2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Gavin Ware
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Starkville, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Starkville HS
2015-16 • Senior
-Appeared in 30 games for the Bulldogs and drew 27 starts. Missed the Missouri game with a concussion.
-Led MSU with his 15.4 scoring clip, 7.8 rebounds and 32 blocked shots.
-Named honorable mention All-SEC by the Associated Press.
-Scored in double-digits 25 times and totaled 20-plus points eight times.
-Score a career-high 28 points against Alabama on 2-2-16 and at Ole Miss on 3-2-16.
-Named SEC Player of the Week after totaling 26 in the season opener against Eastern Washington.
-Had season-high 13 rebounds three times —Eastern Washington, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
-Had 10-plus rebounds 10 times.
-Had 25 points against Missouri State to become the 35th player in school history to score 1,000 for a career.
-Had nine double-doubles on the year to give him 21 for his career.
-Had 2 points and 10 rebounds against Georgia in the SEC Tournament.
-Led the SEC with his. 641 shooting percentage, which was 16th nationally.
-His 1,362 points rank 17th in MSU history, while his 888 rebounds the 5th most.
-He's also 8th with 100 blocked shots.
-Is just one of seven players in MSU history to score 1,000 points and 800 rebounds.
-For his career, appeared in 125 games and drew 112 starts while logging 3,327 minutes.
2014-15 • Junior
-Started 25 of the 30 games he played. Missed two games after spraining ankle against USC Upstate.
-Second on the team in scoring with his 10.0 clip and seventh in the SEC with his 7.1 rebounds.
-Scored in double-digits 18 times and had 10-plus rebounds five times.
-Totaled three double-doubles to give him 12 for his career.
-Career-high 17 rebounds came at Auburn on Jan. 21.
-Season-high 19 points came against Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 17.
-Had three-plus bocks three times — Western Carolina, Mississippi Valley and St. Louis.
-Season-high two seals came against Florida State and LSU.
-In the SEC Tournament against Auburn, had 6 points and 3 rebounds in 29 minutes.
-Finished the year with 301 points, 212 rebounds, 11 steals and 32 blocked shots in 803 minutes.
2013-14 • Sophomore
-Was the only player to start all 33 games for the Bulldogs.
-Was second in scoring with his 10.0 clip and sixth in the SEC with his 7.2 rebounds.
-Scored in double-digits 13 times and had 10-plus rebounds 10 times.
-Totaled seven double-doubles to give him nine for his career.
-Led MSU in shooting percentage at .581 (129-222).
-Season-high 16 rebounds came against Maryland-Eastern Shore on Jan. 2.
-Scored 20-plus points three times, while career high of 23 came against Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 19.
-Also had 22 points against Texas A&M on Jan. 18 and 21 points against Maryland-Eastern Shore.
-Career-best 3 steals came against Kennesaw State on Nov. 14.
-In the SEC Tournament against Vanderbilt and Ole Miss, scored 11 and 8 points, respectively, to go along with his 4 and 10 rebounds.
-Finished the year with 330 points, 236 rebounds, 28 steals and 12 blocked shots in 858 minutes.
2012-13 • Freshman
-Named to the 2013 SEC All-Freshman Team.
-Received SEC Freshman of the Week honors on Dec. 24.
-Appeared in all 32 games and drew 27 starts.
-Averaged 8.4 points and a team-best 6.4 rebounds (ranked 12th in the SEC).
-Recorded first-career double-double against Central Arkansas, posting career-highs with 22 points and 13 rebounds.
-Led the team with a .542 field goal percentage.
-Scored in double-digits 14 times.
-Grabbed double-digit rebounds in 3 games.
-Led or co-led the team in rebounding in 18 games.
-Against Loyola, recorded a career-high 5 blocks.
-Averaged 6.5 points and 7 rebounds in the SECT and picked up his 200th rebound against Tennessee.
High School
-As a senior, led Starkville to a 26-5 record and averaged 15.2 points and 4.9 rebounds.
-Totaled a season-high 20 points twice, versus Lanier and Canton.
-Season high of 16 rebounds came against Yazoo City.
-Year ended with a 50-30 loss to Wayne County in the semifinals of the state tournament where he had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
-As a junior, averaged 19 points and 10.5 rebounds but missed the playoffs due to a knee injury.
-As a sophomore, led the Yellow Jackets to a 31-2 ledger en route to winning the Class 6A title.
-Averaged 9 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.
-Had season high in points (20) against Williams Sullivan, rebounds (14) versus Greenville-Weston and 11 times had 10-plus rebounds. Also finished with 61 blocks.
-Played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic and had 15 points and 6 rebounds in Mississippi's 109-104 setback.
-Ranked as the 98th-best player in the nation by Scout and 99th-best senior by Rivals.
Personal
Gavin Elles Ware was born on Oct. 19, 1993, in Starkville, Miss. ... Majoring in criminology. ... The son of Calvin Ware.
