2009-2010 Racer Basketball
RACER
PLAYERS
Danero THOMAS AS AS
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F z 6-4 z 190 z Sr.
Hometown: New Orleans, La. High School: Mount Zion Major: Integrated Studies 2008-09: He ended his junior season closing on becoming the 35th member of the MSU 1,000-Point Club and starts the 2009-10 season with 912 points… Had a season-high 30 points at Austin Peay (Feb. 7), the first Racer to score 30 in a game since Shawn Witherspoon in 2005 … Led the Racers in scoring with 12.5 points per game with 4.3 rebounds per game … Had a season-high eight rebounds (Feb. 28) against Eastern Kentucky … Enters the season with a string of 64 straight starts … Had 20 double-figure scoring games and has 44 in his MSU career … Was named to the All-OVC Preseason Team and the All-OVC Second Team. 2007-08: Was the Racers’ second leading scorer with 12.3 points per game ... Appeared in 31 games with 30 starts ... Scored in double-figures in 20 games and had two games of 20 or more points ... Led the team in scoring 10 times and rebounding 10 times ... Scored a career-high 21 points in the final game of the season against Tennessee State (Mar. 3) ... Had a 20-point scoring game against Jacksonville State (Dec. 18) ... Scored his first doubledouble against UT-Martin (Mar. 1) with 11 points and 11 rebounds ... Had another double-digit rebound game with 10 against Eastern Illinois (Feb.6) ... Led the team with 45 steals … Finished the season with a streak of six-straight games with a steal ... Had a four game stretch when he hit 12-of-23 (.521) from three-point range.
Photo Credit: Don McPeak
Before MSU: Joined the Racer program from Mount Zion High School where his team went 25-12 in his senior season ... He averaged 14 points, six rebounds and four assists per game ... He set a school record when he hit nine three-point shots in a game against Gulf Shores High School ... Comes from the same program that produced Tracy McGrady ... Mount Zion ranked in the top-5 high school programs in the nation during his senior season. Personal: Born April 8, 1986 ... Son of Willie May Thomas and Irvin James Tate ... Majoring in integrated studies.
2006-07: Played in 28 games as a freshman including eight starts ... Averaged 5.1 points per game ... Had five double-figure scoring games including a season-best 19 points against Rider (Feb. 17) when he hit 7-of-14 from the field and 2-of-5 from threepoint range ... Had a season-best seven rebounds twice: against Jacksonville State (Dec. 12) and on (Feb. 17) against Rider ... Started the final four games of the season and had seven steals.
Thomas’ Career Stats YEAR GP GS MIN 06-07 28 8 458 07-08 31 30 865 08-09 31 31 893 Total 90 69 2216
AVG 16.4 27.9 28.8 24.6
FG 46 135 138 319
FGA 126 201 327 754
PCT .365 .449 .422 .423
3FG 17 45 31 93
FGA 56 116 105 277
PCT .304 .388 .295 .336
FT FTA PCT 34 48 .708 67 88 .761 80 110 .727 181 246 .736
OR DR TOT AVG 20 50 70 2.5 36 115 151 4.9 45 87 132 4.3 101 252 353 3.9
PF 45 81 85 211
FO 2 2 3 7
A 29 43 33 105
TO 43 74 54 171
BLK 8 19 20 47
STL 21 45 48 114
PTS 143 382 387 912
AVG 5.1 12.3 12.5 10.1
AVG 15.0 27.5 29.0 23.8
FG 31 81 78 190
FGA 78 183 190 451
PCT .397 .443 .411 .421
3FG FGA PCT 12 32 .375 27 70 .386 22 68 .324 61 170 .359
FT FTA PCT 23 34 .676 43 52 .827 42 61 .689 108 147 .735
OFF DEF TOT AVG 14 29 43 2.3 23 73 96 4.8 25 54 79 4.4 62 156 218 3.8
PF 30 51 54 135
FO 1 1 3 5
A 15 28 22 65
TO 24 48 28 100
BLK 5 11 16 32
STL 16 28 24 68
PTS 97 232 220 549
AVG 5.1 11.6 12.2 9.6
OVC Games YEAR GP GS MIN 06-07 19 3 285 07-08 20 19 549 08-09 18 18 522 Total 57 40 1356
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13 NCAA Appearances - 20 OVC Championships