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BIO: Jarvis Lang was born in Greenville, North Carolina (USA).

NBL EXPERIENCE

Jarvis Lang made his NBL debut with the Melbourne Tigers at 25 years of age. He scored 24 points in his first game.

After the blowout loss the Tigers suffered at the hands of the South East Melbourne Magic in game three of the 1996 NBL Finals, the team chose not to re-sign long-time import Dave Simmons and replaced him with athletic wing Jarvis Lang.

The season began poorly with the team for multiple reasons. It became rapidly clear that Lang (19.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, and 2.0 assists) was battling serious knee problems, which limited his playing time, not to mention the Tigers being stripped of a win against Adelaide due to Bradtke not getting proper clearance before returning from the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers.

With a record of three wins, nine losses, fans and media began to lay the blame on Lindsay Gaze and called for him to step down as coach. The Tigers players, however, knew the slow start was due to their efforts, and so with a renewed focus, as well as the mid-season decision to sack Lang and replace him with Marcus Timmons, they looked to turn things around. After one trial practice session, the Tigers signed Timmons, and everything began to click, and he became the missing piece to their early-season puzzle.

Over the remaining 22 games, Melbourne was able to finish in second place (19-11), behind South East Melbourne (22-8), going on a 14-game consecutive winning streak to finish the regular season. The Tigers never looked back from there, going on to win their second NBL championship.

Jarvis Lang played one season in the NBL. He averaged 19.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, and 2 assists in 8 NBL games.

Dan Boyce is a die-hard Sydney Kings fan who grew up in Melbourne during the roaring 90's of Australian Basketball and spent far too much time collecting Futera NBL Basketball cards.

COLLEGE

As a freshman for the Charlotte 49ers, Lang led all NCAA Division I freshmen in both scoring (19.6) and rebounding (10.6) per game. He was named the Metro Conference Freshman of the Year and named to the All-Metro Freshman Team, and ESPN named him to the All-American First Team for freshmen only.

Lang's sophomore season, however, saw him go down in just the second game with a injury, forcing him to medical redshirt to sit out the entire year.

He returned in 1992/93 but averaged a reduced 13.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, yet still was named to the All-Metro Second Team.

During his junior season, his averages increased to 16.7 points and 10.3 rebounds as he was named to the All-Metro First Team.

Numerous media outlets named him as a honorable mention All-American as well.

Then, for his senior season in 1994/95, Lang repeated as a first-team all-conference performer.

His 16.4 points, 80.9 rebounds, and 1.0 steals and blocks per game made him the Metro Conference Player of the Year, which was coincidentally the final year in the award's existence due to the conference joining with the Great Midwest Conference, forming Conference USA.

Lang finished his college career with 1,855 points and 1,047 rebounds.

Through 2011/12, those totals place him fifth and second all-time in school history.

His jersey (number 23) has been retired by Charlotte.