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LaQuavius Cotton
LaQuavius Cotton
Vitals
Height: 6'6" (198cm)
Weight: 185lbs (84kg)
wingspan: 84.5" (214cm)
vertical leap: 42" (106.7cm)
Position: Combo Guard (2) or Forward (3)
Date of Birth:1992
Passport: US Passport
Eurobasket player ID# 289636
Outlook:
LaQuavius is a fast, explosive athletic (vertical leap of 42" (106.7cm) player with great length (wingspan: 84.5" (214cm) at 6'6" (198cm) tall. An accurate 3-point shooter (shot 44.6% from beyond the arc in 2015). LaQuavius has good ball-handling skills and can slash to get to the basket to finish strongly. An unselfish player who is a good and willing passer and good rebounder from the guard or wing positions. He uses his length to be disruptive force on the defensive end of the court by getting into passing lanes, making steals and deflecting passes and blocking or altering shots. LaQuavius is a hard worker with good work ethic that can help any team.
Pro Basketball Experience
2021-2022: Hang Tuah Jakarta, Indonesia IBL
AsiaBaket.com Player of the week winner :IBL All-Defensive team
2019-2020: amartha Hang Tuah Basketball. Indonesia IBL
22.7 points: 9.7 rebounds: 3.6 assists: 1.4 blocked shots per game
won 2020 IBL All-Star Game Dunk Contest
2020 IBL All-Star Game - IBL Select team
2018-2019: Garonne ASPTT Basket, France NM
leading scorer on team 13.5 points per game (as one of 5 players on team who averaged more than 10 points per game)
2017-2018: Harlem Globetrotters featured player "Scorpion"
2017: Oklahoma City Blue (NBA G-League) - Coach Mark Daigneault
2016-17: Niagara River Lions, (Canada NBL)
2015: Rio Grande Vipers (NBA D-League) (Houston Rockets affiliate)
2015: drafted by Rio Grande Vipers (NBA D-League)
“He’s got length and he’s a high-level athlete,” Vipers coach Matt Brase said. “He can really run, he’s shooting the ball well. At that point in the draft, we went with the best athlete available at the wing position, and he fit that mold.”
2015: NCAA Slam Dunk Contest Champion (held at the NCAA Final 4 in Indianapolis)
2014-2015: Delta State University NCAA
The Statesmen’s third-leading scorer and second-best three-point shooter his senior season. Cotton was crucial to DSU's offense this season, averaging 10.9 points per game while going 41-of-92 from three-point range for a 44.6 three-point shooting percentage. Played in 29 games with 16 starts…Averaged 10.9 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game….Shot 41-of-92 from beyond the arc for a 44.6 3-point shooting percentage…Went 86-of-110 from the free-throw line (78.2%)…Shot 94-of-202 from the field (46.5%)…Scored a career-high 19 points three times, North Alabama twice and Mississippi College. Link to Full Delta St. Bio
LaQuavious Cotton, a 6-foot-6 guard on the men's basketball team, has been named the GoStatesmen.com Male Student-Athlete of the Week for the period ending Sunday, Dec. 21. The Cleveland, Mississippi native helped lead the Statesmen to a 72-69 overtime victory against West Florida on Saturday, Dec. 20 after tying his career-high with 18 points and five rebounds. Cotton finished 4-of-6 from the field, but proved a major force in the game at the free throw line, nailing 9-of-9 in the decisive second half and overtime.
2012-2013: Mississippi College: Gulf South Conference Played basketball for the Choctaws from 2012-13 under Coach Don Lofton...Played in 26 games with 4 starts...Averaged 10.6 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game...Shot .429 from the field and .343 from behind the arc.
2010-2011 through 2011-2012: Mississippi Delta CC: Played basketball for the Trojans...Participated in the 2012 Mississippi Junior College All-Star game.
Prep: Played basketball, tennis, football, and bowling, while also running track and cross country at East Side HS...Played basketball under his father, Leroy...Participated in the Mississippi North/South All-Star game...Named All-Area and All-District.
Personal: LaQuavius Cotton...Born August 25, 1992...Son of Leroy Cotton, Jr. and Shuntria Fairs...Has three brothers, Charles, Leroy, and Tayshawn, and three sisters, Lashyra, Lakeisha, and Shamary...Majoring in history.
Awards/Acheivements
2022: Eurobasket Asia-Basket.com-All-Indonesian-IBL-team
2022: IBL All-Defensive team
2022: IBL Playoffs
2022: AsiaBaket.com Player of the week winner
2020: IBL All-Star
2020: IBL All-Star Game Dunk Contest Champion
2015: NBA D-League draft pick by Rio Grande Vipers (Houston Rockets affiliate)
2015: NCAA Slam Dunk Contest Champion
2012: Mississippi Junior College All-Star game
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