Zachary Simmons

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DENTON TEXAS, March 30: University of North Texas Mean Green Men?s Basketball v University of San Francisco at the Super Pit in Denton on March 30, 2018 (Photo Rick Yeatts Photography/Colin Mitchell)

DENTON TEXAS, March 1: University of North Texas Mean Green Men?s Basketball v Mercer University at the Super Pit in Denton on March 19, 2018 (Photo Rick Yeatts Photography/Colin Mitchell)

Photo by: Colin Mitchell

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
6-10 / 239
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Abilene, TX
High School:
Cedar Hill HS

CAREER
• Played in a program record 129 games
• Started 121 games including the final 99 straight games of his career
• Graduated as the program's all-time leader in field goal percentage .637
• The only player in program history to have multiple seasons with a field goal percentage above .600
• Scored 1,127 career points, which when he graduated ranked 16th in program history
• Grabbed 751 career rebounds, which when he graduated ranked 9th in program history
• Named to the 2021 C-USA All-Tournament team
• Scored a career-high 24 points on Nov. 20, 2018 versus Maine
• Grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds on March 26, 2018 at San Francisco
• Won the 2021 C-USA Tournament championship, 2020 C-USA Regular Season championship and 2018 College Basketball Invitational
• Helped lead UNT to the 2021 NCAA Tournament and the program's first ever NCAA Tournament victory on March 19, 2021 versus Purdue (78-69)

SINGLE GAME HIGHS
Points – 24, vs Maine 11/20/18
Rebounds – 22, at San Francisco 03/26/18
Assists – 6, at Marshall 02/27/21
Steals – 3, vs Louisiana Tech 03/07/18, vs Louisiana Tech 02/05/21
Blocks – 3, 11 times
FG Made – 10, vs Portland 11/10/18, vs Maine 11/20/18, at Rice 12/29/18
FG Attempts – 14, vs Maine 11/20/18
3 FG Made – 2, at Dayton 12/17/19
3 FG Attempts – 2, at Dayton 12/17/19, vs Utah St. 11/24/19, at Loyola Chicago 01/02/21
FT Made – 6, vs UTEP 01/25/20
FT Attempts – 8, vs FIU 03/13/19, vs UTSA 01/23/20

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES
1. 24, vs Maine 11/20/18
2. 23, vs. Portland 11/10/18
3. 22, at Rice 12/29/18
4. 19, vs. FIU 03/13/19
5. 18, at Dayton 12/17/19
5. 18, vs. Marshall 02/07/19
7. 17, at Southern Miss 02/13/21
7. 17, vs. Charlotte 02/17/20
7. 17, vs. Rice 01/20/20
7. 17, vs. Maryland Eastern Shore 11/17/18

2020-21
• Played in and started all 28 games
• Averaged 10 points per game
• Led the team with 6.0 rebounds per game (168 total)
• Led the team with a .642 field goal percentage
• His 54 assists were the second most on the team
• Named to the five-man 2021 C-USA All-Tournament Team
• Averaged 10.7 points per C-USA Tournament game and shot a tournament-best .656
• Scored in double figures 17 times
• Scored a season-high 17 points on Feb. 13 at Southern Miss
• Had a season-high 12 rebounds on Dec. 4 at Mississippi State
• Had two double-doubles

2019-20
• Played in and started all 31 games
• Led the team with a .634 field goal percentage
• Averaged 8.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists per game
• Scored a season-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting at No. 13 Dayton on Dec. 17
• Grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds on Nov. 16 versus Eastern Michigan
• Scored in double figures 14 times
• Made a career-high two 3-pointers (2-2) at No. 13 Dayton on Dec. 17
• First player in program history to have three seasons with field goal percentages of 60 percent or better
• Third on the team with 49 assists
• The Mean Green were 9-1 when Simmons made five or more field goals with the only loss being at No. 13 Dayton

2018-19
• The only player on the team to start all 33 games
• Led the team in rebounding at 7.0 per game (232)
• Averaged 10.2 points per game
• Finished the year with a 61.6 field goal percentage, which is the fifth-best in a single-season in school history and made him the first player in program history to have multiple seasons with field goal percentages of 60 percent or better
• Scored a career-high 24 points versus Maine on Nov. 20
• Scored over 20 points three times
• Recorded two double-doubles
• Scored 19 points and had 16 rebounds and was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field in the Mean Green's C-USA Tournament First Round win over FIU
• Grabbed double-digit rebounds four times

2017-18
• Played in 37 of 38 games, starting 29
• Led the team in field goal percentage at 66.2 percent off 102-for-154 from the field to set a new North Texas single-season record as a freshman
• Started all six CBI Tournament games, averaged a double-double with 10 points and 10.8 rebounds per game
• His 65 total rebounds were second most in CBI Tournament history and 47 defensive rebounds were second-most
• Grabbed 17 rebounds against South Dakota and pulled down a CBI record, career-high 22 rebounds in the CBI Championship game one against San Francisco
• Finished with a career-high 13 points in the CBI semifinals against Jacksonville State
• Had five or more rebounds in all six CBI Tournament games
• Led the team with 23 blocks
• Had career-high three blocks against Grambling, Indiana State, FIU and San Francisco
• Averaged 6.5 points per game (239 total points) and 5.2 rebounds per game (191 total rebounds)
• Led the team with 79 offensive rebounds, grabbed four or more in nine games
• Made his first collegiate start at Georgia Tech, grabbed eight rebounds
• Scored 11 points twice against Grambling and McNeese
• Pulled down 12 rebounds against FIU
• Appeared in 17 C-USA games, starting 14
• Scored 111 points in C-USA play, fifth-most on the team

High School Highlights
• Averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds, and six blocks during his senior season at Cedar Hill High School
• Dallas News basketball player of the week (Jan. 29) after scoring 17 points, 23 rebounds and eight blocks against Duncanville
• Named to the Metroplex24 all-star game
• Averaged 12 points per game and nine rebounds per game during his junior season
• Was ranked No. 91 on TexasHoops.com's rankings for the class of 2017