- Delvon Roe
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Delvon Roe College Michigan State University Conference Big Ten Sport Basketball Position Power forward Class Junior Height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Weight 230 lb (104 kg) Nationality American Born October 3, 1989 High school St. Edward Delvon Roe is a college basketball player for Michigan State University. He is listed as a 6'8" forward.[1]
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High school career
Roe played basketball at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio. During his senior season, his team was ranked in the USA Today Super 25 (national rankings) and rated as a top-5 team in the Midwest.[2][3] Roe would miss the rest of his high school career with a knee injury.[4] He was one of the top recruits for the class of 2008, rated as a 5-star, 24th overall best player in the nation by Rivals.[5]
College
Roe started and contributed often for the 2008-2009 Michigan State basketball team, averaging 18 minutes a game on the national runner-up Spartans. He was the only freshman to start in the National Championship Game.[6] Increasingly effective as his knee healed, Roe was eventually named to the Big-Ten All Freshman Team.[7]
During the Big Ten Conference season, Roe had an Offensive Rebounding Percentage of 14.0%, a Defensive Rebounding Percentage of 22.3%, and an Effective Field Goal Percentage of 57.6%.[8][9] Going back to the 1996-1997 season, the only freshman from a BCS conference to do better than Roe in all three of those categories in conference play was Kevin Love of UCLA in the 2007-2008 season. In his sophomore season, Roe averaged 6.4 points per game and 5 rebounds per game. [10] During Roe's junior year, 2010-2011, he averaged 6.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game. [11]
On September 29th, 2011, Roe decided to end his basketball career due to degenerative knee pain. He will not play his senior year. [12]
"This is the hardest decision I've ever had to make. It feels that I've been playing through pain throughout my career at MSU, but the daily grind of basketball - the running, cutting, jumping - has finally taken its toll given the intensity required to play at our level. I started playing basketball because I loved the game, but the pain has taken that away and forced me to always think about just getting through the next few minutes or the next game."
References
- ^ Player Profile: Delvon Roe
- ^ Halley, Jim (May 2, 2008). "Super 25: Lincoln (N.Y.) climbs three spots with state title". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/poll/2007-super25.htm.
- ^ "Boys basketball regional rankings". USA Today. March 27, 2007. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/poll/regionm.htm.
- ^ Delvon Roe could miss basketball season with knee injury - Cleveland High School Sports News – The Latest Breaking News, Audio Interviews and Scores from The Plain Dealer
- ^ Rivals.com Prospect Rankings
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41759
- ^ http://www.bigtennetwork.com/sports/mbasketball/story.asp?list_id=1&story_id=3189752
- ^ Statsheet.com Player: Delvon Roe
- ^ Basketball-Reference.com glossary
- ^ "Delvon Roe #10 F". http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41759. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ "Delvon Roe 2010-2011". http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41759. Retrieved 02 May 2011.
- ^ "Delvon Roe 9/2011". http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/09/michigan-state-delvon-roe-knee-/1. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
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Categories:- Living people
- Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players
- American basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Power forwards (basketball)
- People from Lakewood, Ohio
- 1989 births
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