Dre Davis

Dre Davis surveys the Clemson defense in the KFC Yum! center on Feb. 19, 2022.

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Dre Davis slams the ball against NC State in the KFC Yum! Center on Jan. 12.

Dre Davis reacts following a play against Detroit Mercy in the KFC Yum! Center

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The Cardinals celebrate after winning the Bahamas Championship.

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Dre Davis and Noah Locke against Mississippi State.

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Dre Davis celebrating against Detroit Mercy.

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Dre Davis handles the ball against Duke in the KFC Yum! Center in 2021

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Dre Davis shoots against Virginia Tech in KFC Yum! Center on Jan. 6.

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Dre Davis rises for a shot against Western Kentucky on Dec. 1 in the KFC Yum! Center.

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Dre Davis goes up for a lay-up against Western Kentucky.

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Dre Davis drives vs. Evansville in UofL's 2020-21 season opener the KFC Yum! Center

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Position:
Guard/Forward
Height:
6-6
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.
High School:
Lawrence Central

Sophomore Year in 2021-22:

Starting forward in 23 games as a sophomore.
Scored 10 points at North Carolina on Feb. 21, his 10th game as a sophomore in double figures. He matched a season-high with 18 points vs. Miami and scored eight at Wake Forest.
Missed the Cardinals’ Jan. 19 game against Boston College after suffering a right ankle sprain in practice on Jan. 18. He returned to start the last 11 games.
Earned a perfect 4.0 GPA for the Fall 2021 semester.
Scored nine or more points in six of his last 18 games.
Came off the bench for the first time this season at Georgia Tech and responded with 13 points, all in the second half. Davis had scored 14 points over the previous four games combined.
A starter at forward in the first 12 games, Davis was named to the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship All-Tournament team with his defensive efforts contributing to the honor.
Scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds at NC State, marking his fourth game in double figures in a five-game stretch.
Contributed a career-best four assists and was one shy of his career high with eight rebounds against DePaul.
Led the Cardinals with 18 points and nine rebounds against Detroit Mercy, one short of a double-double.

Freshman Year:

Starting forward in 17 games averaged 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game with six blocked shots and 34 offensive rebounds (third on the team).
Honored on the 2021 All-ACC Academic team.
Scored at least five points in 14 of 20 games for the season, reaching double figures on eight occasions. He had eight points and three rebounds against Virginia in his last regular season game.
Scored 11 points with two rebounds and two assists against Duke on Jan. 23.
Scored 15 points at Wake Forest, his second-highest total of the season.
Scored a season-best 21 points with two rebounds and two assists against Western Kentucky, and he earned ACC Freshman of the Week as a result for games Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Coupled with the 20 points and nine rebounds that redshirt freshman Jae’Lyn Withers scored in the previous game against Prairie View A&M, it is the first back-to-back games with a UofL freshman scoring 20 or more points in a game since Juan Palacios scored 20 at Houston and 23 against TCU on Jan. 5 and 8, 2005.
First true freshman to score 20+ points in a game since V.J. King scored 24 at Virginia on Feb. 6, 2017.
Honored on the 2020 Wade Houston Tipoff Classic All-Tournament team.
His three blocked shots vs. Evansville in the season opener was the most by a Louisville freshman in his career debut since George Goode blocked five vs. Morehead State on Nov. 22, 2008.
His father D’Andre, Sr. is the head coach at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, Ind. His father was an assistant coach at Lawrence Central High School when Dre was in school there.
His former teammate at Lawrence Central Jake Laravia is a junior forward at ACC foe Wake Forest.

High School:

Averaged 21.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.3 blocked shots and 1.2 steals per game as a senior in 2019-20 for Lawrence Central, which posted a 22-3 record with all three losses coming to the same team (Lawrence North). Davis shot 57.3 percent from the field, including 36.3 from the three-point line, and 80.2 percent from the free-throw line.
Completed his high school career with 1,192 points and 516 rebounds. Davis helped Lawrence Central to a 60-14 record over the past three seasons, including the program’s first sectional title in seven years in 2019.
Honored on the 2020 IBCA/Subway Supreme 15 Senior Indiana All-State team, he was one of five finalists for the Indiana Mr. Basketball award as the top high school player in the state.
Davis averaged 16.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.6 blocked shots per game as a junior at Lawrence Central, which achieved a 22-4 record and advanced to the Class 4A Sectional 10 championship.
Honored on the 2019 ICBA/Subway Underclass All-State Supreme 15 team, Davis was ranked No. 95 in the nation by 247Sports.com and No. 110 by Rivals.com. He was the No. 20 rated small forward in the 247Sports composite rankings.
A first-team 2020 Academic All-State selection by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA), in which individuals must meet criteria that include a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale, a class rank in the upper 25 percent of one’s class, an SAT score of 1,100 (on the reading and math sections) or an ACT composite score of 24.
During the summer of 2019, Davis averaged 17.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists while playing for the Indy Heat on the Nike EYBL circuit.
As a sophomore, he averaged a team-leading 13.3 points and 5.0 rebounds for Lawrence Central, which posted a 16-7 record and reached the sectional finals.
Selected as a member of the 2020 Indiana All-Stars, although the two games against the Kentucky All-Stars were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Participated in the Kentucky-Indiana Junior All-Star game in Jeffersonville, Ind. on June 3, scoring 19 points in an Indiana victory. He had 18 points and eight rebounds in Louisville on June 2 in a Kentucky win.
Davis also considered Purdue, Nebraska and Xavier among others when making his collegiate choice.

Personal:

Born Aug. 23, 2001 ... Son of Carlonda and D’Andre Davis ... Has one younger brother, D’Ante ... Major is sport administration.
Personal goal at UofL is to win an ACC championship and a national title.
Enjoys playing video games and drawing in his spare time.
Best moment of his athletic career to date was winning the Indiana Class 4A Sectional 10 championship at Lawrence Central in 2019.
Chose to attend UofL because it is “close to home and I feel as though I can grow the most on and off the court here.”
Best basketball advice given to him was “trust the process.”
Most proud of reaching the 1,000-point scoring plateau in high school.
Kobe Bryant has had the greatest influence on his athletic career.
Wearing uniform number 14 this season because “M14 is the program I train with. My trainer, Nick Daniels, always says ‘rep the 14.’”
Few people know that he likes to drive.
If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is his shoe case.
Best thing about being a Cardinal is the fan support.
When playing basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Kobe Bryant.
Best athlete he ever faced was Randy Reed.
Would most like to meet Barack Obama.
What impresses him the most about Coach Mack is his competitiveness.

Favorites:
Basketball Player: Kobe Bryant, Jimmy Butler
NBA Team: Miami Heat
Athlete, other than a basketball player: Colin Kaepernick
Movie: Brotherly Love
TV Show: Snowfall
Actor: Martin Lawrence
Website: YouTube
Comedian: Kevin Hart
Musical Group/Singer: Lil Durk
Book: The Magic Tree House
Class at UofL: sociology in sports
Instagram Follow: @taeedavis
Twitter Follow: @LouisvilleMBB
Foods: pasta
Midnight Snack: fruit snacks
Vacation spot: Italy