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2013-14 Men's Basketball Roster

5 Rian Pearson

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Raytown, MO
  • High School South

Biography

2013-14
Earned All-MAC honors for third straight season with second-team selection...Also was NABC All-District selection for third straight...Finished career No. 6 in UT history with 1,589 points, ranking second among three-year players...Ranked eighth in MAC with 14.6 ppg and tied for sixth with 1.7 spg...Led team with 28 double-digit scoring games and ranked second with 5.3 rpg...Produced his two best MAC scoring efforts this season with 29 points vs. Ohio (2/12) and 27 points at Northern Illinois (2/26). His 29-point effort vs. Bobcats matched his career-best output in MAC games with others coming vs. Akron (2/1/12) and Eastern Michigan (2/9/13)...Tied career high with 30 points vs. Detroit (12/4) and hit career-high five treys. Also tallied career-best 12 field goals (in 16 shots)...Notched third double-double of season and 17th of career with 17 pts.-12 reb. vs. EMU (3/8). Also tallied 11 pts.-10 reb. vs. KSU (1/26) & 13 pts.-season-high 13 reb. at WMU (1/8).

2012-13
Named to NABC All-District 14 First-Team and All-MAC First Team...Ranked third in MAC with 17.9 ppg and also appeared in league rankings with 4.7 def. rpg (6th), 1.7 spg (6th), 33.2 mpg (6th), 6.8 rpg (8th) and 2.1 off. rpg (11th)...Scored career-high 30 points vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 28)...Sank career-best 16 free throws which are tied for third most in a game in school history...Notched three double-doubles - 29 pts. & 14. reb. vs. EMU (Feb. 9), 18 pts. & 12 reb. at CMU (Feb. 16) & 21 pts & 11 reb. vs. McNeese State (Feb. 23) - in a four-game period...Tallied 28 points at FGCU (Nov. 22) and grabbed season-best five steals vs. Samford (Nov. 21)...Led UT in scoring on 13 occasions, including first double-double of season (11th of career) with 24 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals vs. UIC (Dec. 29)...Scored 27 points and grabbed nine rebounds at Kent State (Jan. 9)...Ended the season with a career-best 14-game double-digit scoring streak (Jan. 19-pres.).

2011-12
Started all 36 games...Named to NABC All-District 14 First-Team, All-MAC Second Team and Academic All-MAC squad...Finished third in MAC Player of Year voting...Tied for first in MAC with 16.4 ppg and ranked third with 8.3 rpg...Became first sophomore to lead league in scoring since Marshall's Tamar Slay in 1999-2000 campaign...Also led MAC in conference games only with 17.3 ppg and was third with 8.1 rpg...Led MAC with 2.9 offensive rpg and was tied for third with team-high 5.4 defensive rpg, tied for sixth with team-high 1.6 spg and seventh with team-best 32.2 mpg...Ranked fifth nationally in rebounding among guards...Named MAC West Player of Week three straight weeks with 22.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg vs. Miami and KSU, 27.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg vs. Akron and Buffalo and 15.5 ppg and 13.0 rpg vs. Ohio and BGSU...Named MAC Scholar-Athlete of Week twice (Jan. 30, Feb. 13)...Led team in scoring and rebounding on team-high 17 and 28 occasions, respectively...Tallied season-high 29 points, 12 boards and four steals at Akron Feb. 1)...Notched 27 points, five boards and three steals vs. UIC (Nov. 26)...Scored 26 points with eight boards vs. Buffalo (Feb. 4)...Scored 18 points and grabbed career-high 17 rebounds vs. Ohio (Feb. 8)...Ranked second in MAC with 10 double-doubles...Tied school record with seven steals vs. Ball State (Jan. 10) in addition to registering 19 points, seven rebounds, three assists and one block in season-high 38 minutes.

2010-11
Sat out 2010-11 campaign after transferring from UW-Green Bay.

2009-10 - UW-Green Bay
Saw action in 32 games...Sat out first three contests due to minor knee surgery...Averaged 6.4 points and 2.7 rebounds in 16.5 minutes per game...Came on strong at end of year, averaging 11.3 ppg and 4.9 rpg over last seven games...Scored season-best 17 points vs. Indiana State (2/20)...Tallied 14 points and six rebounds against Saint Louis (3/22) in second round of College Basketball Invitational.

High School - Raytown South
A 2009 graduate of South High School...Averaged 23.0 points and 8.8 rebounds per game as senior...Selected to Missouri Coaches Class 5 all-state team and Missouri Media Class 5 all-state second team...Scored team-high 21 points to lead Missouri to victory in 2009 Kansas vs. Missouri High School All-Star Challenge...Earned all-conference and second-team All-Metro accolades as junior.

Personal
Full name: Rian Lamont Pearson...Age: 23 (born July 6, 1990)...Son of Roderick and Pam Pearson...Father played college basketball at Central Missouri State and works for Ford Motors...Mother is employed by American Red Cross...Brother, Roderick Jr., played collegiate basketball at Oral Roberts and Southeast Missouri State...Also has two sisters, Rita and Djenaba...Majoring in individualized program.

RIAN PEARSON'S CAREER STATISTICS (@TOLEDO & UW-GREEN BAY)

Year

G/GS

MIN

FG-FGA

PCT

3FG-ATT

PCT

FT-FTA

PCT

PTS

AVG

REB

AVG

A

BS

S

2009-10

32/2

527

86-179

.480

0-1

.000

33-53

.623

205

6.4

85

2.7

20

7

18

2011-12

36/36

1161

231-486

.475

8-31

.258

119-175

.680

589

16.4

300

8.3

70

13

56

2012-13 28/27 931 172-380 .453 6-28 .214 152-207 .734 502 17.9 190 6.8 48 3 48

 2013-14

 34/34

1049 

 191-399

.479 

 29-68

.426 

87-130 

 .669

498 

14.6 

 180

5.3 

59 

 59

Totals

130/99

3668

680-1444

.471

43-128

.336

391-565

.692

1794/13

13.8

755

5.8

197

27

181

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2010-11Sophomore

    Guard
    6'4" 190 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2011-12Sophomore

    Guard
    6'4" 190 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2012-13Junior

    Guard
    6'4" 190 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2013-14Senior

    Guard
    6'4" 190 lbs
    5