Jalen Harris (12/12/2016) - Athlete Awards - New Jersey City University Athletics

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Athlete of the Week

Jalen Harris

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Athlete of the Week
Week Of

12/12/2016
Sport

Men's Basketball
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Harris, a 6-foot-2 Business Marketing major, takes home the accolade for the third time this season and a notable 10th time in just two seasons as a Gothic Knight.

Jalen Harris:

Harris continues to pace NJCU offensively and helped guarantee the NJAC preseason favorites will own a share of first place in the conference entering the new year.
Tabbed to the MBWA Division II-III Honorable Mention list for the week by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association.
He was part of another impressive week for NJCU which won twice, defeating Kean on the road on December 7 in a 78-52 rout before limiting a league-unbeaten TCNJ squad that averaged 81.3 points per game nearly 30 under its scoring average in a 54-52 victory December 10.
Harris averaged 13.5 points and 2.0 rebounds, shooting 83.3 percent from the line and 42.9 percent from the field in 26.0 minutes per game.
In the win over Kean, he scored 11 of his game-high 17 points in the second half. He shot 4-of-9 from three-point distance and 6-of-13 overall in 23 minutes.
Harris was a big part of the defensive effort in the shutout of TCNJ. Offensively, he took just eight shots and was NJCU’s only player in double digits, netting 10 (3-8 FG). He was 4-of-4 from the line, coming in as NJCU’s top scorer (18.6).
On the season, Harris is averaging 17.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.9 steals per game while shooting 50.0 percent from the field (58-116), 39.6 percent from three-point range (21-53) and 22-of-34 at the line (.647) while starting all nine games.
He has scored in double figures in every game this season and 33 times in 37 career games as a Gothic Knight, scoring 639 points. He has four 20-point efforts this year and 14 in two seasons.
Harris currently ranks fourth in the NJAC in scoring. He also lists fifth in three-pointers made per game (2.3), ninth in field goal percentage and 11th in three-point percentage.
Harris helped NJCU earn a record 54 points in this week’s D3hoops.com Top 25 poll—equivalent to a No. 26 national ranking.

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