Biography
RECENTLY:
COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS MID-MAJOR PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN
• Poured in 18 points in 20 minutes of a 103-84 exhibition win over York in August during NSU’s Canadian tour.
• scored 16 one night later in a 90-71 victory at Waterloo.
Entering 2016-17:
• Needs 246 points to become NSU’s career scoring leader (2,009 by Billy Reynolds in 1973-77); has 1,764. Is 321 away from breaking into Southland Conference career top 10.
• school record holder for points in a season (711, as a sophomore). His 622 points as a junior was the Demons’ 6th-best single-season total.
• will climb to 7th on Southland’s career scoring list if he maintains his 19.4 career average this regular season. If he maintains the 22.2 he’s averaged in each of the last two years, he would be sixth all-time.
• NCAA’s 2nd-leading returning career scorer; his career 19.4 average is 4th among all returners.
• his 56.4% FG aim is 17th among returning major college players; his 83.7% career FT rate is 21st.
• his career 83.7 FT aim is second all-time in Southland history, topped only by Jalan West’s 86.4%.
• owns a career shooting score of 180 (56% FGs, 40% 3-pointers, 84% FTs), with 180 the line to the elite shooters in the game. In NBA history, only seven players have owned a single-season 180 score, including Steph Curry, Larry Bird, Steve Nash and Kevin Durant.
• has 7 career 30-point games, 45 more career 20-point games and 79 career double-figure games in 91 games.
• 29 career games with 6 or more rebounds.
JUNIOR (2015-16):
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL
NCAA’S NO. 4-RANKED SHOOTING GUARD, BLEACHERREPORT.COM’S BRIAN PEDERSON, PRESEASON 2015-16
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES FIRST-TEAM ALL-DISTRICT 23
LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA FIRST TEAM
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (FEB. 15, 2016)
• 5th in Southland Conference single-season history with 88.7% FT aim in 2015-16 (133-150), the 10th-best rate in the country last season.
• the nation’s only player to have a 19-point or better scoring average, with at least 50% FG aim and 40% on 3-pointers (40.7).
• posted a season shooting score of 186, with 180 considered exceptional.
• his 622 points was the Demons’ 6th-best single-season total.
• for a second straight season, led the Southland with a 22.2 scoring average, ranking 11th nationally.
• his 88.7% FT aim was 10th nationally, his 56% FG aim was 67th.
• fouled out for the first time as a Demon, in 87 career games, vs. UNO and then again two games later at SLU.
• had 4 30-point games, with a career-high 39 in the first game without Jalan West, vs. LSU-Alexandria, when he made 14-19 FGs and tied the school record with 10-10 FT aim.
• 31 vs. Sam Houston State (11-15 FGs, 8-11 FTs); 30 at Nicholls in a win (12-17 FGs, including career-best 6-8 on 3s); 30 in home win over UCA (11-19 FGs, 4-9 3s, 4-4 FTs). Nicholls game was the only one in which he didn’t get to the FT line in the entire season.
• barely missed a double-double in the Nicholls game, snagging 8 rebounds.
• posted his second career double-double at No. 12 Arizona, 14 points, 10 rebounds, matching his career best on the boards.
• scored game-high 29 at Auburn, earning him a postgame handshake from Basketball Hall of Famer and NBA TV analyst Charles Barkley, an Auburn great who was seated on the baseline next to the NSU bench.
• game-high 26 points at Arkansas on 10-15 aim, 4-5 on 3s.
• posted 3.20 in general studies in spring semester 2016, earning Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll status for a third time.
2014-15 Season:
Southland Conference preseason first team (10/28/2014)
Southland Conference Player of the Week (12/1/2014)
Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List by CollegeInsider.com (1/21/2015)
All-Southland Conference second team selection (3/9/2015)
U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District VII Team (3/10/2015)
Southland Conference All-Tournament Team (3/15/2015)
National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 23 Team, second team selection (3/26/2015)
NCAA scoring – 2nd nationally with 22.2 per game
LSWA All-Louisiana Men’s College Basketball Team, second team selection (4/4/2015)
Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year (4/7/2015)
• 2nd nationally in scoring, 4th in field goals made (262), 7th in total points (711).
