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Jersey Number 2
Javian Davis
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Canton, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Canton HS/Alabama
Bio
HONORS & AWARDS
2021-22 SEC Academic Honor Roll • Mississippi State
2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll • Mississippi State
2019-20 SEC Academic Honor Roll • Alabama
2018-19 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll • Alabama
2021-22 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Davis came away with 3.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game … Saw action in 32 games which included one start against Vanderbilt (Feb. 26) … Shot 45.5 percent from the field (35-of-77) and 63.6 percent at the charity stripe (42-of-66) … Improved his free throw clip to 73.4 percent (39-of-53) after the first four games of the season (Nov. 25-March 16) … Two games of 10-plus points … MSU and Alabama are 9-3 when Davis scores in double figures … Grabbed five or more rebounds in three outings … Transferred to UAB following the 2021-22 season.
2021-22 • BEST GAMES
Davis hauled down a non-conference best seven rebounds and added two points versus North Alabama (Nov. 10) in season opener … Provided six points apiece against Morehead State (Nov. 21), Lamar (Dec. 2) and Georgia State (Dec. 14) … Scored nine of his season-high 13 points versus Colorado State (Dec. 11) during the second half … Tallied eight points against Arkansas (Dec. 29) in SEC opener … Filled the stats sheet with a SEC season’s best 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting coupled with six rebounds and two steals versus Georgia (Jan. 12) … Notched six points efforts against Ole Miss (Jan. 22), at No. 12 Kentucky (Jan. 25) and versus Missouri (Feb. 18).
2020-21 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Davis notched 2.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game … Made 29 appearances with one start versus Richmond (March 25) in the NIT Quarterfinal round … Was 41.8 percent from the floor (28-of-67) and 39.5 percent at the foul line (17-of-43) … Came away with one game in double figures and recorded six outings of five-plus points … Secured five-plus rebounds in nine games.
2020-21 • BEST GAMES
Davis collected seven points and a season-high eight rebounds against Texas State (Nov. 30) … Fired in season’s best 11 points and added five rebounds versus Jackson State (Dec. 8) … Nearly compiled double-double with nine points and eight rebounds against Central Arkansas (Dec. 16) … Provided SEC season-highs with five points, seven rebounds and two assists versus Kentucky (Jan. 2) in SEC opener … Added four points, five rebounds and two steals against South Carolina (Feb. 24) … Came away with five points and seven rebounds versus Richmond (March 25) during first MSU career start at NIT Quarterfinals … Tallied seven points and four rebounds against Louisiana Tech (March 27) in NIT Semifinals.
BEFORE MISSISSIPPI STATE • ALABAMA
Davis posted 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game over his 31 appearances as a redshirt freshman at Alabama during the 2019-20 season … Connected on 59.4 percent of his field goal attempts (60-of-101) and 61.5 percent at the free throw line (64-of-104) … Alabama won seven of nine games when Davis provided double figures … Ripped off season-highs with 20 points and 10 rebounds versus South Carolina (Feb. 29) … Logged 11 points and three blocks against Arkansas (Feb. 1) … Tallied 13 points and eight rebounds versus Georgia (Feb. 8) … Added 10 points and four rebounds at Ole Miss (Feb. 22) … Earned nine of his 14 starts during non-conference action … His top non-conference performances were a 19-point, 9-rebound effort versus Florida Atlantic (Nov. 11) along with 12 points and six rebounds against Belmont (Dec. 21) … Redshirted the 2018-19 season where he transformed his body dropping over 40 pounds … Chose Mississippi State over Georgetown, Wake Forest and Xavier among others.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped under Russell Evans at Canton High School in Canton, Mississippi … Secured 17.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game as a senior … Collected an All-State First-Team selection by USA Today and an All-State Second-Team nod by the Jackson-Clarion Ledger … Team registered a 29-4 record and a 5A state semifinals appearance in 2017-18 … Tabbed to the Clarion Ledger’s “Dandy Dozen” list heading into the 2017-18 season … Averaged 16.2 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game during his junior season … Played in the 2017 Mississippi North/South All-Star Game where he captured Most Valuable Defensive Player with 18 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks … Rated the state of Mississippi’s No. 3 prospect by 247 Sports behind Robert Woodard II and D.J. Stewart Jr. for the Class of 2018 … Played the AAU circuit for Team Thad based out of Memphis, Tennessee … Selected to attend the NBPA top 100 camp in Summer 2017.
