2009-10 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Danero Thomas
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
- High School:
- Mount Zion HS
2009-10: Ended the season as the 22nd all-time leading scorer in MSU history with 1,277 points … He became the 35th member of the MSU 1000-Point Club against Morehead State (Dec. 5) … Finished with 174 steals to rank 5th on the all-time MSU list
… His 60 steals this season rank him 5th in a single-season at MSU … Had a career-best six steals against UT Martin (Jan. 4) … Career-best scoring game came against Austin Peay (Feb. 7, 2009) when he had 30 … His career-high rebound game was against Austin Peay (Feb. 6, 2010) with 11 … Hit the biggest shot of his career against Vanderbilt (March 18) with a buzzer-beating jumper for MSU’s first win in the NCAA Tournament since 1988 … Was named All-OVC as a junior in 2009 and All-OVC Preseason Team as a senior in the fall of 2009 … Was named All-OVC Second Team in 2010 and was also a member of the All-OVC Tournament Team.2008-09: Ended junior season closing on becoming the 35th member of the MSU 1,000-Point Club, starts the 2009-10 season with 912 points... Had a season-high 30 points (Feb. 7) at Austin Peay, the first Racer to score 30 in a game since Shawn Witherspoon in 2005 ... Led the Racers in scoring with 12.5 points per game with 4.3 rebounds per game ... Had a season-high eight rebounds (Feb. 28) against Eastern Kentucky ... Enters the season with a string of 66 straight starts ... Had 20 double-figure scoring games and has 44 in his MSU career ... Was named to the All-OVC Preseason Team and the All-OVC Second Team.
2007-08: Was the Racers' second leading scorer with 12.3 points per game ... Appeared in 31 games with 30 starts ... Scored in double-figures in 20 games and had two games of 20 or more points ... Led the team in scoring 10 times and rebounding 10 times ... Scored a career-high 21 points in the final game of the season (Mar. 3) against Tennessee State ... Had a 20-point scoring game against Jacksonville State (Dec. 18) ... Scored his first double-double against UT-Martin (Mar. 1) with 11 points and 11 rebounds ... Had another double-digit rebound game with 10 against Eastern Illinois (Feb.6) ... Led the team with 45 steals ... Finished the season with a streak of six straight games with a steal ... Had a four game stretch when he hit 12-of-23 (.521) from three-point range.
2006-07: Played in 28 games as a freshman including eight starts ... Averaged 5.1 points per game ... Had five double-figure scoring games including a season-best 19 points against Rider (Feb. 17) when he hit 7-of-14 from the field and 2-of-5 from three-point range ... Had a season-best seven rebounds twice: against Jacksonville State (Dec. 12) and on (Feb. 17) against Rider ... Started the final four games of the season and had seven steals.
Before MSU: Joined the Racer program from Mount Zion High School where his team went 25-12 in his senior season ... He averaged 14 points, six rebounds and four assists per game ... He set a school record when he hit nine three-point shots in a game against Gulf Shores High School ... Comes from the same program that produced Tracy McGrady ... Mount Zion ranked in the top-5 high school programs in the nation during his senior season.
Personal: Born April 8, 1986 ... Son of Willie May Thomas and Irvin James Tate ... Majoring in integrated studies.
