4 Ja'Monta Black

YEAR Junior POSITION Shooting Guard HEIGHT 6-4 WEIGHT 205 HOMETOWN Columbia, Missouri HIGH SCHOOL Rock Bridge (Missouri State) MAJOR Communication TWITTER @JamontaBlack

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Prior to NSU

A three-year starter at Missouri State, he helped the Bears win 70 percent of their games in the last two seasons … the sharpshooter drained 77 3-pointers on 39 percent shooting as he started in 33 of his 34 appearances this past season for a 23-win Missouri State team … eighth all-time in Missouri State history with 158 3-pointers, averaged 8.7 points and 3.1 rebounds this past season after averaging 9.6 points as a sophomore.

High School

Lettered three seasons for coaches Jim Scanlon's Bruins ... helped lead Rock Bridge to a 25-3 record and a Missouri Class 5 state title as a senior ... averaged 15.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2 assists per game, hitting 80 total 3-pointers as a senior to earn all-district and all-state honors ... averaged 13.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game as a junior as Rock Bridge finished third in the Class 5 state tournament ... helped the Bruins reach the state quarterfinals as a sophomore, averaging 8.2 points per game ... left Rock Bridge as the school's top career 3-point shooter, hitting 47 percent of his attempts ... graduated with a 3.6 grade point average.

Personal

Born Jan. 26, 2001 ... son of Jamon Williams and Timeka Black of Columbia ... has four brothers — Daqual, Jamon, Jace and Jason — and four sisters — Qualyn, J'ahni and Kayla ... has aspirations of playing pro basketball … great uncle Tony Galbreath was an NFL running back who won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants in 1986 as the Giants second-leading pass-catcher … Galbreath retired as the NFL’s leading pass-catcher among running backs ... life's ambition is "to be successful and set my children up for success."

BLACK'S OVERALL CAREER STATS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG.

19-20 32-20 624 19.5 37-96 .385 27-69 .391 1-5 .200 7 48 55 1.7 43 39 1.2 20 3 14 102 3.2 20-21 24-22 746 31.1 76-190 .400 54-151 .358 24-32 .750 5 74 79 3.3 35 40 1.7 34 3 13 230 9.6 21-22 34-33 962 28.3 102-247 .413 77-199 .387 16-18 .889 10 97 107 3.1 59 31 0.9 19 5 12 297 8.7

Tot. 90-75 2332 25.9 215-533 .403 158-419 .377 41-55 .745 22 219 241 2.7 137 110 1.2 73 11 39 629 7.0

* — Stats are from Black's Missouri State career