Career: Set the school record with 2,187 career points … Dished out 618 assists, ranking second in school history … Played in a school record 149 career games, while making 128 starts, the third-most in school history … Connected on 740 career made field goals, which ranks second in school history … Converted 287 3-pointers, which ranks second in school history … Ranks fourth in school history making 420 free throws … Shot 82.2 percent from the free throw line, ranking seventh in school history (all rankings from conclusion of 2023-24 season).
2023-24: Unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection … AP Honorable Mention All-American ... USBWA Honorable Mention All-American ... Named the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year ... NABC District 7 First Team ... … Named Big Ten Player of the Week (12/4, 1/29) twice … Earned the Northwestern Big Ten Medal of Honor, the first for a men’s basketball player since 1999 (Evan Eschmeyer) … Started all 34 games, averaging 19.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.4 steals per game while maintaining a 2.22 assist-turnover ratio in 36.9 minutes per game … Ranked fourth in the Big Ten in points per game and fifth in assists per game … Led the Big Ten in minutes per game … Became the first player in program history to average 19.0 points and 5.0 assists per game in a season, and was the only high-major player in the country to average 19.0 points and 5.0 assists per game in the 2023-24 season … Ranked second in the Big Ten averaging 2.62 3-pointers made per game … Converted 89 3-pointers on the season, the fifth-highest single-season mark in school history … Made 2.62 three pointers per game, ranking second in the Big Ten … Knocked down 43.4% of his threes, leading the Big Ten among players who converted 2.5 threes per game … Became the first Big Ten player since Illinois’ Dee Brown in 2004-05 to shoot over 43% from 3-point range (min. 200 3-point attempts) and average 1.4 steals per game … Was the first Big Ten player since Penn State’s Tony Carr in 2017-18 to average 19.0 points per game and shoot 43% from 3-point range (minimum 5+ 3-point attempts per game) … Led Northwestern in both points and assists in the same game 12 times … His 646 points on the season was the second-highest single-season mark in program history, trailing only John Shurna (661) in 2011-12 … Notched 171 assists on the season, the third-highest single season mark in school history … Posted eight games with 20+ points and 7+ assists, which led the country … Alongside Ryan Langborg and Ty Berry, helped Northwestern become the first team in Big Ten history to have three players shoot at least 40% from 3-point range on at least five 3-point attempts per game … Scored 27 points in the season-opener against Binghamton, the most in a season-opener by a Northwestern player since John Shurna scored 31 in 2010 (11/6) … Recorded 15 points and a team-high four assists on 5-of-9 shooting versus Dayton (11/10) … Posted a game-high 21 points, five assists, and two steals versus Western Michigan (11/14) … Registered 16 points, four rebounds, and two steals against Rhode Island (11/18) … Had team-highs of 23 points and seven assists on 8-of-11 shooting from the field and 4-of-5 from 3-point range against Northern Illinois (11/27) … Dropped a season-high 31 points, four rebounds, nine assists, and two steals with zero turnovers to knock off No. 1 Purdue at home for the second consecutive season (12/1) … Converted a floater with four seconds left in regulation to give Northwestern a two-point lead … Became the second major conference player since 2004 to have at least 30 points, 9 assists, and zero turnovers in a game … His 31 points marked the most points against a team ranked No. 1 at the time for the entirety of the 2023-24 regular season … Became the first Big Ten player to have 30+ points and 9+ assists in a game since Michigan State’s Cassius Winston on January 5, 2020, against Michigan … Marked the most points (31) scored in Northwestern’s opening game in Big Ten play since Scottie Lindsey had 31 on December 27, 2016, against Penn State … Alongside Ryan Langborg and Ty Berry, became the fourth trio of teammates to all score 20+ points against the AP No. 1 team and the first trio since Boston College’s Ky Bowman, Jerome Robinson, and Jordan Chatman in 2017 … Had 23 points, six rebounds, and eight assists against Chicago State (12/13), becoming the