Nebraska Men’s Basketball Coach Fred Hoiberg announced Thursday that All-Conference USA guard Brice Williams will transfer to Nebraska for the 2023-24 season.
Williams, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound guard from Huntersville, N.C., spent the last four seasons at Charlotte, earning second-team C-USA honors in 2022-23 while leading the 49ers to the CBI Championship. In his three seasons with Charlotte, he totaled 801 points and 329 rebounds. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
“Brice provides a lot of versatility and can play several spots in our system,” Hoiberg said. “He is a three-level scorer who moves well without the ball and a high-volume 3-point shooter who shot nearly 40 percent from beyond the arc last season. He provides length and experience on the perimeter and led Charlotte to the CBI championship in March. Brice also has a very good understanding of the game, as his father Henry was a great college player and played professionally in Europe for a long time.”
Last season, he played in all 32 games for the 49ers, averaging a team-high 13.8 points per game as Charlotte won 22 games in 2022-23. A second-team All-Conference USA pick, Williams ranked among C-USA leaders in scoring (eighth), rebounding (15th), free throw percentage (.843, fifth) and 3-pointers per game (1.6, 14th). He was named the MVP of the CBI after averaging 16.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in Charlotte’s tournament run. He posted a pair of double-doubles in the event, including a 14-point, 11-rebound effort in the semifinals. Williams, who missed the 2021-22 season with an injury, was a two-time C-USA player of the Week and earned USBWA National Player of the Week in early January after averaging 31.0 points on 78 percent shooting. 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in a pair of wins. In all, Williams had a trio of 30-point games and 23 double-figure efforts. He
earned his second weekly honor in late February by averaging 19.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game in wins over North Texas and Rice.
Williams saw significant action in 2020-21, averaging 9.7 points per game while shooting 47 percent from the field and 43 percent from 3-point range. He totaled 14 double-figure efforts, including a season-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting in a win over UAB. Williams played in 27 games as a true freshman in 2019-20.
He was one of the top 20 seniors in the state of North Carolina at Hopewell High School. As a senior he was a second-team Charlotte Observer All-Mecklenburg County pick after averaging 21.2 points and 5.3 rebounds as a senior. His father, Henry, is Charlotte’s all-timeo leading scorer with 2,383 points and had his No. 34 jersey retired in 1992.