Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball statistical leaders

The Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball program in various categories,[1] including points, three-pointers, assists, blocks, rebounds, and steals. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Vaqueros represent the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in the NCAA's Western Athletic Conference.

UTRGV did not formally exist until 2013, and did not begin operation until 2015. The school was established by the merger of two campuses of the University of Texas System—the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) and University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA). Before the merger, UTB was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), competing as the UT Brownsville Ocelots, while UTPA competed as the Texas–Pan American (or UT Pan American) Broncs in NCAA Division I. Before the merger took full effect, the UT System announced that the UTPA athletic program would transfer directly to UTRGV, with the new school thus fully inheriting UTPA's athletic history. In turn, this means that the history of UTRGV men's basketball officially begins with UTPA's first season of intercollegiate basketball in 1952–53 (when that school was known as Pan American College).[1] The NCAA did not officially record assists as a stat until the 1983–84 season, and blocks and steals until the 1985–86 season, but the UTRGV record books include players in these stats before these seasons. These lists are updated through the end of the 2019–20 season.

Scoring

Career Rk Player Points Seasons 1 Otto Moore 1,880 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 2 Luke Jackson 1,813 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 3 Brian Merriweather 1,738 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 4 Fred Taylor 1,721 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 5 Marshall Rogers 1,507 1974–75 1975–76 6 Mitchell Edwards 1,423 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 7 Shaquille Hines 1,325 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 8 Anthony Eatmon 1,309 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 9 Melvin Thomas 1,306 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 10 Mire Chatman 1,282 2000–01 2001–02 Nick Dixon 1,282 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Season Rk Player Points Season 1 Marshall Rogers 919 1975–76 2 Luke Jackson 836 1963–64 3 Mire Chatman 760 2001–02 4 Luke Jackson 729 1962–63 5 Bruce King 681 1973–74 6 Fred Taylor 671 1969–70 7 Nick Dixon 670 2017–18 8 Otto Moore 664 1967–68 9 Brian Merriweather 641 1998–99 10 Michael Edwards 631 1977–78

Single Game Rk Player Points Season Opponent 1 Marshall Rogers 58 1975–76 Texas Lutheran 2 Bruce King 55 1973–74 Baptist 3 Luke Jackson 51 1962–63 Western Illinois 4 Bruce King 49 1973–74 Tulsa 5 Marshall Rogers 48 1975–76 Texas-Arlington 6 Marshall Rogers 47 1975–76 Hawaii 7 Mire Chatman 46 2001–02 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Marshall Rogers 46 1974–75 Baptist 9 Mire Chatman 46 2001–02 New Mexico State Bruce King 44 1973–74 Oral Roberts

Rebounds

Career Rk Player Rebounds Seasons 1 Otto Moore 1,679 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 2 Luke Jackson 1,393 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 3 Jim McGurk 948 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 4 Anthony Eatmon 836 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 5 Frank Lorthridge 804 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 6 Carlos McCullough 785 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 7 Fred Taylor 699 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 8 Pete Perry 670 1971–72 1972–73 9 Henry Taylor 664 1976–77 1977–78 10 Calvin Oliver 646 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71

Season Rk Player Rebounds Season 1 Luke Jackson 626 1962–63 2 Luke Jackson 618 1963–64 3 Otto Moore 562 1965–66 4 Walter Sampson 529 1959–60 5 Otto Moore 497 1967–68 6 Otto Moore 463 1966–67 7 Pete Perry 388 1972–73 8 Henry Taylor 368 1977–78 9 Howard Montgomery 366 1961–62 10 Carlos McCullough 358 1972–73

Single Game Rk Player Rebounds Season Opponent 1 Otto Moore 35 1966–67 Lamar Tech 2 Walter Sampson 34 1959–60 Huston-Tillotson 3 Otto Moore 31 1967–68 Trinity 4 Otto Moore 30 1967–68 Jackson State Luke Jackson 30 1962–63 East Texas Baptist 6 Otto Moore 29 1967–68 Illinois State 7 Luke Jackson 28 1962–63 Corpus Christi 8 Otto Moore 27 1965–66 LeTourneau 9 Otto Moore 26 1966–67 St. Benedict’s Luke Jackson 26 1963–64 St. Edward’s

Assists

Career Rk Player Assists Seasons 1 Jesus Guerra 771 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 2 John Wilbanks 634 1976–77 1977–78 3 Paul Friddle 601 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 4 Javon Levi 524 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 5 Mike Carroll 511 1979–80 1980–81 6 Lalo Rios 444 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 7 Nick Weiermiller 409 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2011–12 8 Paul Stoll 373 2006–07 2007–08 9 Greg Black 362 1993–94 1994–95 10 Kirk Brown 310 1970–71 1971–72