first Northwestern player to post these numbers in a game since Drew Crawford had 25 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists against St. Francis Brooklyn on December 20, 2010 … Notched 22 points, a season-high seven rebounds, and four assists on 4-of-8 3-point shooting in win against Arizona State (12/20) … Totaled 12 points, five rebounds, and five assists against Jackson State (12/29) … Scored a team-high 20 points against Illinois (1/2) … Recorded the first double-double of his career with 19 points and a career-high 10 assists, along with a game-high three steals, in a win against Michigan State (1/7), marking the first points and assists double-double by a Wildcat since Bryant McIntosh had 11 points and 16 assists against Minnesota on January 10, 2018 … He was the first Big Ten player with 19+ points, 10+ assists, and 0 turnovers since Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon against Minnesota on January 10, 2021 … Had 17 points, five rebounds, and a game-high eight assists against Penn State (1/10) … Totaled a team-high 22 points and two steals versus Wisconsin (1/13) … Posted team-highs of 20 points and seven assists against Maryland (1/17), where he moved into second place on the Northwestern career assists leaderboard … Led Northwestern in assists with seven along with nine points against Nebraska (1/20) … Registered game-highs of 29 points, seven assists, and three steals in a home overtime win over No. 10 Illinois (1/24) … Recorded 19 points, five rebounds, and five assists against Ohio State (1/27) … Dropped 25 points with five rebounds, and a team-high eight assists, with tying a career-high with three 3-pointers at Purdue (1/31) … He and Ty Berry became the first duo of Northwestern players to each score 25+ points in a game since Drew Crawford and John Shurna against St. Francis Brooklyn on December 20, 2010 … Became the first Northwestern player to have at least eight assists and seven made threes in a game since Michael Thompson on March 6, 2010, against Indiana … Scored team-highs of 20 points and seven assists, and four steals against Minnesota (2/3) … Scored 22 points on 6-for-13 shooting from the field against Nebraska (2/7) … Dropped 15 points, five rebounds, and six assists against Penn State (2/11) … Surpassed the 2,000 career-point mark and posted a game-high 27 points and five rebounds while converting six threes against Rutgers (2/15) … Totaled 14 points and three assists at Indiana (2/18) … Became Northwestern’s all-time leading scorer with a deep three with 10 minutes remaining in the first half while notching 16 points, seven assists, and two steals on 6-of-11 shooting from the field against Michigan (2/22) … Dropped 12 points, four rebounds, and a team-high five assists against Maryland (2/28) … Became Northwestern’s all-time leader in games played and had game-high 27 points and seven assists on 9-of-13 shooting from the field and 6-of-7 from 3-point range against Iowa (3/2) … Scored a team-high 15 points on 3-of-6 3-point shooting against Michigan State (3/6) … Registered 23 points and a team-high six assists with 9-of-14 shooting from the field on Senior Night in his final game inside Welsh-Ryan Arena against Minnesota (3/9) … Scored a postseason career-high with 29 points on 7-of-11 (tied career-high in 3-pointers) shooting from 3-point range in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against Wisconsin (3/15), the most points by a Wildcat in the Big Ten Tournament since 2011 when Michael Thompson scored 35 in the first round against Minnesota … Became the first Wildcat to convert 7+ 3-pointers in a single-game in the Big Ten Tournament, while also moving into second place on Northwestern’s career 3-pointers leaderboard … Had 22 points, four assists, and a career-high five steals in Northwestern’s third NCAA Tournament victory in program history over Florida Atlantic in Brooklyn, N.Y. (3/22) … His four 3-point field goals tied the program record for most in a NCAA Tournament game set by Vic Law on March 18, 2017, against Gonzaga … His five steals marked the most by a Northwestern player in an NCAA Tournament game … Tallied nine points and four assists in his final career game in the NCAA Tournament Second Round against eventual national champion UConn (3/24) … After the conclusion of the season, became the first Northwestern player to participate in the State Farm 3-Point Championships since John Shurna in 2012.