• 22.2 scoring average tops at NSU since 1993-94 when Southland Player of the Year Eric Kubel (24.3) and Larry Terry (22.5) were seniors.
• voted Southland Conference Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year (3.3 cumulative grade point average) by league’s awards committee.
• with Jalan West, formed the highest scoring tandem in college basketball (42.2 ppg).
• they were dubbed “J-Z on Tour” early in the season by CollegeInsider.com.
• 27th nationally in FG percentage (56.0), only player under 6-4 in the NCAA top 50.
• 33rd in FG attempts (468), 50th in made FTs (148), 84th in FT attempts (182), 115th in FT aim (81.3%).
• youngest Demon ever, first sophomore, to score 1,000 career points.
• second-fastest Demon to 1,000, doing it in 57 career games, bettered only by Vernon Wilson, who had 1,050 in 50 games from 1971-73.
• set school single-season scoring record with his first basket in the Southland Tournament starting a 34-point (14-17 FGs, 3-5 on 3s) performance vs. McNeese; passed Billy Reynolds’ 686 points in 1976-77.
• posted 2 30-point games, 22 20-point games and 31 double-figure games.
• 12 games with 6 or more rebounds, topped by career-best 10 at Sam Houston (Jan. 5).
• Career-best 36 points vs. UCA (Feb. 16).
• sank 50% or better from the field in 26 of 32 games.
• drained 60% on 2-pointers, 39.8% on 3s (making 39)
• 2nd on team with 22 blocked shots, 33 steals, 5 rebounds per game.
• first career double-double with 11 points (regular-season low), 10 rebounds on Jan. 5 at Sam Houston.
• had scored 20 in 10 straight games before the SHSU contest.
• only non-double-figure scoring total was 9 in CollegeInsider.com Tournament loss to UT Martin.
• tied school single-game FT accuracy mark (100%, at least 8 attempts) by going 11-11 at SLU.
2013-14 Season:
Southland Conference Freshman of the Year
Honorable Mention All-Southland Conference
• Fourth nationally in FG percentage (61.7), highest by a guard or a freshman, and best in the Southland.
• averages of 13.9 points (14th in Southland), 4.6 rebounds in 31 games, 25 starts, with 24.1 minutes per game.
• was the league’s highest-scoring freshman since 2006.
• sank 41.7 percent (10-24) on 3-pointers, 80.2 percent on FTs (sixth in Southland)
• also had 25 blocked shots (0.8 pg, 20th in Southland).
• was the league’s highest-scoring freshman since 2006.
• led Demons in scoring four times, including a 30-point eruption Jan. 4 vs. Lamar when he shot 12-15 on FGs, 5-5 on FTs, 1-2 on 3s and did not score in final 12:38.
• first Demon freshman since at least 1981 to score 30.
• had 24 points (10-12 FGs), 7 rebounds vs. UCA , 22 (8-12 FGs, 2-2 3s), 5 rebs vs. Oral Roberts.
• 18 points at Auburn in 111-92 win.
• 15 vs. No. 12 Baylor.
• 23 games in double figures, seven with 6+ rebounds (high of 8 at Sam Houston).
• scored putback with 3.1 seconds left to force OT vs. UL-Monroe.
• made Dean’s List both semesters.
In High School
• led Pelican All-Saints High School to a pair of state championships as a junior and senior as the team went 49-15 over those seasons.
• three-time Louisiana Class C Most Outstanding Player on the All-State team.
• won Top 28 Class C Tournament MVP each of the past two years.
• averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds in his career.
• scored a career total of 3,835 points.
• four-year Class C All-State selection.
• three-year All-Northwest Louisiana (all classifications) by the Shreveport Times.
• Pelican All-Saints reached the state quarterfinals in his freshman season, the Top 28 state tournament semifinals in his sophomore year, and won state the last two seasons.
• coached by Richard Simmons.
• lettered in baseball and basketball.
• in AAU competition, played for the Louisiana Roundballers, coached by Carl Harris.
Personal
• Majoring in general studies.
• son of Sholanda Woodley and Zikiteran Robinson.
• two brothers, Jermany Woodley and Jaylon Woodley.
• three sisters, Shaquarius Bailey, Paris Sanders, Tyra Sanders.
• born July 21, 1994.
• given name is Zikiteran.
• carries a 3.1 overall GPA.
