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Xavier Rathan-Mayes Junior/6-4/195 Guard Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Huntington (West Virginia) Prep (Rob Fulford) Florida State University (Leonard Hamilton) XAVIER RATHAN-MAYES JUNIOR/6-4/195 GUARD SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO, CANADA HUNTINGTON (WEST VIRGINIA) PREP (ROB FULFORD) FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (LEONARD HAMILTON) Pronounced: X-avier Ruh-Tan Mays Xavier Rathan-Mayes’ Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2014-15 32-30 165-397 .416 48-171 .281 98-142 .690 476-14.9 16 96 112-3.5 74-0 137 108 0 35 1,110-34.7 2015-16 33-32 131-321 .408 39-137 .285 89-115 .774 390-11.8 12 80 92-2.8 69-1 146 83 0 33 968-29.3 Totals 65-62 296-718 .412 87-308 .282 187-257 .728 866-13.3 28 176 204-3.1 143-1 283 191 0 68 2,078-32.0 Xavier Rathan-Mayes’ Conference Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2014-15 18-18 102-240 .425 29-97 .299 57-85 .671 290-16.1 8 57 65-3.6 41-0 72 53 0 23 648-36.0 2015-16 17-16 63-154 .409 21-68 .309 59-75 .787 206-12.1 6 29 35-2.1 38-1 60 42 0 18 489-28.8 Totals 35-34 165-394 .419 50-165 .303 116-160 .725 496-14.2 14 86 100-2.9 79-1 132 95 0 41 1,137-32.5 Xavier Rathan-Mayes’ NIT Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2015-16 2-2 10-23 .535 2-9 .222 6-8 .750 28-14.0 0 4 4-2.0 1-0 7 5 0 0 63-31.5 Totals 2-2 10-23 .535 2-9 .222 6-8 .750 28-14.0 0 4 4-2.0 1-0 7 5 0 0 63-31.5 ON RATHAN-MAYES: One of college basketball’s most prolific scorers who needs only 134 points to become the 45th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points as he plays his third year as a Seminole in 2016-17…averages better than 13 points a game for the first 65 games of his career …earned Freshman All-American, All-ACC Honorable Mention and All-ACC Freshman Team honors in his first season as a Seminole in 2015…one of only four freshmen who earned mention to the All-ACC First, Second, Third or Honorable Mention Teams in 2015 (Rathan-Mayes, HM; Jahlil Okafor of Duke, First Team; Tyus Jones of Duke, Third Team; Justise Winslow of Duke, Honorable Mention)…earned Freshman All-American Second Team honors by CBSSports.com in 2015…his 146 assists during the 2015-16 season are tied for 19th in a single season in school history while his 137 assists during his freshman season is ranked 25th for a single-season in school history…tied for 21st in school history with 283 career assists entering the 2016-17 season…needs only four assists to move into the Seminoles’ all-time top 20, 73 assists to move into the all-time top-10 and 152 to move into Florida State’s all-time top-five…ranked second among returning assists leaders in the ACC from the 2014-15 season behind only Bryant Crawford of Wake Forest…Rathan-Mayes averaged 4.42 assists in 33 games while Crawford averaged 4.43 assists in 30 games…ranked third for career assists in the ACC entering the 2016-17 season behind only London Parrentes of Virginia (441 career assists) and Devin Wilson of Virginia Tech (358 career assists)…Rathan-Mayes begins his junior season with 283 career assists…will look to become one of the top 25 3-point shooters in school history during the 2016-17 season…begins the season ranked 26th in school history with 87 career 3-point field goals made…Luke Loucks is ranked 25th in school history with 88 career 3-point shots made…needs 17 3-point shots made to move into Florida State’s all- time top-20, needs 57 made 3-point shots to move into Florida State’s all-time top-10 and 109 made shots from long range to move into the Seminoles’ all-time top-five…the first freshman in ACC history to score 30 or more points three times with a career-high 35 points at North Carolina (Jan. 24), 35 points at Miami (Feb. 25) and 30 points against Clemson (March 11) in the first ACC Tournament game of his career…his 35 points against North Carolina and Miami rank as the highest scoring total in Florida State history by a freshman…his 35 points against North Carolina and Miami are tied for the fifth best scoring effort by a freshman in ACC history…his 30 points against Clemson in the ACC Tournament marked the most points by a Seminole in an ACC Tournament game and was the first time a Florida State player scored 30 points or more in an ACC Tournament game…his ACC Tournament game against Clemson was the first ACC Tournament game of his career…named the ACC Rookie of the Week twice during the 2014-15 season – following his 35 point performance at North Carolina and his 35 point