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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. \u2014 Kyan Evans<\/a><\/strong> and his Colorado State team took the premier stage that is the NCAA Tournament in March, and Evans answered the call in the Rams\u2019 tournament opener by dropping 23 points in an upset victory against Memphis.<\/p>\n

This year, when the regular season begins, the stage and stakes of every game will remain at a high level night in and night out for Evans. He transferred to North Carolina this offseason after turning in a productive sophomore season at Colorado State. He joins the Tar Heels looking to impact winning on a high-level team.<\/p>\n

Evans averaged 10.6 points, 3.1 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game last season while knocking down 3-pointers at a 44.6% clip. He shot 47.1% from the field as a whole and 85.2% from the free throw line.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t leave any space, no space,\u201d Evans said on Wednesday. \u201cYou want to try and keep me out of the paint, because I\u2019m gonna get my teammates involved. But it\u2019s hard to do both, so good luck.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-2 Evans expressed that his understanding of the point guard position since coming to college has expanded, particularly his approach to the leadership role and ability to control the game.<\/p>\n

After playing sparingly in his freshman season, just 8.1 minutes per game, Evans said he felt himself finding a groove early on in Mountain West play in his sophomore year. He recalled scoring 16 points against Nevada, shooting 5-8 from the field in a Rams win, and from there, he felt, \u201cAll right, I\u2019m here, and I can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evans joins a UNC team that lost Elliot Cadeau and RJ Davis from last season, as those departures opened up room at the point guard spot. This year\u2019s North Carolina team includes players like Seth Trimble, Luka Bogavac and others who can handle the ball throughout the course of the game. Evans said the team hasn\u2019t fully defined the ball-handling dynamics yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not really sure yet,\u201d Evans said. \u201cI think I\u2019m the point guard, so I\u2019m gonna be doing what a point guard does, and I\u2019m gonna handle the ball, but I think they\u2019ll handle the ball as well. And I think (Hubert Davis) is just gonna put us in the best position to be successful. And whatever that is, I don\u2019t know what it looks like now, but I think we\u2019ll all be pretty good at it, and we\u2019ll excel at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Colorado State\u2019s March win against Memphis, Evans connected on a career-high six 3-pointers. Evans connected on three or more 3-pointers in 13 games last season.<\/p>\n

Fellow transfer Henri Veesaar, coming in from Arizona, said he has adapted to Evans\u2019 style of play when it comes to his ability to shoot from three. He talked about playing with Evans in practice and running the pick-and-roll offense, giving Evans the opportunities he needs to rise up and knock down triples.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe definitely needs the space to shoot, and he\u2019s really good at it whenever anybody goes under,\u201d Veesaar said on Wednesday. \u201cSo in practice, whenever I can, if I see anybody trying to decide if they should go over or under, I would try to maybe take a step higher. That way, I can just stay there in front of him, let him shoot behind me, because that way, there\u2019s no contest. And he shoots it at such a high rate and so efficiently that I think it\u2019s very hard for other teams to guard. And when he gets downhill, he has a really good floater, and he\u2019s such a good decision maker and he stays very patient.\u201d<\/p>\n

In practice, Evans has found ways to connect with his new teammates on the court early on. Evans played with first-round draft pick Nique Clifford for two seasons, getting a front-row seat last season of Clifford\u2019s breakout year. Clifford led the Rams in points, rebounds, assists and steals.<\/p>\n

When asked about how he\u2019s been learning his new teammates, Evans said he\u2019s been able to rely on them well so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I\u2019m not gonna say it\u2019s easier, but it almost is easier,\u201d Evans said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re throwing the ball to Seth Trimble in transition, it\u2019s easy to make a hit. He\u2019ll make a play for you. So it\u2019s different that way, but at the same time, we\u2019re just building every day, trying to get better and just getting more connected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evans comes in as a guard with playing experience and postseason experience, which he seeks to build on as a Tar Heel. As North Carolina continues to sort itself out with 10 new scholarship players, Evans gives the team an intriguing piece at point guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe versatility, just his ability to be able to, from an offensive standpoint, make plays,\u201d Davis said last week. \u201cWhether it\u2019s with the ball in his hand, coming off ball screens or off the ball actions, whether it\u2019s flares or staggers or wide pins. And his versatility on the offensive end, being able to do that. He\u2019s an excellent defensive player.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo him coming here not only brings a high level of skill from a basketball standpoint, but also experience, and it\u2019s something that we were looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHAPEL HILL, N.C. \u2014 Kyan Evans and his Colorado State team took the premier stage that is the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,1317,1337,1338,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-217807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115184920582649654","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}