Tharon Mayes

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Tharon Mayes
Personal information
Born (1968-09-09) September 9, 1968 (age 55)
Hapoel Holon
2000San Diego Stingrays
Career NBA statistics
Points
99 (4.1 ppg)
Rebounds16 (0.7 rpg)
Assists35 (1.5 apg)
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Tharon Rex Mayes (born September 9, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, he was listed at 6'3" tall and weighed 175 lbs.

Career

Mayes played collegiate ball with the Florida State University Seminoles (1987–1990). He scored 1260 points (16.4 ppg) for Florida State and had a total of 132 steals. Scoring 23.3 points per game in the 1989-90 campaign, he put up the third-best season scoring average in FSU history. In the team's media guide, Mayes was described as "a defensive terror because of his lightning-quick hand".[1] In January 1990, he was suspended indefinitely after an altercation with a parking meter patrolman.[2]

He played the majority of his professional basketball career in the

NBA with brief stints with the Philadelphia 76ers (1991) and Los Angeles Clippers (1992). In the NBA, Mayes saw action in a total of 24 games, averaging 4.1 points a game.[6]

He also played overseas in

Recreativos Orenes Murcia (1998–1999; 12 games: 14.2 ppg),[8] and in Israel for Hapoel Tsfat (1996–1997) and Hapoel Holon (1999–2000; 9 games: 12.2 ppg).[9]

After retiring, Mayes settled in Toronto and started a basketball camp. In 2003, he decided to come back to Florida State University with the goal to finish his degree in criminology.[10] Mayes worked in youth programs in Toronto, Florida, Boston and in his hometown, where he became the sports director of the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven in 2009.[11]

Notable awards

  • CBA All-Rookie (1991)
  • CBA All-Star (1991)
  • Named one of the 20 Greatest Players in the history of the Sioux Fall Skyforce[5]

Personal life

Mayes is the stepfather of the former Florida State player Xavier Rathan-Mayes.[12]

External links

References

  1. ^ "1,000 POINT SCORERS" (PDF). Florida State Men's Basketball Media Guide 2019-20. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  2. ^ "Florida State Guard Suspended Through February". UPI. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  3. ^ "Tharon Mayes minor league basketball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  4. ^ "1990 Continental Basketball Association (CBA) sports Leaders on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  5. ^ a b "30 To 30". Sioux Falls Skyforce. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  6. ^ "Tharon Mayes". NBA Stats. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  7. ^ "Top-Scorer Basketball-Saison 95/96". Basketball in Deutschland. 1996. Archived from the original on 2004-05-31. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  8. ^ "Tharon Rex Mayes: TEMPORADA A TEMPORADA". acb.com. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  9. ^ "Hapoel Holon 1999-2000". basket.co.il. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  10. ^ "Catching Up With Former Seminole Men's Basketball Star Tharon Mayes". Florida State Seminoles. 2003-08-01. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  11. ^ Staff, David Borges, Register (2012-08-15). "BASKETBALL: Former NBA player Tharon Mayes serves as a role model (video/photos)". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2021-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Men's college basketball: David Borges preseason AP Top 25 ballot". The Middletown Press. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
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