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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

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  • F
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Fairmont, West Virginia
    Hometown
  • 6'9
    Height
  • 225
    Weight
  • Fairmont Senior HS
    High School
  • West Virginia
    Previous School
Jalen Bridges
#11
Jalen Bridges
F
Position
Senior
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Fairmont, West Virginia
Hometown

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A 6-foot-7, 220-pound transfer forward … 2024 All-Big 12 Third Team … 2024 Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention) … 2024 Julius Erving Preseason Top-20 … 2023 NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team … Started all 69 games in two seasons with the Bears ... Set a career-high with 32 points on 9-14 shooting against Texas (3/4/24) ... Played 61 games and 52 starts over the last two seasons for the West Virginia … Was BU’s third leading scorer in the inaugural GLOBL JAM Tournament (9.8 PPG) … Scored in double figures in four of the five games at GLOBL JAM Averaged 7.3 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 45% from the floor with the Mountaineers … Named to the 2020-21 Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Led Fairmont Senior High School to four-straight state championship games, winning two. With the Polar Bears, he averaged 16.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 1.9 steals per game and was named captain of the Class AA Boys All-State Basketball First Team by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. In 2019, Bridges won the Bill Evans Award, given annually to the state player of the year in West Virginia.

2023-24 (Senior): All-Big 12 Third Team … Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention) … Julius Erving Preseason Top-20 … NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team … Started all 35 games for the Bears … Lone returning starter and only returner from the 2022-23 team that played 20+ minutes … Scored a game-high 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Colgate (3/22/24) … Recorded his second double double of the season with 20 points and 12 rebounds in the Big 12 Championship Semifinals (3/15/24) … Notched a new career high of 32 points on 6-of-7 shooting from three-point range to go along with nine rebounds in a win vs. UT... Bridges' .857 3-point percentage tied for the fifth best in program history (3/4/24) … Recorded his fourth career double-double and his second at Baylor with 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds against No. 2 Houston (2/24/24) … Scored a game-high 15 points and pulled down a team-high 8 rebounds against BYU (2/20/24) … Eclipsed the 1,000-career points with 12 points in a road win at UCF (1/31/24) … Found a rhythm with 25 points on 7-of-14 shooting against BYU, while also leading the Bears in rebounds (5) and blocks (1) (1/9/24) … Buried a team-high 16 points on 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc against Northwestern State (12/2/23) … Named to the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament team on the heels of a 23-point, 5 assist and 3 rebound performance against Florida (11/24/23) … Poured in a then-season high 14 points against Oregon State (11/22/23) … Had a team-high eight rebounds to go along with 13 points in season-opening win over Auburn (11/7/23).

2022-23 (Junior): Started all 34 games for the Bears ... Set a career-high 28 points on 10-11 shooting while setting a career-high and Big 12 Tournament Record for 3-pt FG % (7-8, .875) against Iowa State (3/9) ... Notched a team-high 18 points and pulled down 8 rebounds and 4 blocks to push BU past No. 8 Texas (2/25) ... Scored a team-high 18 points and led the team with 8 rebounds and 1 block in his ninth straight double-digit game (2/4) ... Finished first on the team in rebounds per game (5.6) and fourth in points per game (10.3), both career-highs ... Notched 18 double-figure scoring games, including a streak of nine (1/7 - 2/4) and two 20+ scoring games ... Improved field goal percentage from .428 to a career-high .506 ... Recorded career-high assists (35), turnovers (36), blocks (35), rebounds (192), and points (349).
 
2021-22 (Sophomore, WVU): Bridges was the only player to start all 33 games for the Mountaineers … Finished second on the team in rebounds per game (4.6) and fourth in points per game (8.4) … Notched 11 double-figure scoring games … Bridges improved his free throw percentage from .714 in 2020-21 to .823 in 2021-22 … Had a stretch of 26-straight free throw makes over eight Big 12 games … Tied a career-high with 22 points against Oklahoma State (1/11) … Followed that up with 12 points and 11 rebounds at Kansas (1/15).

2020-21 (Freshman, WVU): Named to the 2021 Big 12 All-Freshman team … Averaged 5.9 points and 3.6 rebounds … Finished the season shooting 46.9 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from three-point range, both of which would have put him among the top-5 in the Big 12 in both categories if he had enough 3-point makes to qualify.

High School: Led Fairmont Senior High School to four-straight state championship games, winning two … Averaged 16.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 1.9 steals per game … Named captain of the Class AA Boys All-State Basketball First Team by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association … In 2019, Bridges won the Bill Evans Award, given annually to the state player of the year in West Virginia.