Askia Booker

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-2
Weight:
175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
Price HS

Career: Averaged 13 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.2 steals per game over his four-year career • Finished his stellar career on numerous all-time lists, none bigger than ranking No. 6 in scoring with 1,740 points • Set the conference/career school record for most games played (71) • No. 2 in career games (134); No. 3 in minutes played (3,808); No. 4 in field goal attempts (1,551) and 3-point field goal attempts (538); No. 5 in 3-point field goals made (170); No. 8 in steals (155) and field goals made (595); No. 9 in starts (97) and assists (335); No. 10 in free throw percentage (.792); and No. 31 in rebounds (446) • Helped the Buffaloes to a school record three straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2011-14) and to the Pac-12 Conference Tournament championship in March 2012, winning four games in four days • Made one of the most memorable shots in CU basketball history with 30-footer as time expired to upset No. 6 Kansas, 75-72 at the Coors Events Center (December 7, 2013) • Missed two games entire career (freshman year: Texas Southern: flu; senior year: Utah: injury) • Became seventh player in school history with at least 12 assists in a single game (at UCLA: Feb. 13, 2014) and first player since 2001 with that many in a single game • Scored in double-digit scoring 87 times with 21 games over 20 points (CU went 14-7) • Led CU in assists 50 times, steals 47 times, scoring 42 times, rebounding three times, including 28 games with five or more boards in a game • Ten games with six or more assists (CU went 8-2) • Three Pac-12 Player of the Week honors • Career 78.6 percent (114-of-145) foul shooter with under five minutes to play, including overtime. In overtime was 20-of-22 (90.9 percent), including 18-of-20 (90 percent) with under two minutes to play • Senior year was the first CU player since Chauncey Billups (1996-97) to lead CU in points, assists and steals • Finished second in school history among four-year letterwinners with 83 wins (53 losses, .610 winning percentage) • One of three players in school history over 1700 points, 400 rebounds, 300 assists, 140 steals in a career • Fourth player in school history with over 3,500 minutes (3808), 1,600 points (1740) and 320 assists (335) • Fifth player with over 3,500 minutes and 1,700 career points • Saw his consecutive game streak of not fouling end against Oregon at the Pac-12 Tournament (March 12). Began midway through his sophomore year at Washington (Jan. 16, 2013) totaling 82 games and 2,497 minutes • 82 game-streak was eighth all-time in school history and 2,497 minutes was second all-time • CU was 19-2 when shooting 50 percent of better from the field at home.

43 Points: Scored 43 in triple-overtime win at USC (Jan. 29), tying for third most in Division I during the 2014-15 season • Scored the most points by a Buff since Donnie Boyce had 46 points in a losing effort at Oklahoma State (Mar. 5, 1994; 83-68) • Set career highs in FGM (13), FGA (23), FTA (15), minutes played (51) • Tied Cliff Meely’s 43 points at Oklahoma (Jan. 16, 1971), for fourth place in single-season scoring in CU history • Booker didn’t score his first point (a 3-pter) until 6:28 remaining in the first half, then netted 24 points in regulation • Tallied 19 points in the three extra sessions • 43 points ties for fifth scored most in Pac-12 since 1998 • Most points scored (43) by a Buff in this millennium [Jaquay Walls 42 vs. Iowa State in 2000; D.J. Harrison 38 vs. Austin Peay, 2000] • Scored double figures in all 7 career games vs. USC (19.7 ppg.) • Also scored 30 points, his second highest scoring game of career at Arizona (Jan. 15, 2015).

2014-15 (senior): Started 28 of 31 games • Ended his final season leading the Buffaloes in scoring for the first time (17.2 ppg.), highest points per game average for a Buff since 2010-11 • Team-high 23 double-digit scoring games with 14 over 20 or more points • Career-high 43 points in overtime thriller at USC (Jan. 29), also notched 30 at No. 10/9 Arizona (Jan. 15) • Scored over 15 points, 19 times • Also led CU in steals 18 times and assists 14 times • Three games – all wins with six or more assists • 11 games with four or more assists • Made a personal-best 55 three-pointers, a first over the 50 treys plateau, the most by a CU player since 2010-11 • Finished sixth in school history for seasonal free throw percentage (.834) • Scored 532 points, ranking No. 17 in a single season • Last five games of the season he played in, led team in scoring averaging 16.6 ppg. • Three of the last five games, averaged 25 points per game.

