2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
FAVORITES...
* Food: Thai
* Movie: "He Got Game"
* Actor: Denzel Washington
* Color: Black
* Person You Admire Most: My Father
* Saying: "Hardwork, consistency and progression"
* Country to Visit: England
* Class: Psychology
* Baruch Athletic Team: Women's Basketball
COLLEGE: Fourth year on the team...First Bearcat ever selected to the 2015 Reese's Division III College National All-Star Game...2014-15 ECAC Metro Division III First Team All-Star...2014-15 CUNYAC First Team All-Star...2014-15 D3Hoops.com All-Atlantic Region Second Team All-Star...2014-15 NABC Atlantic Region Second Team All-Star...Two-time CUNYAC Player of the Week (Dec. 8, 15)...Three-time Met Basketball Writers Player of the Week (Dec. 15, Jan. 20, Mar. 3)...Named the ECAC Metro Player of the Week on Dec. 15 and Co-Player of the Week on Mar. 3...Named to D3Hoops.com Team of the Week on Dec. 18...Named the Baruch Athlete of the Month for February 2015...Member of team that won the 2015 CUNYAC Championship and will play in the NCAA Tournament. Named CUNYAC Championship Tournament MVP with 19 points, including a buzzer-beater to send the game to overtime vs Brooklyn on ESPN3 (2/27)...Hit the winning shot with two seconds left to defeat York, 52-50, in the CUNYAC Semifinals (2/25)...Scored 20 points in the team's win over Staten Island that clinched the CUNYAC Regular Season Title (2/13)...Scored his 1,000th career point on January 23, 2015 vs CCNY...Near double-double with 21 points, nine rebounds, three blocks vs Lehman (1/14)...Scored 16 of his 21 points in the 2nd half to defeat TCNJ (1/12)...Named to the All-Tournament Team of the 2014 Randolph-Macon Coaches Classic with a combined 31 points in games vs Salisbury (12/29) and No. 22 Randolph-Macon (12/30)...Double-double of 23 points, 10 rebounds, two steals vs York (12/12)...Solid game with 25 points and 13 rebounds in road win at Staten Island (12/9)...Played on the USA East Coast Basketball Team (formerly East Coast All-Stars) that traveled to Estonia and Finland on August 2-8, 2014 to compete in the Four Nations Cup. Gittens played with a roster of players from Division I Syracuse, Iowa, South Carolina, Arkansas, Maryland and fellow Division III Lycoming...Named 2014 Team MVP...Voted a 2013-14 ECAC Metro First Team All-Star...2013-14 CUNYAC First Team All-Star...Two of his biggest games of the season came against Middlebury (34 points, 14 rebounds, 11/16/13) and Wesleyan (35 points, 10 rebounds, 1/19/14)...Scored 11 points vs Div. I Yale (1/11/14)...Named the Baruch Athlete of the Month for January 2014...Named to the All-Tournament Team of the Franklin & Marshall Rotary Tip-Off Tournament (11/16/14)...Honored for his strong sophomore season with CUNYAC Second Team All-Star Honors with averages of 10.6 points and 6.1 rebounds in 23 games...Scored 29 points, 16 rebounds, and was a perfect 15-for-15 effort from the free throw line vs John Jay (1/25/13)...During 2011-12, he played in 18 games and averaged 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Attended The James Baldwin School in New York City.
PERSONAL: Majors in corporate communications...Nicknamed Grits (father gave it to him)...Career ambition is to become a public speaker...Likes to write poetry as a hobby...Started playing basketball at age eight.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2011-12Freshman
Forward/Center
6'6"
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2012-13Sophomore
Forward/Center
6'6"
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2013-14Junior
Forward/Center
6'6"
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2014-15Senior
Forward/Center
6'6"
