2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Thompson, Messiah
Jersey Number 4
Messiah Thompson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Sport Management MA
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Prev School:
- Alabama A&M
Bio
CAREER: Has scored 818 career points over two Division I stops … Begins the year having made 150 3-pointers, shooting 36.7 percent from three in his career.
ALABAMA A&M: Transferred to Alabama A&M and started 26 games as the point guard for the Bulldogs … Second on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game, averaging just under 3 assists per game … Shot 40.8 percent from three, tying for the team-high with 62 makes on the year from downtown … Second on the team with 50 steals on the year … Debuted with 12 points off of the bench against North Alabama … Took over in his first start against Samford … Scored 18 points against Norfolk State, making four threes … Scored 26 points against Tennessee Southern, going 6-for-10 from three … Scored 15 points with six assists on the road at Vanderbilt … Opened league play with 14 points and six assists against Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Scored 20 points with four assists against Southern … Went over 20 again with 24 points at Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Set a career-high in the SWAC Tournament, scoring 27 points against Southern … Finished the year with 9 points in a loss to Texas Southern.
CAMPBELL: Played in 82 games over three seasons with Campbell, starting just 8 but featuring heavily with an average of 20 minutes per game over those seasons … Averaged 6.8 points and 1.7 assists per game with the Camels … Scored in double-figures five times as a true freshman … Scored a season-high 11 points with two assists and three steals in a win over UNC Ashville … Averaged 8.4 points per game as a sophomore … Set a career-high with 21 points at Hampton in that season … Averaged double-figures in Big South play as well as over two 3-pointers per game in league play … Played in every game as a junior, averaging 8.1 points per game.
HIGH SCHOOL: A First-Team All-State selection after averaging 26 points and 9 assists as a senior at North Atlanta HS … Also earned first-team all-region honors and was named the 6A “Passer of the Year” in Georgia … Led North Atlanta to a 20-9 overall record as a senior … Over three seasons finished with 1,275 points and 543 rebounds … Averaged 18 points per game and led the state of Georgia in assists as a junior … Earned all-region and all-state honors in that season as well … Reached the 6A quarterfinals with North Atlanta in that season.
MAJOR: Graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Alabama A&M … Pursuing a Master’s Degree in Sport Management.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 27, vs. Southern, 3/9/23^
Rebounds: 6, 2x, last at Bethune-Cookman, 1/30/23^
Assists: 7, vs. Rust, 12/15/22^
Steals: 5, at Florida A&M, 1/28/23^
Blocks: 1, 2x, last at USC Upstate (2/5/22)*
3-PT FG Made: 6, 2x, last at Arkansas-Pine Bluff^
FG Made: 9, at Tennessee Southern, 11/25/22^
FT Made: 6, vs. Southern, 3/9/23^
Minutes: 39, vs. Radford, 1/19/21*
*at Campbell
^at Alabama A&M
ALABAMA A&M: Transferred to Alabama A&M and started 26 games as the point guard for the Bulldogs … Second on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game, averaging just under 3 assists per game … Shot 40.8 percent from three, tying for the team-high with 62 makes on the year from downtown … Second on the team with 50 steals on the year … Debuted with 12 points off of the bench against North Alabama … Took over in his first start against Samford … Scored 18 points against Norfolk State, making four threes … Scored 26 points against Tennessee Southern, going 6-for-10 from three … Scored 15 points with six assists on the road at Vanderbilt … Opened league play with 14 points and six assists against Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Scored 20 points with four assists against Southern … Went over 20 again with 24 points at Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Set a career-high in the SWAC Tournament, scoring 27 points against Southern … Finished the year with 9 points in a loss to Texas Southern.
CAMPBELL: Played in 82 games over three seasons with Campbell, starting just 8 but featuring heavily with an average of 20 minutes per game over those seasons … Averaged 6.8 points and 1.7 assists per game with the Camels … Scored in double-figures five times as a true freshman … Scored a season-high 11 points with two assists and three steals in a win over UNC Ashville … Averaged 8.4 points per game as a sophomore … Set a career-high with 21 points at Hampton in that season … Averaged double-figures in Big South play as well as over two 3-pointers per game in league play … Played in every game as a junior, averaging 8.1 points per game.
HIGH SCHOOL: A First-Team All-State selection after averaging 26 points and 9 assists as a senior at North Atlanta HS … Also earned first-team all-region honors and was named the 6A “Passer of the Year” in Georgia … Led North Atlanta to a 20-9 overall record as a senior … Over three seasons finished with 1,275 points and 543 rebounds … Averaged 18 points per game and led the state of Georgia in assists as a junior … Earned all-region and all-state honors in that season as well … Reached the 6A quarterfinals with North Atlanta in that season.
MAJOR: Graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Alabama A&M … Pursuing a Master’s Degree in Sport Management.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 27, vs. Southern, 3/9/23^
Rebounds: 6, 2x, last at Bethune-Cookman, 1/30/23^
Assists: 7, vs. Rust, 12/15/22^
Steals: 5, at Florida A&M, 1/28/23^
Blocks: 1, 2x, last at USC Upstate (2/5/22)*
3-PT FG Made: 6, 2x, last at Arkansas-Pine Bluff^
FG Made: 9, at Tennessee Southern, 11/25/22^
FT Made: 6, vs. Southern, 3/9/23^
Minutes: 39, vs. Radford, 1/19/21*
*at Campbell
^at Alabama A&M
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