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Jersey Number 8
Jalen Cox
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Hometown:
- View Park, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola High School
- Prev School:
- Colgate
2025-26: Started in all 31 games as a junior at Colgate ... Was an All-Patriot League First Team and All-Defensive Team selection ... Named Patriot League Player of the Week twice (Nov. 24 and Dec. 15) ... Led the Patriot League in assists per game (5.3); ranked second in assist-turnover ratio (2/3) ... Averaged 17.9 points per game, good for third-best in the Patriot League ... Also ranked third in steals per game (1.7), sixth in field goal percentage (52.1), sixth in minutes per game (34.0), and 10th in rebounds per game (5.2) ... Recorded 13 games of scoring 20 or more points, the most by a Raider since at least 2010 ... Posted three 30-point performances, the most by a Raider since 2018-19 ... His 5.3 assist-per-game average ranked in the top five in program history for single-season assist average ... Scored a season-high 38 points against Loyola (2/21/26) with 11-for-15 shooting, including 14-for-15 from the free-throw line ... Became the 43rd member of Colgate's 1,000-point club in the same game against Loyola (2/21/26) ... Registered a triple-double against Bucknell with 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists ... Posted five double-doubles on the season ... Led the team in scoring 16 times and rebounding six times
2024-25 (Sophomore): Started in 30 of 31 games played in sophomore season, averaging 24 minutes per game ... Was an All-Patriot League Third Team and All-Defensive Team selection ... Recorded a career-high 25 points at Boston University (2/15) ... Notched 9 rebounds at Lafayette (1/18) ... Scored career highs of 10 assists and 5 steals against Loyola Maryland (2/8) ... Played 38 minutes in the Patriot League Semi-Final at American (3/9)
2023-24: Appeared in 35 games with 15 starting assignments as a first-year ... Made first collegiate start at American (1/27) and stayed in the starting rotation for the rest of the season ... Emerged as key starter on Colgate's championship run, averaging nearly 20 minutes per game ... Posted three steals and three blocked shots at Army (1/17) ... Scored 14 of his career-high 15 points in Colgate's Patriot League semifinal win over Bucknell (3/10) ... Registered season highs in field goals made (5), three-point field goals (3), and rebounds (6) in same game ... Recorded three steals in three separate games and posted 10 total blocked shots ... Notched a season-high seven assists against VTSU Lyndon (12/6)
High School: Was an All-NEPSAC Honorable Mention selection playing for Raphael Chillious at South Kent School … Averaged 15 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals per game as a standout guard … Named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year after helping the team to a NEPSAC AAA Championship in 2023 Landed All-Mission League First Team honors while playing for Loyola High School … Averaged 20 points per game during high school career … Also competed in track and field in high school.
Personal: Jalen Conner Cox was born in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Son of Jim and Deneen… Has one brother, Jared.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Started in 30 of 31 games played in sophomore season, averaging 24 minutes per game ... Was an All-Patriot League Third Team and All-Defensive Team selection ... Recorded a career-high 25 points at Boston University (2/15) ... Notched 9 rebounds at Lafayette (1/18) ... Scored career highs of 10 assists and 5 steals against Loyola Maryland (2/8) ... Played 38 minutes in the Patriot League Semi-Final at American (3/9)
2023-24: Appeared in 35 games with 15 starting assignments as a first-year ... Made first collegiate start at American (1/27) and stayed in the starting rotation for the rest of the season ... Emerged as key starter on Colgate's championship run, averaging nearly 20 minutes per game ... Posted three steals and three blocked shots at Army (1/17) ... Scored 14 of his career-high 15 points in Colgate's Patriot League semifinal win over Bucknell (3/10) ... Registered season highs in field goals made (5), three-point field goals (3), and rebounds (6) in same game ... Recorded three steals in three separate games and posted 10 total blocked shots ... Notched a season-high seven assists against VTSU Lyndon (12/6)
High School: Was an All-NEPSAC Honorable Mention selection playing for Raphael Chillious at South Kent School … Averaged 15 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals per game as a standout guard … Named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year after helping the team to a NEPSAC AAA Championship in 2023 Landed All-Mission League First Team honors while playing for Loyola High School … Averaged 20 points per game during high school career … Also competed in track and field in high school.
Personal: Jalen Conner Cox was born in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Son of Jim and Deneen… Has one brother, Jared.
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