GENERAL – The athletically-gifted Holcombe is a versatile playmaker at the swing position.
2009-10 – Holcombe scored a season-high 17 points, as well as blocking two shots and registering three steals at Northeastern State. one game earlier, he scored 15 points against Oklahoma Panhandle State, knocking down 7-of-10 shots from the floor, as well as corralling eight rebounds and tallied 14 points against Tarleton State in the LSC semifinals. He earned March 1 LSC Defensive Player of the Week honors after he snared nine rebounds and blocked a pair of shots against Abilene Christian, while, at Angelo State, he grabbed eight offensive rebounds and a season-high 10 total boards. He went 5-of-5 from the floor to tally 10 points along with seven rebounds at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Holcombe had a solid initial outing for the Buffs, tallying 13 points (hitting 5-of-6 shots from the field) to go with eight rebounds over 22 minutes of action. He matched those 13 points, as well as grabbing eight rebounds and eight assists, against East Central. The Atlanta, Ga., native had a complete game against New Mexico Highlands he totalled 11 points, six rebounds and three assists. Against TAMU-Commerce, registering 10 points, eight rebounds, four assist, four steals and two blocks. At the SWOSU Classic, he registered a game-high seven rebound, four steal performance against Arkansas Tech and eight points and five rebounds against Missouri-St. Louis. He has twice registered a season-high five assists - at OPSU and against SWOSU.
MISSISSIPPI STATE – During 2008-09, Holcombe averaged 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds per contest in seven games at Mississippi State. During that time, he also shot 57.1 pct. from the floor and 66.7 percent from the charity stripe. After suffering a season-ending injury early in the season, he was granted medical redshirt status.
JUNIOR COLLEGE – Holcombe averaged 13.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while at Georgia Perimeter College in Decatur as a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Second Team all-American and Region 17 Player of the Year. He helped lead coach Alfred Barney’s 23-12 Jaguars to a third straight NJCAA Tournament appearance after winning the District 10 championship and claiming both the Georgia Junior College Athletic Association (GJCAA) regular-season and postseason tournament titles. He capped his collegiate rookie season by receiving the 2006 NJCAA Charles Sesher Sportsmanship Award at the national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan.
High School – Holcombe averaged 27.3 points and 11 rebounds per outing for coach Floyd McRae’s Creekside HS (Fairburn, Ga.) Seminoles in 2004-05. A second-team all-city selection, he was also named the South Fulton Player of the Week in January 2005, following a 40-point, 19-rebound performance against McIntosh High.
Personal – A native of Atlanta, Ga, Holcombe is the son of Meshiele Holcombe and is a General Studies major at WTAMU.
