University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
DJ Patrick
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Powder Springs, Ga.
- Prev School:
- Charleston Southern
Prior to UNC Asheville - The 6-6 guard from Powder Springs, Ga., comes to Asheville as a Redshirt Senior, after only competing in three games during the 2024-25 season due to injury. Patrick scored 34 points in three games, with a season-high 19 points in his season debut against Gardner-Webb (Jan. 2).
2023-2024 at Charleston Southern: Made a big impact during his first season in Charleston emerging as the team's fourth man in scoring in one of the league's best four-man punches ... Played in 25 games including 24 starts primarily as the team's three-man, was forced to five games in late January, early February due to a hand injury ... Averaged 31.0 minutes per game during the season which ranked 9th in the Big South across the entire season ... Scored just into double figures for points at 10.2 an outing on the season, ranking fourth for CSU and 28th in the conference ... Ranked second in the league on the season for three-point makes at 2.1 with 52 makes on the year ... Contributed on the glass for the team with 4.1 per game and 102 total on the season, third on the team ... Eclipsed 20 points twice on the year, scoring 22 in his CSU debut for a career-high against Toccoa Falls (11/6) and 21 against Kentucky Christian (12/21) ... Scored 10 or more points in 15 of the 25 games played in, making a three-pointer in 21 games, two or more in 15 games and three or more in 10 games ... Tied his career-high in makes from behind the arc in the team's home win against USC Upstate (1/13) going 5-8 from that range and having 18 for his most in league play.
2022-2023 at South Florida: Played in four games and made one start … Scored three points and totaled one rebound, one assist and two steals.
2021-2022 at South Florida: Played in 30 games and made two starts in his first season at USF … Averaged 14.2 mins/game … Ranked second on the team in three-pointers made (30) … Shot 30% from downtown (30-100) … Averaged 3.9 points and 1.3 rebounds per game … Totaled 14 assists, five blocks and three steals … Poured in 18 points on 6-13 shooting from downtown in his second game with the Bulls against Georgia Southern (11/13/21) … Recorded a season-best 19 points on 5-10 shooting from three-point land at Houston (1/18/22) … Went 7-12 from the field in that game at Houston and registered a season-high 29 minutes played … Pulled down a season-best six rebounds at Boston College (11/29/21) … Logged two games with a pair of assists…blocked two shots at Temple (3/6/22).
2020-2021 at Triton JC: Started 18 games during his true freshman season … Scored in double-digits in 14 games … Had eight games with three or more three-pointers … Averaged 14.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 47.4 percent from the floor, 43.9 percent from three (50-114) and 80.0 percent from the line … He scored a career-high 31 points on a career-best 7-of-11 from three at Morton College … Had a career-best seven rebounds vs. Highland Community College … Posted a career-best six assists and four steals vs. Bay College to go with 11 points … Had 28 points on 6-of-10 from three at Vincennes University … Scored 25 points on five three at Moberly Area Community College … Scored 21 points in his final game at John A. Logan College, making 4-of-9 from three.
High School: A 2019 graduate of Sprayberry, Patrick took a year to work on his game before enrolling at Triton College … Spent the 2019-20 season at The Skills Factory (Atlanta-based prep school for basketball players).
Personal: Born March 5 to parents Daren and Leslie … Father is a pastor at Crossroads Church (Georgia) and is also an accomplished chef and former culinary teacher … Has two siblings, Savannah & Shelby.
