Gonzaga University Athletics

GRADUATE (2023-24): All-Conference first team … Started all 35 games this season … Top 10 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year list … averages a career-best 14.5 points per game this season at 57.8 percent shooting from the field, which is third in the WCC ... shooting 66.1 percent from the field in league play, which ranks first in the conference … seventh in the West Coast Conference grabbing 7.1 rebounds per game … second in the conference with 1.5 steals per game … No. 2 in program history with 215 steals in his career, trailing only John Stockton.

SENIOR (2022-23): WCC Honorable Mention Selection… Started and played in every game this season for the Zags… Ended the season with a career-high 66 steals, which is the second-most in the WCC and the fourth-most steals in a single season in Gonzaga men’s basketball history… Moved into eighth in career field goal percentage, with 59.0 percent, and seventh in total career steals, with 162, in program history… Has appeared in 13 NCAA Tournament games, which is tied for the third-most in Gonzaga men’s basketball history… Also moved into second in steals (17), fifth in rebounds (73), and tenth in blocked shots (8) in the NCAA Tournament in program history… Grabbed 88 offensive rebounds this season, which was the second-highest on the team and fourth-highest in the WCC… Ended the year with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.0, which was the third-highest on the team and ninth-highest in the entire WCC… For players who scored more than two field goals a game, shot the second-highest percentage from the field on both the team and in the WCC, only trailing Drew Timme, with a season field goal percentage of 60.8 percent… Led the Zags in blocks per game… Set a career high in minutes played, with 1074 total minutes, and average minutes played, with 29.0 minutes per game… Averaged 11.1 points per game, which was a career-high and was the third-most points per game for the Zags this season… Dished out a career-high eight assists against Pepperdine, and tied a career-high with 13 rebounds against Pacific… Had five steals against North Florida… Ended the year with seven double-doubles…

JUNIOR (2021-22): Appeared in all 32 games recording 593 minutes … Tallied a season-high 31 minutes against Texas … Scored a total of 235 points, posting a season high against Pepperdine with 19 points … Scored double-digits 13 times … Had a field goal percentage of 59.3%… Recorded a career-best 11 rebounds at Santa Clara and had four double digit rebounding games … Had a total of 149 rebounds, of which 104 were defensively … 60 assists … Finished fifth in the WCC for steals per game at 1.3 and totaled 40 steals … .698 free throw percentage.

SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Played in all 32 games, making 17 starts and recording 606 minutes … Tallied a season-high 29 minutes against Northern Arizona … Scored a total of 220 points, having a career-best performance at Portland with 23 points … Scored double-digits seven times … Had a field goal percentage of 63.1% … Recorded a career-best 10 rebounds against Pepperdine and had more than eight rebounds twice on the year … Had a total of 105 rebounds, of which 76 were defensively … 38 assists … 38 steals … 20 blocks … .650 free throw percentage.

FRESHMAN (2019-20): Appeared in 15 games … made five starts … averaged 14.7 minutes … 4.9 points … 3.1 rebounds … missed the final 14 games of the season with shoulder injury … made 53.8 percent (28-52) from the field … had 18 steals and eight blocks … recorded season-highs of 15 points and eight rebounds in win over North Dakota on Nov. 12 … scored 28 points on 12-of-13 shooting from the field, with nine rebounds in collegiate debut in exhibition win over Lewis-Clark State on Nov. 1.

HIGH SCHOOL: Watson ranked 46th on 247 Sports and was a four-star recruit ... the forward is a local product out of Gonzaga Prep ... Watson led Gonzaga Prep to a pair of 4A state titles ... He scored 33 points in a 69-43 win over Mt. Si in the 2019 title game ... Watson averaged 21.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists as a senior ... He was named the Associated Press and Seattle Times All-State Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 ... a two-time state tournament MVP and two-time Greater Spokane League MVP ... Gonzaga Prep finished the 2018-19 season with a 24-2 record ... During the summer of 2019, he was one of 18 finalists for the USA U19 World Cup team ... Watson made the first cut from 31 players that competed in five practices over three days in Colorado Springs ... Played in the 2019 Northwest Shootout, a Washington versus Oregon All-Star Game ... He was nominated for the 2019 McDonald’s All-American game ... He led the Bullpups to an undefeated season (27-0) and a state 4A title as a junior in 2017-18 ... During his junior season, Watson averaged 21.9 points and 8.2 rebounds ... He scored 22 points in the state championship game ... As a sophomore, Watson was the Greater Spokane League MVP and averaged 19 points ... He led Gonzaga Prep to the GSL title and a third-place finish at the State 4A tournament ... Watson nearly made the United States U-18 roster in 2018 ... He made the first cut from 33 players to 18, but was not in the final 12.