performance against Miami…started 30 games for the Seminoles as a freshman after being inserted into the starting line-up in the fourth game of his career against UMass on November 23, 2014…one of only three freshman to lead Florida State in scoring with his 14.9 points per game scoring average in 2015…joined Bill Kratzert in 1948 (the first season of Seminole basketball) and Dwayne Bacon in 2016 as the only three freshmen to lead Florida State in scoring…the first father/son duo to lead an ACC team in scoring as Tharon Mayes led the Seminoles in scoring with a 26.2 points per game scoring average in 1990…started the final 30 games of the 2014-15 season…set the Seminoles’ school record for freshmen for scoring (380 total points), points scored per game (14.9 ppg), field goals made (165), field goals attempted (397), 3-point shots made (48) and 3-point shots attempted (171)…one of only two freshmen in the nation (also Melo Trimble of Maryland) to lead his team in scoring, assists and steals during the 2014-15 season…earned his first career double double (12 points and 11 assists) in the Seminoles’ victory at Virginia Tech during his freshman season (Feb. 7, 2015)…second and third career double doubles came during his sophomore season against Nicholls State (11 points and 11 assists on Nov. 15) and against Mississippi State (13 points and 10 rebounds on Dec. 16)… enters his junior season with three career double doubles – two with points and assists and one with points and rebounds…considered to be one of the best and most complete shooting guards in the high school class of 2013...creates match-up problems for defenders because of his athleticism... ranked as the No. 28 overall prospect by Rivals.com and ranked No. 24 by ESPN ...the no. 8 Rivals.com ranked shooting guard was a member of the FIBA U18 Americas Jr. Championship Team and the Canadian U18 national team...participated in the Nike Global Challenge (2011 & 2012) and played for the CIA Bounce 17s AAU Team...wears uniform No. 22 - the same number his father, Tharon, wore at Florida State…earned two awards at the Florida State Honors Banquet at the conclusion of the 2014-15 season: The Otto Petty Most Assists Award and the Bob Sura Outstanding Offensive Player Award…earned the Otto Petty Most Assists Award for the second consecutive year at the Seminoles’ banquet honoring the 2015-16 season’s accomplishments… AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): Averaged 11.8 points (third on the team), 4.4 assists (first), 1.0 steal (second) and 2.8 rebounds (seventh) while making 39 3- point shots (third) and 89 free throws (third) as he served as the Seminoles’ full-time point guard for the first time in his career…scored in double figures 24 times to match his freshman season total and bring his two-year total for double figures scoring games to 48…scored his season-high of 30 points against North Carolina (Jan. 4) in Tallahassee to bring his career total of 30+ scoring games to four (three as a freshman and one as a sophomore)…a team-high 23 points in the Seminoles’ victory over VCU in a game played at Philips Arena in Atlanta (Dec. 6)…scored in double figures in 13 of the Seminoles’ 18 regular season ACC games with 16 coming in Florida State’s win over NCAA Tournament Final Four participant Syracuse in the regular season finale for both teams (March 5)…scored a team-high 19 points in Florida State’s second round NIT game against Valparaiso (March 17)…led Florida State in scoring four times: against North Carolina, against VCU, at Duke (Feb. 25) and at Valparaiso…opened the season with three consecutive double figure scoring games (11 against Nichols State, 13 against Jacksonville and 10 against Hofstra) to average 11.3 points per game to open the season…season-high five consecutive games in double figure scoring (30 against North Carolina, 10 at Miami, 11 at NC State, 11 in a victory over nationally ranked Miami and 14 against Pitt) to average 15.2 points to open conference play…set his own personal record with seven 3-point shots made in scoring 30 points for the fourth time in his career and second time in his career against North Carolina…his seven 3-point shots made against the Tar Heels is tied for the fifth most in a game by any Seminole player and ranks tied as the second highest total of 3-point shots made by a Florida State player in an ACC game…the Seminoles’ record for 3-point field goals made by a Seminole is 10 by George McCloud against La Salle on Feb.
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