Career Notes
Tall, slender guard who joined the team as a walk-on at the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year … Sat out the 2009-10 season … Helped shore up backcourt depth for the Jackets in practice and was an excellent perimeter shooter … Received some scholarship offers from Division I schools but chose Tech for its athletic and academic excellence … Awarded a scholarship for his senior year … Played in 23 games in his career (8 ACC games).
2011-12 – Game-by-Game Statistics
Got his first career start on Senior Day March 3 vs. Wake Forest, played career-high 13 minutes, 5 pts, 2 ast, 1 charge taken … Played 9 minutes in season-opener against FAMU, 5 minutes against Clemson on February 21… Hit a pair of 3s, the first of his career, for a career-high 6 pts at North Carolina on January 29… Previous career-high was 2 points 4 times … Excellent outside shooter, hit 6 threes in Tech’s intrasquad scrimmage before the 2010-11 season, but missed the first 11 attempts of his career before J29 at UNC… Made the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2010-11 – Game-by-Game Statistics
Played in 4 games, first at Siena right before Christmas, then at Clemson (2 minutes) and both games against Wake Forest (5 total minutes) … Scored his first bucket of the season at Wake Forest on March 3 … Was academically ineligible for the fall semester, but was able to play in Tech’s open intrasquad scrimmage, drained six threes.
2008-09 – Game-by-Game Statistics
Saw his only ACC action Feb. 18 at Wake Forest (3 minutes, 2 turnovers, 1 steal) … Played 10 minutes against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, his only extended court time, and made 1-of-2 shots from the floor … Missed considerable time in pre-season practice with a concussion, but played five minutes against Winston-Salem State (1-2 FG, 1 assist).
High School
Played four years, lettering in three, at Klein Collins High School … Helped the Tigers to a pair of district championships in 2006 and 2008 … Earned all-district honors in 2007 and 2008, and also was named academic all-state in 2008 … Played in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star Game … Averaged 9.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game and shot 46 percent from the floor as a senior as Klein Collins went 31-5 under head coach Tim Schumacher … The Tigers went 24-10 his junior year … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Full name is Derek Dean Craig … Born August 29, 1989 in Houston … Son of Dean and Tammy Craig … Father is an energy trader, mother is a teacher … Enjoys soccer and reading … Majoring in Management.
| Career Statistics |
| Minutes | Total | 3-Point | F-Throws | Rebounds | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | gp-gs | min | avg | fg | fga | pct | fg | fga | pct | ft | fta | pct | off | def | tot | avg | pf | fo | ast | t/o | blk | stl | pts | avg |
| 2008-09 | 7-0 | 24 | 3.4 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.6 |
| 2009-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010-11 | 5-0 | 9 | 1.8 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| 2011-12 | 11-1 | 47 | 4.3 | 5 | 18 | .278 | 3 | 13 | .231 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1.4 |
| TOTAL | 23-1 | 80 | 3.5 | 8 | 26 | .308 | 3 | 17 | .176 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0.9 |