2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Pearson Jr., Mickey
Jersey Number 3
Mickey Pearson Jr.
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, Ala.
- Prev School:
- TCU
- High School:
- John Hardin
Bio
Career Accolades
2023-24 Academic All-MAC Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
Feb. 12, 2025 - MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week
Feb. 5, 2025 - MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week
Dec. 13, 2023 - MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week
2022 NABC Honors Court
2024-25 (Redshirt Senior): Played in all 31 games, making 26 starts ... averaged 12.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 29.3 minutes per game ... shot 42.8 percent from the field including 33.3 percent on 3-pointers and 84.0 percent on free throws ... scored a season-best 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds against Akron (2/25) ... went for 11 points and a career-best 13 rebounds in the season opener at Georgia State (11/4) ... scored in double figures 24 times ... had 18 points, four rebounds and two assists while tying his career high in steals (three) and setting personal bests in free throws made (12) and attempted (12) in a win at Bellarmine (12/14) ... put up a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double against Detroit Mercy (11/20) ... recorded his 1,000th career point and 500th rebound at Ball State in the win over Southern Miss (2/8)
2023-24 (Redshirt Junior): Pearson Jr. started in all 29 games he played in and averaged the second-most minutes on the team (34.7 per game) ... tallied 12.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while shooting 43.0 percent from the field, 35.9 percent on 3-pointers and 85.3 percent at the free throw line, which ended the season ranking third in the Mid-American Conference ... established career highs in scoring in wins over USC Upstate (24 points on 11/21) and at Central Michigan (25 points on 2/27) ... other career bests set included four assists against Northern Illinois (1/27), three steals at Eastern Michigan (1/16), four 3-pointers made vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/24) and 10 free throws made vs Central Michigan (1/6)
2021-22 (Redshirt Sophomore): Named to the NABC Honors Court for having a GPA of 3.0 or higher … appeared in 27 games, including one start … tallied 106 points and 58 rebounds … dished out 14 assists … notched 10 steals and added seven blocked shots … produced a career-high 13 points at Bowling Green on Feb. 19 … brought down a personal-best six rebounds against Western Illinois on Dec. 1 … blocked a career-high two shots against NIU on Jan. 27 … knocked down a personal-best five field goals against Weber State on Nov. 19 … made a career-best two 3-pointers against Bowling Green on Feb. 19.
Prior to Ball State: Redshirted as a true freshman in 2019-20 … played in 19 games and made one start… averaged 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds … had a season-high five points and six rebounds against Oklahoma (12/6/20) … shot 9-of-22 from the field (40.9 percent) … prior to his time at TCU, Pearson played a season at powerhouse prep school Hargrave Military Academy ... played on a team with 11 Division I players on it, he averaged 11.2 ppg and 4.4 rebounds per game and made 49 3-pointers … that Hargrave team, which had former Muncie Central star Tommy Freeman on the staff as an assistant, went 38-4 during Pearson's year.
High School: Pearson played his high school ball at John Hardin HS in Kentucky, where he was two-time area player of the year and was a finalist for 2018 Kentucky Mr. Basketball … a first-team all-state selection as a senior with averages of 26 points and 11 rebounds, he led Hardin to a regional championship and the Sweet 16 of Kentucky high school basketball ... he left Hardin as the school's all-time leader in points scored, rebounds and blocked shots ... he played on the 2018 Kentucky All-Star team that beat Indiana to snap Kentucky's 17-game losing streak in the series ... he averaged 21 points and nine boards as a junior.
2023-24 Academic All-MAC Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
Feb. 12, 2025 - MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week
Feb. 5, 2025 - MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week
Dec. 13, 2023 - MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week
2022 NABC Honors Court
2024-25 (Redshirt Senior): Played in all 31 games, making 26 starts ... averaged 12.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 29.3 minutes per game ... shot 42.8 percent from the field including 33.3 percent on 3-pointers and 84.0 percent on free throws ... scored a season-best 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds against Akron (2/25) ... went for 11 points and a career-best 13 rebounds in the season opener at Georgia State (11/4) ... scored in double figures 24 times ... had 18 points, four rebounds and two assists while tying his career high in steals (three) and setting personal bests in free throws made (12) and attempted (12) in a win at Bellarmine (12/14) ... put up a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double against Detroit Mercy (11/20) ... recorded his 1,000th career point and 500th rebound at Ball State in the win over Southern Miss (2/8)
2023-24 (Redshirt Junior): Pearson Jr. started in all 29 games he played in and averaged the second-most minutes on the team (34.7 per game) ... tallied 12.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while shooting 43.0 percent from the field, 35.9 percent on 3-pointers and 85.3 percent at the free throw line, which ended the season ranking third in the Mid-American Conference ... established career highs in scoring in wins over USC Upstate (24 points on 11/21) and at Central Michigan (25 points on 2/27) ... other career bests set included four assists against Northern Illinois (1/27), three steals at Eastern Michigan (1/16), four 3-pointers made vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/24) and 10 free throws made vs Central Michigan (1/6)
2021-22 (Redshirt Sophomore): Named to the NABC Honors Court for having a GPA of 3.0 or higher … appeared in 27 games, including one start … tallied 106 points and 58 rebounds … dished out 14 assists … notched 10 steals and added seven blocked shots … produced a career-high 13 points at Bowling Green on Feb. 19 … brought down a personal-best six rebounds against Western Illinois on Dec. 1 … blocked a career-high two shots against NIU on Jan. 27 … knocked down a personal-best five field goals against Weber State on Nov. 19 … made a career-best two 3-pointers against Bowling Green on Feb. 19.
Prior to Ball State: Redshirted as a true freshman in 2019-20 … played in 19 games and made one start… averaged 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds … had a season-high five points and six rebounds against Oklahoma (12/6/20) … shot 9-of-22 from the field (40.9 percent) … prior to his time at TCU, Pearson played a season at powerhouse prep school Hargrave Military Academy ... played on a team with 11 Division I players on it, he averaged 11.2 ppg and 4.4 rebounds per game and made 49 3-pointers … that Hargrave team, which had former Muncie Central star Tommy Freeman on the staff as an assistant, went 38-4 during Pearson's year.
High School: Pearson played his high school ball at John Hardin HS in Kentucky, where he was two-time area player of the year and was a finalist for 2018 Kentucky Mr. Basketball … a first-team all-state selection as a senior with averages of 26 points and 11 rebounds, he led Hardin to a regional championship and the Sweet 16 of Kentucky high school basketball ... he left Hardin as the school's all-time leader in points scored, rebounds and blocked shots ... he played on the 2018 Kentucky All-Star team that beat Indiana to snap Kentucky's 17-game losing streak in the series ... he averaged 21 points and nine boards as a junior.
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