Awards: 2014-15 Pac-12 Conference second team • 2015 All-District VIII (WY, UT, ID, NM, CO, NV, MT) • NABC All-District (20) second team • Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament Team (19.0 ppg. average) with a pair of 20+ point efforts (27 vs. DePaul; 22 at Hawai’i, Dec. 25).

Pac-12 Conference (all games): Finished third overall in scoring (17.2 ppg.); No. 6 in free throw percentage (.834); tied for No. 7 in steals (1.4); No. 14 assists (3.2); No. 12 in 3-point field goals made (1.8) and assist-turnover ratio (1.4) • Held the Pac-12 Conference top spot for most free throws made (14) vs. DePaul (Dec. 22) • FT percentage also ranked No. 1 (14-of-14, 1.000) • Scored the most points in the Pac-12 (43 points at USC).

Pac-12 Conference (only): Third in scoring (18.6 ppg.); No. 5 in FT percentage (.844) and steals (1.7); No. 11 in 3-point field goals made (1.8) and No. 13 assist-turnover ratio (1.4) • In 17 Pac-12 games, led team in scoring 12 times (one shared) • 10 of 16 Pac-12 games scored 16 or more points • 8 of 17 Pac-12 games: 20 or more points.

National: Tied for third most scored (43 points) in Division I • No. 68 in FT% (.834); No. 50 in field goals attempts (447); No. 74 points per game (17.2); No. 107 free throws made (131); No. 114 in total points (532); No. 226 steals (44).

2013-14 (junior): Started all 35 games • Helped CU make the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season, a school-first • Finished second on the team in points per game (13.7); first in in assists (116) and steals (45) • Averaged 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.2 steals per game without an injured Spencer Dinwiddie in the lineup (last 18 games of the season) • First career double-double (16 pts., 12 assts.) at UCLA (Feb. 13) • First career back-to-back 20-point games (Washington State: 26 points on Feb. 5; Washington: 20 points on Feb. 9) • 30-footer at the buzzer to beat No. 6/6 Kansas (Dec. 7) during an ESPN2 telecast • Career-high five 3-pointers against UCLA (Jan. 16) • Career-best five steals at Arizona State (Jan. 25) • Career-high 27 points in home win vs. Oregon (Jan. 5) • Iced the win at Colorado State (Dec. 3) with two free throws with three seconds to play • Led CU in assists 15 of last 17 games (three shared) • For the season, led the Buffs in assists 18 times, steals 14 times, and scoring 11 times • Played 1,068 minutes, tying for No. 13 among CU single-season performers • 116 assists ranked t-No. 21 • 45 steals was t-No. 25 • 481 points scored t-No. 30 for a single-season.

Awards: 2014 All-Pac 12 Conference All-Tournament Team • 2014 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention • 2014 All-District VIII (WY, UT, ID, NM, CO, NV, MT) • Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 6 and Dec. 9), becoming only the sixth CU player since 1996-97 to earn a pair of weekly honors in the same season, and first CU player since Alec Burks (2010-11).

National: Ranked No. 138 in free throw percentage (81.8 percent); No. 206 in total assists (116); No. 206 in total steals (45).

Pac-12 Conference (all games): No. 7 in free throw percentage (.818), No. 9 in steals (1.3), No. 11 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3), No. 12 in assists (3.3 apg.), No. 16 in scoring (13.7 ppg.).

Pac-12 Conference (only): Averaged a second team-best 14.5 points per game, and a team-best 4.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game in 18 games, fourth overall on the glass with 4.3 rebound per game • No. 5 in assists (4.5 apg.) and steals (1.6), No. 6 in free throw percentage (.814), No. 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5), and No. 14 in scoring (14.4 ppg.).

