2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Derek Culver
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Youngstown, Ohio
- High School:
- Warren G. Harding HS
- Prev School:
- Brewster Academy (N.H.)
West Virginia (2019-20)
- Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
- Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball First Team
- Averaged 10.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game
- Started 25 of 31 games, averaging 24.6 minutes per game
- Had 54 assists and 24 steals
- Posted 15 games in double figures
- Had six double-doubles on the season
- Finished fifth in the Big 12 in rebounds
- Ranked first in free throw attempts in the Big 12 with 176
- Ranked 15th in the country with 7.1 fouls drawn per game
- Nearly had a double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds at Iowa State
- Scored 12 points with six rebounds at Texas
- Double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds at TCU
- Grabbed 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State
- Had 12 points against Iowa State
- Double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds against Kansas State
- Scored 16 points, including 14-of-16 from the free throw line, at Texas Tech
- Finished with 11 rebounds against Missouri
- Had 13 points, eight rebounds and two steals against Texas
- Double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds against TCU
- Had nine points and seven rebounds in the win over No. 22 Texas Tech
- Finished with nine points and 12 rebounds at Oklahoma State
- Had 12 rebounds at Kansas
- Finished with seven points and 10 rebounds against Ohio State
- Had 15 points with seven rebounds and a career-high seven assists in his homecoming game at Youngstown St.
- Double-double with team highs in points and rebounds with 16 each
- Second consecutive double-double with 12 points and 18 rebounds at St. John’s
- First double-double of the season with a career-high 25 points to go with 11 rebounds vs. Rhode Island
- Finished with seven points, nine rebounds, three steals and two blocks against Wichita State
- Grabbed 15 points against Northern Iowa
- Had 10 points and four rebounds against Boston University
- Scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds against Northern Colorado
- Had four points and six rebounds at Pitt
- Scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds against Akron
- Was named to the 20-man preseason Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award Watch List
West Virginia (2018-19)
- Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team (unanimous selection)
- Named to the Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
- Averaged 11.5 points and a team-high 9.9 rebounds per game
- Started 14 of 26 contests, averaging 27.0 minutes per game
- Shot 45.6 percent from the field
- Led the Big 12 in rebounding in conference games only (10.9) and had the highest scoring average (12.5) among freshmen in Big 12 Conference games only
- In Big 12 Conference games only, he finished first in the league in offensive rebounds (3.8), first in rebounding (10.9), second in defensive rebounds (7.1) and 12th in scoring (12.5)
- Had eight double-doubles in Big 12 action, which ranked second in the league to Kansas’ Dedric Lawson (11)
- Had 22 points and 21 rebounds vs. TCU, the first WVU player to have a 20-20 game since Mo Robinson in 1977
- Became the first WVU player since Rod Thorn (1961) to have two 20-plus rebounding games in the same season.
- Finished 22nd in the country in fouls drawn per 40 minutes at 6.8 per contest
- Went to the line 129 times in Big 12 play, ranking first in free throw attempts.
- Had 11 points against Coastal Carolina in the CBI
- Seven points and 10 rebounds against Grand Canyon in the CBI
- Double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds against Kansas in the Big 12 Championship
- Had 13 rebounds against Texas Tech
- Double-double with 16 points and 21 rebounds at Oklahoma State
- Double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Iowa State
- Finished with nine points and nine rebounds at Oklahoma
- Had 22 points and 21 rebounds vs. TCU - the first WVU player to have a 20-20 game in 42 years
- Grabbed the most rebounds (21) in a game since Warren Baker had 22 vs. Pitt in 1974
- Had nine points and six rebounds at Baylor
- Double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds against Kansas State
- Had nine points and 12 rebounds at Kansas
- Finished with seven points and 11 rebounds against Texas
- Double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds at Texas Tech, including 15 of 24 from the foul line
- Made his first career start and finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds
- Had eight points at Iowa State
- Scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds at Tennessee
- Finished with 11 points and seven rebounds against Kansas
- Had eight points at TCU
- Second consecutive double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds against Oklahoma State
- Double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds at Kansas State
- Finished with 17 points and nine rebounds at Texas
- Had 12 points and eight rebounds against Texas Tech
- First career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in 19 minutes against Lehigh
- Played in his first collegiate game against Jacksonville State and finished with four points
Prior to West Virginia
- Attended Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, in 2017-18
- Played for coach Jason Smith
- First Team NEPSAC Class AAA selection
- Averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds per game
- Helped Brewster capture its eighth NEPSAC Class AAA regular season title in the last 11 seasons
- Graduated from Warren G. Harding High, playing for coach Andy Vlajkovich
- As a junior, he led Harding to a 23-4 record and regional semifinal appearance
- In a season-ending playoff loss to Garfield Heights, he had 16 points and 12 rebounds
- Averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game
- Earned All-Ohio Honorable Mention honors by the Associated Press as a junior
- Played AAU basketball for the Ohio Basketball Club
Personal
- Son of Sharon White
- Birthday is May 24
- Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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