Umoja Gibson

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 173
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Waco, Texas
High School:
University High
Prev School:
Oklahoma

Career Highlights

2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
2022 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
2019 Conference-USA All Freshman
15th all-time in NCAA Division 1 basketball with 428 career three-pointers.

2022-23

Led DePaul with 15.8 points per game and 4.7 assists while shooting 42.4 percent on the season.
Started all 33 games for DePaul at the point guard position totaling 10 20+ scoring performances and 27 games with 10 or more points.
Had 25 games with three or more assists and 19 of two or more steals.
Was the BIG EAST three-point field goal percentage leader, shooting 41.6 percent from deep.
Also shot a team-best 86.7 free throw percentage, a mark which ranked fourth in the BIG EAST.
Was the only BIG EAST player to rank top 10 in points scored and steals per game, averaging 1.8 takeaways per game.
Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll three times (11/14, 1/2, 1/23).
Tallied the second-most three-pointers in a single-season in DePaul history with 89 behind Max Strus in 2018-19.
Averaged 16.0 points and five assists per game in the 2023 BIG EAST Tournament, including a 22-point performance in a near upset of 2-seeded Xavier (3/9) in the semifinals.
Shot 9-of-15 with four three-pointers and six assists in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament.
Had back-to-back 20 point performances against Butler (2/22) and Marquette (2/25).
Scored 20 points in a near comeback at #10 Marquette while dishing out eight assists.
Scored 17 points in back-to-back games against St. John's (2/14) and #16 Xavier (2/18).
Eclipsed 2,000 career points at Villanova (2/8), becoming the 20th active Division 1 player to reach the mark.
Tallied 21 points at Seton Hall (2/5) and 25 against #16 Marquette (1/28).
Posted a 22-point performance as DePaul took down #8 Xavier at home (1/18) while also adding five assists and three boards.
Scored 16 points with eight assists at Butler (1/4).
Had a season-high 31 points against Georgetown (12/29) on 8-of-12 shooting which included five three-pointers and a perfect 10-of-10 performance at the charity stripe.
Also added five assists, four steals and four rebounds against the Hoyas.
Tallied 22 points in win against UTEP (12/10).
Played 39 minutes in DePaul's overtime comeback victory at Loyola (12/3), scoring the final eight points of overtime.
Ended the game against the Ramblers with 23 points, four three-pointers, four assists and four steals.
Scored 18 points, nine assists and six rebounds in home victory against Samford (11/30).
Dished out a career-high 10 assists against Texas A&M (11/25) for first career double-double where he scored 13 points.
Also added a personal-best six steals against the Aggies.
Scored a combined 35 points and 10 assists in pair of games in The Bahamas against Santa Clara (11/18) and Oklahoma State (11/20).
Wracked up eight assists, 14 points, four rebounds and two steals in win at Minnesota (11/14).
Scored 24 points against Western Illinois (11/11) on 8-of-10 shooting and a 4-of-5 performance behind-the-arc.
Scored 12 points with six assists, five rebounds and three steals in his DePaul debut against Loyola Md. (11/7).
Opened the season on an eight-game double-digit scoring streak.

2021-22 (Oklahoma)

Started all 35 games for the Sooners while averaging a team-best 13.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.
Led Oklahoma with 26 double-digit point games and ranked third in the Big 12 with 2.6 three-pointers per game, .390 three-point field goal percentage and 92 made three-pointers.
Was the only Sooner to score in double-digits in each postseason game.
Averaged 27 points during the NIT in games against Missouri State (3/15) and St. Bonaventure (3/20).
Had first career 30-point game in a 70-55 win against No. 9 Texas Tech (2/9) which included an 8-of-11 performance from three.
Continued his double-digit scoring streak to five games with 12 against TCU (1/31).
Posted 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting at No. 1 Auburn (1/29).
Enjoyed a season-high five assists, four steals and 12 points at No. 1 Baylor (1/4).
Helped Oklahoma to another top-15 win with 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting against No. 12 Arkansas (12/11).
Led the Sooners in a 65-62 victory at UCF (11/27) with 13 points and followed that up with 15 points in win against No. 14 Florida (12/1).
Opened the season with five-straight double-digit scoring games, including 16 points against Utah State (11/21).
Scored 20 points and finished 10-of-10 at the free throw line against No. 11 Iowa State (11/8).

2020-21 (Oklahoma)

Appeared in all 27 games with 15 starts where he averaged 9.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.
Scored in double-figures in 13 games.
Started both NCAA Tournament games for Oklahoma against Missouri (3/20) and Gonzaga (3/22).
Logged a season-best 11 rebounds at Kansas State (2/23).
Had a seven-game double-digit scoring streak from 1/23-2/20.
Had a season-high 29 points against West Virginia (1/2), including eight made three-pointers.
First double-digit scoring game of the season came against Oral Roberts (2/16) with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting.

2019-20 (North Texas)

Started all 31 games where he averaging 14.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.9 assist and 1.4 steals.
Was the second-leading scorer on a UNT squad that won the regular-season Conference-USA title.
Scored 18 or more points on 12 separate occassions, while reaching double figures in 24 of 31 games played.
Scored a season-high 27 points against UTSA (1/23) and made a season-best seven three-pointers against Little Rock (12/7).
Had back-to-back 20-point games against Oklahoma (12/5) and Little Rock (12/7).
Started a stretch of seven-consecutive 10+ point games against Eastern Michigan (11/16).
Opened the season with 12 points, four assists and two steals against Oklahoma Christian (11/5).

2018-19 (North Texas)

Started in 23 of 33 games for North Texas where he averaged 12.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
Sunk a Conference-USA record 99 three-pointers at a 39.3 percent rate.
Scored season-best 32 points against Angelo State (11/6) in season-opener on 10-of-14 shooting.
Backed up season-opener with 27 points against Humboldt State (11/9).
Scored 21 points in Conference-USA Tournament against FIU.

2017-18 (North Texas)