2014-15/Senior at Illinois State
Named to the All-MVC Tournament Team • Earned All-MVC Second Team accolades • Named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I District 16 Second Team • Was the only Redbird to start all 35 games, including a team-best 49-straight dating back to the 2013-14 season • Recorded double-figures in a team-best 26 contests, while netting 20 or more points eight times • Led ISU and ranked No. 5 in MVC scoring (14.3 points per game) • Was ISU’s leading scorer on a team-best 16 occasions • Led the league and ranked No. 29 nationally in free throw percentage (86.3 percent) • Finished his two-year career with 951 points, ranking No. 47 on ISU's all-time scoring list • Netted a team-best 14 points at Old Dominion (Mar. 23) • Scored 17 points in the NIT first-round win over Green Bay (Mar. 18) • Totaled a game-best 16 points in the MVC Tournament championship contest against No. 11 Northern Iowa (Mar. 8) • Scored a game-best 25 points in the win over No. 8 Wichita State in the MVC Tournament semifinals (Mar. 7) • Netted the game winning shot - a baseline jumper with two seconds left in overtime - to secure ISU's win at Evansville (Feb. 28) • Led ISU with 21 points in the win over Loyola (Feb. 21) • After being held scoreless for just the second time in his career (Feb. 14), bounced back to lead ISU with 15 points in the win at Bradley (Feb. 18) • Recorded a career-high seven assists versus No. 13 Wichita State (Feb. 14) • Totaled a team-best 16 points with seven field goals at No. 12 Northern Iowa (Feb. 11) • Joined three Redbirds in double-figures with 14 points in the win over Missouri State (Jan. 28) • Netted a game-best 20 points with five rebounds in the win at Drake (Jan. 20) • Led all scorers with 20 points while matching a career-high with five 3-pointers • Scored a game-high 21 points, including seven of ISU's eight overtime points at Indiana State (Jan. 14) • Netted a career-high 10 field goals while scoring a game-best 24 points plus six rebounds at No. 16 Wichita State (Jan. 4) • Matched a career high with 26 points on 8-for-20 shooting at Murray State (Dec. 20) • Scored 18 points - all in the second half - against UT Martin (Dec. 17) • Scored 25 points at DePaul (Dec. 14), 14 at UAB (Dec. 7), 11 versus VCU (Dec. 2), 15 against Seton Hall (Nov. 24), 18 versus Weber State (Nov. 21) and 17 against Utah State (Nov. 16).
2013-14/Junior at Illinois State
Earned 2014 All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention and All-Newcomer accolades • Named the MVC Newcomer of the Week for a program-record four times (Feb. 17, Dec. 23, Dec. 9 and Dec. 2) • Led Illinois State and ranked No. 11 in the MVC with 13.2 points per game • Ranked second on the team with 4.6 rebounds per game • Made a team-best 117 free throws and ranked No. 8 in the league with a 78.0 percent free throw average • Averaged a team-high 4.1 defensive rebounds per contest which ranked No. 6 in the MVC • Reached double-figures 24 times and led ISU in scoring on 18 occasions • Led ISU with a career-best nine rebounds and 17 points in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) quarterfinal win over Texas A&M (March 24) • Scored a team-best 18 points with five rebounds in the CBI first-round win over Morehead State (March 19) • Led ISU with 20 points and eight rebounds in the win over Indiana State (Feb. 26) • Scored a team-best 17 points in the win over Missouri State (Feb. 18) • Netted a career-high 26 points with a career-best five three-pointers in the win over Bradley (Feb. 15) • Forced a career-best four steals and scored 15 points in the win over Northern Iowa (Feb. 5) • Collected eight rebounds plus 12 points in the loss to No. 4 Wichita State (Jan. 22) • Led ISU with 17 points and seven rebounds on 5-for-10 shooting in the win at Drake (Jan. 18) • Led the Redbirds in scoring and rebounding with 16 points and six boards in the win over DePaul (Dec. 22) • Led ISU in points (20), rebounds (6) and assists (4) in the win over No. 25 Dayton (Dec. 7) • Collected eight rebounds and six assists, plus 12 points in the win at San Francisco (Nov. 30) • Scored a game-best 21 points, including a career-best 11-for-14 free throw performance in the loss to Manhattan (Nov. 20) • Led ISU with 15 points plus four rebounds in the win at Northwestern (Nov. 17).
Prior to Illinois State
Led Odessa College in scoring as a sophomore, with 19.4 points per game • Helped guide Odessa to a 23-8 overall record and a 12-4 mark in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference (WJCAC) • Not only did Knight's 19.4 points per game lead the Wranglers, but it also ranked 20th among NJCAA Division I players • He increased his productivity during conference competition, with 22.1 points averaged in the WJCAC, which ranked ninth in junior college league scoring • Shot 47.4 percent from the field, 36.4 percent from beyond the arc and 79.5 percent from the free throw line as a sophomore at Odessa • Averaged 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists, while starting 30 out of 31 games in 2012-13 • Netted 25 or more points in six games, with three 30-plus point efforts, including a season-best 31 points in a Feb. 9, 2013 win against Clarendon College • Prior to his two-year junior college career, was also a standout prep at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine • Ranked the 15th-best player in the state out of Lake Clifton High School, according to ESPN.com.
Personal
Born April 30, 1991 • Son of Lisa Ricks • His brother, Josh Selby, played at Kansas in 2010-11 and was the 49th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies • Name is pronounced: DAY-shawn Knight • Major: Recreation Management
