2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

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30 Lavone Holland II

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.
  • Highschool Ballard HS

Biography


Horizon League All-Decade Team (2010s)
All-Horizon League Second Team (2018)
All-Horizon League Preseason Second Team (2018)
Horizon League Tournament MVP (2017)
2x Horizon League Player of the Week (Dec. 12, 2016; Nov. 21, 2016)
Islands of the Bahamas Showcase All-Tournament Team (2017)
Tarkett Classic All-Tournament Team (2016)

Career Milestones (At Graduation)

  • Ranked 19th all-time at NKU in scoring (1,250), 7th in total assists (396), 5th in assists per game (4.2), 19th in steals (108) and 38th in rebounds (362)

2017-18

  • Averaged 13.8 points per game and led NKU with 140 assists (4.4 apg)
  • Only player in the Horizon League to average double-digit scoring and more than four assists and four rebounds (4.2 rpg) per game
  • Earned Islands of the Bahamas Showcase all-tourney and Horizon League Player of the Week honors after averaging 16.3 points and 5.0 assists per game in the tournament, leading NKU to a runner-up showing
  • Second team all-Horizon League performer has 13 showings with five or more assists this season, including a 19-point, 10-assist double-double at Milwaukee in which he was three rebounds shy of a triple double.
  • Dropped a season-best 25 points in win at UIC, giving NKU at least a share of the Horizon League regular-season title
  • Knocked down a jumper from the top of the key at the 15:59 mark against Oakland to become the 27th member of NKU’s 1,000-point club
  • Preseason all-Horizon league second team accolades


2016-17

  • Had a game-high 22 points, including a slashing dunk in the opening half, of NKU’s first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament game against in-state foe Kentucky
  • Named to the Tarkett Classic All-Tournament team after leading NKU to a 2-1 mark and averaging 15.3 points and 5.0 assists per game
  • Dropped a career-high 28 points against Eastern Illinois on the strength of 6-for10 shooting from 3-point land and followed with 19 points at SEMO to earn Horizon League Player of the Week accolades
  • Scored 19 of his game-high 21 points in the second half to lead NKU to a come-from-behind win over Milwaukee in NKU’s Homecoming game
  • Narrowly missed a double-double with 17 points and nine assists in home win over Valpo
  • In last seven games of the year, scored 133 total points (19.0 ppg) behind 47-of-97 shooting (48.5 percent), including 14-of-35 (40 percent) from three, and dished out 39 assists (5.6 apg)
  • Posted double-figures in 26 of NKU’s 35 games
  • Named the Horizon League Tournament’s Most Valuable Player after totaling 56 points and 16 assists across NKU’s three games
2015-16
  • Third on the team in scoring (10.7 ppg) and on the glass (4.7 rpg), but lead the team in assists (4.0 apg)
  • After starting the season 8-for-33 (24.2 percent) from three in the first nine games, has gone 24-of-52 (46.2 percent) in his last 19 contests. Scored 11 points at No. 23 West Virginia on 4-for-8 shooting
  • Recorded first career double-double and was one assist shy of a triple-double with 10 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists in NKU’s win over Tiffin
  • Notched second double-double with 17 points and 12 boards at EIU
  • Tallied 18 points on 7-for-13 shooting at Toledo
  • Stuffed the stat sheet with seven boards and eight assists in NKU’s first-ever Horizon League win, an 84-64 victory over Youngstown State (Jan. 14)
  • Knocked down a key three to quelch an Oakland run and spark the Norse to a 90-73 win going away

PRIOR TO NKU
  • Played at Ballard High School in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Studied at the College of Southern Idaho prior to attending Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas
  • Helped lead the Jayhawks to a 26-6 overall record, averaging 13.8 points per game on the strength of 50 percent shooting from the floor
  • Also averaged 2.3 assists per contest

PERSONAL
  • Son of Lavone Holland, Sr., and Michelle Walker
  • Has five siblings, Aashia Holland, Lavon'ce Holland, Kai Powers, Dalys Jett and Santana "Willie" Holland

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2015-16Sophomore

    G
    6'2" 180 lbs
    11
  • 30

    2016-17Junior

    G
    6'1" 185 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2017-18Senior

    G
    6'1" 185 lbs
    30