Rutgers-Newark Athletics

PROFILE OF THE WEEK (December 6, 2010)

NOTES: Three-year letterwinner and two-year starter for R-N… averaged 7.7 points and 5.0 rebounds while starting 52 of the 73 games in which he appeared.

SENIOR (2011-12): Started in 24 games while appearing in all contests for the 14-13 Raiders who earned NJAC and ECAC Metro playoff berths… averaged 8.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists and .9 steals per game… connected on 48.0% (84-175) of his field goals and 78.0% (46-59) of his free throws… scored in all but one game, reaching double digits 10 times… failed to get a rebound in just one game, collection five or more boards 17 times… grabbed 10 or more rebounds five times… posted one double-double with 13 points and a dozen rebounds in an 85-74 loss to Ramapo (2/11/12)… scored a season-high 15 points in a 91-71 win over CCNY (1/4/12)… totaled 14 points and six rebounds in an 82-69 loss to Stevens (1/31/12)… tallied 10 rebounds, nine points, three steals and two assists in an 85-56 win over Rutgers-Camden (12/3/11)... posted 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists in a 62-52 win over CCNY (11/22/11).

JUNIOR (2010-11): Starting forward in all 27 games for the 19-8 Scarlet Raiders who reached the ECAC Metro Championship title game to cap the season… averaged 11.2 points and 6.7 rebounds a game while keying the Raiders’ frontcourt defense… John K. Adams Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team… Hampton Inn/Naismith Classic All-Tournament Team… reached double digits in scoring 15 times while scoring in every game… hauled down five or more rebounds 21 times while grabbing at least one board in every game… posted four double-doubles… hit nine of 12 shots from the floor – including both 3-point jumpers – on his way to a career-high 20 points plus 10 rebounds and three assists in a 92-86 win over John Jay (12/13/10)… collared a career-high 16 rebounds while adding a dozen points in a 77-72 overtime loss to Neumann (12/18/10)… had 15 points, a dozen rebounds and three steals as Raiders took the Hampton Inn/Naismith Classic title game with a 71-66 victory over host Springfield (1/2/11)… hauled down 14 rebounds while adding a dozen points and three assists in an 88-75 win over Baruch (12/6/10)… hit eight of 10 shots from the floor on his way to 18 points and five rebounds in an 83-71 win over FDU-Florham (11/20/10) in the title game of the John K. Adams Tip-Off Classic… narrowly missed a fifth double-double with 10 rebounds and nine points in a 95-63 win over CCNY (11/23/10)… had 15 points, eight rebounds, four steals and a pair of assists in a 69-54 win over NYU (3/5/11) in the semifinals of the ECAC Metro Championship.

SOPHOMORE (2009-10): Played in 19 games, earning one starting assignment, in his first year in Scarlet & Black… averaged 2.3 points and 1.6 rebounds… connected on 46.2% (18-39) of his field goal tries… posted eight points, five rebounds, an assist and a steal in an 89-52 win over Penn State Harrisburg (11/22/09), hitting four of eight shots from the floor… opened his Raider career with five points and four rebounds in an 87-83 win over Hunter (11/17/09)… notched five points, making three of three from the free throw line, and added three rebounds in a 102-67 win at Medgar Evers (1/18/10)... knocked down a 3-point jumper on his only attempt of the game in the Raiders’ 86-73 loss to Richard Stockton (2/24/10) in the NJAC semifinals.

FRESHMAN (2007-08): Saw limited action in five games at Brandeis which posted a 23-6 record... totaled six points, three rebounds and two assists.

HIGH SCHOOL: Member of the 2006-07 St. Anthony’s HS team that went 26-1 under legendary head coach Bobby Hurley... also played baseball for the Friars as a pitcher and outfielder.

PERSONAL: Plans to major in accounting at R-N... enrolled at R-N in the spring of 2009... son of Marilyn Rivers and Norman McGee... has a younger brother, Isaiah, and a younger sister, Maranisha.

JEREMIAH RIVERS'S CAREER STATISTICS
2009-10 Game-by-Game
2010-11 Game-by-Game
2011-12 Game-by-Game
CAREER STATS