2012-13 (sophomore): One of two players to start all 33 games (Dinwiddie) • First in field goals (152) and 3-pointers made (49) • Second in team scoring (12.4 ppg.) and assists (71, 2.2 apg.) • Third in steals (40, 1.2) and free throw percentage (70.4) • Leading scorer eight times (one shared); assists 10 times (two shared); steals 8 times (2 shared) • Scored 20 points, twice (23 pts. vs. Murray State in Charleston Classic championship game (Nov. 18) • 20 points in home victory against California (Jan. 27) • Personal-best five assists at Arizona (Jan. 3) and home win against Air Force (Nov. 25) • Tied a career-best four steals against the Racers in Charleston • 12 games over 15+ points • Six games over 18 or more points • One of the main contributors helping the Buffaloes to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, a school-first in back-to-back years since 1961-62 & 1962-63 (50 years) • Teamed up with Spencer Dinwiddie (505 pts.) to break CU sophomore tandem record (915 total points) • Also formed best one-two backcourt scoring punches among BCS schools, fourth overall in Division I (27.7 ppg.).

Pac-12 Conference (all games): Ranked No. 12 in steals (1.2); No. 15 in 3-point field goals made (1.5); No. 17 in scoring per game (12.4) • Tied for second overall among conference players in best field goal percentage (.889, 8-of-9 vs. Northern Arizona, Dec. 21).

2012-13 Pac-12 Conference (only): Finished the 18-game schedule No. 15 in steals (1.2) and No. 25 in scoring (11.1 ppg.).

2012-13 Awards: Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 11-17) • Charleston Classic Most Valuable Player honors leading the Buffaloes to a 3-0 record and to the classic title • Led all scorers averaging 19.3 points, 3.0 assists, 2.7 steals, 2.3 rebounds per game; also shot 51.1 percent from the field (24-of-47) with seven 3-pointers over the three games.

2011-12 (freshman): Helped Colorado earn its first NCAA Tournament berth since the 2002-03 season (nine years) and only the third NCAA Tournament appearance since 1968-69 (43 years) • Member of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament Championship team and the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament winning four games in four days at the Staples Center in Los Angeles • Played in 35 games with one start, missed one game flu) • Averaged 21.5 minutes, 9.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game • Collaborated with fellow teammate Spencer Dinwiddie (360 pts.) forming the best 1-2 freshman scoring pair in school history with 677 points • Only CU freshmen pair to score over 250 or more points • The freshmen pair averaged 18.8 ppg., tying for the best overall points per game average • Booker scored 317 points, the 10^th most points tallied by a freshman • Other freshman notes: sixth in free throws made (80), field goal attempts (259) and free throw percentage (.762); seventh in three-pointers made (29) and free throw attempts (105); eighth in percentage (.372), ninth in field goals made (104), t-10th in FG percentage (.402); 11th in scoring average (9.1), steals (26), and three-point attempts (78) and 15th in assists (49) • CU was 11-4 when Booker scored in double figures • Led the team in scoring seven times • His 9.1 ppg. average ranked 11th by CU freshman single-season scoring • Best scoring game was a 17-point effort in the team’s home win over Oregon (Feb. 4); also added four rebounds, two assists, and two steals • Fifth in team scoring (9.1 ppg.); second from the free throw line (min. 100 attempts) at 76.2 percent; fourth in three-pointers (29); fifth in rebounding (2.7 rpg., 96 total) • Led team in scoring at the NCAA Tournament with 15.5 ppg. average, including a team-best five treys • Was 12th overall in conference free throw shooting teaming with Dinwiddie for first and second among Pac-12 freshmen (all games) in free throw percentage.

Price HS: Helped the Knights to a 23-8 record advancing to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Division 3AA championship game • Named All-CIF Southern Section Team Division 3AA • ESPN.com ranked him No. 30 nationally at his position • Three-star prospect by Rivals.com • Averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists as a junior leading Price, one of California’s top Class 3A schools to 33 wins and a Division IV state title • Played for a pair of AAU powerhouse programs (Compton Magic and Belmont Shores).

Academics: Graduated in May 2015 with a degree in communication.

Personal: Born August 31, 1993 • Son of Daniele Ricardo • Lists winning the CIF and the state title as his biggest moments of prep career.