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2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster

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  • Center
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Barreiro, Portugal
    Hometown
  • 7'0
    Height
  • 245
    Weight
  • Benfica SL B
    High School
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Garett Graf/USU Athletics
Samuel Marshall
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Neemias Queta 2020-21 headshot
#23
Neemias Queta
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Position
Junior
Class
Barreiro, Portugal
Hometown

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Biography

CAREER RECORDS: Blocks (219, 1st), Blocks per game (2.5, 1st), Field goal percentage (.594, 6th), Double-doubles (30, t-6th), Games with 10+ rebounds (37, 7th), Consecutive double-doubles (8, 8th), Rebounds (777, 9th), Rebounds per game (9.0, 10th), Points (1,113, 29th)

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS: Blocks - 97 (2020-21) - 1st, Blocks per game - 3.3 (2020-21) - 1st, Blocks - 84 (2018-19) - 2nd, Blocks per game - 2.4 (2018-19) - 2nd, Blocks per game - 1.7 (2019-20) - 6th, Field goal percentage - .624 (2019-20) - 7th, Double-doubles - 16 (2020-21) - t-7th, Field goal percentage - .614 (2018-19) - 9th, Rebounds - 312 (2018-19) - 11th, Rebounds - 294 (2020-21) - 17th

SINGLE-GAME RECORDS: Blocks - 9 (3/12/21 vs Colorado State) - 1st, Blocks - 7 (3/19/21 vs Texas Tech) - t-2nd, Blocks - 6 (five times) - t-5th

HONORS: First-team all-Mountain West (2021)... Second-team all-Mountain West (2019, 2020)... Mountain West all-tournament team (2019, 2020, 2021)... NABC first-team all-district 17 (2021)... NABC second-team all-district 17 (2019, 2020)... Mountain West Freshman of the Year (2019)... Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year (2019, 2021)... USBWA District VIII Player of the Year (2021)... USBWA all-district VIII (2019)... Bleacher Report National Defensive Player of the Year (2021)... AP Honorable Mention All-American (2021)... Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (2021).

2020-21 SEASON (JR): Named first-team all-Mountain West, MW Defensive Player of the Year and member of the MW all-defensive team... Named to the Mountain West all-Tournament team... Named first-team all-district 17 by the NABC... Named the Defensive Player of the Year by Bleacher Report... Named the USBWA District VIII Player of the year... Named AP Honorable Mention All-American... One of four finalists for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award... Appeared and started in all 29 games during the year... Averaged 30.0 minutes per game, playing in a career-high 40 minutes in the season finale against Texas Tech in the first round of the NCAA Tournament... Scored in double figures in 24 games, including a career-high 32 points at Boise State (2/17)... Led the Aggies with 433 points on the year, averaging 14.9 points per game... Shot 55.9 percent (167-of-299) from the floor and 70.7 percent (99-of-140) at the free throw line... Recorded 10 or more rebounds in 18 games and logged five or more rebounds in every game during the year... Recorded a season-high 17 rebounds against Nevada (2/26)... Led the Aggies with 294 total rebounds during the year, averaging 10.1 per contest... Recorded a team-best 16 double-doubles during the season... Only player in the Mountain West to average a double-double during the season (14.9 ppg/10.1 rpg)... Recorded five or more assists in five games and multiple assists in all but nine games during the year... Recorded 77 assists in all to rank third on the team and averaged 2.7 per game... Broke the single-season Utah State record with 97 blocks on the year, leading the nation and averaging 3.3 per game... Recorded a school-record nine blocks against Colorado State in the MW Tournament semifinals (3/12)... Finished his career as the all-time leader in blocks in Utah State history with 219... Finished second on the team with 31 steals on the year, averaging 1.1 per contest... One of only 10 players since 1992-93 to surpass 95 or more blocks and 75 or more assists in the same season, joining the likes of Tim Duncan, Erick Dampier and Joakim Noah... One of only two players in the NCAA since 1992-93 to finish the year averaging more than 14.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.0 blocks, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game, joining Houston’s Bo Outlaw (1992-93) with that distinction. 

