College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Donovan Dent
LSU · Guard · Senior · 6-2 · #3
Transfer from UCLA
- #30 guard in the country
- #29 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 28 minutes a game) at LSU, as a secondary scorer and lead playmaker: a smaller role than he had at UCLA (34.4 min).
- Projected minutes
- 28
- Spot in the rotation
- #1
From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.
▸What is impact?
Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.
Last season: the basics
2025-26 at UCLA: 35 games, 34 starts, 34.4 minutes a game.
- Points per game13.379th
- Rebounds per game2.952nd
- Assists per game7.599th
- Steals per game1.795th
- Blocks per game0.379th
- Turnovers per game1.824th
- Field goal %40.8%(174-426)42nd
- 3-point %25.4%(18-71)11th
- Free throw %65.6%(99-151)16th
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate24.7%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating111.955th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating109.154th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %47.2%10th
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %43.0%11th
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover4.1199th
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %15.7%25th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate35.4%64th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.12973rd
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
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The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
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+1.28 impact · 12.2 pts · 3 reb · 5.3 ast
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+0.54 impact · 13.5 pts · 3.7 reb · 4.6 ast
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+0.94 impact · 14.1 pts · 2.9 reb · 4.9 ast
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LSU teammates
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).