University of Minnesota Crookston Athletics

Prior to Minnesota Crookston: Darwiche transfers to the University of Minnesota Crookston from NCAA Division I Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y...Played two seasons for the Saints...Darwiche appeared in four games during the 2019-20 season, as Siena claimed the 2019-20 MAAC Championship and earned a bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament...He was named to the 2019-20 MAAC All-Academic Team...Played in a back court with MAAC Player of the Year and All-American Jalen Pickett...Darwiche played a larger role for the 2018-19 squad under Head Coach Jamion Christian before the coach moved on to The George Washington University...Played in 19 games and started 10 for the Saints, playing 14.2 minutes per game. He tallied 1.9 points and dished out 17 assists during his freshman season...He notched a season-high nine points in a win at Marist...Darwiche was an 83.3 percent shooter from the charity stripe during his freshman season...Prior to Siena College, Darwiche competed for Romania's Senior National Team beginning in 2017, where he averaged 3.7 points and dished out 1.7 assists per game over 18.9 minutes of action in three games at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers...He helped lead Romania to the U20 European Championship B Division Crown, while tallying 7.0 points per tilt and shooting 42 percent from three-point range over seven tournament contests...In 2016, he helped guide the U18 squad to a Romanian League Championship while earning Tournament MVP honors...Payed four seasons for Steaua CSM EximBank Bucuresti in Romania's top league...During the 2017-18 season, he played in 44 games for the squad and started 38, while averaging 3.0 points and 1.5 assists and posting a 2.37-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and shooting 40 percent from behind the three-point line.

Personal: Darwiche is the son of Pierre and Mihaela Darwiche...He plans to major in business at Minnesota Crookston...Darwiche was born Sept. 9, 1998.