2022-23: All-Big Ten First Team … USBWA District V All-District Team … NABC District 7 Second Team … Bob Cousy Award Finalist … Big Ten Player of the Week (Feb. 13) … Started all 34 games, averaging 17.3 points and 4.5 assists per game, while maintaining a 1.88 assist-turnover ratio … Scored 588 points, the third-highest single-season mark in school history … Became the first player in program history to average 17 points and 4.5 assists per game in a season … Ranked sixth in the Big Ten in points per game and fifth in assists per game … Finished ninth in the Big Ten in assist-turnover ratio … Ranked second in the Big Ten posting a free throw percentage of 86.9% (126-for-145) … 126 made free throws are the most in a single-season by a Wildcat since Evan Eschmeyer (208) in 1998-99 … Only player in program history to make over 60 3-point field goals and 125 free throws in a season, and the only player in the Big Ten to do so in 2022-23 … Dished out 154 assists, tied for the fourth-most in a season in program history … Recorded four games of 20 or more points and eight or more assists, tied for the fifth-most in the country … Posted 16 points, seven boards and six assists in the season-opener against Chicago State (11/17), the first NU player to post those numbers in a game since 2017 ... Scored 12 points, all in the second half, in a road win at Georgetown (11/16) ... Became the 39th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points with a 28-point performance, including a career-high seven 3-pointers against Purdue Fort Wayne (11/18) … Scored 20 points a road win at Michigan State, his third career 20+ point game against the Spartans (12/4) ... Tallied 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting and five assists to help beat UIC (12/20) ... Registered 15 points, converting a season-high 11-of-12 free throws, and four assists in a win over Illinois (1/4) ... Scored 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting to help beat Indiana (1/8) ... Posted 22 points and five assists against Michigan (1/15) ... Tallied a game-high 20 points, career-high tying seven rebounds, and five assists to help beat Wisconsin (1/23) ... Scored 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting and 3-of-5 from three to help beat Nebraska (1/25) ... Notched 21 points and eight assists in a win over Minnesota (1/28) ... Scored 20 points on the road against Iowa (1/31) ... Tallied 23 points and eight assists against Michigan (2/2) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week after averaging 22.5 points per game and leading the Wildcats to wins over Ohio State and Purdue ... Scored 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and a 2-of-3 mark from 3-point range in a road win over Ohio State (2/9) ... Tallied 26 points, a career-high three blocks, three steals, and three assists in the 'Cats upset of No. 1 Purdue (2/12), the first win in program history against the nation’s No. 1 team ... Became the first Big Ten player to post 25+ points, 3+ blocks, 3+ steals, and 3+ assists in a conference game since at least the 2010-11 season ... Connected on the game-winning floater with two seconds remaining in the game as part of a 21-point night to defeat Indiana for the second time this season (2/15) ... Notched 23 points and eight assists to help beat Iowa (2/19) ... Scored a career-high 35 points on the road at Illinois (2/23), the most in a game by a Wildcat since John Shurna scored 35 against LSU in 2011 ... Scored 20 or more points in a career-best four straight games against Purdue, Indiana, Iowa and Illinois … Dropped 20 points and eight assists against Penn State (3/1) in the home finale ... Scored 14 points, all in the second-half, to help beat Rutgers (3/5) on the road in the regular season finale … Posted 22 points with five assists and five rebounds in the NCAA Tournament First Round win over Boise State … Logged 18 points with four assists and four rebounds in the NCAA Tournament Second Round contest against UCLA.
2021-22: Played in all 31 games and made 30 starts, averaging 14.1 points, 4.3 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game … 134 assists led the team and ranked seventh in the Big Ten … Led the team with 78 made free throws, and ranked second in points and 3-point field goals (148) … Led the team and ranked fifth in the Big Ten shooting 79.6% (78-for-98) at the free throw line … Became the first Northwestern player to average 14+ points and 4+ assists per game since Bryant McIntosh (2016-17) … Posted 20+ points four times (Georgia, Penn State, Providence and Nebraska) … Recorded a career-high five steals while also leading the team in points (17) and assists (6) against Eastern Illinois (11/9) ... Led the team with seven assists while scoring 19 points against High Point (11/12) ... Dished out a career-high nine assists along with 13 points in a win over New Orleans (11/16) ... Scored a game-high 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting against Providence (11/22) ... Scored a game-high 22 points and tallied six assists versus Georgia (11/23) ... Registered 12 points and six assists against Wake Forest (11/30) ... Recorded 16 points, five rebounds, and four assists in a win over Maryland (12/5) ... Scored 11 points in 20 minutes against Illinois Springfield (12/20) ... Recorded team highs with 22 points and eight assists against Penn State (1/5) ... Contributed 13 points, with a season-high seven rebounds, and four assists against Maryland (1/12) ... Tallied 12 points, four boards, four assists and two steals to help defeat No. 10 Michigan St. (1/15) ... Tallied a game and career-best 27 points and hit a career-high six threes at Nebraska (2/5) … Scored 16 points to help defeat Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament (3/9).
