2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Nic Thomas
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Arlington, Texas
- High School:
- HSAA
- Prev School:
- Norfolk State
2019-20: Earned a spot on the AAC All-Academic Team…Appeared in 27 games and made eight starts in his lone season with the Green Wave…Averaged 7.9 points and 1.8 rebounds in 21.4 minutes per game…Led the team in scoring off the bench…Shot 75-for-208 (.361) overall, 50-for-127 (.394) from 3-point range and 14-for-18 (.778) at the foul line…Ranked fourth in the American Athletic Conference in 3-point field goal percentage…Scored in double-figures 10 times and made three or more 3s in eight different contests…Scored 12 points in the win over Northwestern State (11/16)…Scored 16 points and made five 3s in 20 minutes off the bench against Saint Louis (12/8)…Had 13 points, three assists and three steals in the win over Alcorn State (12/16)…Scored 19 points and shot 5-of-6 from 3-point range against Towson (12/21)…Scored 11 points off the bench at UConn (1/8)…Tallied 12 points in 20 minutes against UCF (1/14)…Put up 19 points and made five treys in a start at ECU (1/25)…Scored a season-high 20 points and connected on a season-best six 3s at SMU (2/1)…Scored eight points and made three straight clutch free throws in the final 10 seconds to seal a 75-74 road win at UCF (2/22).
At Norfolk State (2017-19): Appeared in 64 games with 37 starts and scored 740 points (11.6/gm) while making 123 3-pointers in two seasons with the Spartans… Earned 2019 Boxtorow HBCU Division I All-America honors…All-MEAC Second Team selection…Made 199 free throws at an 81 percent clip overall…MEAC Co-Player of the week twice in 2018-19…Played in 34 games with 32 starts in 2018-19…Led with team in scoring with 14.3 points to complement 3.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in a team-high 29.7 minutes per game…Shot 37.4 percent overall and made 86 3-pointers at a 39.4 percent clip…Went for a career-high 30 points in a MEAC tournament win over South Carolina State…Scored 15 points in the first round of the NIT against Alabama…Had 10 points and a personal-best nine rebounds against Colorado in the second round of the NIT…Played in 30 games with five starts in 2017-18…Averaged 8.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 20.3 minutes per game…Made 37 treys at a 32.2 percent rate.
At Howard College (2016-17): Competed in 30 games and made 20 starts while averaging 13.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game…Named to the All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference Team…Led Howard to 20-12 overall record and to the NJCAA Region 5 Tournament…Shot 44 percent overall and 36 percent from 3-point range while making 56 shots…Also made 83 percent of his free throws…Scored in double figures in 20 games, including a season-high 35 points with 10 rebounds on Nov. 18…Made the Dean’s List
At Houston Baptist (2015-16): Played in just two games to start the year and saw eight minutes of action…Received a hardship waiver after the season.
Before College: Attended the Home School Athletic Association in Dallas, Texas… Was a 2015 McDonald’s All-America nominee…Played for coach Josh Feemster in 2014-15 and averaged 26.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game…Named MVP of the HomeSchool All-America game and a HomeSchool All-American…Earned National Christian HomeSchool Basketball Championship (NCHBC) first-team all-tournament honors…Led HSAA to a No. 4 ranking in the nation among all homeschools and a state top 100 ranking per TexasHoops.com…Averaged 30.7 points per game as a sophomore in 2012-13 at High Point Academy … Led High Point to a 30-0 season and the state championship...Earned MVP honors in the state championship game…Garnered first-team all-district and first-team all-state honors…High Point ranked as high as No. 5 among all Texas private schools … Competed for Legacy High School his freshman year in 2011-12…Averaged 8.0 points per game … Named all-district honorable mention and an all-district academic honoree…Did not compete his junior year of high school…Competed for both Texas Select and Texas the Dream on the AAU circuit.
Facts: Born on June 3…Son of Sakeiah and Will Thomas…Has one older sister, Kourtné…His father Will played basketball at Mississippi College from 1986-90 and is in the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame…Uncle Jabari Thomas played at Nebraska and Chaminade from 2001-03…Earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology and was a member of SAAC at Norfolk State.
