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Dyondre Dominguez
- Player
- Number: 45 (wore 4 in 2020-21)
- Position: F
- Height: 6' 9“
- Weight: 200
- Hometown: Providence, RI
- Prep School: Woodstock Academy (CT) / New Hampton School (NH)
- Transfer From: none
- Transfer To: Arkansas State
At UMass
- Verbal commitment announced 2/29/2020.4)
- UMass announced the addition of Dominguez to the program on 4/15/2020.5)
- Coach McCall quote on Dominguez's signing: “Dyondre will come in and be ready to play. When you look at how we want to play at the offensive end of the floor and can get a guy in the small forward/power forward spot who can shoot the ball like Dyondre can, it takes your offense to a completely different level. He has a tremendous skillset, size and length which will add to how we want to play defensively.”6)
2022-23 Junior year
- Appeared in 30 of the 31 games on the season, started one (Loyola Chicago 2/14)
- Improved significantly from 2021-22. Got more minutes, but upped his shooting to 52% from the floor (from 37%) and 39% from three (from 25%), and snared 4.4 rebounds per game (from 1.8)
- Good start with 15 points in just 14 minutes of work in the season-opener against Central CT (11/7). Shot 7-10 from the floor and also snared 7 boards
- Put up 15 points in 20 minutes of work in the win at South Florida (11/29). Shot 7-11 and snagged 5 boards
- Finished the non-conference season with a 5-game stretch where he averaged 11.6 points and 6.2 boards, including two straight games with 12 & 9 (Hofstra 12/11 and North Texas 12/17). Shot 8-9 from the line in the UNT game
- Article: ‘Coming into his own’: How Dyondre Dominguez matured for UMass basketball both on and off the court (Daily Hampshire Gazette, 1/13/23)
- Tallied another stretch of double-figure scoring, with 4 games in January (at GW 1/7 thru at VCU 1/17), averaging 11.3 points
- Put up 8 & 6 against Richmond (1/25), with 8-8 shooting from the line
- Notched his first double-double with 13 & 11 in the win over Duquesne (1/28). Shot 3-4 from three-point territory
- Snagged another 11 rebounds at George Mason (2/1)
- Put up 12 & 5 versus Davidson (2/4)
- Got a start against Loyola Chicago (2/14), putting up 9-4-3. Started in place of Brandon Martin, who was a consistent starter up until then
- Missed the game at Rhode Island (2/18) with a non-COVID illness10)
- Put up a new career high with 17 points in the loss at Duquesne (3/1)
2021-22 Sophomore year
- Played in 22 of the 32 games on the season, drawing 7 starts.
- Averaged 12.0 minutes per game, 3.0 points, and 2.2 rebounds, all modest improvements over last season.
- Began the season averaging 20.4 minutes over the first 7 games. Started in games 2 (Yale 11/12) through 8 (Rutgers 11/27).
- Blocked a career high 3 shots at Yale (11/12).
- Versus Ball State (11/21), tallied season highs in minutes (27) and points (10).
- Set new career highs with 7 boards and 4 assists, and scored 9 points, in 23 minutes of work vs UMass-Lowell (11/24).
- Started versus Rutgers (11/27), but was a -9 in 5 minutes of action, and didn't play in the second half.
- Beginning with that Rutgers game, his minutes went down to an average of 8.0 over the rest of the season, with 10 DNPs. Fell behind Greg Jones on the depth chart, and Michael Steadman also became available in game 7.
- Tallied 7-4-2 in 24 minutes off the bench vs North Texas (12/11).
- Put up 8 & 4 at Fordham (2/28).
- Tallied 9 & 2 in 9 minutes of work vs Fordham (3/2).
2020-21 Freshman year
- Appeared in 11 of the team's 15 games in the Coronavirus-shortened season.
- Averaged 8.5 minutes in his games, with 2.5 points and 1.1 rebounds.
- Had appeared in the first six games of the season, but missed three in January (URI 1/13, Fordham 1/17, Davidson 1/24), for reasons UM could not divulge.11)12) Returned for the Feb. 3 Fordham game, but did not play.
- Played 13 minutes in the season opener vs Northeastern (12/11), with four points and a rebound.
- Best numbers in the game at Richmond (2/23): 5-7 from the floor, 4-4 from the stripe, for a career high 15 points, plus two rebounds, an assist and a block.
- Career high three rebounds in the Atlantic 10 Tournament game versus Saint Joseph's (3/4).
Statistics
| Season | School | G | GS | MP | MPG | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | PTS | PPG | ORB | DRB | TRB | RPG | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | UMass | 11 | 0 | 93 | 8.5 | 8 | 22 | .364 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 3 | 13 | .231 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 27 | 2.5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | UMass | 22 | 7 | 263 | 12.0 | 25 | 68 | .368 | 15 | 29 | .517 | 10 | 39 | .256 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 66 | 3.0 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 2.2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | UMass | 30 | 1 | 587 | 19.6 | 99 | 192 | .516 | 74 | 128 | .578 | 25 | 64 | .391 | 38 | 52 | .731 | 261 | 8.7 | 33 | 100 | 133 | 4.4 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 55 | 2 |
| Career | UMass | 63 | 8 | 943 | 15.0 | 132 | 282 | .468 | 94 | 166 | .566 | 38 | 116 | .328 | 52 | 75 | .693 | 354 | 5.6 | 49 | 145 | 194 | 3.1 | 46 | 16 | 27 | 55 | 84 | 2 |
Current stats and Game logs from Sports-Reference.com
Career highs
Through the end of the 2022-23 season
| Points | 17 - at Duquesne (3/1/23) |
| Field Goals | 7 - three times, last at Duquesne (3/1/23) |
| Field Goals Att. | 12 - at Fordham (2/28/22) |
| 3-Point FG | 3 - vs Ball State (11/21/21) |
| 3 - Duquesne (1/28/23) | |
| 3-Point FG Att. | 8 - at Fordham (2/28/22) |
| Free Throws | 8 - vs North Texas (12/17/22) |
| 8 - Richmond (1/25/23) | |
| Free Throw Att. | 9 - vs North Texas (12/17/22) |
| Rebounds | 11 - Duquesne (1/28/23) |
| 11 - at George Mason (2/1/23) | |
| Assists | 4 - UMass-Lowell (11/24/21) |
| 4 - at George Washington (1/7/23) | |
| Blocks | 3 - at Yale (11/12/21) |
| Steals | 2 - vs Hofstra (12/11/22) |
| 2 - Rhode Island (1/14/23) | |
| Minutes | 30 - Rhode Island (1/14/23) |
Additional source: RealGM.com
Post-UMass
Arkansas State
- Committed to Arkansas State in April 202315)
- 2023-24: Started 23 of their 37 games, averaging 25.2 minutes, 10.3 points, and 5.8 boards.16)
- 2024-25: Role reduced, averaging 12.1 minutes over 33 games, 4.9 points and 2.5 boards.
Pre-UMass
- Also played on the Puerto Rican national team, as did former Minutemen Edgar Padilla and Carmelo Travieso19)20)
High School / Prep School
- Played the 2019-20 season at Woodstock Academy with teammates Cairo McCrory and Ronnie DeGray III, helping the Centaurs to a 29-8 record and a National Prep Championship tournament berth.
- Also played for the New Hampton School previously.
- Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and the No. 9 player from Rhode Island.
- Also ranked as the No. 19 player in New England by NERR.
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