2020-21: Led the team with 41 made three-pointers and 96 assists … Finished in the Top 10 in assists per game in the Big Ten ... Was one of four Wildcats to average double figures in scoring at 10.3 points per game … Scored eight points and tied his career-high with seven assists in the season-opening win against Arkansas Pine-Bluff (12/2) … Matched his career high with seven assists for a second-straight game and finished with nine points in a win over Chicago State (12/5) ... Led the team with 14 points and six assists while setting a new career-high with eight free throws against Pitt (12/9) … Contributed 15 points, five rebounds and four assists in a win over Quincy (12/15) ... Scored 30 points, a new career best, on 9-of-15 shooting and 5-of-6 from three while adding four assists and three rebounds in a win over #4 Michigan State (12/20) ... Named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the first time in his career (12/21) ... Scored 11 points and shot 3-of-5 from behind the arc, while adding a game-high four assists in a win at Indiana (12/23) ... Scored 14 points, including 10 in the second half, to go along with five assists and hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 1:04 remaining in a win over #23 Ohio State (12/26) … Dished out a career-high eight assists against #10 Iowa (12/29) ... Tied a career-high in blocks against #25 Rutgers (2/13) … Led the team with 19 points to go along with a team-high four assists vs. #21 Wisconsin (2/21) … Finished with a game-high 25 points on a career-high 12 made free throws and three made three-pointers at Minnesota (2/25) ... Scored a team-high 15 points behind three made three-pointers vs. Maryland (3/3) … Finished with 11 points and a game-high six assists vs. Nebraska (3/7).
2019-20: Started 11 games as a first-year, including nine of the team’s last 10 games … Third-best on the team in scoring average with 10.3 points per game as a first-year … His 63 assists and 17 steals were both second-most on the roster … Played the most minutes (649) among Northwestern first-years … Scored the Wildcats’ highest individual point total in a game with 26 points against Michigan State (12/18) … Put up more than 20 points in three different games … Averaged 12.27 points, 3.36 assists and 1.0 steals as a starter … Shot 37.6% (96-of-255) from the floor and 28.2% (31-of-110) from deep.
High School: Averaged 26.5 points, 6.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds at Gould Academy … Second-ranked recruit from New York per 247Sports when he signed … Helped lead the Huskies to sectional and regionals championships his junior year … Named First Team All-State … Team MVP and Sectionals MVP.
Personal: Born Daniel Richard Buie on 12/07/1999 ... Son of Denise Murphy... Major is Learning & Organizational Change.
2023-24: Unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection … AP Honorable Mention All-American ... USBWA Honorable Mention All-American ... Named the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year ... NABC District 7 First Team ... … Named Big Ten Player of the Week (12/4, 1/29) twice … Earned the Northwestern Big Ten Medal of Honor, the first for a men’s basketball player since 1999 (Evan Eschmeyer) … Started all 34 games, averaging 19.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.4 steals per game while maintaining a 2.22 assist-turnover ratio in 36.9 minutes per game … Ranked fourth in the Big Ten in points per game and fifth in assists per game … Led the Big Ten in minutes per game … Became the first player in program history to average 19.0 points and 5.0 assists per game in a season, and was the only high-major player in the country to average 19.0 points and 5.0 assists per game in the 2023-24 season … Ranked second in the Big Ten averaging 2.62 3-pointers made per game … Converted 89 3-pointers on the season, the fifth-highest single-season mark in school history … Made 2.62 three pointers per game, ranking second in the Big Ten … Knocked down 43.4% of his threes, leading the Big Ten among players who converted 2.5 threes per game … Became the first Big Ten player since Illinois’ Dee Brown in 2004-05 to shoot over 43% from 3-point range (min. 200 3-point attempts) and average 1.4 steals per game … Was the first Big Ten player since Penn State’s Tony Carr in 2017-18 to average 19.0 points per game and shoot 43% from 3-point range (minimum 5+ 3-point attempts per game) … Led Northwestern in both points and assists in the same game 12 times … His 646 points on the season was the second-highest single-season mark in program history, trailing only John Shurna (661) in 2011-12 … Notched 171 assists on the season, the third-highest single season mark in school history … Posted eight games with 20+ points and 7+ assists, which led the country … Alongside Ryan Langborg and Ty Berry, helped Northwestern become the first team in Big Ten history to have three players shoot at least 40% from 3-point range on at least five 3-point attempts per game … Scored 27 points in the season-opener against Binghamton, the most in a season-opener by a Northwestern player since John Shurna scored 31 in 2010 (11/6) … Recorded 15 points and a team-high four assists on 5-of-9 shooting versus Dayton (11/10) … Posted a game-high 21 points, five assists, and two steals versus Western Michigan (11/14) … Registered 16 points, four rebounds, and two steals against Rhode Island (11/18) … Had team-highs of 23 points and seven assists on 8-of-11 shooting from the field and 4-of-5 from 3-point range against Northern Illinois (11/27) … Dropped