Destin Barnes

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Destin Barnes
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    215
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.
  • Position:
    G/F
  • Year:
    R-So.
  • High School:
    Don Bosco Prep
  • Previous College:
    Boston Univ.
  • gp
    33
  • pts/g
    8.8
  • fg %
    42.5
  • 3pt %
    38.8
  • ft %
    69.1
  • reb/g
    4.1
  • a/g
    1.1
Bio

As A Sophomore (Boston Univ. - 2017-18)
Appeared in two games before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury ... Led BU in rebounding for the first time ever with a career-high seven rebounds against Albany ... Added 10 points and two assists in the contest ... Also had two points against Northeastern.

As A Freshman (Boston Univ. - 2016-17)
Appeared in 10 games, averaging 5.5 points, 2.0 rebounds, one assist and 15 minutes per game ... Reached double figures three times, including a season-high 12 points against Western New England in 19 minutes of action with a season-high five assists ... Hit a season-tying three 3-pointers vs. WNE and in the season opener at Northeastern (11 points) ... Recorded 10 points against Maine and posted a season-high four rebounds at Saint Peter's ... Tallied two steals four times ... Made his lone start at UConn.

High School
Averaged 24.1 ppg, 7.0 rpg and 42.3 percent from behind the arc in 2015-16 at Don Bosco Prep (Ind.), which has now sent 14 alums to the NCAA D1 ranks ... Previously competed at Homewood-Flossmoor (Ill.) where he helped his school claim two regional championships ... Averaged 16.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 4.1 apg in 2015 while shooting 45 percent from the field to earn All-State Second Team and All-Area First Team honors ... Received two All-Conference and two All-Area awards ... Also earned an All-Academic Achievement award.

