2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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4 Jalyn McCreary

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 225
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Marietta, Ga.
  • Prev School South Carolina
  • High School Legacy Early College

Biography

Transferred to USF in May of 2021 after playing in 44 games with one start in two seasons at South Carolina…averaged 4.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 53.2 percent shooting during his USC career while logging 30 blocks.

2021-22 (USF): Played in 16 games (2 starts) and averaged 14.1 mins/game…shot 52.1% from the field (37-71)…averaged 5.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game…totaled 12 blocks, seven assists and four steals…season-high 14 points on 7-9 shooting at Tulane (1/8/22)…season-best six rebounds at Hawaii (12/23/21)…blocked three shots in his USF debut vs. N.C. A&T (11/15/21)…dished out three assists at SMU (1/12/22).
 
2020-21 (SOUTH CAROLINA): In his second season with the Gamecocks, McCreary played in 17 games, averaging 13.3 minutes per game…he averaged 4.5 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 48.7 percent from the floor…he scored in double-digits in his last three games of the season vs. Arkansas (3/2), at Kentucky (3/6) and vs. Ole Miss (3/11)…made his first career start in the 2021 SEC Tournament and scored a career high 15 points on 4-of-9 from the floor and 7-of-10 from the line vs. Ole Miss while adding three blocks …had 14 points on 6-of-9 and added three rebounds at Kentucky…scored 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting vs. Arkansas…played a season high 21 minutes vs. Ole Miss and logged 18 minutes vs. Texas A&M (1/6) and vs. Missouri (2/20)…had a career-best four blocks vs. Georgia (1/27)…also had three blocks at Alabama (2/9).

2019-20 (SOUTH CAROLINA): Saw action in 27 games, averaging 4.1 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.4 blocks in 11.5 minutes per outing ...in 17 SEC contests, he averaged 4.8 points and 2.9 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game…had a pair of double-figure scoring games and three games with 2-plus blocks, leading or sharing the team lead in blocks four times…tallied nine points in his college debut vs. North Alabama (Nov. 6), hitting 4-of-5 attempts from the field…pulled down a season high six rebounds vs. Wyoming (Nov. 10)…his top scoring output of the season came in 11-point performance in home win over Vanderbilt (Jan. 25)…scored eight points with five rebounds in road win at Georgia (Feb. 12), before scoring eight points with four rebounds in following matchup, a home win over Tennessee (Feb. 15)…tallied 10 points on a perfect 5-of-5 performance from the floor in home win vs. Georgia (Feb. 26)...named to the SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 18 points and six rebounds as a senior at Legacy Early College…named a USA Today South Carolina All-State Second Team honoree after helping his squad to a 34-5 overall record during senior campaign…scored 18 points to lead his team to the USA National Prep Tournament Championship in March…noted as an athletic combo forward with good court awareness.

PERSONAL: The son of Walter McCreary and Kristie Gordon…has a brother, Carter…credits Meek Mill as his favorite music artist, and Kevin Durant as his favorite NBA player.

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