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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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12 Jaylen Minnett

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 182
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Terre Haute, Ind.
  • Prev School IUPUI

Biography

Honors
MVC All-Bench Team (2022)
MVC Newcomer of the Week 12/20/21

Career Notes
Finished his collegiate career with 1,677 points in 143 games -- including 1,403 points in four seasons (111 games) at IUPUI ... Racked up 359 career 3-pointers in 998 attempts (.360) ... Also tallied 282 rebounds, 295 assists, 124 steals in his career ... Had fifth-longest streak in NCAA DI history with a 3-pointer in 69 straight games from Feb. 23, 2018 to Jan. 2, 2021.
             
2021-22 (Senior)

Played in 32 games with a pair of starts in his only season with the Bears, finishing with 274 points (8.6 ppg), 45 rebounds (1.4) and 39 assists (1.2), while racking up 74 3-pointers -- matching the eighth-best single-season total in Bears history ... Ranked 3rd in the Missouri Valley Conference in 3-pointers per game (2.3) and 6th in 3-point percentage (.400) ... Knocked down 3 triples in NIT game at Oklahoma (3/15/22) with 9 points on ESPN ... Scored 8 points on Senior Night vs. Bradley (2/23/22) in first-ever Valley start ... Had 3 assists, 2 threes at UNI (2/20/22) ... Notched 22 points with 6 triples in home win over Indiana State (2/15/22) ... Registered 15 points behind 5 treys in home win over Valpo (2/12/22) ... Scored 10 points in win at Drake (2/9/22) with a pair of threes for his first double-figure scoring game in MVC play ... Went 2-for-3 from 3-point range in win at SIU (2/2/22) ... Had 3 steals in win vs. Evansville (1/29/22) ... Had third multiple 3-point game in MVC play in win over Illinois State (1/19/22) with 2 triples, 6 points ... Went 7-of-11 from three with team-high 22 points in first start of season vs. Evangel (12/30/21) ... Was 4-of-9 from three and had 14 points and 5 assists in win over UCA (12/18/21) to help him earn MVC Newcomer of the Week (12/20/21) ... Team-high 16 points behind 4 triples in win over South Dakota State (12/15/21) with 4 steals ... Posted 17 points off bench at Little Rock (12/8/21) with 4 treys ... Racked up 19 points behind 5 triples vs. #12 BYU (12/4/21) on national TV ... Buried 300th career 3-pointer and finished with 16 pts in win over George Washington (11/24/21) ... Was 6-for-6 from the field and 5-for-5 from distance in 17-point effort vs. ETSU (11/23/21) with 2 assists ... Scored 14 points in his MSU debut vs. SEMO (11/9/21) with 4 triples.
    
IUPUI Summary

Played four seasons (2017 to 2021) at Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis where he finished his IUPUI career as the program's single-season (115) and career leader (285) in threes made (285) ... Also finished as IUPUI's all-time leader in three-point attempts (813) and No. 9 on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,403 career points ... Set a new Horizon League record for most consecutive games with at least one made three (69), which is the fifth-longest in NCAA Division I history (2/23/18 to 1/2/21).

2020-21 (IUPUI)
Team captain appeared in 16 games for the Jaguars, making 14 starts for coach Byron Rimm II ... Ranked second on the team in scoring (16.4 ppg), threes made (41) and assists (46) and third in steals (18) and minutes (31.6) ... Shot an impressive 88 percent (44-of-50) from the FT line for the season ... Scored in double-digits 14 times with seven 20-point games ... Scored 20-or-more in six of the Jags' final seven games of the year, including five straight ... Had a season-high 26 points against Milwaukee (1/30/21) Had 21 points and a season-high 6 assists at Green Bay (2/6/21) ... Hit a season-high 5 threes in back-to-back wins over UIC on (2/12/21 to 2/13/21), averaging 22.5 points and 3.0 assists and shooting 10-of-17 (58.8 percent) ... Capped the season with 23 points, 5 boards and 2 assists in the Horizon League Tournament loss at Milwaukee (2/25/21).