Personal
Born Sept. 9, 1996 ... Son of Lesia and John Barnes ... Has two sisters, Kori and Brittany.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 33 12
Games started 32 12
Minutes 713 265
Minutes per game 21.6 22.1
FG 99-233 37-85
FG Pct 42.5 43.5
3PT 54-139 19-50
3PT Pct 38.8 38.0
FT 38-55 17-21
FT Pct 69.1 81.0
Off rebounds 38 16
Def rebounds 97 35
Total rebounds 135 51
Rebounds per game 4.1 4.3
Personal fouls 51 18
Disqualifications 0 -
Assists 37 9
Turnovers 40 15
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 0.6
Steals 24 12
Blocks 14 5
Points 290 110
Points per game 8.8 9.2
Points per 40 min 16.3 16.6
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 20 at State College of Florida W, 91-59
Feb 23 Polk State College W, 78-65
Mar 7 vs. Indian River State College W, 109-71
Mar 8 vs. #8 Northwest Florida State L, 69-68
Mar 20 vs. #12 Indian Hills W, 77-71
Mar 21 vs. #4 Coffeyville L, 67-66
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 13 at All-American Jamboree - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Suncoast Jamboree - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Nova Southeastern - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 Spartanburg Methodist W, 63-60 1 20 4-8 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 9
Nov 3 Combine Academy W, 90-69 0 22 4-9 44.4 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 12
Nov 6 Broward College W, 112-65 1 16 5-8 62.5 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 14
Nov 9 South Georgia Technical College W, 84-54 1 23 4-6 66.7 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 10
Nov 10 Game Changers Academy W, 113-57 1 17 5-7 71.4 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 14
Nov 14 at Miami Dade College W, 121-95 1 17 3-7 42.9 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 7
Nov 20 ASA College (Miami) W, 86-64 1 24 1-6 16.7 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 6
Nov 27 Miami Dade College W, 123-94 1 22 2-6 33.3 2-5 40.0 3-4 75.0 9
Nov 30 at #5 Eastern Florida State College W, 66-56 1 16 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Dec 1 vs. #8 Salt Lake Community College W, 80-75 1 20 0-5 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 8 vs. Pensacola State College W, 72-52 1 17 2-8 25.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 9 vs. #1 Northwest Florida State College L, 69-65 1 22 1-7 14.3 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 13 at ASA College (Miami) W, 69-43 1 25 1-7 14.3 0-3 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Dec 14 at RV Indian River State W, 86-83 1 19 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 6
Dec 28 Oakton Community College W, 98-62 1 22 2-5 40.0 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 7
Dec 29 Louisiana State University Eunice W, 98-71 1 17 4-8 50.0 2-5 40.0 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 5 at St. Petersburg College W, 79-73 1 21 1-7 14.3 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 6
Jan 9 Hillsborough Community College W, 111-64 1 18 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 12 Victory Rock W, 109-64 1 20 5-7 71.4 3-4 75.0 3-6 50.0 16
Jan 16 at State College of Florida - - - - - - - - -
Jan 19 Polk State College W, 74-58 1 18 2-6 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Jan 23 St. Petersburg College W, 95-74 1 21 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 5-6 83.3 8
Jan 26 at Hillsborough Community College W, 103-73 1 18 3-5 60.0 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 10
Jan 28 State College of Florida W, 112-77 1 24 7-9 77.8 6-6 100.0 1-1 100.0 21
Feb 2 State College of Florida W, 86-70 1 17 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 4
Feb 6 at Polk State College W, 75-73 1 24 4-6 66.7 2-4 50.0 3-5 60.0 13
Feb 9 at St. Petersburg College W, 77-66 1 29 5-14 35.7 2-9 22.2 0-0 - 12
Feb 13 Hillsborough Community College W, 107-66 1 24 6-11 54.5 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 13
Feb 20 at State College of Florida W, 91-59 1 25 5-7 71.4 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 13
Feb 23 Polk State College W, 78-65 1 26 1-8 12.5 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 2
Mar 7 vs. Indian River State College W, 109-71 1 23 4-7 57.1 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 11
Mar 8 vs. #8 Northwest Florida State L, 69-68 1 25 5-9 55.6 3-6 50.0 0-2 0.0 13
Mar 20 vs. #12 Indian Hills W, 77-71 1 26 3-7 42.9 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Mar 21 vs. #4 Coffeyville L, 67-66 1 35 5-12 41.7 3-9 33.3 3-6 50.0 16
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 13 at All-American Jamboree - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Suncoast Jamboree - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Nova Southeastern - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 Spartanburg Methodist W, 63-60 1 20 1 5 6 0 1 0 0
Nov 3 Combine Academy W, 90-69 0 22 0 5 5 0 1 1 0
Nov 6 Broward College W, 112-65 1 16 1 4 5 1 0 0 0
Nov 9 South Georgia Technical College W, 84-54 1 23 2 3 5 3 1 3 2
Nov 10 Game Changers Academy W, 113-57 1 17 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Nov 14 at Miami Dade College W, 121-95 1 17 2 5 7 2 2 0 0
Nov 20 ASA College (Miami) W, 86-64 1 24 1 0 1 2 1 2 0
Nov 27 Miami Dade College W, 123-94 1 22 1 1 2 2 0 1 0
Nov 30 at #5 Eastern Florida State College W, 66-56 1 16 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Dec 1 vs. #8 Salt Lake Community College W, 80-75 1 20 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Dec 8 vs. Pensacola State College W, 72-52 1 17 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dec 9 vs. #1 Northwest Florida State College L, 69-65 1 22 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Dec 13 at ASA College (Miami) W, 69-43 1 25 1 1 2 0 4 0 0
Dec 14 at RV Indian River State W, 86-83 1 19 5 2 7 1 2 0 0
Dec 28 Oakton Community College W, 98-62 1 22 1 4 5 3 0 0 2
Dec 29 Louisiana State University Eunice W, 98-71 1 17 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
Jan 5 at St. Petersburg College W, 79-73 1 21 5 3 8 1 1 1 0
Jan 9 Hillsborough Community College W, 111-64 1 18 1 3 4 1 1 2 0
Jan 12 Victory Rock W, 109-64 1 20 0 3 3 2 0 1 0
Jan 16 at State College of Florida - - - - - - - - -
Jan 19 Polk State College W, 74-58 1 18 1 5 6 0 1 0 4
Jan 23 St. Petersburg College W, 95-74 1 21 1 0 1 1 4 2 0
Jan 26 at Hillsborough Community College W, 103-73 1 18 0 6 6 0 0 1 0
Jan 28 State College of Florida W, 112-77 1 24 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
Feb 2 State College of Florida W, 86-70 1 17 1 1 2 2 1 1 0
Feb 6 at Polk State College W, 75-73 1 24 1 3 4 0 1 0 0
Feb 9 at St. Petersburg College W, 77-66 1 29 3 6 9 1 1 1 0
Feb 13 Hillsborough Community College W, 107-66 1 24 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
Feb 20 at State College of Florida W, 91-59 1 25 0 6 6 1 2 0 0
Feb 23 Polk State College W, 78-65 1 26 1 1 2 0 0 1 0
Mar 7 vs. Indian River State College W, 109-71 1 23 1 3 4 3 0 0 0
Mar 8 vs. #8 Northwest Florida State L, 69-68 1 25 0 5 5 0 1 0 1
Mar 20 vs. #12 Indian Hills W, 77-71 1 26 1 6 7 1 5 0 1
Mar 21 vs. #4 Coffeyville L, 67-66 1 35 3 6 9 3 5 1 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 13 at All-American Jamboree - - - -
