• Player
• Seasons: 2022-23
• Number: 12
• Position: G
• Height: 6' 7“
• Weight: 196
• Hometown: North Miami FL
• High School: Christopher Columbus High
• Prep School: Mt. Zion Prep (MD)
• Transfer From: none
• Transfer To: St. John's
• Birthday: November 27¹⁾

• A member of Frank Martin's first recruiting class at UMass.
• Was primarily recruited by Will Bailey during his time with our staff.²⁾
• Committed to UMass on 5/21/22.³⁾ UMass made it official on 5/23.⁴⁾
• Played in 27 of UM's 31 games in the 2022-23 season, injuries being the exceptions.
• Started in 10 games: the first two, and then eight of the last 10.
• Averaged 11.5 points and 4.6 rebounds on the season.
• Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team after the end of the regular season.⁵⁾⁶⁾
• Chose to transfer out at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season.⁷⁾⁸⁾ Left despite being offered a good NIL deal.⁹⁾
• Official roster page at UMassAthletics.com
• Message Board thread

• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll¹⁰⁾
• Shot .789 from the stripe, second on the team (Matt Cross .796) and best among all A-10 freshmen.
• Averaged 16.8 points and 8.0 boards over the last five games. Came close to double-doubles with 21 & 9 against Dayton (2/22), and 14 & 9 against St. Bonaventure (3/4).
• Averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game over the last 4 games of the regular season. Earned his third A-10 Rookie of the Week honor on 3/6¹¹⁾ for his 23 & 7 night at Duquesne (3/4) and 14 & 9 day vs St. Bonaventure (3/4).
• Sustained a broken nose and concussion during the game at George Mason (2/1).¹²⁾ Missed the next two games. Returned for the game at La Salle (2/11), wearing a face mask.
• Had a stellar week versus Richmond (1/25) and Duquesne (1/28), and earned his second A-10 Rookie of the Week honor on 1/30.¹³⁾ In the two games, Luis shot a combined 13-23 FG (.565), 26-28 FT (.929), and averaged 27.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.5 apg.
• Missed the Rhode Island (1/14) and VCU (1/17) games with a wrist injury.
• Got the nod for A-10 ROTW on 1/9,¹⁴⁾ for averaging 12 points and 6.5 boards versus Saint Louis (1/4) and at GW (1/7), including a season/career high 8 boards at GW
• Started A-10 play with 11 points at St. Bonaventure (12/31)
• Tallied 14 & 5 versus UMass Lowell (12/8)
• Tallied 14 & 6 at South Florida (11/29)
• Struggled with an 0-10 game vs Towson (11/10), but responded by going 8-11, plus 5 boards and 2 steals, in just 19 minutes of work vs Colorado (11/17)
• Started out strong with a 14-4-3 game in the season over vs CCSU (11/7). Also added 3 steals
• Had a starting role in the season's first two games, CCSU (11/7) and Towson (11/10)

Game logs from Sports Reference

• Also received offers from Northeastern, Lamar, Austin Peay, Quinnipiac, Marist, Rutgers, Temple, VCU, James Madison, and Kansas State¹⁵⁾
• Spent a prep year at Mt. Zion Prep in Maryland.
• Played high school basketball at Christopher Columbus High School, where he was named to the 7A first-team all-state squad and first-team all-Dade after averaging 25 points and 11 rebounds.
• As a junior for the Explorers in 2019-20, Luis averaged 15 points and nine rebounds per game.
• Ranked as a 3-star recruit and the No. 7 ranked recruit in Florida by 247Sports and was tabbed a 3-star recruit by Rivals.

• Committed to play for UMass alumnus Rick Pitino at St. John's in the 2023-24 season.¹⁶⁾

• Roster page at UMassAthletics.com
• Twitter: @RjLuis21
• Instagram: @rjluis.21