David Theis

David Theis

Player Profile

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:
Vincentian Academy
Height / Weight:
6-7 / 230
Position:
Forward
Birthdate:
04/29/1988
Prep School:
Mercersburg (Pa.) Academy

As a Sophomore (2008-09)
Saw action in 24 games all off the bench ... averaged 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds per game ... averaged 14.2 minutes in DU's first five games before being sidelined with a bruised kidney ... suffered the injury on Nov. 25 at USC Upstate and played a then career-high 27 minutes at Duke before experiencing discomfort ... had seven points at Duke and tied his career high with two steals vs. the Blue Devils ... missed the next two games at Pitt and at Radford ... was cleared to practice on Dec. 10 ... scored eight points in a career-best 34 minutes in his return game vs. WVU ... went 2-of-2 from the 3-point arc against the Mountaineers ... scored nine points and had five rebounds vs. Rice ... had a career-high six rebounds in 12 minutes vs. Dayton ... posted a new career high with 10 points in 16 minutes (2-of-4 from 3-point) at Saint Joseph's ... hit a pair of big free throws with :46 left to give DU a seven-point lead in the 72-68 win over #9 (AP) Xavier ... saw action in 12 of 16 conference games ... did not play in seven of the final 11 games of the season.

As a Freshman (2007-08)
Averaged 1.8 points and 1.0 rebounds in 11 games ... scored a season high six points (2-of-5 from 3-point) at Oakland ... had four points at Bowling Green and at home against St. Bonaventure ... made his first career start against Saint Francis, Pa. ... had two points, two assists and two blocks in 12 minutes against the Red Flash ... played double-digit minutes six times.

Prep School
Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pa. (head coach Mark Cubit) ... averaged 19.8 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 4.0 blocks per game for the 7-16 Blue Storm ... topped the 30-point mark twice on the way to being named the team's Most Outstanding Player and Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) All-Conference ... hit seven 3-pointers in scoring a season-high 35 points against the University of Pennsylvania JV ... added 15 rebounds, seven blocks and five assists in that game ... scored 31 against Martinsburg (W.Va.).

High School
Vincentian Academy in McCandless Township just north of Pittsburgh, Pa. (head coach Buzz Gabos) ... was a four-year starter who earned spots on both the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette WPIAL Class A Fab 5 and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Class A First Team as both a sophomore and junior ... played with DU senior guard Jason Duty at Vincentian, one of the smallest schools in the WPIAL ... averaged 22.0 points per game as a junior - including a school record 49 (24-of-37 from the field) in an overtime win over Riverview ... had 26 points, 16 rebounds and six blocks against the City League's Oliver Bears ... scored 30 points, pulled down 13 rebounds and blocked six shots in a little over two quarters of action against West Allegheny ... averaged 21.3 ppg. as a senior before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in December ... finished his career with 1,473 career points ... received recruiting interest from Winthrop, Akron and Davidson prior to the injury.

Personal
Overcame a high school knee injury to earn a Division I scholarship ... came to Duquesne from Mercersburg (Pa.) Academy where he worked his way back following surgery to repair a torn ACL in December of 2005 ... family lives in the Franklin Park area of Pittsburgh ... his father, Bernie, is a Duquesne grad ... has been friends with DU senior guard Jason Duty since kindergarten ... played alongside Duty at both St. Alphonsus School and Vincentian Academy ... Temple, Richmond and Lehigh showed interest in Theis following his season at Mercersburg ... finance major ... full name is David Michael Theis ... date of birth: 4/29/88.

Theis' Career Stats

Year
GP
GS
MIN
AVG
FG
FGA
FG%
3FG
3FGA
3FG%
FT
FTA
FT%
O.REB
D.REB
REB
AVG
PF
DQ
AST
TO
B
S
PTS
AVG
2008
11
1
101
9.2
5
19
0.263
2
13
0.154
8
11
0.727
5
6
11
1.0
26
0
6
11
3
5
20
1.8
2009
24
0
276
11.5
23
61
0.377
6
22
0.273
10
19
0.526
16
28
44
1.8
37
1
4
20
8
8
62
2.6
Career
35
1
377
10.8
28
80
0.350
8
35
0.229
18
30
0.600
21
34
55
1.6
63
1
10
31
11
13
82
2.3
High Games: Points - 10 at Saint Joseph's (So.); Rebounds - 6 vs. Dayton (So.); Assists - 2 vs. Howard & Saint Francis, Pa. (both Fr.); Blocked Shots - 2, three times vs. Dayton (So.) last; Steals - 2, two times at Duke (So.) last; Minutes - 34 vs. West Virginia (So.)

