2001-02 Demon Basketball Roster

50 Melvin Roberts

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-6 / 225
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Vossburg, Miss.
  • Highschool:
    Quitman HS
  • Prev School:
    Northland Pioneer

Summary

Biography

2001-02 This Year
  • named "weight captain" of the Demon team by strength and conditioning coach David Deets in honor of his outstanding work in offseason program
  • shared team-best 10-2 in broad jump with Alann Polk
  • led team in vertical jump at 39 inches, and topped Demons with 555-pound squat lift
2000-01
  • led Demons in scoring twice, with 14 in 63-61 win at Louisiana-Monroe (1/4), with 15 in loss at Texas-San Antonio (2/15)
  • had three more double-figure scoring totals, 11 vs. McNeese (1/8), season-best 16 vs. UTSA (1/20) and 10 at Sam Houston State (2/3)
  • demonstrated a cotton-soft shooting touch, hitting team-best 39% on 3s with 23 makes in 59 shots and a 77.8% free throw touch (42-54)
  • season-best 6 rebounds vs. Texas-Arlington (3/3)
  • drained two 3s in five different games, the last vs. UTSA in the SLC Tournament semifinals (3/9)
  • had a collection of highlight-reel slam dunks
Before NSU
  • averaged 12.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.5 blocks per game as a sophomore at Northland Pioneer in Holbrook, Ariz.
  • shot 53% from the field and 73% from the free throw line in 1999-2000
  • team captain of a 17-13 squad under coach mark Slessinger, who joined the Demon coaching staff six months after Roberts signed with NSU in November
  • second team All=Arizona Community College Atheltic Conference
  • as a freshman , averaged 5.8 ppg and 4.9 rpg for a 19-12 team that lost in the Region I playoffs
High School
  • at Quitman HS, he averaged 13 points and 9.5 rebounds as a senior for coaches Sammy Smith and Steve Hampton, earning team MVP honors
  • names to the Mississippi All-Star Team
  • played in the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game
  • also ran track and cross country
Personal
  • son of Henrietta Roberts
  • one sister, Sheilda
  • nicknames are "Mel" and "Smoke"
  • psychology major  
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  • 50

    2000-01Junior

    Forward
    6'6" 225 lbs
    50
  • 50

    2001-02Senior

    Forward
    6'6" 225 lbs
    50