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2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster

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1 Jalen Suggs

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 205
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown West St. Paul, Minn.
  • Highschool Minnehaha

Biography

FRESHMAN (2020-21): Named to Bob Cousy Award Watch List … Named WCC Freshman of the Week nine times … Named WCC Player of the Week … Named March Madness Player of the Week … Named USBWA/CBS Player of the Week … Named to the Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch List … Named to the Bob Cousy Award Top 10 Candidate … Named to Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 List … Named to Naismith Trophy List ... Was a Bob Cousy Award Finalist … Named to the Wooden Award National Ballot … Made WCC All-Freshman Team and WCC Newcomer of the Year … Named Sporting News All-American Second Team … Named Sports Illustrated All-American Second Team … Named WCC Tournament Most Outstanding Player and WCC All-Tournament Team … Named NABC All-District 9 Second Team, USBWA All-District IX Team, AP All-American Second Team and John R. Wooden All-American Team … Finalist in Wayman Tisdale Trophy and Lute Olson Award ... Assisted the Bulldogs to win the WCC Championship and to the Championship game of March Madness … Recorded Top-10 Most Assists in program history at an NCAA Tournament with eight…Played and started in 30 games for a total of 870 minutes … Averaged 14 points per game, with a season-high 27 against Iowa and a total of 431 points, making his field goal percentage 50.3% … Had a total of 160 rebounds, of which 142 were defensively … 136 assists … 10 blocks … 57 steals… .754 free throw percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL: Suggs is the highest-ranked recruit to ever sign with the Zags … ranked fifth in ESPN's Top-100 list in the Class of 2020 … averaged 23.5 points per game during his senior season at Minnehaha Academy … also averaged 7.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.8 steals per game helping the Redhawks to a 26-3 record and No. 13 national ranking … As a junior, he averaged 24.2 points, 6.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 3.7 steals per game … Since beginning his high school career in 2016-17, Minnehaha went 111-15 and won three straight state 2A titles … finished with 2,945 career points, 883 rebounds, 735 assists, 509 steals and 103 blocked shots in 154 career games … was the second signee in program history to be named a McDonald's All-American, joining former GU standout Zach Collins … one of five finalists for the Naismith High School Boys National Player of the Year … became the first athlete in state history to win the Mr. Football and Mr. Basketball awards in the same year … was a four-star dual-threat quarterback who had more than a dozen college football offers … passed for 2,213 yards and 25 touchdowns and ran for 978 yards and 12 touchdowns … also played defense, intercepting nine passes, two that he returned for touchdowns … was named the National MaxPreps Male Athlete of the Year.
 
INTERNATIONAL: won three gold medals with Team USA at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup, 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup and 2017 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.

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