Gomes, a 6-7, 250lb forward played his college basketball at Providence College, where he averaged 18.4 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in 116 career games. As a senior, Gomes averaged 21.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, while leading the Big East in scoring with 23.2 points per game in conference play.
Gomes, the 50th overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, finished his stellar college career as Providence’s all-time leading scorer with 2,138 career points. As a junior, he averaged 18.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game on his way to earning First Team All-America honors. Gomes competed on the Celtics 2005 summer league entry in the Vegas Reebok Summer League, averaging 12.2 points, on 59.6 percent shooting from the field, to go with 6.2 rebounds per game in 6 appearances.