a season-high 31 points, four rebounds, nine assists, and two steals with zero turnovers to knock off No. 1 Purdue at home for the second consecutive season (12/1) … Converted a floater with four seconds left in regulation to give Northwestern a two-point lead … Became the second major conference player since 2004 to have at least 30 points, 9 assists, and zero turnovers in a game … His 31 points marked the most points against a team ranked No. 1 at the time for the entirety of the 2023-24 regular season … Became the first Big Ten player to have 30+ points and 9+ assists in a game since Michigan State’s Cassius Winston on January 5, 2020, against Michigan … Marked the most points (31) scored in Northwestern’s opening game in Big Ten play since Scottie Lindsey had 31 on December 27, 2016, against Penn State … Alongside Ryan Langborg and Ty Berry, became the fourth trio of teammates to all score 20+ points against the AP No. 1 team and the first trio since Boston College’s Ky Bowman, Jerome Robinson, and Jordan Chatman in 2017 … Had 23 points, six rebounds, and eight assists against Chicago State (12/13), becoming the first Northwestern player to post these numbers in a game since Drew Crawford had 25 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists against St. Francis Brooklyn on December 20, 2010 … Notched 22 points, a season-high seven rebounds, and four assists on 4-of-8 3-point shooting in win against Arizona State (12/20) … Totaled 12 points, five rebounds, and five assists against Jackson State (12/29) … Scored a team-high 20 points against Illinois (1/2) … Recorded the first double-double of his career with 19 points and a career-high 10 assists, along with a game-high three steals, in a win against Michigan State (1/7), marking the first points and assists double-double by a Wildcat since Bryant McIntosh had 11 points and 16 assists against Minnesota on January 10, 2018 … He was the first Big Ten player with 19+ points, 10+ assists, and 0 turnovers since Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon against Minnesota on January 10, 2021 … Had 17 points, five rebounds, and a game-high eight assists against Penn State (1/10) … Totaled a team-high 22 points and two steals versus Wisconsin (1/13) … Posted team-highs of 20 points and seven assists against Maryland (1/17), where he moved into second place on the Northwestern career assists leaderboard … Led Northwestern in assists with seven along with nine points against Nebraska (1/20) … Registered game-highs of 29 points, seven assists, and three steals in a home overtime win over No. 10 Illinois (1/24) … Recorded 19 points, five rebounds, and five assists against Ohio State (1/27) … Dropped 25 points with five rebounds, and a team-high eight assists, with tying a career-high with three 3-pointers at Purdue (1/31) … He and Ty Berry became the first duo of Northwestern players to each score 25+ points in a game since Drew Crawford and John Shurna against St. Francis Brooklyn on December 20, 2010 … Became the first Northwestern player to have at least eight assists and seven made threes in a game since Michael Thompson on March 6, 2010, against Indiana … Scored team-highs of 20 points and seven assists, and four steals against Minnesota (2/3) … Scored 22 points on 6-for-13 shooting from the field against Nebraska (2/7) … Dropped 15 points, five rebounds, and six assists against Penn State (2/11) … Surpassed the 2,000 career-point mark and posted a game-high 27 points and five rebounds while converting six threes against Rutgers (2/15) … Totaled 14 points and three assists at Indiana (2/18) … Became Northwestern’s all-time leading scorer with a deep three with 10 minutes remaining in the first half while notching 16 points, seven assists, and two steals on 6-of-11 shooting from the field against Michigan (2/22) … Dropped 12 points, four rebounds, and a team-high five assists against Maryland (2/28) … Became Northwestern’s all-time leader in games played and had game-high 27 points and seven assists on 9-of-13 shooting from the field and 6-of-7 from 3-point range against Iowa (3/2) … Scored a team-high 15 points on 3-of-6 3-point shooting against Michigan State (3/6) … Registered 23 points and a team-high six assists with 9-of-14 shooting from the field on Senior Night in his final game inside Welsh-Ryan Arena against Minnesota (3/9) … Scored a postseason career-high with 29 points on 7-of-11 (tied career-high in 3-pointers) shooting from 3-point range in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against Wisconsin (3/15), the most points by a Wildcat in the Big Ten Tournament since 2011 when Michael Thompson scored 35 in the first round against Minnesota … Became the first Wildcat to convert 7+ 3-pointers in a single-game in the Big Ten Tournament, while also moving into second place on Northwestern’s career 3-pointers leaderboard … Had 22 points, four assists, and a career-high five steals in Northwestern’s third NCAA Tournament victory in program history over Florida Atlantic in Brooklyn, N.Y. (3/22) … His four 3-point field goals tied the program record for most in a NCAA Tournament game set by Vic Law on March 18, 2017, against Gonzaga … His five steals marked the most by a Northwestern player in an NCAA Tournament game … Tallied nine points and four assists in his final career game in the NCAA Tournament Second Round against eventual national champion UConn (3/24) … After the conclusion of the season, became the first Northwestern player to participate in the State Farm 3-Point Championships since John Shurna in 2012.
