• Player
• Seasons: 2012-13 (redshirt), 2013-14, 2014-15
• Number: 2
• Position: G
• Height: 6' 3“
• Weight: 190 lbs.
• Hometown: Plainfield, NJ
• High School: St. Patrick H.S.
• Prep School: none
• Transfer From: Western Kentucky
• Birthdate: December 12, 1991

This page needs an update. For Derrick's full college career stats, see https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/derrick-gordon-1.html

• Gordon helping Minutemen from the sideline (2/26/2013)
• Gordon, Bergantino put on YouTube show (10/31/2012)
• Wearing jersey #2 in practice.¹⁾
• NBA Draft has special meaning for UMass guard Derrick Gordon (6/29/2012)
• Joined the team for the summer session, began practicing in summer workouts.²⁾³⁾
• Will take a redshirt year under NCAA transfer rules.

Announced intention to transfer to UMass on May 4, 2012.⁴⁾⁵⁾⁶⁾

• Helped WKU go from 9-18 / 5-9 to the Sun Belt Tournament Championship, to an NCAA Tournament “First Round” win, before falling to eventual national champion Kentucky.
• Third Team All-Sun Belt selection.
• Led team in scoring at 11.8 ppg (15th in Sun Belt), and rebounding at 6.7 rpg. Rebounding average was 5th overall in Sun Belt, and highest amongst freshmen.
• Second on team in assists (72), and fourth in steals (26).
• Only WKU player to start all 35 games, played total of 1165 minutes. Average of 33.3 mpg was 5th in Sun Belt, and highest amongst freshmen.
• Became the first true freshman in WKU history to lead the team in scoring as he ranked third among first-years with 412 points.
• Led the team in scoring 14 times and in rebounding 17 times.
• Scored 12 points against eventual national champion Kentucky (3/15), in the NCAA Second Round (round of 64).
• In the NCAA Tournament First Round (opening round), tallied a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, against Mississippi Valley State (3/13). WKU trailed by 16 with 4:51 to play to complete the largest comeback with under five minutes to play in tourney history.
• Hit a career-high 9 shots, tied his career-high of 25 points, and set a career-high with 15 rebounds, against Arkansas-Little Rock (3/4).
• Began Sun Belt Conference Tournament with a near-double-double, 9 points and 10 rebounds, against Florida International (3/3).
• Tied career high in assists (6), and scored 16, against Arkansas State (2/23).
• Came within one rebound of another double-double, with 16 points and 9 rebounds, at South Alabama (2/18).
• Notched another double-double, with 13 points and 12 rebounds, against Florida Atlantic (2/16).
• Scored 9, rebounded 7, and dished a career-high 6 assists at Middle Tennessee (2/9).
• Scored 16 at Florida Atlantic (1/26).
• Had 7-game stretch (12/17 - 1/12) of double-figure scoring, averaging 15.0 ppg.
• In 7-game stretch (12/7 - 1/5), averaged 9.0 rebounds per game.
• Hit a then-career-high 8 field goals, en route to 20 points, at North Texas (1/12).
• Went for 20 and 9 against Louisiana-Lafayette (1/5).
• Tallied first career double-double with 14 points and a then-career-high 13 rebounds at Southern Illinois (12/7).
• Scored 14 (including 8-8 FT) against SE Louisiana (11/26).
• Scored 12 (including 5-8 FG shooting) against VCU (11/23).
• Grabbed 9 rebounds against Tulsa (11/17).
• Started career off with a bang, with 25 points (including 16-18 FTs) and 8 rebounds against Saint Joseph's (11/11).

WKU accomplishments:

• Double-Doubles: 4, last vs Mississippi Valley State (3/13/2012)
• 20-plus Point Games: 4, last vs Arkansas-Little Rock (3/4/2012)
• Double-figure Scoring: 21 times, last vs Kentucky (3/15/2012)
• Double-figure Rebounding: 5 times, last vs Mississippi Valley State (3/13/2012)
• 10-plus Free Throws: once, vs Saint Joseph's (11/11/2011)
• 5-plus Assists: 3 times, last vs Arkansas State (2/23/2012)

Expanded stats from StatSheet

• Major is undeclared as of the start of the 2011-12 academic year.
• Inked with WKU during the early signing period.
• Committed to WKU during the summer following his sophomore year of high school.
• High school teammates with Michael Gilchrist, who signed to play at Kentucky.
• Member of the National Honor Society.
• Selected WKU over interest from Auburn, Virginia, Rutgers, Indiana and Ohio State, among others.

• Prepped at St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, N.J., one of the top high schools in the country.
• Rated as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com.
• Listed in Rivals.com’s prestigious Top 150 as the 105th-best high school senior in the country.
• Named one of 10 rising high school seniors and 65th-best overall by recruiting service MaxPreps.com.
• Started final three years of high school career.
• Averaged 17.3 points, six rebounds and four assists per game as a senior in 2010-11.
• Team won four-straight Union County Tournament championships and 32-consecutive games at one point over a two-year span.
• Won state championship with St. Patrick in 2009.
• Team went a combined 52-4 in final two seasons, including a 26-1 mark in senior season of 2010-11.
• Made 38 three-pointers as a senior after sinking just four in junior campaign.
• Named Union County Player of the Year, first-team all-state and first-team All-Union County after senior year.
• Member of the National Honor Society.
• Teammates with Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who played at Kentucky for former UMass coach John Calipari.

• Full name is Derrick Robert Gordon
• Born Dec. 12, 1991 in Plainfield, N.J.
• Son of Michael and Sandra Gordon
• Has two brothers, Mike and a twin Darryl
• Came out as gay in April 2014, becoming the first active Division 1 men's basketball player to do so.⁷⁾⁸⁾

Official roster page from UMass Athletics
Official roster page from WKU Athletics
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