Marvin Williams (basketball, born 1993) explained

Marvin Williams
Position:Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:8
Weight Lb:245
Birth Date:1993 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
High School:White Station (Memphis, Tennessee)
College:
Draft Year:2015
Career Start:2015
Career End:2016
Years1:2015–2016
Team1:Tokyo Cinq Rêves
Years2:2016
Team2:Gladstone Port City Power

Marvin D. Williams Jr. (born August 28, 1993) is an American former professional basketball player. He played two years of college basketball for Louisiana–Monroe before playing a year of professional basketball in Japan and Australia.

High school career

Williams attended White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee. 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.[3] He missed four games in February 2012 due to a knee injury, and was then suspended from the team permanently. He was later dismissed from the team by the coach.[4]

Williams' sophomore season was spent playing at Northwest Florida State College. He played 32 games with 24 starts during the 2012–13 season, shooting 53.7 percent from the field and averaging 6.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. 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,[6] 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. 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.[7]

As a senior in 2014–15, Williams appeared in 21 of the Warhawks' first 22 games of the season before missing the last 16 games due to a season-ending shoulder injury. In those 21 games (16 starts), he averaged 8.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.[8] 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.[9] During that week, he had two 22-point games, a career high.[10]

Professional career

Japan (2015–2016)

On November 13, 2015, Williams signed with the Tokyo Cinq Rêves of the Basketball Japan League.[11] [12] He had a game with 16 points and 16 rebounds,[13] and another with 35 points.[14] On January 29, 2016, he parted ways the Cinq Reves.[15] In 14 games, he averaged 12.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

Australia (2016)

On March 10, 2016, Williams signed with the Gladstone Port City Power for the 2016 Queensland Basketball League season.[16] [17] [18] He had three double-doubles and scored 20 points or more six times,[19] including having 27 points and 11 rebounds on June 3 against the Townsville Heat[20] and 21 points and 12 rebounds on July 23 against the Rockhampton Rockets. He missed three games in June with a knee injury.[21] [22] In 13 games for the Power, he averaged 17.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.

Austria (2016)

In August 2016, Williams moved to Austria and joined BC Hallmann Vienna.[23] He was later released after failing the try-out.[24]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: #55 Marvin Williams . LipscombSports.com . March 14, 2016.
  2. Web site: Marvin Williams Bio . ulmwarhawks.com . March 14, 2016.
  3. Web site: Patterson . Hunter . Athletic department confirms suspension of Smith and Williams . luminationnetwork.com . February 29, 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200521094318/http://luminationnetwork.com/breaking-athletic-department-confirms-suspension-of-smith-and-williams/ . May 21, 2020.
  4. Web site: Boettcher . Jerome . After tough cuts, Lipscomb looks to replicate Tennessee State's good fortune . NashvilleCityPaper.com . March 15, 2012 . March 14, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120531180701/http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/sports/after-tough-cuts-lipscomb-looks-replicate-tennessee-states-good-fortune . May 31, 2012 . To cap it off, in the final week of the season, redshirt freshman forward Damarius Smith and freshman forward Marvin Williams were suspended indefinitely and later dismissed from the team due to a coach's decision..
  5. Web site: #22 Marvin Williams . nwfraiders.com . March 14, 2016.
  6. Web site: Walker . Brandon . NWF State foursome signs with Division-1 schools . nwfdailynews.com . November 14, 2012 . March 14, 2016.
  7. Web site: Marvin Williams Game-by-Game Stats – 2013–14 . ESPN.com . March 14, 2016.
  8. Web site: #0 Marvin Williams . WashingtonPost.com . March 14, 2016.
  9. Web site: Williams Wins Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, Co-LSWA Player of the Week . ulmwarhawks.com . January 12, 2015 . March 14, 2016.
  10. Web site: Marvin Williams Game-by-Game Stats – 2014–15 . ESPN.com . March 14, 2016.
  11. Web site: 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 . November 13, 2015 . March 14, 2016 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314190848/http://tokyo-cinqreves.jp/news/topic/tabid/2316/itemid/870/pageno/5/Default.aspx . March 14, 2016 .
  12. Web site: Odeven . Ed . Defensive effort carries Hannaryz past Evessa . JapanTimes.co.jp . November 13, 2015 . March 14, 2016.
  13. Web site: Odeven . Ed . Grouses cruise to victory over Cinq Reves . JapanTimes.co.jp . November 16, 2015 . March 14, 2016.
  14. Web site: Odeven . Ed . Lakestars thrash Lightning . JapanTimes.co.jp . November 30, 2015 . March 14, 2016.
  15. Web site: #0 マービン・ウィリアムズ・ジュニア選手契約解除 . tokyo-cinqreves.jp . January 29, 2016 . March 14, 2016 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314191628/http://tokyo-cinqreves.jp/news/topic/tabid/2316/itemid/926/pageno/2/Default.aspx . March 14, 2016.
  16. Web site: *PLAYER SIGNING* . facebook.com/portcitypower . March 10, 2016 . March 14, 2016.
  17. Web site: Kossatch . Nick . Power sign imports . GladstoneObserver.com.au . March 12, 2016 . March 14, 2016.
  18. Web site: Kossatch . Nick . Marvin gets the call from Tokyo . GladstoneObserver.com.au . April 15, 2016 . May 1, 2016.
  19. Web site: Player statistics for Marvin Williams . FoxSportsPulse.com . August 8, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808104024/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=201695307&client=1-4144-52751-422096-24978409 . August 8, 2016.
  20. Web site: Heat vs Power . FIBALiveStats.com . June 3, 2016 . June 3, 2016.
  21. Web site: Kossatch . Nick . Business as usual for Power . GladstoneObserver.com.au . June 11, 2016 . June 11, 2016.
  22. Web site: Kossatch . Nick . Power ready to inflict basketball capital punishment on Brisbane . GladstoneObserver.com.au . July 2, 2016 . July 2, 2016.
  23. Web site: STARS AND STRIPES QUARTETT FÜR DEN BC HALLMANN VIENNA . SkySportAustria.at . August 23, 2016 . September 24, 2016 . German.
  24. Web site: TESTSPIEL-UPDATE #4 – TRAISKIRCHEN ERSTMALS IM EINSATZ . oebl.at . September 19, 2016 . September 24, 2016 . German . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160927033650/http://oebl.at/news/nachberichte/2639-testspiel-update-4-traiskirchen-erstmals-im-einsatz . September 27, 2016.

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