Jay Pal Season 2023-24

As a Senior (2023-24 Season)
MW Rankings: No. 9 in blocks
NCAA Rankings: No. 158 in blocks, No. 243 in blocks per game
Appeared in all 37 games, with 13 starts… Averaged 5.1 points and 4.2 rebounds in 17.1 minutes per game… Added 38 blocks, 29 assists and 10 steals in a total of 633:11 of court action… Shot 45.5 percent (61-of-134) from the floor, 30.6 percent (11-of-36) from the bonus distance and 70.1 percent (54-of-77) from the line… Scored a season-best 16 points vs. Utah State (2/3) among six games in double-figure points… Knocked down three or more field goals in a game seven times, including a season-high six at Fresno State (2/24)… In 17 games he attempted at least four shots with a season-best 10 at UNLV (3/14)… Hit a season-high two 3-pointers vs. UC Irvine (12/9), vs. Stanford (12/21) and vs. Utah State (2/3)… Seven free throws made vs. UNLV (1/6) were his most in a game for the year and were among five games where he hit at least four free throws… In 15 games he nabbed multiple offensive rebounds, including a season-high four vs. Colorado State (2/13), vs. New Mexico (2/16), at UNLV (3/5) and at UNLV (3/14)… His seven defensive boards vs. Nevada (1/17) were a season-best and tops among 11 games with at least four defensive rebounds… Ripped down five or more rebounds on 14 occasions including a season-topping 10 vs. Nevada… Dished out multiple assists in eight contests including a season-high three vs. Long Beach State (11/14)… Among 12 multi-block games, he swatted a season-best three at Air Force (2/6), vs. Boise State (3/8) and vs. New Mexico (3/16)… Three, a season-high, of his 10 steals came vs. New Mexico (2/16)… Spent double digit minutes on the floor in 34 of his 37 appearances, including a season-high 27:51 at UNLV (3/14).

As a Senior at Campbell (2022-23 Season)
Big South Rankings: No. 3 in blocks, No. 3 in defensive rebounding, No. 5 in rebounding, No. 8 in offensive rebounding, No. 16 in scoring
NCAA Rankings: No. 59 in blocks per game, No. 63 in blocks, No. 107 in double doubles, No. 175 in rebounds per game, No. 178 in defensive rebounds per game, No. 186 in rebounds, No. 279 in offensive rebounds per game
Big South All-Tournament Team… A starter in each of the 32 contests in which he appeared… Averaged 12.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in 31.1 minutes per game… Added 48 blocks, 45 assists and 30 steals in 994 minutes of action… Shot 58.0 percent (149-of-257) from the floor, including 32.9 percent (16-of-79) from the bonus distance and 73.4 percent (69-of-94) from the line… His 32 starts and appearances are both career bests… Reached double figure scoring in 23 games, including three games with 20 or more points and a career-best 26 vs. UNC Ashville (3/5) in the championship game of the Big South Conference tournament… Shot at least 40.0 percent 30-of-31 games in which he attempted at least one field goal and shot 50.0 percent or better in 26… Knocked down a career-high three treys vs. Charleston Southern (2/15) and at Longwood (2/4)… Finished with seven games with multiple steals, including a career-best four vs. Jacksonville (11/23)His seven double doubles and seven double-digit rebounding efforts led the Camels and ranked third and fourth, respectively, in the Big South Conference… Set a career-high with 12 boards at Radford (2/25)… Recorded multiple blocks in 14 contests, including a pair of four-swat games, career highs, vs. St. Augustine’s (11/7) and Jacksonville (11/23)… More than doubled his steals (13-to-30) and quadrupled his blocks (12-to-48) from 2021-22 to 2022-23… His seven double doubles and seven double-digit rebounding efforts led the Camels and ranked third and fourth, respectively, in the Big South Conference… Was the only player in Division I who on a minimum of 250 field goal attempts shot at least 58.0 percent from the field and at least 32.5 percent from the bonus distance in a minimum of 75 3-point shot attempts…One of 11 players in 2022-23 who are at least 6’9” who had a minimum of 220 rebounds while also shooting at least 32.5 percent from long range with a minimum of 75 3-point attempts.
  
As a Junior at Jacksonville State (2021-22 Season)
Earned one start, vs. Carver College (12/28), in 28 appearances for the ASUN regular-season champions… Averaged 2.9 points and 2.5 rebounds in 11.4 minutes per game… Added 18 assists, 13 steals and 12 blocks in 320 minutes… Shot 50.9 percent (29-of-57) from the field, 19.0 percent (4-of-21) from beyond the arc, and 56.3 percent (18-of-32) from the line… The team finished 21-11 overall, 13-3 in the ASUN and as a No. 15-seed played 2-seed Auburn in the NCAA Tournament… Twice reached double figure scoring with a then career-best 16 points vs. Carver College… Knocked down at least three field goals on four occasions, including a season best six vs. Carver College… In the 18 games in which he attempted at least one field goal, shot 50.0 percent or better in 13 of them… Recorded his first double digit rebounding game with 11 boards vs. La Grange College (12/13)… Finished with three games with at least two steals, including a then career-best three vs. Florida International (12/15)… Had a block in 11 games with a two-block effort at Stetson (2/9) being his season high… Saw a season-high 33 minutes at Virginia Commonwealth (12/8) among six games in which he was on the floor for at least 20 minutes… Shot 29-of-57 (50.9 percent) from the field, including 8-of-13 (61.5 percent) in the final nine games of the campaign.
 
As a Sophomore at Jacksonville State (2020-21 Season)
NCAA Rankings: No. 318 in blocks
Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Appeared in 27 games, earning starting assignments in 21… Averaged 5.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 24.3 minutes per game… Added 46 assists, 18 blocks and 17 steals in 655 total minutes… Shot 52-of-126 (41.3 percent) from the floor, including 16-of-62 (25.8 percent) from three-point range, and 20-of-31 (64.5 percent) from the line… Reached double figure scoring twice, including a season-best 14 at Tennessee State (2/20)… In nearly half of his appearances, 13 games, he shot at least 50.0 percent from the field… Among 14 games with at least five rebounds, totaled a season-best eight vs. Eastern Illinois (2/11) … Established a career-high with five assists vs. Tennessee State (1/14), among 13 contests in which he recorded multiple assists… Had four games – vs. Tennessee Tech (12/16), vs. UT-Martin (12/30), at Eastern Kentucky (1/7) and at Tennessee State – with a season-best two steals… Set a then major college best with two blocks at UT-Martin (2/4), at Southeast Missouri (2/6), vs. Eastern Illinois (2/11) and vs. Murray State (3/4)… Played at least 20 minutes in 23-of-27 appearances, including a season-high 36 at Moorehead State (1/9).
 
As a Freshman at Clarendon (Texas) College (2019-20 Season)
Appeared in 16 games, including nine starts… Averaged 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds… Shot 59.0 percent from the field, including 55.3 percent from distance…Helped lead the program to a 29-3 record and a top-10 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) ranking.
 
High School
A 2018 graduate of Omaha (Neb.) Central High School…As a senior averaged 12.6 points on 63.7 percent shooting from the floor, 8.7 rebounds, 2.9 blocks and 1.2 assists according to Maxpreps.com… In three varsity seasons, his team posted an overall record of 61-16, including a 28-9 mark in District 30 play… Spent a post-graduate year, 2018-19, at the Skills Factory in Atlanta, Ga.