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2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster
Richaun Holmes
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lockport, Ill.
- High School:
- Lockport
- Prev School:
- Moraine Valley C.C.
AS A FALCON
Only player in BGSU men’s basketball history to post 1,000 career points, 600 career rebounds and 200 career blocks … BGSU’s all-time career blocks leader with 244 career rejections … Holds the BGSU single season blocks record with 88 blocks in 2013-14 … Also ranks second (83, 2014-15) and third (73, 2012-13) in single season blocks in BGSU history … Ranks seventh all-time on BGSU’s career field goal percentage list with a 55.4 career field goal percentage at BGSU … Ranks 11th all-time on BGSU’s career rebounding list with 652 career rebounds … Also ranks 35th all-time on BGSU’s career scoring list with 1,089 career points … Tied for the school record in blocked shots per game with seven blocks, which he posted two times … Led BGSU in rebounding in both 2014-15 (248) & 2013-15 (245) … Also led the Falcons in scoring in both 2014-15 & 2013-14 … Averaged 11.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per contest … Posted 13 double-doubles in his three years at BGSU … Played in 95 contests, making 64 starts for the Orange and Brown … Shot 69.7 percent from the free throw line overall … Also recorded 75 steals and 62 assists … 2015 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament invitee … 2014-15 NABC District 14 All-District First-Team selection … 2014-15 MAC Defensive Player of the Year … 2014-15 All-MAC First-Team selection … 2013-14 All-MAC Third-Team member … Earned a spot on the 2013-14 College Sports Madness All-Conference Third-Team and was a 2013-14 CollegeHoopsDaily.com MAC All-Conference selection … Was a six-time MAC East Division Player of the Week honoree ... Named the BGSU Male Athlete of the Year his senior year in 2014-15 ... 37th pick overall for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2015 NBA Draft.
2014-15
Named the 2014-15 MAC Defensive Player of the Year … Earned a spot on the 2014-15 All-MAC First-Team … Was also named to the 2014-15 NABC District 14 All-District First-Team … Named the BGSU Male Athlete of the Year ... Was named the MAC East Division Men’s Basketball Player of the Week four times … Tabbed the Madness Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week by College Sports Madness on Dec. 29 … Played in and started 31 games for the Falcons … Totaled 892 minutes … Ranked in 19th nationally in blocked shots per game at 2.7 and 25th in total blocks with 83 … Also ranked 25th nationally with a 56.3 field goal percentage on the season … Led the Falcons with 14.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game … Led the MAC and BGSU with 83 blocked shots, an average of 2.7 per contest … Also led the MAC and was tops for the Falcons with a 56.3 field goal percentage on the season … Ranked fourth in the MAC in 8.0 rebounds per game and 10th in scoring at 14.7 points per game … Shot 71.2 percent from the free throw line on the year … Also shot 41.9 percent from behind the three-point line … Led the Falcons in scoring 16 times … Paced the Falcons in rebounding in 23 different contests … Posted double digit points 26 times on the season, including six 20-plus point games … Scored a career-high 29 points on Senior Night versus Kent State … Also tallied 26 points in wins at Detroit and at home against Ferris State … Recorded 21 points in the home win over Miami … Totaled 20 points in a win at Kent State and at Ball State … Hauled in double digit rebounds six times, including a career-high 18 boards in the road win at Detroit … Registered five double-doubles on the season … Posted a season-high five blocks in six different games on the year … Totaled a season-high four assists in wins at Kent State and at Ball State … Logged 30 minutes or more in 16 different contests … Played a season-high 36 minutes in home wins over Cleveland State and Miami … Also logged 35 minutes in the home win versus Northern Illinois.
2013-14
Named to the MAC All-Conference Third-Team … Also earned a spot on the College Sports Madness MAC All-Conference Third-Team … Was a CollegeHoopsDaily.com MAC All-Conference selection … Named the College Sports Madness MAC Player of the Week on Dec. 16 … Was twice tabbed the MAC East Division Player of the Week … Became BGSU’s all-time career blocked shots leader, surpassing Otis Polk’s previous career mark of 159 career blocks … Set a new BGSU single season blocks record with a team-high 88 blocked shots on the year, which was second overall in the MAC and ranked in the top-30 nationally all season long … Played in all 32 games for the Falcons, starting 31 on the season … Led the MAC and ranked in the top-25 in the NCAA all season long with an average of 2.8 blocks per game … Was fourth on the team with 1024 minutes on the season, an average of 32.0 per game … Led the team and was 13th in the MAC in scoring at 13.3 points per game … Was tied for the team lead and tied for fifth overall in the MAC on the year with 7.7 rebounds per contest … Was fifth in the MAC with 2.7 offensive rebounds per game on the year … Led the team with 425 points on the season … Also posted a team-high 50.7 field goal percentage, which was also tied for 10th overall in the MAC … Shot 70.6 percent from the free throw line, also tops on the team … Recorded 245 rebounds, 36 steals and 29 assists on the season … Posted eight double-doubles on the year … Scored in double digits in 24 contests on the season, including posting double digit points in 12 straight games midway through the season … Hauled in double digit rebounds on eight different occasions … Scored 20 points or more five times … Poured in a career-high 26 points at Xavier … Had 21 points in a home win over North Dakota … Also recorded 20 points versus Central Michigan, at Eastern Michigan and at home against Ohio … Pulled in a career-high 14 rebounds against North Dakota and at Northern Illinois … Also had 13 rebounds at Akron and 11 boards against Toledo … Turned away a career-high seven shots in back-to-back wins versus Western Kentucky and at Morehead State … Also totaled six blocks at home versus Central Michigan … Posted five blocks at Xavier, against North Dakota and versus Buffalo … Picked up a career-high four steals at Akron … Connected on a career-high nine made free throws in home games against Western Kentucky and Ohio … Played 30 minutes or more in 23 different contests on the year … Logged a career-high 41 minutes at Northern Illinois … Also totaled 39 minutes of action at Xavier and versus Eastern Michigan at home.
2012-13
Played in 31 games, starting twice … Set a new school record with 73 blocked shots, breaking the previous record of 59 set by Cornelius Cash in the 1973-74 season … Shot 63.6 percent from the field, good for the fourth-best season in program history … Averaged 6.3 points and ranked second on the team with 5.0 rebounds per game … Had a string of 15 consecutive games with at least one blocked shot … Scored in double-figures five times, posting a career-best 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting and 5-of-5 at the free-throw line against Akron … Added eight rebounds and four blocks in that game against Akron … Had at least four blocks in a game seven times, including a career-best six against North Dakota … Ranked third in the MAC and 36th in the country in blocked shots … Came up just shy of a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds against New Orleans.
Junior College
Played one season at Moraine Valley Community College ... Named an NJCAA Division II All-American after averaging 19.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 5.2 blocks per game ... Skyway Conference Player of the Year ... Set program record for most blocked shots in a season ... Led team to a 27-9 record, including 14-2 in league play ... Team captain.
High School
Played two years of varsity basketball at Lockport Township High School ... Broke out as a senior with 11.0 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.1 blocks per game ... Set school record for blocked shots.
Personal
Born Oct. 15, 1993 ... Son of Richard Sr. and Lydecia Holmes ... Has three brothers ... Majoring in Liberal Studies.
