2024-25 Jax State Men's Basketball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 50
Mason Nicholson
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 280
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Gary, Ind.
- High School:
- Gary West Side HS
JSU CAREER
2023-24: Appeared in 32 games with 16 starts in his second year with the Gamecocks …started in 11 of the final 12 games of the season … averaged 6.5 points per contest while picking up 5.4 rebouns per game ... closed out the 2023-24 season with his best performance of the year against FIU in the CUSA Tournament on March 12, tallying 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and picking up 13 rebounds ... scored in double figures on 12 occasions and tabbed three double-doubles, including at New Mexico State (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Sam Houston (10 points, 10 rebounds)...was named to the CUSA All-Academic Team.
2022-23: Appeared in just eight games in the first half of the season before a hand injury ended his debut season with the Gamecocks early…made his JSU debut on Nov. 7 with two points and three rebounds against Shorter…had his best game of the season in Albuquerque, N.M. versus North Dakota State on Nov. 27 where he finished 3-for-3 from the floor for a season-high seven points and two blocks…finished the year with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
PRIOR TO JSU: (NW Florida State)
Played his freshman season at Northwest Florida State CC in Niceville, Fla. under head coach Greg Heiar, who has since been hired at future C-USA foe, New Mexico State…helped turn the Raiders around from a 6-15 record the previous season to a 31-5 mark en route to Panhandle Conference title and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship…he appeared in 33 games with one start, averaging eight minutes per contest…he pulled down 2.3 rebounds per game and shot 51.6 percent from the field for the season…NWF defeated Salt Lake City CC, 83-67, in the championship game which featured now CoBo Nick Covington on staff.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Led Gary West Side HS to a 22-5 record as a senior, falling to eventual IHSAA 4A state champion, Carmel High, in the state semifinals.
2023-24: Appeared in 32 games with 16 starts in his second year with the Gamecocks …started in 11 of the final 12 games of the season … averaged 6.5 points per contest while picking up 5.4 rebouns per game ... closed out the 2023-24 season with his best performance of the year against FIU in the CUSA Tournament on March 12, tallying 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and picking up 13 rebounds ... scored in double figures on 12 occasions and tabbed three double-doubles, including at New Mexico State (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Sam Houston (10 points, 10 rebounds)...was named to the CUSA All-Academic Team.
2022-23: Appeared in just eight games in the first half of the season before a hand injury ended his debut season with the Gamecocks early…made his JSU debut on Nov. 7 with two points and three rebounds against Shorter…had his best game of the season in Albuquerque, N.M. versus North Dakota State on Nov. 27 where he finished 3-for-3 from the floor for a season-high seven points and two blocks…finished the year with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
PRIOR TO JSU: (NW Florida State)
Played his freshman season at Northwest Florida State CC in Niceville, Fla. under head coach Greg Heiar, who has since been hired at future C-USA foe, New Mexico State…helped turn the Raiders around from a 6-15 record the previous season to a 31-5 mark en route to Panhandle Conference title and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship…he appeared in 33 games with one start, averaging eight minutes per contest…he pulled down 2.3 rebounds per game and shot 51.6 percent from the field for the season…NWF defeated Salt Lake City CC, 83-67, in the championship game which featured now CoBo Nick Covington on staff.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Led Gary West Side HS to a 22-5 record as a senior, falling to eventual IHSAA 4A state champion, Carmel High, in the state semifinals.
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