Meet The Gamecocks
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Jalen
Finch
GUARD 6-1 165 JUNIOR RALEIGH, N.C. BROUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE
JSU CAREER:
PRIOR TO JSU
2020-21: Started all 27 games for JSU in his
Florida SouthWestern State Two Seasons
first season with the Gamecocks...made his first start in his Division I debut on Nov. 25 at Alabama...finished his first season with 296 points, 106 rebounds, and 34 steals...averaged 34.4 minutes per game, and second on the team in scoring with 11 points per game...scored the game-winning layup with less than one second remaining at Tennessee State on Feb. 20, lifting JSU to a 77-76 win over the Tigers...set a new career-high for points with 19 on Feb. 2 vs Eastern Kentucky...posted his first double-double with 15 points and 10 boards at Murray State on Jan. 21.
Played his first two seasons at Florida SouthWestern State in Fort Myers, Fla... played all 64 games for the Buccaneers and started 49... led FSW to a 59-5 record and two Suncoast Conference Championship titles in his two season in the Sunshine State... averaged 9.9 points and 5.1 assists per game with a 46-percent shooting percentage as a sophomore... garnered First Team All-Conference honors in 2020... led the Bucs to a 24-0 record, second SCC championship and bid in the NJCAA National Tournament in as many years... helped FSW to a No. 1 national ranking for 12 consecutive weeks... scored in double figures on 18 different occasions in 2019-20... helped the Buccaneers to a fifth-place finish in the 2019 NJCAA National
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Tournament... appeared in 33 games, making 21 starts as a freshman... averaged 5.7 points and 3.7 assists, while shooting 42.9 percent from the field as a rookie... scored a careerhigh 15 points in NJCAA National Tournament Second Round game against #12 Indian Hills... logged a career high and team-high 39 minutes in NJCAA National Tournament Quarterfinal matchup against #4 Coffeyville... started all, but two games during conference play in which he appeared.
HIGH SCHOOL Played his prep career at Broughton HS... named Second Team All-District 5 as a senior.
PERSONAL Born June 25, 1999... son of Rhymakia Simmons... has three siblings…majoring in integrated studies.