2019-20 SEASON (SO): Named second-team all-Mountain West and a member of the MW all-defensive team... Named to the Mountain West all-Tournament team... Named second-team all-district 17 by the NABC... Appeared in 22 games during the year, starting in 20... Averaged 26.8 minutes per game... Scored in double figures in 14 games, including a season-high 23 points against San José State (2/25)... Totaled 286 points during the year, averaging 13.0 per game to finish second on the team... Shot 62.4 percent (108-of-173) from the floor, 100.0 percent (1-of-1) from behind the 3-point line and 67.0 percent (69-of-103) at the free throw line... Pulled down five or more rebounds in 18 games and double-digit rebounds in six contests... Recorded a season-high 15 rebounds against Wyoming (2/19) and totaled 171 rebounds on the year, averaging 7.8 boards per contest... Logged a double-double in four games... Recorded multiple assists in 13 games, including a season-high five in two contests... Totaled 41 assists on the year and averaged 1.9 per contest... Led the Aggies with 38 blocks, averaging 1.7 per game... Led the Mountain West in league play with 1.7 blocks in conference games... Blocked a season-high five shots in two games... Also recorded nine steals during the year.

2018-19 SEASON (FR): Mountain West Freshman of the Year... Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year... Named second-team all-Mountain West and a member of the Mountain West all-Tournament team... Also named second-team all-district 17 by the NABC and all-district VIII by the USBWA... Appeared and started in all 35 games during the year, marking the most starts and the second-most appearances by a freshman in USU history... Set the single-season school record in blocks with 84... Averaged a school-record and Mountain West-leading 2.4 blocks per game... Recorded multiple blocks in 22 games during the year... Tallied a season-high six blocks in two games, including against Fresno State (1/9) and against New Mexico (3/14) in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament... The six blocks against the Lobos marked a MW Tournament record for a freshman and the third-most in a MW Tournament game in league history... The six blocks also marked a MW freshman record and the third-most by an Aggie in school history... Recorded a block in 29 straight games to open the year, marking the longest streak in Utah State history... Pulled down a team-high and USU freshman-record 312 rebounds, marking the most by an Aggie since the 1976-77 season... Recorded five or more rebounds in a game in all but two games during the year and 10 or more rebounds in 13 games, including a season-high 19 boards at UC Irvine (12/1)... Led the team with 10 double-doubles during the year... Totaled 414 points, the fourth-most by a freshman in USU history, averaging 11.8 points per game, the fifth-most by a freshman in USU history... Scored in double figures in 24 games during the year, including a pair of games with 20 or more points... Scored a season-high 24 points against Saint Mary's (11/19)... Shot 61.4 percent (167-of-272) from the floor, the eighth-best percentage in a single season and the second-best percentage by a freshman in USU history... Shot 40.0 percent (2-of-5) from behind the 3-point line and 56.5 percent (78-of-138) at the free throw line... Totaled 57 assists on the year, tied for the ninth-most by a freshman in USU history, including a season-high six at Fresno State (2/5)... Recorded 23 steals, including a season-high three at BYU (12/5)... Also appears in the freshman records in rebounds per game (8.9, 2nd), free throws attempted (138, 2nd), minutes (949, 3rd), field goals made (167, 3rd), field goals attempted (272, 5th), free throws made (78, 5th) and minutes per game (27.1, 6th).

BEFORE UTAH STATE: Member of the U20 Portuguese National team at the European Championships, averaging 14.3 points per game to finish second on the team… Led Portugal with 10.3 rebounds per game…  Led the entire tournament field with 2.9 blocks per game… Recorded a pair of double-doubles during the tournament, including a near triple-double against the Netherlands, scoring 20 points, pulling down 14 rebounds and blocking nine shots… Led all players on the floor in the tournament finale for Portugal with 27 points and 13 rebounds… Finished third on the team with 10.2 points per game during the U18 Championships… Led Portugal with 8.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game… Played club basketball with Benfica SL B during the 2017-18 season.

PERSONAL: Son of Mica and Dyaneuba Queta.

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