2022-23: All-Big Ten First Team … USBWA District V All-District Team … NABC District 7 Second Team … Bob Cousy Award Finalist … Big Ten Player of the Week (Feb. 13) … Started all 34 games, averaging 17.3 points and 4.5 assists per game, while maintaining a 1.88 assist-turnover ratio … Scored 588 points, the third-highest single-season mark in school history … Became the first player in program history to average 17 points and 4.5 assists per game in a season … Ranked sixth in the Big Ten in points per game and fifth in assists per game … Finished ninth in the Big Ten in assist-turnover ratio … Ranked second in the Big Ten posting a free throw percentage of 86.9% (126-for-145) … 126 made free throws are the most in a single-season by a Wildcat since Evan Eschmeyer (208) in 1998-99 … Only player in program history to make over 60 3-point field goals and 125 free throws in a season, and the only player in the Big Ten to do so in 2022-23 … Dished out 154 assists, tied for the fourth-most in a season in program history … Recorded four games of 20 or more points and eight or more assists, tied for the fifth-most in the country … Posted 16 points, seven boards and six assists in the season-opener against Chicago State (11/17), the first NU player to post those numbers in a game since 2017 ... Scored 12 points, all in the second half, in a road win at Georgetown (11/16) ... Became the 39th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points with a 28-point performance, including a career-high seven 3-pointers against Purdue Fort Wayne (11/18) … Scored 20 points a road win at Michigan State, his third career 20+ point game against the Spartans (12/4) ... Tallied 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting and five assists to help beat UIC (12/20) ... Registered 15 points, converting a season-high 11-of-12 free throws, and four assists in a win over Illinois (1/4) ... Scored 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting to help beat Indiana (1/8) ... Posted 22 points and five assists against Michigan (1/15) ... Tallied a game-high 20 points, career-high tying seven rebounds, and five assists to help beat Wisconsin (1/23) ... Scored 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting and 3-of-5 from three to help beat Nebraska (1/25) ... Notched 21 points and eight assists in a win over Minnesota (1/28) ... Scored 20 points on the road against Iowa (1/31) ... Tallied 23 points and eight assists against Michigan (2/2) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week after averaging 22.5 points per game and leading the Wildcats to wins over Ohio State and Purdue ... Scored 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and a 2-of-3 mark from 3-point range in a road win over Ohio State (2/9) ... Tallied 26 points, a career-high three blocks, three steals, and three assists in the 'Cats upset of No. 1 Purdue (2/12), the first win in program history against the nation’s No. 1 team ... Became the first Big Ten player to post 25+ points, 3+ blocks, 3+ steals, and 3+ assists in a conference game since at least the 2010-11 season ... Connected on the game-winning floater with two seconds remaining in the game as part of a 21-point night to defeat Indiana for the second time this season (2/15) ... Notched 23 points and eight assists to help beat Iowa (2/19) ... Scored a career-high 35 points on the road at Illinois (2/23), the most in a game by a Wildcat since John Shurna scored 35 against LSU in 2011 ... Scored 20 or more points in a career-best four straight games against Purdue, Indiana, Iowa and Illinois … Dropped 20 points and eight assists against Penn State (3/1) in the home finale ... Scored 14 points, all in the second-half, to help beat Rutgers (3/5) on the road in the regular season finale … Posted 22 points with five assists and five rebounds in the NCAA Tournament First Round win over Boise State … Logged 18 points with four assists and four rebounds in the NCAA Tournament Second Round contest against UCLA.
