. 9) … Also posted career-highs of seven assists against Clarendon College (Nov. 12), four steals against Cloud County CC (Dec. 8) and one block on seven occasions.
 
2020-21 (Freshman at Neosho CC): An honorable mention all-conference selection that started in 22 of the 24 games he played in … Totaled 292 points, 73 rebounds (18 offensive, 55 defensive), 35 assists, 22 steals and 12 blocks in 656 minutes … Shot 43.2% (98-for-227) from the floor, 40.4% (57 of 141) from 3-point range and 84.8% (39-for-46) from the free throw line … Averaged 12.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks in 27.3 minutes per game … Scored a season-best 36 points at Independence CC (Mar. 31) … Also posted season-best marks of eight rebounds against Ottawa (Jan. 23), six assists at Northwest Kansas Tech (Mar. 8), four steals against Coffeyville CC (Mar. 25) and a career-high two blocks at Independence CC (Mar. 31).
 
High School: Graduated from Olathe High School in 2020, receiving first team all-state honors as well as being named the Sunflower League MVP … Set school records for points scored in a single season (410 in 2019-20), points scored in a career (987), field goals made in a single game (10, twice), field goals made in a single season (128 in 2019-20) and in a career (314), 3-pointers made in a single game (6, twice), in a single-season (57 in 2019-20) and career (128), free throws made in a career (231), best free throw percentage in a single season (89.6% in 2017-18) and in a career (87.5%), charges taken in a single game (3 on 2/8/2019), in a single season (eight in 2018-19) and career (18).
 
Personal: Son of Cattreece and Clifford Downing … Has six siblings … Cousin, Mozae Downing, played basketball alongside him at Barton CC … Plans to major in communications.

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