John Buggs III

Photo by: Zach Del Bello

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 185
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Homer, LA
High School:
Summerfield HS
Prev School:
UTSA

Last Updated on March 26, 2024

Single Game Highs
Points – 23, twice
Rebounds – 8, vs Texas State, 11/17/22
Assists – 4, three times
Steals – 3, at Tulsa, 2/7/24
Blocks – 1, three times
FG Made – 9, at UTEP, 11/11/23
FG Attempts – 18, vs. Rice, 1/16/23
3 FG Made – 6, at LA Tech, 12/29/22
3 FG attempts – 11, vs. Rice, 1/16/23
FT Made – 6, Bethune-Cookman, 12/18/22
FT Attempts – 7, Bethune-Cookman, 12/18/22

Top Career Scoring Games
1. 23, at Rice, 2/6/23
1. 23, at UTEP, 1/11/23
3. 20, at LA Tech, 12/29/22
4. 18, Charlotte, 3/2/23
4. 18, at FIU, 2/25/23
4. 18, Prairie View, 11/22/22
7. 15, East Carolina, 3/3/24
7. 15, at SMU, 2/11/24
7. 15, WKU, 1/7/23
10. 14, Florida Atlantic, 3/6/24
10. 14, vs. LSU, 11/17/23
10. 14, UAB, 2/18/23
10. 14, Incarnate Word, 11/28/22
10. 14, St. Mary's (TX), 11/14/22

2023-24
Played in 29 games and made 26 starts...Missed five games due to a injury...Averaged 7.3 points per game...Made 60 3FGs and shot 45.1 percent from deep...His .451 3-point field goal percentage was the fourth-best single season 3-point field goal percentage in program history...He led the American Athletic Conference in 3-point field goal percentage at .451 and was nearly five percent better than the next best...He made four or more 3-pointers in nine games...He came back from injury and made eight straight 3-pointers between Jan. 25 and Jan. 28...He made a season-high five 3-pointers on Feb. 11 at SMU...He made 11 straight 3-pointers at one point...He scored a season-high 15 points twice...He had a season-high four assists to go along with 12 points on Feb. 15 in a win over Memphis...He had a season high three steal on Feb. 7 at Tulsa...He scored in double figures 10 times, including four games in a row...He was 4-8 from 3 and scored 14 points on Nov. 17 versus LSU...He shot 90 percent from the free throw line...His 60 total made 3-pointers were the 12th most among AAC players...HIs 15 total steals on the year was a single-season career high.

2022-23 (UTSA)
Played in 32 games and made 30 starts for the Road Runners...Averaged 11.0 points per game...Made 80 3-pointers on the year and shot 40 percent from deep...His 3-point field goal percentage (.400) was the second-best in Conference USA and his 80 total made 3-pointers were the fourth-most in the league...Made a season-high six 3-pointers on just eight attempts at Louisiana Tech on Dec. 29...He scored a season-high 23 points on Feb. 6 at Rice...He had an offensive rating of 106.7 in conference games, which was one of the best in the league...Averaged 31.3 minutes per game...Shot 80 percent at the free throw line (36-45)...On Jan. 5, he hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift UTSA over Middle Tennessee, 75-72

2021-22 (Hill College)
Played in 30 games and made 29 starts...NJCAA DI Honorable Mention All-America....Averaged 15.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game...Shot 47.3 percent from deep, which was the 12th-best in the nation...His 89 total made 3-pointers was the 10th-most in the nation...Scored in double figures in 27 of 30 games

2019-20 (UMass)
Played in four games but sustained a season-ending injury on Nov. 16 versus Central Connecticut State University...Played a season-high 11 minutes on Nov. 9 at Fairfield...Scored two points and had two steals on Nov. 9 at Fairfield

High School
Spent the 2018-19 season at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut … Posted a season-high 17 points in win over Capital Prep Harbor as Putnam went 38-2 in 2018-19 campaign … Averaged 23.2 points per game as a senior at Summerfield High School … Guided the Rebels to the Class C state title while earning All-Louisiana First-Team honors … Helped Summerfield to three state championships