Season Rk Player Assists Season 1 John Wilbanks 323 1977–78 2 John Wilbanks 311 1976–77 3 Jesus Guerra 289 1975–76 4 Mike Carroll 275 1980–81 5 Mike Carroll 236 1979–80 6 Paul Stoll 224 2007–08 7 Javon Levi 211 2018–19 8 Greg Black 202 1993–94 9 Javon Levi 199 2019–20 10 Jesus Guerra 189 1974–75

Single Game Rk Player Assists Season Opponent 1 John Wilbanks 22 1976–77 Arkansas State 2 John Wilbanks 20 1977–78 Southwestern Louisiana Jesus Guerra 20 1974–75 Denver 4 John Wilbanks 19 1977–78 Texas A&I John Wilbanks 19 1976–77 Hardin-Simmons 6 John Wilbanks 17 1976–77 New Mexico State 7 Mike Carroll 16 1980–81 East Carolina John Wilbanks 16 1976–77 Hardin-Simmons Jesus Guerra 16 1975–76 Texas-Arlington Jesus Guerra 16 1975–76 Hardin-Simmons

Steals

Career Rk Player Steals Seasons 1 Lalo Rios 231 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2 Javon Levi 204 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 3 Mire Chatman 183 2000–01 2001–02 4 Greg Black 176 1993–94 1994–95 5 Lesley Varner II 156[2] 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 6 John Wilbanks 149 1976–77 1977–78 7 Brian Merriweather 139 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 8 Eric Montalvo 132 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 Gilbert King 132 1974–75 1975–76 10 Nick Weiermiller 118 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2011–12

Season Rk Player Steals Season 1 Javon Levi 109 2018–19 2 Mire Chatman 105 2001–02 3 Greg Black 94 1994–95 4 Gilbert King 89 1975–76 5 Michael Anderson 87 1985–86 6 Greg Black 82 1993–94 7 Paul Stoll 79 2007–08 8 Mire Chatman 78 2000–01 9 John Wilbanks 76 1976–77 10 John Wilbanks 73 1977–78

Single Game Rk Player Steals Season Opponent 1 John Wilbanks 10 1977–78 Texas A&I 2 Paul Stoll 9 2007–08 New Jersey Institute of Technology Greg Black 9 1994–95 Minnesota-Duluth 4 Mire Chatman 8 2001–02 New Mexico State Mire Chatman 8 2001–02 Sul Ross State Greg Black 8 1993–94 Arkansas-Little Rock Arturo Ormond 8 1990–91 Grambling State Tyrone Scott 8 1985–86 U.S. International Gilbert King 8 1975–76 Houston Baptist 10 Lesley Varner II 7 2019–20 California Baptist Javon Levi 7 2018–19 Texas Southern Javon Levi 7 2018–19 Seattle U Shaquille Boga 7 2013–14 Bakersfield Paul Stoll 7 2006–07 IPFW

Blocks

Career Rk Player Blocks Seasons 1 Pete Perry 216 1971–72 1972–73 2 Melvin Thomas 107 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 3 Dan Kimasa 98 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 4 Shaquille Hines 74 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 5 Matt Palmquist 70 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 6 Chris Jones 66 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 7 Danny Salisbury 58 1977–78 1978–79 8 Anthony White 54 1985–86 1986–87 9 Marcus Quinn 51 2000–01 2001–02 10 Sedat Necipoglu 49 1994–95 1995–96

Season Rk Player Blocks Season 1 Pete Perry 120 1972–73 2 Pete Perry 96 1971–72 3 Travis Ross 46 1971–72 4 Dan Kimasa 44 2014–15 5 Melvin Thomas 42 1989–90 6 Danny Salisbury 39 1978–79 7 Melvin Thomas 36 1988–89 Anthony White 36 1986–87 9 Marcus Quinn 34 2001–02 10 Gilbert King 33 1974–75

Single Game Rk Player Blocks Season Opponent 1 Pete Perry 11 1971–72 Lamar 2 Pete Perry 9 1971–72 Tennessee Tech 3 Pete Perry 8 1971–72 Southern Mississippi 4 Melvin Thomas 7 1988–89 Texas Lutheran Pete Perry 7 1972–73 Southwestern Pete Perry 7 1971–72 Lamar

References

1. "UTRGV Men's Basketball 2020-21 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
2. "Lesley Varner II". ESPN.com.