Oct 20 at Suncoast Jamboree - - - -
Oct 26 at Nova Southeastern - - - -
Nov 2 Spartanburg Methodist W, 63-60 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 3 Combine Academy W, 90-69 0 0 - 0.0
Nov 6 Broward College W, 112-65 1 0 - -
Nov 9 South Georgia Technical College W, 84-54 1 1 - 3.0
Nov 10 Game Changers Academy W, 113-57 1 0 - -
Nov 14 at Miami Dade College W, 121-95 1 4 - 1.0
Nov 20 ASA College (Miami) W, 86-64 1 1 - 2.0
Nov 27 Miami Dade College W, 123-94 1 3 - -
Nov 30 at #5 Eastern Florida State College W, 66-56 1 1 - 2.0
Dec 1 vs. #8 Salt Lake Community College W, 80-75 1 1 - 0.0
Dec 8 vs. Pensacola State College W, 72-52 1 1 - -
Dec 9 vs. #1 Northwest Florida State College L, 69-65 1 1 - -
Dec 13 at ASA College (Miami) W, 69-43 1 0 - 0.0
Dec 14 at RV Indian River State W, 86-83 1 2 - 0.5
Dec 28 Oakton Community College W, 98-62 1 0 - -
Dec 29 Louisiana State University Eunice W, 98-71 1 2 - -
Jan 5 at St. Petersburg College W, 79-73 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 9 Hillsborough Community College W, 111-64 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 12 Victory Rock W, 109-64 1 3 - -
Jan 16 at State College of Florida - - - -
Jan 19 Polk State College W, 74-58 1 1 - 0.0
Jan 23 St. Petersburg College W, 95-74 1 0 - 0.3
Jan 26 at Hillsborough Community College W, 103-73 1 1 - -
Jan 28 State College of Florida W, 112-77 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 2 State College of Florida W, 86-70 1 3 - 2.0
Feb 6 at Polk State College W, 75-73 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 9 at St. Petersburg College W, 77-66 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 13 Hillsborough Community College W, 107-66 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 20 at State College of Florida W, 91-59 1 2 - 0.5
Feb 23 Polk State College W, 78-65 1 1 - -
Mar 7 vs. Indian River State College W, 109-71 1 3 - -
Mar 8 vs. #8 Northwest Florida State L, 69-68 1 1 - 0.0
Mar 20 vs. #12 Indian Hills W, 77-71 1 3 0 0.2
Mar 21 vs. #4 Coffeyville L, 67-66 1 4 0 0.6
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 33 21.6 3.0-7.1 1.6-4.2 1.2-1.7 8.8
Total 33 21.6 3.0-7.1 1.6-4.2 1.2-1.7 8.8
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 33 32 713 99-233 42.5 54-139 38.8 38-55 69.1 290
Total 33 32 713 99-233 42.5 54-139 38.8 38-55 69.1 290
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 33 713 21.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 38.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 33 713 21.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 38.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 33 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.4
Total 33 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.4
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2018-19 33 32 38 97 135 37 40 24 14
Total 33 32 38 97 135 37 40 24 14
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 33 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 33 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 33 21.6 3.0-7.1 1.6-4.2 1.2-1.7 8.8
Conference 12 22.1 3.1-7.1 1.6-4.2 1.4-1.8 9.2
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 17 20.6 3.2-6.8 2.0-4.4 1.2-1.6 9.7
Away 9 21.6 2.7-6.9 1.1-3.4 1.4-1.9 7.9
Neutral 7 24.0 2.9-7.9 1.4-4.9 0.6-1.4 7.7
Result
Wins 30 21.0 2.9-6.8 1.6-4.0 1.2-1.6 8.6
Losses 3 27.3 3.7-9.3 2.0-6.7 1.0-2.7 10.3
Month
November 9 19.7 3.1-6.7 1.9-4.0 1.0-1.2 9.1
December 7 20.3 1.7-6.6 0.9-3.7 0.7-1.0 5.0
January 7 20.0 2.9-6.3 2.0-3.7 2.1-2.7 9.9
February 6 24.2 3.7-8.0 1.3-4.7 0.8-1.3 9.5
March 4 27.3 4.2-8.8 2.2-5.8 1.0-2.5 11.8
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 33 32 713 99-233 42.5 54-139 38.8 38-55 69.1 290
Conference 12 12 265 37-85 43.5 19-50 38.0 17-21 81.0 110
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 17 16 351 55-116 47.4 34-74 45.9 21-28 75.0 165
Away 9 9 194 24-62 38.7 10-31 32.3 13-17 76.5 71
Neutral 7 7 168 20-55 36.4 10-34 29.4 4-10 40.0 54
Result
Wins 30 29 631 88-205 42.9 48-119 40.3 35-47 74.5 259
Losses 3 3 82 11-28 39.3 6-20 30.0 3-8 37.5 31
Month
November 9 8 177 28-60 46.7 17-36 47.2 9-11 81.8 82
December 7 7 142 12-46 26.1 6-26 23.1 5-7 71.4 35
January 7 7 140 20-44 45.5 14-26 53.8 15-19 78.9 69
February 6 6 145 22-48 45.8 8-28 28.6 5-8 62.5 57
March 4 4 109 17-35 48.6 9-23 39.1 4-10 40.0 47
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 33 713 21.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 38.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 12 265 22.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 38.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 17 351 20.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 45.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 9 194 21.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 7 168 24.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 29.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 30 631 21.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 40.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 3 82 27.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 9 177 19.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 47.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 7 142 20.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 23.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 7 140 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 53.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 6 145 24.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 4 109 27.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 39.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 33 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.4
Conference 12 1.3 2.9 4.3 0.8 1.3 1.0 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 17 0.8 2.3 3.1 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.6
Away 9 2.0 3.7 5.7 0.9 1.6 0.4 0.1
Neutral 7 0.9 3.6 4.4 1.1 1.7 0.3 0.4
Result
Wins 30 1.2 2.8 4.0 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.4
Losses 3 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 0.3 0.7
Month
November 9 1.0 2.8 3.8 1.4 0.8 1.0 0.3
December 7 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.9 1.0 0.1 0.6
January 7 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.6
February 6 1.2 2.8 4.0 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.2
March 4 1.3 5.0 6.3 1.8 2.8 0.3 0.5
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 33 32 38 97 135 37 40 24 14
Conference 12 12 16 35 51 9 15 12 5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 17 16 14 39 53 21 14 18 10
Away 9 9 18 33 51 8 14 4 1
Neutral 7 7 6 25 31 8 12 2 3
Result
Wins 30 29 35 85 120 34 34 23 12
Losses 3 3 3 12 15 3 6 1 2
Month
November 9 8 9 25 34 13 7 9 3
December 7 7 8 14 22 6 7 1 4
January 7 7 9 21 30 7 9 8 4
February 6 6 7 17 24 4 6 5 1
March 4 4 5 20 25 7 11 1 2
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 33 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 17 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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  • January 05, 2019
Manning Jr. Puts Bucs on His Back in Suncoast Opener

