Parents: Mark & Connie Willis
Birthday: September 21, 2000
CAREER STATS
| SEASON |
GP-GS |
MIN |
FG |
Pct. |
3PT |
PCT |
FT |
PCT |
PTS |
PPG |
OFF |
DEF |
REB |
RPG |
AST |
TO |
STL |
BLK |
| 2019-20 |
30-11 |
668 |
91-200 |
.455 |
28-101 |
.277 |
46-67 |
.687 |
256 |
8.5 |
28 |
62 |
90 |
3.0 |
48 |
36 |
51 |
7 |
| 2020-21 |
12-12 |
298 |
47-110 |
.427 |
16-46 |
.348 |
16-21 |
.762 |
126 |
10.5 |
6 |
34 |
40 |
3.3 |
18 |
17 |
7 |
4 |
| 2021-22 |
30-30 |
783 |
86-185 |
.465 |
41-93 |
.441 |
33-50 |
.660 |
246 |
8.2 |
26 |
103 |
129 |
4.3 |
70 |
32 |
50 |
10 |
| 2022-23 |
26-26 |
780 |
119-262 |
.454 |
42-113 |
.372 |
73-87 |
.839 |
353 |
13.5 |
19 |
102 |
121 |
4.6 |
49 |
22 |
34 |
10 |
| 2023-24 |
27-26 |
740 |
117-277 |
.422 |
66-158 |
.418 |
54-69 |
.783 |
354 |
13.1 |
28 |
121 |
149 |
5.5 |
40 |
40 |
44 |
4 |
| CAREER |
125-105 |
3269 |
460-1034 |
.444 |
193-511 |
.377 |
222-294 |
.755 |
1335 |
10.7 |
105 |
422 |
527 |
4.2 |
225 |
147 |
186 |
35 |
2023-24: Willis ended his Vanguard career by continuing to show why he was well-respected within the conference, drawing much of the attention from opposing teams. Despite drawing that attention, Willis still managed to record his second-best PPG mark for a season in his career (13.1), en route to him passing the 1,000 point mark for his career. Willis had a career high 27 points in Vanguard's home upset over #7 Montana Tech, the eighth time in the past two seasons he scored 20+. He also slashed .422/.418/.783. Willis' three-point mark ranked second on the team behind Aguirre Jr, but it was the best percentage in the conference for a player who shot over 150 attempts from downtown. Willis also had his fourth season with at least 40 assists. Willis set a new personal best in boards per contest (5.5), with a season-high of 9 coming in Arizona against OUAZ. The home matchup with OUAZ saw Willis log a career-high 48 minutes.
2021-22
• Scored season-high 19 points against Embry-Riddle (12/31)
• Reached double figures in points in 13games.
• Shot a perfect 6-6 (4-4 from deep) against Antelope Valley (12/4)
• Had seven rebounds three times and a season-high 10 against Bethesda (1/18)
2020-21
• Averaged 10.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG and 1.5 APG as a junior.
• Scored season-high 17 points on two occasions – Hope International (2/18/21) and Benedictine-Mesa (3/12/21).
• Reached double figures in points in seven games.
• Shot 42.7 percent (47-of-110) from the field, 34.8 percent (16-of-46) from three-point territory and 76.2 percent (16-of-21) from the free throw line.
2019-20
• Recorded 10 or more points in 12 games, including in six of the last seven.
• Notched career-high 24 points at Life Pacific (2/13/20).
• Had at least one three-pointer in 18 of the final 21 games.
• Ranked second on the team with 51 steals.
• Shot 45.5 percent (91-of-200) from the field and 68.7 percent (46-of-67) at the free throw line.
What is your favorite stadium or concert venue that you have been to and why?
SoFi Stadium because it is huge, nice, and new.
If you could pick 2 fictional characters to be your parents, who would they be and why?
Shaggy (from Scooby doo) and Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) shaggy gonna get Hermione to become chiller while Hermione gonna be teaching me some sick magic spells.
Is there a backstory behind your name and if so, what is it?
My mom didn’t know what to name me so she had her 4th grade class pick names for me and then she went through them and liked Joseph Phillip but just switched them around for Phillip Joseph. So a 4th grader named me and I’m salty about that.
You have one roundtrip ride in a time machine. Where in time are you going and why?
Back to 1995 and investing in Amazon and picking the winner of all major sporting events.
How long do you think you could survive in a zombie apocalypse?
Until I die, easy.
