Marvin Williams (basketball, born 1993)

This article is about the center from Louisiana–Monroe. For the NBA player, see Marvin Williams.
Marvin Williams
No. 21 – Gladstone Port City Power
Position Center
League Queensland Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1993-08-28) August 28, 1993
Memphis, Tennessee
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school White Station (Memphis, Tennessee)
College
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Tokyo Cinq Reves
2016–present Gladstone Port City Power

Marvin D. Williams Jr. (born August 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Gladstone Port City Power of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). The 6'8" center played two years of college basketball for Louisiana–Monroe before beginning his professional career in Japan in 2015.

High school career

Williams attended White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee where he played for coach Jesus Patino. During his four-year high school career, he helped White Station finish as Class AAA state tournament semi-finalists as a senior, state runners-up as a junior, state champions as a sophomore, and state runners-up as a freshman.[1] As a senior in 2010–11, he averaged 12.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game and earned All-Region Team honors.[2]

College career

As a freshman at Lipscomb in 2011–12, Williams appeared in 24 games and averaged 4.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. In the final week of the season, Williams and teammate Damarius Smith were suspended indefinitely and later dismissed from the team due to a coach's decision.[3]

For the 2012–13 season, Williams joined Northwest Florida State College, a junior college located in Niceville, Florida. In November 2012, he made a commitment to the University of Louisiana–Monroe for the 2013–14 season.[4] As a sophomore playing for Northwest Florida in 2012–13, he shot 53.7 percent from the field and averaged 6.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He played in 32 games, including 24 starts, and was ranked as high as No. 2 in the country.[2] On January 5, 2013, he recorded a career-high 17 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Gulf Coast State College.[5]

As a junior at Louisiana–Monroe in 2013–14, Williams led the team with 23 blocks, finishing top-10 in the SBC, and averaged 8.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 25 games (21 starts). He also shot 48.6 percent from the field (89-of-183), good for top-15 in the league.[2] During the season, he tallied a pair of double-doubles with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Northwestern State on November 21, and 11 points and 13 rebounds against Arkansas State on March 6.[6]

As a senior in 2014–15, Williams appeared in 21 of the Warhawks' first 22 games of the season before missed the last 16 games due to a season-ending shoulder injury.[2] In those 21 games (16 starts), he averaged 8.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.[7] On January 12, 2015, he was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week and Co-Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Player of the Week after leading the team to a 3–0 record and going 26-of-33 (.798) from the field with 20.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.[8] During that week, he had two 22-point games, a career high.[9]

Professional career

Japan (2015–2016)

On November 13, 2015, Williams signed with Japanese club Tokyo Cinq Reves for the rest of the 2015–16 bj league season.[10] He joined the club after they went 1–11 to start the season.[11] He made his debut for the Cinq Reves the following day with a three-point, four-rebound effort against the Toyama Grouses. In his second game for the club on November 15, also against the Grouses, Williams recorded 16 points and 16 rebounds.[12] On November 29, he scored a season-high 35 points on 16-of-24 shooting in a loss to the Shinshu Brave Warriors.[13] On January 29, 2016, he parted ways the Cinq Reves.[14] Over his 14-game stint, he was unable to lead the club to a win, as he averaged 12.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

Australia (2016–present)

On March 10, 2016, Williams signed with the Gladstone Port City Power for the 2016 Queensland Basketball League season.[15][16][17] He made his debut for the Power in the team's season opener on April 30, recording 10 points and 9 rebounds in 32 minutes of action in a 109–68 loss to the Rockhampton Rockets.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "#55 Marvin Williams". LipscombSports.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Marvin Williams Bio". ulmwarhawks.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ Boettcher, Jerome (March 15, 2012). "After tough cuts, Lipscomb looks to replicate Tennessee State's good fortune". NashvilleCityPaper.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Walker, Brandon (November 14, 2012). "NWF State foursome signs with Divison-1 schools". nwfdailynews.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "#22 Marvin Williams". nwfraiders.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Marvin Williams Game-by-Game Stats – 2013–14". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "#0 Marvin Williams". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Williams Wins Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, Co-LSWA Player of the Week". ulmwarhawks.com. January 12, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Marvin Williams Game-by-Game Stats – 2014–15". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ "マービン・ウィリアムズ・ジュニア選手 契約締結のお知らせ". tokyo-cinqreves.jp (in Japanese). November 13, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ Odeven, Ed (November 13, 2015). "Defensive effort carries Hannaryz past Evessa". JapanTimes.co.jp. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ Odeven, Ed (November 16, 2015). "Grouses cruise to victory over Cinq Reves". JapanTimes.co.jp. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  13. ↑ Odeven, Ed (November 30, 2015). "Lakestars thrash Lightning". JapanTimes.co.jp. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "#0 マービン・ウィリアムズ・ジュニア選手契約解除". tokyo-cinqreves.jp (in Japanese). January 29, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  15. ↑ "*PLAYER SIGNING*". Facebook.com. March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  16. ↑ Kossatch, Nick (March 12, 2016). "Power sign imports". GladstoneObserver.com.au. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  17. ↑ Kossatch, Nick (April 15, 2016). "Marvin gets the call from Tokyo". GladstoneObserver.com.au. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Rockets vs Power". FIBALiveStats.com. April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

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