Men’s Basketball Welcomes Guard Terrance Arceneaux

HOUSTON – Beaumont United High School star guard Terrance Arceneaux became the newest member of the University of Houston Men's Basketball program after signing a National Letter of Intent, Head Coach Kelvin Sampson announced Wednesday.

At 6-foot-7 and 180 pounds, Arceneaux was listed as a 4-star recruit by ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals and was the No. 70 player nationally in the ESPN100. The Beaumont, Texas, native was ranked as the No. 10 small forward by Rivals, No. 12 by 247Sports and No. 16 by ESPN.

Arceneaux, who played for Head Coach David Green at Beaumont United HS, chose Houston after being recruited by Oklahoma, Texas A&M and UNLV.

"If you look up winner in the thesaurus, you will see a picture of Terrance Arceneaux. That's what he is. He does all the little things. In all my years of recruiting, I don't know if I have recruited a player that can impact winning in as many ways as he can," Sampson said. "He can block a shot. He can go get a rebound. He can lead the break. He can make a 3. He has an in-between game, a pull-up game. Terrance will really continue to improve here. He just doesn't have a lot of weaknesses."

As a junior in 2020-21, he averaged 20.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game to go with 4.0 blocks and 2.5 steals per contest. In the Class 5A state championship game against Kimball High School, Arceneaux drained the game-tying 3-pointer with one second remaining in regulation and then buried the game-winning trey in overtime.

He was recognized as the State Championship Most Valuable Player and was named the Super Gold Player of the Year.

"He has improved so much. As a freshman, he could pull up and shoot. Now, he puts it on the floor. He can post up and hit the fallaway jumper. He can do it all. I can put him at the point. He is just all around now. Terrance is the complete package. The sky is the limit for him," Green said. "Off the court, he is a coach's dream. He just gets it. Everyone wants to talk with him. The kids at the school look up to him. He is just a natural when it comes to dealing with people. He just loves people."

Terrance Arceneaux, Beaumont United High School

Terrance Arceneaux, Beaumont United High School

Photo by Fran Ruchalski (Beaumont Enterprise)

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