Theis 2008-09 Game-by-Game (Sophomore)

OPPONENT	  M	Fg-At	3m-At	Ft-At	O-D-Reb	PF	A	TO	B	S	Pts
HIGH POINT	 12	0-0	0-0	0-2	0-1-1	2	0	2	0	0	0
at. St. Francis	 16	1-3	0-0	0-1	2-2-4	1	0	1	2	0	2
FURMAN	          4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1-0-1	1	0	1	1	1	4
at SC Upstate	 12	1-3	1-2	0-0	0-0-0	3	0	1	0	1	3
at Duke	         27	3-5	0-1	1-1	1-0-1	3	0	6	0	2	7
at Pittsburgh		Injured
at Radford		Injured
W. VIRGINIA	 34	3-7	2-2	0-0	1-2-3	3	0	1	1	1	8
ODU	         14	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
RICE	         23	2-6	1-3	2-4	0-5-5	2	0	0	0	0	9
NC CENTRAL	 11	2-4	0-1	0-0	2-2-4	0	1	1	0	0	4
at Robt Morris	 12	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-2-3	4	0	1	0	0	0
B. GREEN	  9	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0
CHARLOTTE	  6	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
at St. Bona.		Did not play
GEO. WASH.	  8	0-1	0-1	0-1	2-0-2	2	0	1	1	0	0
DAYTON	         12	2-3	0-1	0-2	3-3-6	1	1	1	2	0	4
at St. Joseph's	 16	3-8	2-4	2-2	1-1-2	5	1	0	0	0	10
at Fordham	  6	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1-1	2	1	0	0	1	0
ST. BONA.	 13	0-4	0-2	0-0	1-2-3	1	0	0	0	1	0
at St. Louis	  5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
XAVIER	          6	0-1	0-1	2-2	0-1-1	0	0	0	0	0	2
at Richmond	 22	1-5	0-2	3-3	0-4-4	2	0	1	1	1	5
TEMPLE		        Did not play
at La Salle	  2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
at UMass		Did not play
RHODE IS.		Did not play
SAINT LOUIS	  2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
at Dayton	  2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-0-1	0	0	0	0	0	2
vs. UMass	  2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1-1	0	0	1	0	0	0
vs. Rhode Is.		Did not play
vs. Dayton		Did not play
vs. Temple		Did not play
at Va. Tech		Did not play
* - indicates game started

Theis 2007-08 Game-by-Game (Freshman) 

OPPONENT	  M	Fg-At	3m-At	Ft-At	O-D-Reb	PF	A	TO	B	S	Pts
HOWARD	         19	0-0	0-0	2-2	1-0-1	3	2	3	0	2	2
WSSU	         14	0-4	0-4	2-2	0-0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2
at Rice	          7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1-2	2	0	1	1	0	0
at Oakland	 17	2-6	2-5	0-0	1-0-1	2	1	2	0	0	6
NIAGARA		        Did not play
vs. Northridge	  3	0-0	0-0	0-2	0-1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0
at Drake		Did not play
PITTSBURGH		Did not play
at W. Virginia		Did not play
ST FRANCIS	*12	1-2	0-1	0-0	0-2-2	4	2	0	2	1	2
ROBT MORRIS		Did not play
USC UPSTATE		Did not play
at Bowl. Green	 10	1-4	0-1	2-2	2-0-2	4	0	1	0	1	4
FORDHAM		        Did not play
at Rhode Is.		Did not play
at Fordham		Did not play
ST. BONA.	 12	1-1	0-0	2-3	0-1-1	4	0	0	0	1	4
GEO. WASH.	  3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0
UMASS		        Did not play
at St. Bona.		Did not play
ST. JOSEPH'S		Did not play
at La Salle		Did not play
at Dayton		Did not play
RICHMOND		Did not play
at Xavier		Did not play
LA SALLE		Did not play
at Charlotte	 0+	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
at Temple		Did not play
SAINT LOUIS	  4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0
vs. La Salle		Did not play
* - indicates game started