Former Norfolk State guard Jamarii Thomas is taking his abilities to VCU after one season at an HBCU.
Thomas, the 2023-2024 MEAC Participant of The Yr, introduced his dedication to VCU on Tuesday.
The Greensboro, NC native averaged 19.0 factors, 7.0 assists and a couple of.5 steals in his senior yr at The Burlington College in Burlington, N.C. One in all his highlights that season got here when he matched up towards all-everything guard Mikey Williams at Lake Norman Christian Excessive College again in 2020. Thomas scored 25 factors to Williams’ 40 as LNC beat The Burlington College, which featured then-Howard College commit Kuluel Mading.Â
Jamarii Thomas was provided by NC A&T across the identical time the college secured a dedication from his cousin, Duncan Powell. He in the end landed at UNCW. Thomas noticed motion in 25 video games in the course of the 2021-2022 season, however averaged just below two factors per sport in six minutes of motion per contest.
His minutes tripled in the course of the 2022-2023 season and his scoring manufacturing did in addition to he scored double-figures ten instances. He scored 17 towards Hampton and put up a career-high 26 towards Stony Brook. He hit the switch portal when the season was executed, touchdown on the HBCU alongside Mading.
NSU was searching for a substitute for two-time MEAC Participant of The Yr Joe Bryant Jr., and it discovered a succesful one in Thomas. Thomas averaged 16.9 factors, 3.8 rebounds and three.8 assists this season. Norfolk State gained the MEAC common season title and defeated VCU for the primary time in program historical past. NSU entered the MEAC Event as the favourite, however fell to Howard within the MEAC semifinals. Thomas was held to 23 factors in NSU’s two event video games and shot simply 5-for-20 from the sphere within the loss.Â
Thomas hit the switch portal once more following the season and now he’s headed to Richmond, leaving one other gap for Norfolk State to fill.
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