The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Lovan, Tavin
Jersey Number 3
Tavin Lovan
- Position:
- Guard
- Prev School:
- Hargrave Military Academy
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Franklin, Ky.
- High School:
- Franklin Simpson
Bio
*Extra Year of Eligibility Granted due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 Policies
Senior Season (2022-23)*
Senior Season (2022-23)*
- Appeared in 37 games with 20 starts
- Became UAB’s all time appearance leader, ending his career with 164 games played as a Blazer
- Scored a season-high 14 points at Western Kentucky while grabbing five rebounds and dishing out four assists (2/23/23)
- Finished with 12 points and a career-high eight rebounds at MTSU (1/16/23)
- Added 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds in win over No. 21 FAU (2/2/23)
- Recorded a season-high three steals at Rice (1/28/23)
- Played in 33 games, making 20 starts
- Preseason All-Conference USA
- Reached double figures in scoring 13 times
- Tied a season-high of 14 points four times
- Scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting in UAB’s NCAA Tournament matchup against Houston (3/18/22)
- Scored 14 points on a season-high seven made field goals in UAB’s league opener against UTEP (12/30/21)
- Logged a season-high five steals against Millsaps (12/12/21)
- Scored 11 points and pulled down a season-high seven rebounds in UAB’s C-USA Tournament Championship victory over Louisiana Tech (3/12/22)
- Ranked fifth on UAB’s roster with 8.2 points per game
- Ranked fourth on UAB’s roster with 44 total assists
- Ranked fifth on UAB’s roster with 3.4 rebounds per game
- Conference USA Second Team
- Conference USA Co-Player of the Week (1/23/21)
- Played in 29 games, making 27 starts
- Second on UAB with 12.2 ppg
- Led UAB with 66 assists
- 22 points vs. Tuskegee (12/9/20)
- 10 points and seven assists vs. Southern Miss (1/9/21)
- Career-high eight assists at Charlotte (1/15/21)
- Double-double of a career-high 32 points and season-high 11 rebounds vs. Rice (1/23/21)
- Followed that with a 23-point performance at Middle Tennessee (1/28/21)
- 19 points and eight rebounds at LA Tech (2/13/21)
- 25 points vs. Old Dominion (2/20/21)
- Played in 32 games, making 32 starts
- Started season making 14 of first 18 FGs
- Scored in double figures in 24 games, four 20+ point games
- 21 points vs. Alabama A&M (11/11/19)
- Nine rebounds vs. Lamar (11/26/19)
- Season-high 25 points and 10 FG vs. Middle Tennessee (2/12/20)
- Followed that with 22 points at Middle Tennessee (2/15/20)
- 23 points vs. Old Dominion in the C-USA Championship (3/7/20)
- Six assists vs. UTSA in the C-USA Championship (3/11/20)
- Played in 33 games, making eight starts
- Double-double of 13 points and season-high 12 rebounds vs. WKU (2/16/19)
- Season-high 16 points vs. Southern Miss (2/23/19)
- 10 double-figure games
- Helped lead his team to a 33-3 overall record
- Averaged close to 16 points per game
- Played 3 years at Franklin Simpson High school under coach Dee Spencer
- Named First Team All-State and Region Player of the Year as a senior
- Finalist for Mr. Basketball in the state of Kentucky in 2017
- Averaged 26 points and nine rebounds per game his senior year and averaged 30 points per game as a sophomore
- All-time leader in points and steals at his high school
- Born June 24, 1999
- Son of Veronica and Tony Lovan
- Has one sister
- Majoring in business
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