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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Arlington, Texas
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 | High School: Martin HS
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 | Last College: New Mexico
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 | Height / Weight: 6-9 / 230
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 | Position: Forward
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 | Birthdate: 12/10/1978
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 | Experience: 1L
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Senior set to return to natural forward position in 2001-2002 after playing primarily as center last season… Projected starter at either power forward or small forward… Impresses coaches with defense and rebounding skills… Good outside shot for a big man, made 13 3-pointers last season… Played first season at Baylor as junior last year, redshirted in 1999-2000 after transferring from New Mexico… Played under current Baylor head coach Dave Bliss for two seasons at UNM… Part of postseason teams in all three seasons of play, two NCAA appearances with Bliss at UNM, and NIT last season.
2000-2001 (Junior): Started all but one game as junior in first season at Baylor in 2000-2001… Played all 31 games and averaged 9.2 points (fourth on team) and 6.1 rebounds (second on team) last season… Led team in blocks with 38, ranked eighth in Big 12 with 1.23 per-game average… 38 blocks ranks as 10th best single-season total in school history… Registered first career double-double with 15-point, 12-rebound performance in loss at Texas A&M… 12 rebounds at Texas A&M marked career best… Played perhaps finest game of season in postseason NIT game against former team New Mexico, totaling 17 points (6-of-9 field goals), eight rebounds, a block, a steal and only two fouls while playing all 40 minutes… Scored career-high 18 points, hit 5-of-6 field goals and 7-of-9 free throws and grabbed eight boards in loss vs. Oklahoma… Scored in double figures in 13 games… Scoring average in Big 12 games 9.6, third on team… Shot 31 percent (13-of-42) on 3-pointers, the fourth-best total on squad… Averaged 34.8 minutes in Big 12 games… Three times totaled four blocks, vs. St. Edwards, at Iowa State and vs. Texas Tech… Totaled 109 personal fouls and fouled out of 10 games last season, both team highs… Suffered dislocated left shoulder in preseason, missed exhibition games but played in season-opener.
1999-2000 (redshirt): Sat out the 1999-2000 season after transferring to Baylor from the New Mexico, in compliance with NCAA's Division I transfer policy… Was redshirted to retain a season of eligibility.
1998-99 (Sophomore - New Mexico): Played in 32 games, earning eight starts, on head coach Dave Bliss' UNM squad that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament… Averaged 3.5 points and 4.2 rebounds in 22.3 minutes per game as a sophomore… Shot 60.6 percent from the field (43-for-71) and recorded 27 blocks… Recorded career highs with 14 points and three blocks against UT-Pan American in 37 minutes of play... Pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against Northeastern... Turned in his best all-around performance of the season at Washington with 12 points on 6-for-8 shooting, eight rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes off the bench... Had four offensive rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal in 26 minutes against Fresno State at home... Recorded two assists, two steals and one block in 11 minutes at San Diego State... Had 12 points, five assists and two steals in 37 minutes against Arkansas-Pine Bluff... Pulled down seven rebounds against DePaul, plus a key tip-in and steal in the final minutes of the 82-81 win.
1997-98 (Freshman - New Mexico): Played in 23 games, averaged 7.7 minutes, 2.0 points and 1.2 rebounds as a true freshman coming off the bench... Totaled a season-high eight points to go along with four rebounds vs. San Jose State... Scored six points in a season-high 21 minutes against UTEP at home... Six points and a season-high five rebounds against Holy Cross... Registered five points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals against Air Force... Pulled down five rebounds in 12 minutes against Southern California.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played on three consecutive district championship teams at Martin High School in Arlington, Texas... Coached by Danny Husband at MHS… Averaged 13.8 points per game his senior season, playing both forward spots... Earned all-district and all-region honors after leading MHS to a 20-11 record as a senior in 1996-97... Averaged 10 points and eight rebounds playing post and power forward for Martin's 23-8 team as a junior.
PERSONAL: Mother, Brenda, played four years for the All-American Redheads, an Arkansas-based touring team (she had to dye her natural brown hair for games)… Uncle, Glen Moon, played basketball at Auburn in the 1970s… Born 12-10-78 in Arlington, Texas… Son of Ron and Brenda Davis of Arlington, Texas… Majoring in speech communications.
DAVIS’ CAREER STATS
——TOTAL—— ——3-PTS—— —REBOUNDS—
Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
1997-1998 (UNM) 23 0 175 7.6 18 41 .439 5 17 .294 4 5 .800 9 20 29 1.3 17 1 10 10 8 4 45 2.0
1998-1999 (UNM) 32 8 714 22.3 43 71 .606 0 5 .000 25 47 .532 46 88 134 4.2 77 2 34 23 27 17 111 3.5
1999-2000 (Baylor) redshirt
2000-2001 (Baylor) 31 30 1005 32.4 104 196 .531 13 42 .310 63 102 .618 51 138 189 6.1 109 10 45 65 38 36 284 9.2
Baylor Career 31 30 1005 32.4 104 196 .531 13 42 .310 63 102 .618 51 138 189 6.1 109 10 45 65 38 36 284 9.2
Career 86 38 1894 22.0 165 308 .536 18 64 .281 92 154 .597 106 246 352 4.1 203 13 89 98 73 57 440 5.1
DAVIS’ CAREER BIG 12 STATS
——TOTAL—— ——3-PTS—— —REBOUNDS—
Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2000-2001 (Baylor) 16 16 557 34.8 56 109 .514 8 21 .381 33 48 .688 38 64 102 6.4 62 8 23 36 20 18 153 9.6
Big 12 Career 16 16 557 34.8 56 109 .514 8 21 .381 33 48 .688 38 64 102 6.4 62 8 23 36 20 18 153 9.6