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Seventh Day'Vonte Woods (born August 7, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Zamora Jaguars of the Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels, South Carolina Gamecocks and Morgan State Bears.
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Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | August 7, 1998||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 184 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Hammond School (Columbia, South Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 2022: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2023–present | ||||||||||||||
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2023–2024 | UCC Demons | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | Zamora Jaguars | ||||||||||||||
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Woods was born on August 7, 1998, in Columbia, South Carolina. His first name is derived from the seven-day Genesis creation narrative.[1] Woods is the youngest of four brothers and started playing basketball when he was four years old.[2]
As an 8th grader, he averaged 14.6 points per game. As a freshman, Woods averaged 19.3 points per game and earned the Hammond basketball player of the year, aiding his team to a 22–5 record and the SCISA Class AAA state championship game. Woods gained national notoriety from a viral Hoopmixtape montage titled "Seventh Woods Is The BEST 14 Year Old In The Country! CRAZY Athlete," still the most viewed video in the page's history as of April 2023[update].[3] His sophomore season, he averaged 20 points per game, while also averaging 4 steals, 3.8 assists, and 3.6 rebounds and earned the South Carolina boys basketball player of the year and was selected for the U16 USA National Team. His team went 5–0 and won the U16 Championship.[4] As a junior in 2014–15, Woods averaged 16.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 3.6 steals per game while leading Hammond to a state championship in 2015.[5] After the conclusion of his junior season, Woods joined his AAU team, Carolina Wolves on the Under Armour Association Circuit. Woods averaged 16.9 Points per game and 3.5 Assists per game on the Under Armour Association Circuit. Woods also played in the Elite 24 Invitational game in Brooklyn, New York in the summer of 2015. As a senior in 2015–16, he averaged 18.9 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game, 5.0 assists per game and 3.5 steals per game. Named a 4-star recruit by ESPN, Woods at that time was ranked 54th in the nation and 14th among points guards in the Class of 2016.
Woods was heavily recruited by the universities of North Carolina and South Carolina and signed with North Carolina on November 11, 2014.[6]
As a freshman, Woods played in all 40 games, tying a school record. He averaged nearly eight minutes per game, mainly in relief to the starting point guard Joel Berry. He had his best game of the season against Duke, where he scored four points and lead the team with four assists.
In his sophomore year, Woods was limited by a stress fracture in his foot; he missed 17 games due to the injury. Before his injury, he tied his career-high in scoring with nine points in the season opener against Northern Iowa.
During the offseason, Woods was in a competition for the starting point guard role with Coby White but did not get the job. In his junior season, Woods started one game against UNCW when White was out with an ankle injury. He had the best game of his college career when UNC got a signature win over Gonzaga, who at the time was ranked fourth in the country. He set a new career-high in scoring with 14 points. On April 25, 2019, Woods announced that he would transfer from North Carolina.[7]
On June 7, 2019, Woods announced he would transfer to South Carolina.[8] He started 13 games and averaged 5.4 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.1 steals per game as a senior.[9]
On June 21, 2021, Woods announced he was transferring to Morgan State for his final season of eligibility.[10] He started 18 games and averaged 4.7 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 0.6 steals per game.[11]
In July 2023, Woods signed his first professional contract with UCC Demons of the Super League.[12] In January 2024, he helped the team win the National Cup with an 82–68 win over Ballincollig in the final. He scored a team-high 22 points and was named joint-MVP of the final with James Hannigan.[13] For the season, he was named to the Super League All-Star First Team.[14]
In May 2024, Woods signed with Zamora Jaguars of the Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto.[15]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
* | Led NCAA Division I |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | North Carolina | 40* | 0 | 7.7 | .283 | .182 | .610 | 1.4 | 1.2 | .5 | .1 | 1.5 |
2017–18 | North Carolina | 20 | 0 | 7.0 | .300 | .000 | .800 | .7 | 1.0 | .3 | .1 | 1.1 |
2018–19 | North Carolina | 34 | 1 | 10.8 | .419 | .400 | .643 | 1.0 | 2.1 | .9 | .1 | 2.5 |
2019–20 | South Carolina | Redshirt | ||||||||||
2020–21 | South Carolina | 18 | 13 | 19.0 | .368 | .185 | .667 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .1 | 5.4 |
Career | 112 | 14 | 10.3 | .356 | .212 | .640 | 1.2 | 1.6 | .7 | .1 | 2.4 |
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