2019-20 (IUPUI)
Played in all 32 games, making 31 starts while averaging 16.6 points, 3.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds ... Hit a school record 115 threes while shooting 36.5 percent from long range ... Led the squad with 110 assists and 35.3 minutes per game and ranked 2nd on the team with 38 steals ... Hit a three in every game for the second straight year ... In Horizon League games, he averaged 19.0 points and 4.0 assists per game ... Scored in double-digits in 27 of the team's 32 games with seven 20-point games and three 30-point games ... Had a career-high 32 points and 8 treys against Green Bay on (2/6/20) while eclipsing 1,000 career points ... Had 31 points in win at Green Bay (1/5/20) ... Went for 30 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the victory at Oakland (1/25/20) ... Had 15 points and season-high 7 rebounds at UIC (2/22/20) ... Scored 17 points with 4 steals and a season-high 7 assists in the win at South Florida (11/13/19) ... Matched his season-high with 7 assists in win over Oakland on (2/27/20) to go along with 19 points.

2018-19 (IUPUI)
Named the Horizon League Sixth Man of the Year as a sophomore for coach Jason Gardner ... Ranked 2nd on the team in scoring (12.0 ppg) and 3-pointers (78) as a sophomore ... Scored in double-figures in 21-of-33 games with four 20-point efforts ... Hit a three in every game ... His 78 threes made was the 7th-highest single-season total in program history at the time, while his 247 attempts was 3rd ... Scored a season-high 28 points with 6 triples against IU Northwest (12/12/18) ... Scored 21 points in a season-high 34 minutes in the opener at Xavier (11/6/18) ... Tallied 20 points against UIC (2/9/19) ... Turned in 22 points in the home win over Milwaukee (2/22/19) ... Grabbed a season-high 4 boards on five different occasions ... Had 15 points and a career-high 5 assists at Cleveland State (2/16/19) ... Had 13 games with 3 triples or more ... Made his lone start of the year in the CIT opening round game at Marshall (3/19/19).

2017-18 (IUPUI)
Played in all 30 games, making 4 starts ... Averaged 7.1 points per game while leading the team with a 40.5 percent 3-point percentage ... Ranked second on the team with 51 threes ... His 7.1 scoring average was the highest by an IUPUI freshman since 2008-09 (Alex Young, 10.8) ... His 51 threes made were the most by an IUPUI freshman in the program's Division I era ... Started the first 3 games of the season, including playing a season-high 37 minutes in his collegiate debut at Bradley (11/11/17), finishing with 5 points and 2 boards ... Scored in double-digits 7 times, including three straight from 2/2/18 to 2/8/18 ... Netted a season-high 16 points at Oakland (2/4/18) ... Connected on 4 treys two days prior at Detroit Mercy (2/2/18), finishing with 12 points ... Had his first career double-digit scoring game in the win over Morehead State (11/21/17), closing with 11 points ... Had 12 points and 4 rebounds at Western Illinois (11/28/17) ... Scored 8 points and a season-high 3 steals at Ball State (12/2/18) ... Logged season-high 3 assists in the win over Milwaukee (1/10/18) ... Hit at least one trey in 25 of the Jaguars' 30 games ... Named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List for the spring 2018 semester.

High School
Named to the prestigious Indiana All-Star Team following his senior year at Terre Haute (Ind.) South Vigo High ... Averaged 25.8 points and 2.9 assists per game for a 19-7 club his senior year (2016-17) for coach Scott Ridge ... Finished as school's all-time leading scorer with 1,782 career points ... Selected to play in the North/South All-Star Classic ... As a junior, he averaged 21.6 points, 5.0 assists and 4.8 rebounds, while hitting 37 percent from three and 85 percent from the line ... Helped South to the program's first sectional title in seven years by finishing 21-7 and capturing the 2016 crown ... Had a 34-point outing in the sectional championship over Avon and followed with a 39-point outburst in a regional round upset of North Central his junior year ... Was named to the Indiana Junior All-Stars in 2016 ... Starred for EG10 in AAU play.

Personal
Jaylen Barry Minnett was born 7/24/99 in Terre Haute, Ind. ... Mother is Danielle Barnhill ... Father is Barry Minnett Jr. and stepmother is Jessica Minnett ... Has five brothers, Tre, Jeddadiah, Carter, Shawn and Shaye ... Majoring in Graduate Studies (Individualized Graduate Certificate).

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