2021-22: Played in all 31 games and made 30 starts, averaging 14.1 points, 4.3 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game … 134 assists led the team and ranked seventh in the Big Ten … Led the team with 78 made free throws, and ranked second in points and 3-point field goals (148) … Led the team and ranked fifth in the Big Ten shooting 79.6% (78-for-98) at the free throw line … Became the first Northwestern player to average 14+ points and 4+ assists per game since Bryant McIntosh (2016-17) … Posted 20+ points four times (Georgia, Penn State, Providence and Nebraska) … Recorded a career-high five steals while also leading the team in points (17) and assists (6) against Eastern Illinois (11/9) ... Led the team with seven assists while scoring 19 points against High Point (11/12) ... Dished out a career-high nine assists along with 13 points in a win over New Orleans (11/16) ... Scored a game-high 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting against Providence (11/22) ... Scored a game-high 22 points and tallied six assists versus Georgia (11/23) ... Registered 12 points and six assists against Wake Forest (11/30) ... Recorded 16 points, five rebounds, and four assists in a win over Maryland (12/5) ... Scored 11 points in 20 minutes against Illinois Springfield (12/20) ... Recorded team highs with 22 points and eight assists against Penn State (1/5) ... Contributed 13 points, with a season-high seven rebounds, and four assists against Maryland (1/12) ... Tallied 12 points, four boards, four assists and two steals to help defeat No. 10 Michigan St. (1/15) ... Tallied a game and career-best 27 points and hit a career-high six threes at Nebraska (2/5) … Scored 16 points to help defeat Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament (3/9).
2020-21: Led the team with 41 made three-pointers and 96 assists … Finished in the Top 10 in assists per game in the Big Ten ... Was one of four Wildcats to average double figures in scoring at 10.3 points per game … Scored eight points and tied his career-high with seven assists in the season-opening win against Arkansas Pine-Bluff (12/2) … Matched his career high with seven assists for a second-straight game and finished with nine points in a win over Chicago State (12/5) ... Led the team with 14 points and six assists while setting a new career-high with eight free throws against Pitt (12/9) … Contributed 15 points, five rebounds and four assists in a win over Quincy (12/15) ... Scored 30 points, a new career best, on 9-of-15 shooting and 5-of-6 from three while adding four assists and three rebounds in a win over #4 Michigan State (12/20) ... Named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the first time in his career (12/21) ... Scored 11 points and shot 3-of-5 from behind the arc, while adding a game-high four assists in a win at Indiana (12/23) ... Scored 14 points, including 10 in the second half, to go along with five assists and hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 1:04 remaining in a win over #23 Ohio State (12/26) … Dished out a career-high eight assists against #10 Iowa (12/29) ... Tied a career-high in blocks against #25 Rutgers (2/13) … Led the team with 19 points to go along with a team-high four assists vs. #21 Wisconsin (2/21) … Finished with a game-high 25 points on a career-high 12 made free throws and three made three-pointers at Minnesota (2/25) ... Scored a team-high 15 points behind three made three-pointers vs. Maryland (3/3) … Finished with 11 points and a game-high six assists vs. Nebraska (3/7).
2019-20: Started 11 games as a first-year, including nine of the team’s last 10 games … Third-best on the team in scoring average with 10.3 points per game as a first-year … His 63 assists and 17 steals were both second-most on the roster … Played the most minutes (649) among Northwestern first-years … Scored the Wildcats’ highest individual point total in a game with 26 points against Michigan State (12/18) … Put up more than 20 points in three different games … Averaged 12.27 points, 3.36 assists and 1.0 steals as a starter … Shot 37.6% (96-of-255) from the floor and 28.2% (31-of-110) from deep.
High School: Averaged 26.5 points, 6.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds at Gould Academy … Second-ranked recruit from New York per 247Sports when he signed … Helped lead the Huskies to sectional and regionals championships his junior year … Named First Team All-State … Team MVP and Sectionals MVP.
Personal: Born Daniel Richard Buie on 12/07/1999 ... Son of Denise Murphy... Major is Learning & Organizational Change.