Keron DeShields

Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Baltimore, Md.

MONTANA: Keron will compete for a starting job and will definitely see plenty of action this season.

2012-13: He played in 31 games and started in nine, averaging 21.4 minutes per contest...he was the Grizzlies' sixth leading scorer at 6.6 points per game, and third in assists with 1.8 assists per contest.

OF NOTE: Keron recenyly changed his jersey number from 20 to 15 to honor and a good friend and high school teammate, John Crowder, who was shot and killed at the age of 17 in July of 2010.

2011-12: He played in 27 games as a true freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: He attended Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont, as a senior...prep coach at Vermont Academy was Jesse Bopp...Wildcats were 17-14 and earned a berth in the NEPSAC AA playoffs his senior season...he averaged a team-high 20 points a game and 5.0 assists per game, and was a first team all-conference selection as a senior...he was a part-time starter at Towson Catholic High School in Baltimore as a sophomore, but that school closed its doors and he moved on to St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel, Maryland...was a starter and all-league player at St. Vincent Pallotti, where he averaged 22 points, 7 assists, and 5 rebounds per contest...scored a career-high 35 points in one game as a junior.

PERSONAL: His major is undecided at this time. His parents are Angel Hammond and Mike Lloyd of Baltimore.

QUOTING COACH TINKLE ON KERON: "There is no one since I have been here who works harder than him. Even when we're not in the gym he's always in there working on his game.

"We've talked to him about maturity and leadership now that he's an upperclassmen. He's really going to have to do that for us to be successful this year, and he's off to a great start.

"He's a guy who wants to be a scorer, and wants to contribute that way, and I think he needs to take that pressure off of himself here early and just run our team. He needs to be our spearhead offensively and run the show on offense, and let things come to him a little bit. We are really pleased with his work ethic and the start he has got off to his junior year."

KERON'S CAREER HIGHS

Points: 17 at Montana St., 3/12/13 & 17at Colorado St., 11/9/12

Rebounds: 5 in Two Games

Field goals: 3 vs. Long Beach St., 11/26/11 & 3 at North Dakota, 11/23/11

Field goal attempts: 5 at Oregon St., 12/4/11 & 5 at North Dakota, 11/23/11

3-point field goals: 3 at North Dakota, 11/23/11

3-point field goal attempts: 4 at North Dakota, 11/23/11

Free throws: 3 vs. Idaho State, 2/6/12

Free throw attempts: 4 vs. Idaho State, 2/6/12

Assists: 2 vs. Idaho State, 2/6/12

Blocks: 1 vs. Portland State, 12/28/11

Steals: 1 in Four Games