Danuel House

Danuel Kennedy House Jr. (born June 7, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He played two seasons of college basketball for the Houston Cougars before transferring to the Texas A&M Aggies.

House was ranked 15th in the 2012 class by ESPNU 100 and 26th overall by Scout.com.

House committed to Houston over Ohio State, Baylor, Texas, Georgetown, and Kansas.

House began his collegiate career at Houston, where he averaged 12.4 points per game as a freshman while competing in 33 games with 27 starts.

He was named C-USA Freshman of the Year, the first in school history to receive the honor.

In the first round of the College Basketball Invitational, House hit the game-winning shot against Texas with 17 seconds left.

As a sophomore, he was the Cougars' leading scorer and rebounder with 19.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, and led the team to the conference semifinals.

After the 2013–14 season, House left the team after coach James Dickey had resigned, and the school granted House's immediate release with the stipulation that he not transfer to another Texas school —a condition the NCAA later refused.

House transferred to Texas A&M and received a waiver from the NCAA to immediately play rather than sit out a year.

He averaged 16.2 points per game and earned first-team All-SEC honors.

House suffered a foot injury near the end of the season and missed the team's final four games.

During his senior season, House averaged 15.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game and scored at least 20 points in nine games.

For the first three games of the season, House scored a total of 50 points in wins over USC Upstate, Southeastern Louisiana, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

The Aggies went to the Battle 4 Atlantis finals, losing to Syracuse 74–67.

Along the way, the Aggies beat former rival Texas and upset No. 10 Gonzaga with House scoring 19 in each contest.

The Aggies finished the regular season with 13 wins, sharing the SEC championship with Kentucky.

In the SEC tournament, House averaged 17.0 points per game and scored 32 in the championship game against Kentucky, where the Aggies lost 82–77 in overtime.

In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, House scored 20 points in 26 minutes to defeat the Green Bay Phoenix 92–65.

In the second round, the Aggies faced the #11 seed Northern Iowa Panthers.

By the 5:14 mark in the second half, House had not scored any points and ended with 22 in a double-overtime game where the Aggies overcame a 12-point deficit with 44 seconds remaining in regulation to win 92–88.

It was the largest last-minute comeback in NCAA basketball history.

During his senior season, he was instrumental in the Aggies' first share of a regular-season Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship, as well as their run to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2016 NCAA tournament.

House was born in Houston and grew up in the Fourth Ward.

He attended Hightower High School in Missouri City, Texas.

As a junior, he averaged 13.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.5 steals, 1.1 blocks and 1.3 assists per game and was named All-District 23-5A First-Team honoree.

He averaged 26.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.5 steals per game as a senior and was one of 10 finalists for the Guy V. Lewis Award, an award given to the best player in the Greater Houston area.

That season, the Hightower Hurricanes finished with an overall record of 29–9 and a Regional championship game berth.

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, House joined the Washington Wizards for the 2016 NBA Summer League.

On September 23, 2016, he signed with the Wizards.

House made his NBA debut on November 11, 2016, recording one rebound in 50 seconds of action against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

On November 30, 2016, he was diagnosed with a fracture in his right wrist and was subsequently ruled out for at least six weeks.

On March 1, 2017, he was waived by the Wizards.

House appeared in just one game for the Wizards, as he missed 39 games with the right wrist injury and 10 games on assignment to the NBA Development League with the Delaware 87ers.

Around the start of training camp, he signed up with the Houston Rockets.

However, he would be one of the players cut from the final roster at the conclusion of preseason on October 15.

He would later be assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the newly rebranded NBA G League afterwards.

House would play for the squad throughout the month of November and the beginning of December, averaging 17.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game there.

On December 8, 2017, the Phoenix Suns signed House to a two-way contract with the team.

Throughout the rest of the season, House would split his playing time there between Phoenix and their NBA G League squad, the Northern Arizona Suns.