Gerald Wilkins

School: Chattanooga (SoCon member 1976-present)

Sport: Men's Basketball

Years Competed: 1983-85

Major/Degree: Did not graduate

Relevant Statistics

- Holds school records (DI era) for single-season points (672), scoring average (21.0), field goals made (276) and attempted (532) in a season (1984-85)
- Tied for second in Chattanooga's DI history in total points scored (1,449), a feat accomplished in just three years
- Career scoring average of 17.0 points per game ranks fifth in UTC's DI era
- Also tied for seventh in program history in steals (129)
- Played a program-record 1,187 minutes in 1984-85, averaging a program-record 37.1 minutes per game; also UTC's program leader in career minutes per game with 34.2
- Holds Chatanooga single-season records with 31 double-figure scoring games and 22 games of 20-plus points in 1984-85; also the Mocs' career leader with 34 20-plus scoring games

Team Record(s)/Finishes

1982-83: 26-4 / 15-1 SoCon (1st) - SoCon tourney champs; NCAA 1st round; team finished ranked No. 15
1983-84: 24-7 / 12-4 SoCon (2nd) - NIT 2nd round, beating Georgia in the first round; averaged 20.5 ppg in NIT
1984-85: 24-8 / 14-2 SoCon (1st) - NIT quarterfinals, beating Clemson and Lamar on Wilkins’ buzzer-beater on full-court pass; lost at Louisville 71-66 in the Elite 8; averaged 25 ppg in NIT

Conference Honors/Awards

- SoCon 75th Anniversary Second Team
- Two-time All-SoCon (1983-84 second team; 1984-85 first team)
- Two-time member of SoCon All-Tournament first team (1984 and 1985)
- Two-time SoCon Player of the Week

Professional Career

- Scored more than 11,700 points and averaged 13.1 points per game over his 13-year, 900-game NBA career
- Spent the last three years of his career with the Orlando Magic, playing with his brother, Dominique, in his final season
- Also spent parts of his career with the New York Knicks, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Vancouver Grizzlies
- Started 653 of his 900 appearances
- Averaged in double figures in each of his first nine seasons in the league with a high of 19.1 points per game in 1986-87
- Played in 55 playoff games and averaged 12.9 points per playoff game; averaged 20 points per game in the 1988 NBA Playoffs for the Knicks and 20.3 points per game in 1994 for Cleveland
- Second-round selection (47th overall pick) in 1985 Draft by the New York Knicks
- Scored his career high of 43 points as a Knick at New Jersey on Feb. 21, 1987

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