Player Bio

Averaged 8.3 points, 1.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 0.6 steals on .375 3PT% in 19.0 minutes as a rookie...Ranked fifth among NBA rookies in 3PT%...Made 90 3-pointers, the fifth-most by a rookie in franchise history...Had the fourth-highest 3PT% by a qualified rookie in franchise history...Ended season on a career-long five-game double-digit scoring streak, including back-to-back 20-point games on 4/12-14, averaging 17.8 points and 5.2 assists on .371 3PT% down the stretch...Scored a season-high 26 points against Milwaukee (11/8) in the midst of a four-game stretch from 11/2-8 where he averaged 18.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals on .500 3PT% to become the third Pistons rookie (Bey, Cunningham) to shoot at least .500 3PT% with 13 3PM over a four-game span in franchise history...Made season-high five 3-pointers three times...Recorded first career double-double with 17 points and a career-high 11 assists against Portland (2/8), joining Jaden Ivey, Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes and Brandon Knight as the only Detroit rookies with 11+ assists since 1995...Made a 3-pointer in nine consecutive games from Jan. 24 - Feb. 13, tied as the seventh-longest by a rookie in franchise history...Ranked 8th among rookies with seven 20-point games...Joined Jaden Ivey as only Pistons rookies with 70+ games played since 2018-19...Missed four games due to a right knee contusion and two due to an upper respiratory illness.

Named a 2023 First Team All-American, American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year...Selected as a finalist for the 2023 Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award and was a Naismith Defensive Player of the Year semifinalist...Became the first consensus First-Team All-American out of Houston since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984...Twice named to the AAC All-Conference team and made the AAC All-Freshman Team in 2020...Earned a spot on the 2021 NCAA Midwest All- Region Tournament Team after averaging 14.0 points and 1.8 steals and leading Houston to the Final Four...Finished 15th in Houston history with 1,458 career points and set the school record with 276 career 3-pointers.

Full name is Marcus Jerome Sasser...Son of Monique and Marcus Sasser...Has two brothers, Marquis and James...Uncle, Jason Sasser, was the 1996 Southwest Conference Player of the Year and a 2017 inductee into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame...Uncles Jason (No. 41 overall to Sacramento in 1996) and Jeryl Sasser (No. 22 overall to Orlando in 2001) and were both drafted into the NBA.