Justin Gorham | |
Position: | Power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7 |
Weight Lb: | 225 |
Number: | 4 |
League: | LBA |
Team: | Derthona Basket |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1998 |
Birth Place: | Columbia, Maryland, U.S. |
High School: | Calvert Hall (Towson, Maryland) |
College: | |
Draft Year: | 2021 |
Years1: | 2021–2022 |
Team1: | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
Years2: | 2022–2023 |
Team2: | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
Years3: | 2023–2024 |
Team3: | Rytas Vilnius |
Years4: | 2024–present |
Team4: | Derthona Basket |
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Justin Terrell Gorham (born August 6, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Derthona Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Towson Tigers and the Houston Cougars.
Gorham attended Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Maryland. A three-star recruit, he committed to playing college basketball for Towson.[1] He was drawn to the program in part due to its proximity, allowing him to be close to his father, who had been diagnosed with duodenal cancer.[2]
As a freshman at Towson, Gorham averaged 2.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.[2] He averaged 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore, despite playing through an ankle sprain.[3] For his junior season, Gorham transferred to Houston and sat out for one year due to transfer rules.[4] He improved his shooting ability under the guidance of assistant coach Kellen Sampson.[5] As a junior, Gorham averaged three points and 2.5 rebounds per game.[6]
He became a regular starter in his senior season.[7] On January 3, 2021, Gorham posted 11 points and a career-high 19 rebounds in a 74–60 win over SMU.[8] He collected Second Team All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) honors and was named AAC Most Improved Player at the conclusion of the season.[9] Gorham averaged 8.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.[10]
After his time at Towson and Houston, Gorham signed on July 15, 2021 with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[11] In 2021-22 he averaged 9.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.[12]
On July 21, 2022, Gorham signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[13]
On March 16, 2023, Gorham signed with Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[14]
On June 25, 2024, he signed with Derthona Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[15]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| Towson| 32 || 3 || 10.3 || .521 || – || .452 || 2.8 || .3 || .2 || .0 || 2.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Towson| 32 || 9 || 23.0 || .538 || .214 || .709 || 6.7 || .8 || .3 || .2 || 9.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Houston| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11"| Redshirt|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Houston| 30 || 0 || 12.9 || .341 || .303 || .793 || 2.5 || .5 || .1 || .1 || 3.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Houston| 31 || 31 || 27.8 || .495 || .354 || .674 || 8.6 || 1.2 || .8 || .5 || 8.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 125 || 43 || 18.5 || .493 || .316 || .675 || 5.2 || .7 || .4 || .2 || 6.0
Gorham is the son of Tonya and Jerry Gorham. His father died from duodenal cancer in 2016, at age 53. He has an older brother, Gerald Jr.[2]