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outhland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 20S
2019-20 Season (Redshirt Junior):
Appeared in 27 games with three starts … averaged two points and nearly one rebound per game … scored a season-high 10 points twice, in the opener against Centenary and a huge road win at Nicholls … against the Colonels, scored six of his 10 to help sustain NSU through an early second-half scoring drought, making a combo guard, his 18 assists to nine turnovers is tied for best on the team (2:1 assist-turnover ratio) … started three of the first five games against Rice (season-high 18 minutes) Tulane and Louisiana College.
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2018-19 Season (Redshirt Sophomore): Norvel appeared in all 31 games and started seven ... second on the team in steals (24) ... tied for second on the team with 42 assists (1.4 per game) ... averaged four points per game with career-high 14 vs. Centenary ... scored 13 points at BYU and 12 against Alabama A&M ... had a career-high six rebounds vs. Southeastern and four assists vs. Champion Christian ... shot 32 percent from 3-point range, including a career-high three makes vs. BYU, New Orleans and Centenary ... played career-high 26 minutes vs. Alabama A&M.
Prior to NSU:
Played one season at LSU-Alexandria, but did not appear in a game.
High school: LHSAA All-Star game appearance in 2016 after his senior season ... averaged 12.6 points per game, 5.6 assists per game, and 3.1 rebounds per game ... ranked as ninth-best point guard recruit in the state in
#KEEPTHEFAITH 2016 ... two-time all-district selection as a junior and senior ... Salmen High was district champions with state playoff appearances in his final three seasons ... won team MVP in 2016 ... LHSAA Class 4A State Championship runner-up (2015) ... won SHS’ best defender award (2015)
Personal: Son of Wilma Netters, John Norvel Sr., and Gerald Netters III ... five siblings include brothers Sean and Jarek and sisters Kasha, Candice and Shaudell ... cousin Vick Ballard is the Mississippi State Bulldogs’ football team single-season rushing touchdown record holder with 19. Ballard also played three seasons with the Indianapolis Colts ... uncle Walter Ballard Jr. was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs after playing college ball at UTEP ... majoring in health and exercise science with a concentration in pre-physical therapy, has a 3.5 GPA ... plans to attend graduate school for physical therapy and wants to be a contributing member to society.
Points: 14, vs. Centenary (Nov. 6, 2018) Rebounds: 6, vs. Southeastern (Jan. 26, 2019 Field Goals: 4, 3x, last vs. Louisiana College (Dec. 18, 2018) Field Goal Attempts: 10, vs. Louisiana College (Dec. 18, 2018) Free Throws Made: 7, vs. Centenary (Nov. 5, 2019) Free Throw Attempts: 8, vs. Centenary (Nov. 5, 2019) 3-Pointers: 3, 3x, last at New Orleans (Jan. 30, 2019 3-Point Attempts: 6, at. BYU (Nov. 13, 2018) Blocks: 1, 3x, last vs. SFA (Feb. 16, 2019) Assists: 4, vs. Champion Christian (Dec. 30, 2018) Steals: 3, vs. Champion Christian (Dec. 29, 2020) Minutes: 26, vs. Alabama-A&M (Nov. 23, 2018)
2019-20 SEASON HIGHS
Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws Made: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:
10, 2x, last at Nicholls (Jan. 15, 2020) 4, at Texas A&M (Nov. 6, 2019) 3, at Nicholls (Jan. 15, 2020 5, 2x, last at Nicholls (Jan. 15, 2020) 7, vs. Centenary (Nov. 5, 2019) 8, vs. Centenary (Nov. 5, 2019) 1, 6x, last vs. Abilene Christian (Feb. 5, 2020) 4, vs. Champion Christian (Dec. 29, 2019) N/A 3, 2x, last vs. Southeastern (Jan. 25, 2020) 3, vs. Champion Christian (Dec. 29, 2020) 18, vs. Rice (Nov. 12, 2019)
CAREER HONORS • 2019 NABC Honor Court • 2019 SLC Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll • 2020 SLC Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll
YEAR
18-19 19-20
Tot. G-GS
31-7 27-3
58-10
NORVEL'S CAREER STATS
MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL.
513 16.5 41-128 .320 23-73 .315 21-31 .677 14 37 51 1.6 49 42 1.4 32 3 24 196 7.3 14-40 .350 6-19 .316 21-26 .808 5 14 19 0.7 25 18 0.4 9 0 11
709 12.2 55-168 .327 29-92 .315 42-57 .737 19 51 70 1.2 74 60 1.0 41 3 35
2020-21 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013
PTS.
126 55
181 AVG.
4.1 2.0