Florida SouthWestern’s Charles Manning Jr. showed exactly why he was an early signee to LSU Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, putting his Buccaneers on his back with a career high 30 point performance in a come from behind, 79-73 win for #5 FSW in their Suncoast Conference opener. 

  • January 05, 2019
Lewis' Career High 18 Leads Bucs Past Warriors
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  • November 10, 2018
Lewis' Career High 18 Leads Bucs Past Warriors

FORT MYERS- FLA.- Five Bucs scored in double figures, led by a career high 18 from Terence Lewis II as #10 FSW cruised past the Game Changer Academy Warriors Saturday afternoon at Suncoast Credit Union Arena.

  • November 10, 2018
Bucs Move to 4-0 with Blowout of South Georgia Tech
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  • November 09, 2018
Bucs Move to 4-0 with Blowout of South Georgia Tech

FORT MYERS, FLA.- The #10 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers improved to 4-0 on the year Friday, holding visiting South Georgia Tech to just 36% shooting while forcing 23 turnovers in an 84-54 victory. 

  • November 09, 2018
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  • November 02, 2018
Barnes' Three Lifts Bucs to Opening Night Win

FORT MYERS, FLA.- The #10 FSW Bucs kicked off their 2018-19 season with a nailbiter Friday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena as they traded the lead with visiting Spartanburg Methodist 14 times and found themselves tied another 14 times until Destin Barnes stepped up and hit a game winning three with less than two seconds on the clock to give them a 63-60 win over the Pioneers. 

  • November 02, 2018