No. 3 – Illinois Fighting Illini | |
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Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
League | Big Ten Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Waupun, Wisconsin, U.S. | June 9, 2000
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Waupun Area (Waupun, Wisconsin) |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Marcus Domask (/dəˈmæsk/ duh-MASK;[1] born June 9, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the Southern Illinois Salukis.
Domask played high school basketball at Waupun Area High School in Waupun, Wisconsin, where he led the team to their first-ever state title as a freshman in 2016, as well as a runner-up state finish as a senior in 2019.[2][3] By the end of high school, he ranked among the top 20 all-time high school scorers in Wisconsin.[2] He was named Wisconsin Mr. Basketball in 2019.[4]
Domask first committed to play college basketball at Northern Kentucky University in September 2018 as a three-star recruit, before decommitting in April 2019, citing a need to "play smart".[5][6] He committed to Southern Illinois University Carbondale on May 8, 2019.[7]
Domask spent the first four years of his college career at Southern Illinois, where he was named Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, second-team All-MVC his freshman and junior seasons, and first-team All-MVC his senior season.[8][9] He suffered from injuries his sophomore year, causing him to only play in 10 games that season.[4] Still, by the end of his SIU career, he became the second SIU player in history to reach 1,600 points, 500 rebounds, and 300 assists in their career, after Darren Brooks,[9][10] as well as the ninth-highest all-time scorer for SIU.[4]
After the 2022–23 season, his fourth year playing for SIU, he entered the transfer portal.[11] On April 10, 2023, he announced he would be transferring to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for his fifth and final year of eligibility.[8] Domask was the No. 82 ranked transfer in the portal.[12]
In the 2023–24 season, Domask proved to be a valuable addition to the Illinois team, scoring a career-high 33 points against Florida Atlantic at the Jimmy V Classic on December 5, 2023.[13][14] He was named Big Ten Player of the Week and AP Player of the Week the week of January 8, 2024, after a 32-point performance against Northwestern and a 26-point outing against Purdue.[15][16] Illinois head coach Brad Underwood has nicknamed him "Luka" due to his crafty shooting abilities.[17]
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2019–20 | Southern Illinois | 32 | 31 | 34.8 | .469 | .397 | .825 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 13.6 |
2020–21 | Southern Illinois | 10 | 10 | 33.8 | .484 | .304 | .829 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 16.3 |
2021–22 | Southern Illinois | 31 | 31 | 35.7 | .436 | .352 | .824 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 15.1 |
2022–23 | Southern Illinois | 33 | 33 | 35.4 | .447 | .348 | .876 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 16.7 |
2023–24 | Illinois | |||||||||||
Career | 106 | 105 | 35.1 | .453 | .359 | .843 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 15.2 |
Domask grew up in Waupun, Wisconsin, with his father being a basketball coach and three of his siblings also playing basketball.[9] He earned a bachelor’s degree in sport administration at Southern Illinois, where he graduated with a near-perfect 3.99 GPA and was named to the 2023 Academic All-America First Team.[18] He is currently enrolled in a master’s program in recreation, sport, and tourism at Illinois.[19]