Custer played high school basketball at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park , Kansas , where he and future Loyola teammate Ben Richardson led the team to back-to-back state championships . Custer ultimately committed early to play for coach Fred Hoiberg at Iowa State . He also received offers from Oklahoma State and Kansas State , and Kansas coach Bill Self told him he was good enough to play for the Jayhawks but they had too many guards at that moment . As a freshman in the 2014 – 15 season , Custer played sparingly behind the Cyclones ' Monté Morris , one of the top point guards in the Big 12 Conference . He chose to transfer following the season , after scoring 13 points in 12 games . Custer ultimately chose to re-join Richardson under coach Porter Moser at Loyola after Moser took him to lunch and met with his parents . After sitting out the 2015 – 16 season per National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) transfer rules , Custer immediately joined the Ramblers ' starting lineup , allowing star Milton Doyle to play off the ball . He averaged 11.6 points and 3.1 assists per game as a sophomore . As a redshirt junior , Custer led the Ramblers to the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title , despite missing five games to an ankle injury . Custer was named the MVC Player of the Year . Following a run through the 2018 MVC Tournament , Custer and the Ramblers entered the 2018 NCAA Tournament as an 11 seed . After a first-round win over the Miami Hurricanes , Custer led the team to a 63 – 62 second-round win over Tennessee . Custer hit the game-winner with 3.7 seconds left to advance the Ramblers to the Sweet 16 . He ended up leading the Ramblers to the Final Four while averaging 13.2 points and 4.2 assists per game . At the close of the 2017-18 season , Custer was awarded the Lou Henson Award for top mid-major player in the country
2018 MVC Tournament
2018 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Clayton Custer