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Tarleton State University Athletics

2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

12 Dantwan Grimes

  • Class Junior
  • Position Guard
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 180
  • Hometown Ocala, FL
  • Prev School Kilgore College

Biography

Junior (2024-25)
Appeared in 21 games while making one start ... Did not start a regular season game, ranked in top 12 in the nation in points scored per game among those who did not start a regular season contest ... Ranked third in free throw percentage (84.4), fourth in steals (1.62), ninth in minutes (30.0) and 14th in assists per game (2.14) in the WAC ... Averaged 10.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 30.0 minutes per game ... Totaled 218 points, 48 rebounds, 45 assists and 34 steals ... Held the second-longest free throw streak in the nation, making 33 in a row spanning from Dec. 21 to Feb. 13 ... Scored a career-high 18 points in the WAC opener against UT Arlington (1/4) in 39 minutes of action ... Notched six assists in a pair of games, one of four Texans to tally at least six in a game ... Added a career-high six steals against GCU (2/13) ... Led the teams in assists in six games and in scoring five times ... Made a career-best 11 free throws against Seattle U (2/15).

Baylor (2022-24)
Used one year of eligibility in 2023-24, red-shirted in 2022-23 ... Played 12 games and 99 total minutes ... Averaged 4.7 points per game ... Posted a career-high nine points at Northwestern State (Dec. 2, 2023) while shooting 3-for-3 from three-point land ... Played with Baylor at Canada Basketball's inaugural GLOBL Jam tournament in July 2022, before redshirting ... Scored 10 points in the semi-final against Canada and 11 points in the finals against Brazil ... His 4.2 assists in five games in the tournament ranked second on the team.

Kilgore College (2020-22)
Named 2021-22 Second-Team NJCAA All American … Named Region XIV 2021-22 Tournament’s Most Valuable Player averaging 14.7 points, 4.7 steals and 1.7 assists ... Named All-Academic in 2021-22 ... Led the team in points per game (14.1), assists per game (3.2) … Was fourth on the team in rebounds per game (4.1) … Helped lead the team to a 31-3 (17-2) record finishing the 2021-22 year as the No. 3 ranked team in Division I … Region XIV regular-season and tournament championship … Helped lead his team to back-t-back conference championships ... Averaged 9.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and a team-leading 3.5 assists in two games at the National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kan ... Started 19 of 23 games as a freshman leading the rangers to a 17-6 record ... Helped the squad reach the National Tournament for the first time since 2013.

Pro Holmes Sports Academy
Played one season after graduating high school in 2019.

Vanguard HS
Graduated Vanguard HS in 2019 ... Played varsity basketball under Todd Davis ... Named Team MVP after senior prep season ... Grimes averaged 16.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.8 steals in 37 games in final year at Vanguard ... Played AAU for Thunderstruck under Vernis Jenkins.

Personal
Born Dantwan Tyrell Grimes on Aug. 19 ... Son of Daniel Grimes and Taneika Smith ... Has two siblings Azaria and Tayler Grimes ... Majoring in general studies.

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