Photo Credit: Peter G. Borg (Rider University) Novar Gadson
Novar Gadson
# 23
Guard
Height:
6-7
Weight:
230
Sophomore
High School/Previous School
John Bartram
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pa.
High School Earned First Team All-City and First Team All-Public League honors as a senior...was the Division A Conference Player of the Year. ..averaged 22.5 points, 12 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game as a senior... surpassed Joe Bryant (Kobe's father) as Bartram High School's all-time leading scorer and earned Fifth Team All-State honors...named the MVP of the Public League All-Star Game.
At Rider In the MAAC was seventh in rebounding, third in defensive rebounds, 14th in blocks and 21st in scoring...compiled 21 points and 11 rebounds in win at Mississippi State and came back the next game and had 20 points and seven rebounds in win over Lehigh...made 14 of his first 18 shots last season...25 points (of team's 54) and 10 rebounds off the bench against Siena...14 points and 13 rebounds in win at Manhattan...grabbed 18 rebounds in two MAAC tournament games...enjoyed seven 'double-doubles' last year... tip-in with five seconds left led Rider to televised victory at Niagara...made four free throws in the final 1:52 to help preserve the win at Fairfield...named the Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Freshman of the Year for 2008-09... was named to the Collegeinsider.com Freshman Mid-Major All-America team...named the MAAC Rookie of the Week six times and was named to the MAAC All-Rookie team... ranked 24th in the MAAC in scoring, 13th in rebounding, 11th in field goal percentage and 12th in blocked shots...compiled a career-high 24 points in his final game of the season at Liberty in the 2009 Collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament...as a freshman scored 23 points in a MAAC win at Fairfield...scored 17 points in just his second collegiate game, a win at Lehigh...grabbed 14 rebounds in a 2009 MAAC playoff win over Saint Peter's.