Senior Keith Williams played his final career game at Fifth Third Arena on Thursday night. The Bearcats played their a pop up game against Vanderbilt after their game against SMU was canceled, where their second half comeback fell short in the 78-64 loss.
Williams a senior guard from Brooklyn, New York has played his final home game as a Bearcat. He played in 117 games overall in his four years at UC. Williams started his sophomore, junior and senior years and played as a reserve only his freshman year. Williams had career high points last season with 30 points on an efficient 12-of-18 shooting from the field with four steals. Happening during a comeback win at USF, which earned him AAC Weekly Honor Roll accolades. He also was an AAC Honor Roll Student athlete in the 2019-2020 season.
Williams recently joined UC’s historic 1,000 points club, in a victory against the UCF Knights. He became only the 54th player in UC’s program history to reach this milestone. It was great to see Williams reach this milestone, he went from a freshman that barely played to a guy that was at a crossroads coming into his junior year because of the impromptu coaching change that took place. With the coaching change Williams could’ve high tailed it out of Cincinnati, but the young man stuck it out and is now in a legendary group of UC history.
Williams averaging a career high in points, assists and steals in his final year (2020- 2021 season) as a Bearcat. Posting a stat line of 14.9 points, 2.2 assists, 1.2 steals are career highs, as well has 4.0 rebounds. Williams has a lot of potential and has a bright future ahead of him. He will always be a part of UC basketball history and forever a Bearcat.
