2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Jarvis Williams
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Macon, Ga.
- High School:
- Wilkinson County HS
- Prev School:
- Gordon State JC
2014-15: Was named to the All-OVC Preseason Team ... Started the season with a pair of double-doubles against Houston and Middle Tennessee and earned OVC Player of the Week honors ... Had 24 points and 12 rebounds in a home win over WKU (Dec. 6) ... Reached 500 career rebounds (Jan. 24) against SIUE ... Had a double-double against SEMO (Feb. 5) with 23 points and 11 rebounds ... Named All-OVC First Team ... Became the 42nd member of the MSU 1000-Point Club (March 7) against Belmont ... One of only 14 Racers to score 1,000 points and grab 600 rebounds, he’s also one of five to do it in less than 100 games ... In all-time records at MSU, he ranks 34th in points and 21st in rebounds after playing two seasons ... Played in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament ... Played in the NABC Reese’s All-Star Game during Final Four weekend and scored a team-high 16 points for the Orange Team.
2013-14: Debuted with 11 points and seven rebounds vs Valparaiso (Nov. 8) ... Recorded his first double-double at MSU with 14 points and 14 rebounds against Brescia (Nov. 12) ... Pulled down 16 rebounds (Dec. 4) against Evansville and had a 14.5 rebound per game average in games against UE and Lipscomb (Dec. 7) ... Scored in double-figures in his first seven games as a Racer ... Made 9-of-11 from the field for a 24-point performance at WKU (Dec. 21) ... Grabbed 18 rebounds against Southeast Missouri (Jan. 2) which tied the CFSB Center record held by James Singleton ... Was 9-of-9 from the field at Eastern Kentucky (Jan. 8) which was one off the MSU record of 10-of-10 set by Cuthbert Victor in 2001 and matched by James Singleton in 2003 ... Scored a career-high 28 points against Austin Peay (Jan. 31) on 12-of-16 from the field ... Was 7-of-7 from the field and scored 21 points (Feb. 6) at Belmont ... Scored 25 points and hauled in 15 rebounds (March 1) and played 49-of-50 possible minutes in a double overtime game at SEMO ... Had 14 double-doubles in the regular season and five games of 15+ rebounds ... His .648 field goal percentage was tied with Jonathan Fairell for the team lead and third all-time in a single-season at MSU ...  His .648 percentage was tops in NCAA ... Named All-OVC Second Team and to the OVC Newcomer Team ... Named NABC All-District 19 ... Had a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds in the Racers’ CIT win at Missouri State (March 19) ... In the CIT vs Omaha (March 24) and Yale (April 3) he had a career-high five blocked shots ... Named to the All-Tournament team for the CIT.Â
Before MSU: Had a great career at Gordon State College in Barnesville, Ga. ... Averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds per game in 2012-13 as a sophomore  ... Was a 1,000-point scorer and 500-rebounder ... Had a triple-double game against Macon State with 50 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocked shots ... In the game, he was 20-of-27 from the field/8-of-10 in free throws ... As a freshman, he scored 18 points per game and pulled down 11 rebounds per game while earning Honorable Mention All-America by the NJCAA ... Named Freshman of the Year in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association ...  Set the school record with 18 rebounds ... Played at Wilkinson County High School in Irwinton, Ga., where he was part of a 2010-11 team that won the Georgia State Class-A Championship with a record of 32-0.
Personal: Born Jan. 21, 1993 ... Son of Reginald Williams ... Majoring in integrated studies/heath and exercise.Â
