Cairo McCrory

Cairo McCrory 2021-22 roster photo

At UMass

Verbal commitment announced 8/2/2019³⁾
NLI signed 11/14/19⁴⁾
Coach McCall quote on McCrory's signing: “The one thing about Cairo is a competitor. Winning is important to Cairo, and it’s evident when you watch him play. He has an ability to get in the lane and is great on a straight-line drive with his ability to get in there and finish on contact. He takes a lot of pride defensively. He wants to guard the other team’s best player and we’re going to be able to versatile with him defensively. He’s a great rebounder and get the ball off the backboard and start the break. He’s going to make our team deeper.”⁵⁾

Appeared in three of the season's first four games, but then sat out with a lingering back injury.⁶⁾ Reported on Jan. 4 that he would not return in the season.⁷⁾
Averaged 2.0 points and 1.0 rebounds over the three games.
Started the season opener against UMBC (11/9). Played 7 minutes, all in the first half. Tallied no stats besides one foul.
Played 15 minutes off the bench at Yale (11/12). Shot 1-2 from the floor, 1-1 from 3, and 3-4 from the line, for 6 points. Also snared two rebounds.
Did not appear versus Penn State (11/15).
Played five minutes versus Weber State (11/18). Got a rebound and a steal.

Played in 11 of the team's 15 games in the Coronavirus-shortened season, all off the bench.
Slow start, with just 2 minutes in the season opener, and then a DNP in game two.
Came alive with 7 points and 9 boards in 23 minutes at La Salle (12/16).
Six points and 5 boards in 15 minutes versus Bryant (12/21).
Season high 15 points, plus 7 boards, in 17 minutes of work versus La Salle (1/9).
Cairo McCrory headlines Minutemen’s win over La Salle (1/9)
Missed three games in January (URI 1/13, Fordham 1/17, Davidson 1/24), for reasons UM could not divulge.⁸⁾⁹⁾ Returned for the Feb. 3 Fordham game.
Best all-around game came in the upset win at Rhode Island (2/6), with 11 points, plus career highs in rebounds (11), assists (3), steals (3), and blocks (3).
Nine points and 4 rebounds in the season finale versus Saint Louis (3/5).
“Get to Know” series, Part 1, Part 2

Season	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	11	0	186	16.9	21	39	.538	17	32	.531	4	7	.571	5	10	.500	51	4.6	19	30	49	4.5	9	6	7	13	26	1
2021-22	3	1	27	9.0	1	2	.500	0	1	.000	1	1	1.000	3	4	.750	6	2.0	1	2	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Career	14	1	213	15.2	22	41	.537	17	33	.515	5	8	.625	8	14	.571	57	4.1	20	32	52	3.7	9	7	7	14	29	1

From Sports-Reference.com: Stats, Game Logs

Through the 2021-22 season

Points	15 - vs La Salle (1/9/21)
Field Goals	6 - vs La Salle (1/9/21)
Field Goals Att.	9 - at Rhode Island (2/6/21)
3-Point FG	1 - four times, last vs Saint Louis (3/5/21)
3-Point FG Att.	2 - twice, last vs Saint Louis (3/5/21)
Free Throws	3 - at Yale (11/12/21)
Free Throw Att.	4 - twice, last at Yale (11/12/21)
Rebounds	11 - at Rhode Island (2/6/21)
Assists	3 - at Rhode Island (2/6/21)
Blocks	3 - at Rhode Island (2/6/21)
Steals	3 - at Rhode Island (2/6/21)
Minutes	29 - at Rhode Island (2/6/21)

Played the 2019-20 season at Woodstock Academy with teammates Ronnie DeGray III and Dyondre Dominguez, helping the Centaurs to a 29-8 record and a National Prep Championship tournament berth.
Three-star recruit according to 247Sports.¹⁰⁾
Played for Dana Dingle's NY Lightning AAU team in 2018-19.¹¹⁾

Son of Doug McCrory and Foye Smith.¹²⁾
Doug played college basketball at the University of Hartford from 1985-88, where he was co-leader in steals (1.3 per game) in the 1987-88 season.¹³⁾
Mr. McCrory went on to teach and also serve in the Connecticut House of Representatives, and then the CT Senate.¹⁴⁾¹⁵⁾
Dr. Smith was the first African American to become Probate Judge in the state of Connecticut.¹⁶⁾