2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Havsa, Cavit Ege

Jersey Number 55
Cavit Ege Havsa
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Istanbul, Turkey
- High School:
- Esenyurt Okyanus HS
Bio
2020-21 (Gr.)
Played in 25 games, making eight starts … averaged 4.6 points per game and 2.4 rebounds per game … second on the team and 14th in Conference USA with 3.0 assists per game … 11th in C-USA in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3) … was the first player off the bench a team-high 14 times … scored nine points and had a season-high three, three-pointers against Our Lady of the Lake (11/28) … had 11 points, five assists and a season-high three steals at Houston Baptist (12/5) … scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds versus New Orleans (12/21) … recorded a season-high six assists against UTSA (1/1) … scored nine-points and had six assists at UTEP (1/8) … scored 10 points versus Old Dominion (1/16) … tied a season-high with six assists while grabbing five rebounds against Southern Miss (2/5) … scored a season-high 12 points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds at WKU (2/13).
2019-20 (r-Jr.) - Utah Valley State
Played in 24 games last season, scoring 76 points while recording 46 assists and 39 rebounds … connected on 45.2% from the field and 37.5% from three … scored a season-high 12 points against Lamar … had season-highs of eight assists and six rebounds in the season-opener against Westminster.
2018-19 (Jr.) – Utah Valley State
Redshirted and sat out the season due to the NCAA’s Transfer rule.
2017-18 (So.) – Fordham
Appeared in 30 games at guard making 10 starts … averaged 4.0 points and 1.9 rebounds … had 93 assists and 27 steals … finished with a career-high 13 points, shooting 6-for-9 from the field, and added three assists against La Salle … netted 12 points and eight assists versus Saint Joseph’s scored ten points to go with four assists, three steals and two rebounds at Saint Louis … netted ten points and grabbed four rebounds at Davidson … finished with nine points, shooting 4-for-6 from the field, and added three rebounds and two assists against Duquesne … also had nine points to go with five rebounds and eight assists, both career-highs, versu George Mason … scored nine points and added six assists at Duquesne … netted seven points and added two rebounds and four assists at #10 West Virginia … also scored seven points and grabbed a career-high four rebounds at La Salle … had five points, three rebounds, and a season-high five assists in win over UMass … dished out four assists against Harvard and Florida A&M … recorded two points and two assists versus Maine … also netted two points and pulled down two boards versus Harvard.
2016-17 (Fr.) – Fordham
Appeared in 19 games at guard for the Rams in 2016-2017, making one start … averaged 2.8 points and 1.0 rebounds … shot .478 (22-46) from the field … netted a season-high 12 points, hitting all four of his three-point attempts, against George Washington … made first start at La Salle, finishing with five points, a season-high six assists and two steals … finished with ten points, shooting 4-for-5 from the field and 2-for-3 from behind the arc, and had three assists and two steals at Duquesne … netted seven points to go with two rebounds, two assists, and a season-high four steals in the Atlantic 10 Championship game against George Mason … scored four points at Davidson and George Mason … scored first collegiate points with a basket versus Central Connecticut.
Esenyurt Okyanus High School
Played club basketball with the Pertevniyal Basketball Club … team captain and MVP … grew up playing for the Anadolu Efes grassroots program, the same program that developed Hidayet Turkoglu … named the best point guard in the U18 Turkish Championships in May of 2016 while playing for the Pertevniyal Basketball Club … named Best Guard at the U18 Turkish Championships … played at the U16 European Championship with the Turkish National Team … U16 Turkish Championship assists leader.
Played in 25 games, making eight starts … averaged 4.6 points per game and 2.4 rebounds per game … second on the team and 14th in Conference USA with 3.0 assists per game … 11th in C-USA in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3) … was the first player off the bench a team-high 14 times … scored nine points and had a season-high three, three-pointers against Our Lady of the Lake (11/28) … had 11 points, five assists and a season-high three steals at Houston Baptist (12/5) … scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds versus New Orleans (12/21) … recorded a season-high six assists against UTSA (1/1) … scored nine-points and had six assists at UTEP (1/8) … scored 10 points versus Old Dominion (1/16) … tied a season-high with six assists while grabbing five rebounds against Southern Miss (2/5) … scored a season-high 12 points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds at WKU (2/13).
2019-20 (r-Jr.) - Utah Valley State
Played in 24 games last season, scoring 76 points while recording 46 assists and 39 rebounds … connected on 45.2% from the field and 37.5% from three … scored a season-high 12 points against Lamar … had season-highs of eight assists and six rebounds in the season-opener against Westminster.
2018-19 (Jr.) – Utah Valley State
Redshirted and sat out the season due to the NCAA’s Transfer rule.
2017-18 (So.) – Fordham
Appeared in 30 games at guard making 10 starts … averaged 4.0 points and 1.9 rebounds … had 93 assists and 27 steals … finished with a career-high 13 points, shooting 6-for-9 from the field, and added three assists against La Salle … netted 12 points and eight assists versus Saint Joseph’s scored ten points to go with four assists, three steals and two rebounds at Saint Louis … netted ten points and grabbed four rebounds at Davidson … finished with nine points, shooting 4-for-6 from the field, and added three rebounds and two assists against Duquesne … also had nine points to go with five rebounds and eight assists, both career-highs, versu George Mason … scored nine points and added six assists at Duquesne … netted seven points and added two rebounds and four assists at #10 West Virginia … also scored seven points and grabbed a career-high four rebounds at La Salle … had five points, three rebounds, and a season-high five assists in win over UMass … dished out four assists against Harvard and Florida A&M … recorded two points and two assists versus Maine … also netted two points and pulled down two boards versus Harvard.
2016-17 (Fr.) – Fordham
Appeared in 19 games at guard for the Rams in 2016-2017, making one start … averaged 2.8 points and 1.0 rebounds … shot .478 (22-46) from the field … netted a season-high 12 points, hitting all four of his three-point attempts, against George Washington … made first start at La Salle, finishing with five points, a season-high six assists and two steals … finished with ten points, shooting 4-for-5 from the field and 2-for-3 from behind the arc, and had three assists and two steals at Duquesne … netted seven points to go with two rebounds, two assists, and a season-high four steals in the Atlantic 10 Championship game against George Mason … scored four points at Davidson and George Mason … scored first collegiate points with a basket versus Central Connecticut.
Esenyurt Okyanus High School
Played club basketball with the Pertevniyal Basketball Club … team captain and MVP … grew up playing for the Anadolu Efes grassroots program, the same program that developed Hidayet Turkoglu … named the best point guard in the U18 Turkish Championships in May of 2016 while playing for the Pertevniyal Basketball Club … named Best Guard at the U18 Turkish Championships … played at the U16 European Championship with the Turkish National Team … U16 Turkish Championship assists leader.
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