Dairese Gary

Dairese Layton Gary (born October 21, 1988, pronounced da-REECE) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at New Mexico, where he was named First-team All-MWC in 2010 and 2011.

High school career

Gary attended Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana, lettering in two sports, basketball and football. During his junior year at Concord, Gary led the team to the sectional title, averaging 22.3 point per game, four rebounds per game and two assists per game while guiding Concord to a 22-2 record. During his senior year, he led Concord back to another winning record, 13-7, while compiling 21.8 points per game, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game. He shot 56.3% from the floor, 34.7% from three-point range and 69.0% from the foul line during his senior season. He finish his high school career at Concord scoring 1,330 points (ninth all-time at Concord) and as a two-time first team all-area selection, enough to garner a three-star rating from Scout.com. He verbally committed to play for Steve Alford at Iowa as a sophomore, but signed a letter of intent at New Mexico after Alford was hired at the school. "I don't know much about (New Mexico), I know it's warm," he said. Gary's nickname is "Little Bus” because of al resemblance to former NFL running back Jerome “The Bus” Bettis.