2023-2025 FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE (SOUTH PLAINS COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
Played in 33 games with 21 starts for the Texans last season… scored 9.3 points per game and made 61.5% of his field goal attempts … grabbed 2.5 rebounds per game with 15 total steals and 21 total blocks …knocked down 45.5% of his three-point attempts during conference play.

Finished his two seasons at South Plains with 21 starts in 55 games played … averaged 6.3 points per game on 57.1% shooting … scored in double-figures 14 times in his career, including a stretch of eight games in a row last season … career-highs as a Texan include 27 points against Hill College … 5 rebounds against Central Arizona College … 4 assists at Howard College … 3 steals against Western Texas College … 3 blocks against Temple College and 34 minutes against both Hill College and Western Texas College all done as a sophomore.

HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 30 points per game, 9 assists per game and 8 rebounds per game at Fenway High School …. 2023 Boston Herald All-Scholastic honoree after scoring a career-high 40 points against Brighton, and 27 points against Div. IV semifinalists Burke …. Scored 11 points in the 2022 Boston City League All-Star game … a multi-sport athlete who lettered in football (quarterback, wide receiver, and safety) and track in addition to basketball.

LAGNIAPPE
Son of Rashad Cope and Tenia Gilbert ... first name is Tavaj, but prefers "TJ” … majoring in marketing … has shown NBA-level athleticism … at the NCAA Juco pathway event showed the ability to score at all three levels … No. 45 ranked recruit on JucoRecruiting.com’s class of 2025 … played AAU Basketball for Team Spartans and Run The Citi.