Josh Gomez

Photo by: Larry Clapper

Photo by: Kara Fallon

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

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Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Position:
Center
Height:
6-10
Weight:
226
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Bronx, N.Y.
High School:
Rice
Prev School:
Iona

AS A FALCON
Played in 59 games for the Falcons, starting three contests after transferring in from Iona for the 2013-14 season … Totaled 361 minutes of playing time for BGSU … Averaged 1.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per game … Recorded 85 points, 72 rebounds, 18 blocks and 11 steals as a Falcon … Shot 44.9 percent (35-of-78) overall from the field for his BGSU career … Shot 33.3 percent (3-of-9) from behind the three-point line and 52.2 percent (12-of-23) from the free throw line overall … Posted a career-high 10 points in the CIT first round win at Saint Francis (Pa.) in 2014-15 … Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds versus Buffalo in 2014-15 … Had three blocks in the win over Earlham in 2013-14.

2015-16
Played in eight games on the season … Totaled 45 minutes on the year off the bench for the Falcons … Averaged 1.8 points and 0.9 rebounds per game … Shot 50 percent from the field overall and 60 percent from the free throw line on the year … Recorded three steals, one block and one assist for the season … Poured in a season-high seven points on 2-of-3 shooting from the field and 3-of-4 shooting from the free throw line in the home win over UMBC … Also had three points in the win over Drake … Scored two points at home versus Ball State and against Western Michigan … Played a season-high eight minutes off the bench versus UMBC.

2014-15
Played in 25 games on the season, starting in three contests … Made his first career start at home versus Ball State in the first round of the 2015 MAC Championship Tournament on Mar. 9 … Totaled 173 minutes of play on the year … Averaged 2.0 points and 1.6 rebounds per game … Tallied 41 rebounds, nine blocks, five steals and two assists on the season … Posted a career-high 10 points, along with seven rebounds and two steals in the CIT first round win at Saint Francis (Pa.) … Recorded eight points, a career-high eight rebounds and two blocks in the regular season finale at Buffalo … Had six points in wins at Ohio and at Miami … Scored four points in loss at Akron and in the Falcons’ first round MAC Tournament win versus Ball State … Added two points off the bench in games at Toledo, at Central Michigan, at Northern Illinois and versus Eastern Michigan in the second round of the MAC Championship Tournament … Logged double digit minutes in five different contests on the season, including a career-high 28 minutes at Saint Francis (Pa.) in the CIT.

2013-14
Played in 26 games on the season … Totaled 147 minutes on the year … Averaged 0.8 points and 0.9 rebounds per game … Posted 24 rebounds, eight blocks and three steals on the year … Poured in a season-high seven points in the home contest versus South Florida … Hauled in a season-best seven rebounds in the season opener versus Earlham … Also tallied three blocks against Earlham … Added four points off the bench in the home contests versus IPFW, Buffalo and Ohio.

2012-13
Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules.

2011-12 (at Iona)
Played in 16 games on the season ... Shot 45.5 percent from the field overall ... Had four points and three rebounds versus Saint Peter’s ... Played a season-high 13 minutes versus Manhattan...Posted two points, one assist, one rebound and one block versus the Jaspers.

High School
Played at Rice High School in New York City’s CHSAA ... Blossomed as a senior as the Raiders lone true post presence ... Averaged 5.5 points per game, but was a force in some of Rice’s toughest games ... Posted 14 points against St. Raymond’s to help lead Rice to its sixth-straight Archdiocesan AA varsity boys’ basketball championship ... Also posted a double-double on the regionally televised SNY Invitational with a 14 point, 10 rebound effort in a win over eventual New York State Federation Class AA champion Mount Vernon High School.

Personal
Joshua Gomez was born on August 19, 1993 in Bronx, N.Y. ... Son of Roberto Gomez and Virginia Hernandez ... Has two brothers and a sister ... Majoring in liberal studies.