PERSONAL
Born on September 9, 1999.
2021-22 SEC Academic Honor Roll • Mississippi State
2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll • Mississippi State
2019-20 SEC Academic Honor Roll • Alabama
2018-19 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll • Alabama
2021-22 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Davis came away with 3.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game … Saw action in 32 games which included one start against Vanderbilt (Feb. 26) … Shot 45.5 percent from the field (35-of-77) and 63.6 percent at the charity stripe (42-of-66) … Improved his free throw clip to 73.4 percent (39-of-53) after the first four games of the season (Nov. 25-March 16) … Two games of 10-plus points … MSU and Alabama are 9-3 when Davis scores in double figures … Grabbed five or more rebounds in three outings … Transferred to UAB following the 2021-22 season.
2021-22 • BEST GAMES
Davis hauled down a non-conference best seven rebounds and added two points versus North Alabama (Nov. 10) in season opener … Provided six points apiece against Morehead State (Nov. 21), Lamar (Dec. 2) and Georgia State (Dec. 14) … Scored nine of his season-high 13 points versus Colorado State (Dec. 11) during the second half … Tallied eight points against Arkansas (Dec. 29) in SEC opener … Filled the stats sheet with a SEC season’s best 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting coupled with six rebounds and two steals versus Georgia (Jan. 12) … Notched six points efforts against Ole Miss (Jan. 22), at No. 12 Kentucky (Jan. 25) and versus Missouri (Feb. 18).
2020-21 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Davis notched 2.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game … Made 29 appearances with one start versus Richmond (March 25) in the NIT Quarterfinal round … Was 41.8 percent from the floor (28-of-67) and 39.5 percent at the foul line (17-of-43) … Came away with one game in double figures and recorded six outings of five-plus points … Secured five-plus rebounds in nine games.
2020-21 • BEST GAMES
Davis collected seven points and a season-high eight rebounds against Texas State (Nov. 30) … Fired in season’s best 11 points and added five rebounds versus Jackson State (Dec. 8) … Nearly compiled double-double with nine points and eight rebounds against Central Arkansas (Dec. 16) … Provided SEC season-highs with five points, seven rebounds and two assists versus Kentucky (Jan. 2) in SEC opener … Added four points, five rebounds and two steals against South Carolina (Feb. 24) … Came away with five points and seven rebounds versus Richmond (March 25) during first MSU career start at NIT Quarterfinals … Tallied seven points and four rebounds against Louisiana Tech (March 27) in NIT Semifinals.
BEFORE MISSISSIPPI STATE • ALABAMA
Davis posted 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game over his 31 appearances as a redshirt freshman at Alabama during the 2019-20 season … Connected on 59.4 percent of his field goal attempts (60-of-101) and 61.5 percent at the free throw line (64-of-104) … Alabama won seven of nine games when Davis provided double figures … Ripped off season-highs with 20 points and 10 rebounds versus South Carolina (Feb. 29) … Logged 11 points and three blocks against Arkansas (Feb. 1) … Tallied 13 points and eight rebounds versus Georgia (Feb. 8) … Added 10 points and four rebounds at Ole Miss (Feb. 22) … Earned nine of his 14 starts during non-conference action … His top non-conference performances were a 19-point, 9-rebound effort versus Florida Atlantic (Nov. 11) along with 12 points and six rebounds against Belmont (Dec. 21) … Redshirted the 2018-19 season where he transformed his body dropping over 40 pounds … Chose Mississippi State over Georgetown, Wake Forest and Xavier among others.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped under Russell Evans at Canton High School in Canton, Mississippi … Secured 17.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game as a senior … Collected an All-State First-Team selection by USA Today and an All-State Second-Team nod by the Jackson-Clarion Ledger … Team registered a 29-4 record and a 5A state semifinals appearance in 2017-18 … Tabbed to the Clarion Ledger’s “Dandy Dozen” list heading into the 2017-18 season … Averaged 16.2 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game during his junior season … Played in the 2017 Mississippi North/South All-Star Game where he captured Most Valuable Defensive Player with 18 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks … Rated the state of Mississippi’s No. 3 prospect by 247 Sports behind Robert Woodard II and D.J. Stewart Jr. for the Class of 2018 … Played the AAU circuit for Team Thad based out of Memphis, Tennessee … Selected to attend the NBPA top 100 camp in Summer 2017.
PERSONAL
Born on September 9, 1999.
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