Tarvin Gaines Named Second Team All-OVC
3/5/2013 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Jacksonville State senior Tarvin Gaines received All-Ohio Valley Conference honors on Tuesday, capping an impressive final season on the hardwood for the Gamecock men's basketball team.
Gaines, a 6-foot-6, 22-pound forward from West Memphis, Ark., becomes the Gamecocks' first All-OVC selection since 2007, when Courtney Bradley was a first-team selection. Gaines becomes just the fourth different JSU player to earn All-OVC accolades since the Gamecocks joined the league prior to the 2003-04 season.
In a season that saw Jax State tie for the second-most wins in its Division I history with 17, Gaines was the Gamecocks' main scoring threat down the stretch in his senior season, averaging 16.4 points per game, the sixth-highest total in a season in JSU's 18-year Division I history. He also pulled down 5.2 rebounds per game and shot 47 percent form the floor and 84 percent (135-for-161) from the free throw line.
He did most of his damage in league play, where his 18.8 points per game ranked third among all league players, his 5.4 rebounds 13th and his .524 field goal percentage 12th.
He scored in double figures in all but three of the Gamecocks' 28 games this season and in all but one conference game, while posting at least 20 points eight times and a career-high 31 at Morehead State on Feb. 14. His production seemed to come, however, when his team needed it most.
When sophomore and then-leading scorer Darion Rackley went down to a hand injury before JSU's Jan. 12 game at Eastern Illinois, Gaines stepped in to fill that scorer's role for the rest of the way. He scored 22 in that game against the Panthers and started a stretch that saw him average 20.3 points and 5.7 boards per game over the Gamecocks' final 11 contests.
He shot 54 percent from the floor and a blistering 44 percent from 3-point land to score 20 or more points in six of those 11 games.
He wraps up a two-year career after transferring from Lawson State Community College with 781 points and 272 rebounds. He was named the league's Player of the Week on Jan. 28 after leading JSU to a pair of home wins over Austin Peay and Murray State by averaging 20.5 points and 6.5 rebounds.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Jacksonville State senior Tarvin Gaines received All-Ohio Valley Conference honors on Tuesday, capping an impressive final season on the hardwood for the Gamecock men's basketball team.
Gaines, a 6-foot-6, 22-pound forward from West Memphis, Ark., becomes the Gamecocks' first All-OVC selection since 2007, when Courtney Bradley was a first-team selection. Gaines becomes just the fourth different JSU player to earn All-OVC accolades since the Gamecocks joined the league prior to the 2003-04 season.
In a season that saw Jax State tie for the second-most wins in its Division I history with 17, Gaines was the Gamecocks' main scoring threat down the stretch in his senior season, averaging 16.4 points per game, the sixth-highest total in a season in JSU's 18-year Division I history. He also pulled down 5.2 rebounds per game and shot 47 percent form the floor and 84 percent (135-for-161) from the free throw line.
He did most of his damage in league play, where his 18.8 points per game ranked third among all league players, his 5.4 rebounds 13th and his .524 field goal percentage 12th.
He scored in double figures in all but three of the Gamecocks' 28 games this season and in all but one conference game, while posting at least 20 points eight times and a career-high 31 at Morehead State on Feb. 14. His production seemed to come, however, when his team needed it most.
When sophomore and then-leading scorer Darion Rackley went down to a hand injury before JSU's Jan. 12 game at Eastern Illinois, Gaines stepped in to fill that scorer's role for the rest of the way. He scored 22 in that game against the Panthers and started a stretch that saw him average 20.3 points and 5.7 boards per game over the Gamecocks' final 11 contests.
He shot 54 percent from the floor and a blistering 44 percent from 3-point land to score 20 or more points in six of those 11 games.
He wraps up a two-year career after transferring from Lawson State Community College with 781 points and 272 rebounds. He was named the league's Player of the Week on Jan. 28 after leading JSU to a pair of home wins over Austin Peay and Murray State by averaging 20.5 points and 6.5 rebounds.
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