Houston Christian University Athletics

PRIOR TO HCU:  East Texas A&M (2024-25) Comes to HCU after played in 21 games with 11 starts for conference foe ETAMU … third in scoring for the Lions at 6.8 points and was second on the backboards pulling down 4.2 per game … career-high 12 points with seven caroms off the bench in the Southland opener at HCU (12/5) … had 11 points and seven boards in a start against Southern (11/13) … put up 10 points in games at South Dakota (11/6) and at Northwestern State (1/11) … grabbed five or more rebounds 10 times, including a career-best eight vs. South Alabama where he also had a career-high three assists (12/15) … Ranger College (2023-24) Spent sophomore campaign with the Rangers where he was named first-team All-NTJCAC … averaged 13 points and 8.2 rebounds on 59.5% shooting … had 10 double-double outings while playing all 30 games … Andrew College (2022-23) Earned first-team All-Conference honors after averaging 13 points and 10.5 rebounds per game during his first collegiate campaign … also selected second-team All-Defense … had 17 double-doubles and shot 57.5% from the floor over 27 games with the Fighting Tigers …

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year starter for the Wildcats … ended senior season averaging 23.1 points, 15.2 rebounds and 3.9 blocked shots … averaged 20.8 points, 12.3 rebounds and three blocks as a junior … twice named Region Player of the Year and was a two-time All-State selection …

PERSONAL: Full name is De’marco Rasheed Bethea … born January 22, 2003 … son of Mark Bethea and Raquel Faison … older brothers Zhakis Faison, Tyrell Sabb, Markeem Bethea and Marche Bethea … older sisters Tyjhane and Tyquasha Faison … planning to major in Kinesiology-Sport Management …