#10 Temple 'T.J.' Gibbs 2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2018 Notre Dame ‘Empty The Tank’ Awardwinner
• 2017-18 ACC Player of the Week (Jan. 8, 2018)
• 2016-17 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2017 ACC Academic Honor Roll
• 2017 Notre Dame Newcomer of the Year

NEED TO KNOW

• Due to a series of team injuries in 2017-18, accepted a role as the team’s primary scorer and ball handler, ending up with one of the most noteworthy sophomore campaigns of the Mike Brey era.
• Poised to take an even more important role with the team in his third season on the roster and should be among the ACC’s elite perimeter players.

2017-18

• Finished the season with 1,348 minutes played, the third-most in school history and 10th-most in the NCAA for 2017-18. His 704 minutes played in ACC games is the second-most in school history.
• Finished the season with 552 points, the ninth-best single-season total for a sophomore in Notre Dame history.
• Posted perhaps his finest game in an Irish uniform against Boston College (2/6/18), scoring a career-best 28 points with five three-point field goals (shooting 8-for-11 from the field), five rebounds and three assists.
• Continued to play big minutes, logging 38 or more minutes for the eighth straight game at Duke, leading the team with 22 points.
• Went all 40 minutes with 27 points, five assists and five three pointers in the regular season contest against Virginia Tech (1/27/18) – including a half court shot to end the first half.
• Played 38 minutes at No. 20/18 Clemson (1/20/18), scoring 18 points with four rebounds and two assists.
• Played a career-high 48 minutes in the double overtime loss to Louisville (1/16/18), finishing with 12 points and two steals.
• Scored 19 points with six assists and five rebounds in the battle vs. North Carolina (1/13/18).
• Dished out a career-high-matching seven assists in the loss at Georgia Tech (1/10/18).
• Earned first ACC Player of the Week award on Monday, January 8, 2018 after leading the Irish to a 2-0 week in the ACC with wins over NC State and at Syracuse, averaging 20.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 4.5 apg.
• Carried the Irish through a tough-shooting first half at Syracuse, finishing the first 20 minutes 5-of-10 from the floor with 14 points and three rebounds. The effort kept the Irish in the game, as the rest of the team would finish 1-19 from the floor in the eventual 51-49 victory.
• His two free throws with 2:25 remaining gave Notre Dame its first lead of the game at Syracuse since the Irish were up 1-0 in the early minutes of the contest.
• Stepped up in the victory over NC State (1/3/18), with both Bonzie Colson and Matt Farrell sidelined with injuries, to score 22 points with career-best seven rebounds while shooting seven-of-eight from the free throw line.
• Broke out for 21 points in the victory at Delaware (12/9/17), shooting four-of-seven from three-point range in 38 minutes.
• The key scorer in Notre Dame’s victory over LSU (11/21/17) in the Maui Invitational, scoring 26 points with six three pointers and four assists.
• Led the Irish to a season-opening victory at DePaul (11/11/17) with 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting, four three-point field goals and zero turnovers in 38 minutes of action.

2016-17

• Provided a spark off the bench against Boston College (3/1/17) with four points, a team-high four assists, three rebounds and two steals – both of them coming during a 15-0 run in the first half to help Notre Dame take control of the game.
• Made his first career start vs. No. 14/15 Florida State (2/11/17), logging 21 minutes, five points, two assists and four rebounds.
• Came off the bench to score 12 points, including 2-for-2 from three-point range against No. 21/21 Duke (1/30/17).
• Played 25 minutes, scoring 12 points (first back-to-back double-digit scoring games of his career) at No. 10/12 Florida State (1/18/17), shooting four-of-five from the field with two three pointers.
• Delivered huge bench minutes in the victory at Virginia Tech (1/14/17), scoring a career-high 13 points while shooting five-of-seven from the floor.
• Played a key role in the road victory at Pittsburgh (12/31/16) – his first career ACC game – stepping up in the second half off the bench to tie the game at 49-49 with a three pointer (13:32 remaining). Also deflected a handful of passes at the top of the 2-3 zone, allowing the Irish to get key defensive stops.
• Logged 20 minutes, scored 12 points and dished off a career-high seven assists in the victory over North Carolina A&T (12/4/16).
• Was all over the court in the victory over Seattle (11/16/16), scoring 11 points while leading the team in assists (five) and steals (three).
• Made his first career appearance in an Irish uniform in the season-opening victory over Bryant (11/12/16), playing 18 minutes, scoring his first career field goal, free throw, assist and steal against the Bulldogs.

HIGH SCHOOL

• All-time leading scorer in Seton Hall Prep school history.
• First team all-state selection in 2015-16 after leading Seton Hall prep to a 29-1 record, averaging 20.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.6 apg and 2.4 spg.
• Participated in the Kentucky Derby All-Star Game in Louisville, Ky., and won the event’s three-point shooting competition.
• Final recruit service rankings included No. 62 (Rivals), No. 73 (24/7 Sports) and No. 80 (ESPN).
• Invited to play in the Capital Classic in Washington, D.C.

PERSONAL

• Full name is Temple Dupree Gibbs Junior.
• Son of Temple and Jacqui Gibbs along with older brothers Ashton and Sterling.
• Father, Temple, played football at Temple University.
• Brother, Ashton, played basketball at the University of Pittsburgh and currently plays for Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen in the Belgium Basketball League.
• Brother, Sterling, played basketball at Texas, Seton Hall and Connecticut and was a member of the Washington Wizards NBA Summer League team in 2016. He played professionally in Russia and in the Hungary A League in 2017-18.
• One of the few freshman players of the Brey era to take on 18 hours in first semester at Notre Dame and finish with a GPA over 3.0.
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters with a major in film, television and theatre.

GIBBS GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS