2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
                
                
            
            
            
            
            
                
                
                    
                        Biography
                    
                                                
                        2015-16 Season (Junior): Started all 34 games... was named Southland All-Defensive Team and All-Southland honorable mention after leading the league in blocks (2.5).. averaged 8.8 points and 5.2 rebounds... shot 53.8 percent from the field... scored a career-high 17 points twice... reached double figures in scoring in 12 games... had 70 assists and 21 steals... broke three of the program's blocked shots records - 8 in a single game (vs. UNO), 85 in a single-season and ranks first in career blocks with 163.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Started all 29 games as a sophomore, playing 20.7 minutes per game... Averaged career-highs in points (6.4), rebounds (3.8), blocks (1.6) and assists (1.3)... Shot a career-high 57.6 percent from the floor and 33.3 percent from beyond the arc... Scored a career-high 15 points against New Orleans on March 2... Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against Southeastern La. on March 12... Tossed a career-high four assists agaisnt both Incarnate Word on Feb. 10 and New Orleans on March 11... Recorded a career-high six blocks against Spring Hill College on Dec. 30... Sank a career-high six shots against Wake Forest on Nov. 24... Made a career-high three shots from beyond the arc against Northwestern State on Feb. 23.
2013-14 (Freshman): Played in 24 of 29 games in his freshman campaign, averaging 3.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, finishing 10th in blocks per game in the Southland Conference… Shot 55.8 percent (34-62) from the field… Registered a career-high four blocks against Indiana… Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against Southeastern Louisiana in the conference tournament… Earned Nicholls Freshman Male Student-Athlete of the Year.
Prior to Nicholls:
At Central Private: Helped lead CPS to its first ever Mississippi Association of Independent Schools title after averaging 14.1 points, 10.5 rebounds and 9.1 blocks per game in his senior season... In the MAIS championship game alone, Thomas had ten points, eight boards and eight blocked shots.
Personal: Full name is Liam Robert Thomas, born July 20 in Sydney, Australia... Son of Warren and Carolyn Thomas.. Has two siblings in Erin and Scott... Majoring in general studies.
                    
                
                
                
                    
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                                                    2013-14Freshman
                                                    
                                                
                                             Forward 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'10"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        195 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2014-15Sophomore
                                                    
                                                
                                             Forward 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'10"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        195 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2015-16Junior
                                                    
                                                
                                             Center 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        7'0"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        200 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2016-17Senior
                                                    
                                                
                                             Center 
                                                
                                                    
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                                                        200 lbs