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Jersey Number 5
B.J. Gladden
- Position:
- F
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Olympic
- Prev School:
- Eastern Florida
Junior (2016-17): Started in five games and played in 33, averaging 20 minutes a game • Averaged 5.5 points and 4.2 rebounds a contest • Scored in double-figures in six games and led the team in rebounding four times • First off the bench in 12 games • Posted a season-best 16 points vs. Mercer (11/20) • Tallied 15 points, five rebounds and one assist against Coastal Georgia (11/14) • Had 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Appalachian State (1/21).
Before Georgia Southern: Averaged 11.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists a game at Eastern Florida in 2015-16 • Started all 31 games and played 28.2 minutes a contest • Shot 46 percent from the field and earned a team-high 219 trips to the free-throw line • Named FCSAA all-state and first-team all-conference • Helped the Titans to a 27-5 overall record and a perfect 15-0 league mark • Eastern Florida made its second straight appearance in the NJCAA Division I national championship tournament • Played in 28 games and started 11 at Akron in 2014-15 • Averaged 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds in 9.7 minutes a game • shot 40 percent from the field.
Prep: Guided Charlotte’s Olympic High School to a perfect 30-0 record and the 2013 North Carolina State 4A Championship • Olympic finished the season nationally ranked, including No. 5 by MaxPreps, No. 11 by USA Today and No. 23 by ESPN • Averaged 13.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as a senior • Named all-state class 4A and all-state all-classes • Was the District 9 Player of the Year • Earned 4A State Championship Most Outstanding Player honors • Selected for the NCHSAA East-West and Carolinas Classic NC vs. SC All-Star games • Averaged 19 points and nine boards as a junior • Earned second-team all-state honors in 2012 • Helped Olympic to a regional semifinals.
Personal: Born June 17, 1995, in Elyria, Ohio • The son of Byron and Angell Gladden • Has three siblings, Julian, Jadi and Jadin • His father played basketball at VCU and Owens Community College • His uncle, Jamie Gladden, played basketball at Xavier and is in the school's Athletics Hall of Fame • His uncle, Lebron Gladden, was an All-American.
Major: Interdisciplinary studies
Before Georgia Southern: Averaged 11.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists a game at Eastern Florida in 2015-16 • Started all 31 games and played 28.2 minutes a contest • Shot 46 percent from the field and earned a team-high 219 trips to the free-throw line • Named FCSAA all-state and first-team all-conference • Helped the Titans to a 27-5 overall record and a perfect 15-0 league mark • Eastern Florida made its second straight appearance in the NJCAA Division I national championship tournament • Played in 28 games and started 11 at Akron in 2014-15 • Averaged 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds in 9.7 minutes a game • shot 40 percent from the field.
Prep: Guided Charlotte’s Olympic High School to a perfect 30-0 record and the 2013 North Carolina State 4A Championship • Olympic finished the season nationally ranked, including No. 5 by MaxPreps, No. 11 by USA Today and No. 23 by ESPN • Averaged 13.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as a senior • Named all-state class 4A and all-state all-classes • Was the District 9 Player of the Year • Earned 4A State Championship Most Outstanding Player honors • Selected for the NCHSAA East-West and Carolinas Classic NC vs. SC All-Star games • Averaged 19 points and nine boards as a junior • Earned second-team all-state honors in 2012 • Helped Olympic to a regional semifinals.
Personal: Born June 17, 1995, in Elyria, Ohio • The son of Byron and Angell Gladden • Has three siblings, Julian, Jadi and Jadin • His father played basketball at VCU and Owens Community College • His uncle, Jamie Gladden, played basketball at Xavier and is in the school's Athletics Hall of Fame • His uncle, Lebron Gladden, was an All-American.
Major: Interdisciplinary studies
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