2017-2018: A participant in 25 games (with 15 in the starting lineup), he averaged 6.3 points and 3.2 rebounds per game)...Matched his career scoring high with 19 in the Dec. 2 non-league loss to Illinois Tech...Scored in double figures for the third time with 13 points in the home loss to Adrian...Grabbed 11 rebouonds (four on the offensive end) in the Feb. 10 home loss to Trine.
2016-2017: A starter in 14 games, he finished with 123 rebounds, second-most on the team...Averaged eight points per game...Scored in double figures for the first time when he hit 7 of 9 from the line and finished with 14 points in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association home game against Hope...Reached a scoring high of 19 in the MIAA game at Hope...Produced his first double-double at the collegiate level with 11 points and a season-high 13 rebounds in the road victory over MIAA rival Olivet in February...Shot 7-of-9 from the field in consecutive road games against Adrian and Olivet in February.
A member of three Michigan High School Athletic Association Class C champion teams at Beecher High School...Averaged a shade less than 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists per game...A four-year all-conference pick, including three selections to the first team...A second team all-state award winner his senior year...Completed 141 hours volunteering at food banks, tutoring elemetary kids, youth football games, and physical therapy shadowing...Participated in the Urban League of Black Scholars program...A kinesiology major...Son of Deatrius Burks.
Career Highs
Scoring: 19, at Hope (1-28-17); vs. Illinois Tech (12-2-17)
Rebounding: 13, at Olivet (2-11-17)
Assists: 4, vs. Aurora (12-22-17); vs. Olivet (1-27-18)
Steals: 3, at Guilford (12-29-16)
Field Goals: 7, at Hope (1-28-17)
Three-Point Field Goals: 3, at Chicago (12-13-17); at Hope (1-28-17) and at Adrian (2-8-17)
Free Throws: 7, vs. Hope (1-4-17)
