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2018-19 Men's Basketball

3 James Gollon

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 200
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Stevens Point, Wis.
  • Highschool Pacelli
  • Position G

Biography

Career: Has played in 51 games, making seven starts and recording 232 points (4.5 per game), 124 rebounds (2.4 per game), 45 assists (0.9 per game), 33 steals (0.6 per game) and five blocks (0.1 per game) over 779 minutes (15.3 per game) ... Is a 44.2 percent (73-of-165) shooter -- including 38.2 percent (39-of-102) from three-point land ... Is an 83.9 percent (47-of-56) shooter from the free throw line ... Has finished in double figures in scoring 10 times in his career.

2017-18: Letterwinner ... Named to Academic All-MAC Team ... Garnered MAC Commissioner's Award and MAC Honor Roll distinction ... Earned both Fall and Spring Athletics Director Honor Roll selection ... Played in a career-high 31 games with a career-high seven starts, logging a career-high 211 points (6.8 per game), a career-high 110 rebounds (3.5 per game), a career-high 40 assists (1.3 per game), a career-high 31 steals (1.3 per game) to rank third on the team and a career-high five blocks (0.2 per game) over a career-high 670 minutes (21.6 per game) ... Shot a career-best 45.6 percent (67-of-147) from the field to rank fourth on the team -- including a career-best 38.5 percent (35-of-91) from beyond the arc to rank fourth on the team ... Ranked fourth on the team with a career-high 35 three-point field goals made (1.1 per game) and a career-high 91 three-point field goal attempts (2.9 per game) ... Made a career-best 87.5 percent (42-of-48) of his free throw attempts to lead the team ... Finished in double figures in points a career-high 10 times ... Led the team in assists once ... In conference play, started six of 18 games, recording 116 points (6.4 per game), 58 rebounds (3.2 per game), 23 assists (1.3 per game), 18 steals (1.0 per game) to rank third on the team and two blocks (0.1 per game) over 403 minutes (22.4 per game) ...Shot 45.1 percent (37-of-82) from the field to rank fourth on the team in conference play -- including 42.9 percent (21-of-49) from beyond the arc to rank second on the team ... Ranked fourth on the team with 21 three-point field goals made (1.2 per game) and 49 three-point field goal attempts (2.7 per game) in conference play ... Made 84.0 percent (21-of-25) of his free throw attempts to rank second on the team in conference play ... Made all six of his attempts from the charity stripe to set a career high en route to 11 points and also posted a career-high eight boards in 16 minutes of work off of the bench in an 80-37 win over Coppin State (Dec. 1) ... Converted a career-high five field goals for the first of four times on the season -- including a career-high four three-pointers -- in addition to knocking down all three of his free throw attempts to total a career-high 17 points in 29 minutes of work off the bench in an 84-65 victory over Prairie View A&M (Dec. 20) ... Dished out a career-high five assists in 43 minutes against Central Michigan (Feb. 3) ... Logged a game-high four steals to set a new career high at Miami (March 5) in the 2018 MAC Tournament First Round ... Started seven of the final 10 games, averaging 10.2 points (102 points) to rank fourth on the team on 48.6 percent (34-of-70) shooting from the field to rank third on the team -- including 42.2 percent (19-of-45) from beyond the arc to rank second on the team -- and 83.3 percent (15-of-18) from the free throw line to tie for the team lead ... Finished in double figures in points seven times over the final 10 games.

2016-17: Redshirted due to injury ... Garnered MAC Commissioner's Award and MAC Honor Roll distinction ... Earned both Fall and Spring Athletics Director Honor Roll selection ... Earned Fall Dean's List honors.

2015-16: Letterwinner ... Garnered Spring Dean's List distinction ... Played in 20 games, tallying 21 points (1.1 per game), 14 rebounds (0.7 per game), five assists (0.3 per game) and two steals per game (0.1 per game) over 109 minutes (5.5 per game) ... Shot a season-best 3-of-4 from the field -- including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc -- for a season-high eight points in addition to snagging a season-high two rebounds for the first of five times on the season in 10 minutes at St. Bonaventure (Dec. 5).

Prior to Ohio: Averaged 30.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game at Pacelli High School under head coach Brad Rutta in 2014-15 ... Garnered Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 4 All-State honors, Third Team All-State recognition (all divisions) and Stevens Point Journal Central Wisconsin Player of the Year distinction ... Earned Conference 8 Player of the Year honors and First Team All-Conference 8 laurels ... Competed for the North team in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game.

Personal: Born April 16, 1997 ... Son of Gerald and Debra Gollon ... Older brother, Jakob, played basketball at Mercer, helping to lead the Bears to the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament title and an NCAA Championship Second Round upset of Duke in 2014 ... Older sister, Jordan, played volleyball at Mercer ... Majoring in bios pre professional.

CAREER HIGHS
Points17Prairie View A&M (Dec. 20, 2017)
Field Goals Made5four times (last: Miami, March 5, 2018)
3-Pt Field Goals Made4Prairie View A&M (Dec. 20, 2017)
Free Throws Made6Coppin State (Dec. 1, 2017)
Rebounds8Coppin State (Dec. 1, 2017)
Assists5Central Michigan (Feb. 3, 2018)
Blocks1five times (last: Akron, Feb. 6, 2018)
Steals4at Miami (March 5, 2018)

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2016-17Sophomore

    G
    6'5" 194 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2017-18Redshirt Sophomore

    G
    6'5" 197 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2018-19Redshirt Junior

    G
    6'5" 200 lbs
    3